Albert Moore Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hi All, Here is one of my entries for the Helo GB (thought I'd come upstairs and share it with the rest of the class). It is a Hasegawa AH-1S Cobra, updated to 'F' standards. The cockpit in this kit is bare-bones, so I added all the flight controls (except for the pilot's cyclic stick-it was in the kit), arm rests, seat belts, avionics boxes, ECU hoses for the seats, circut breaker panel, and HSS rails. Exterior mods includes brass rod skid crosstubes and tail skid, IR jammer, cable cutters w/ braces, skid mounted landing light, lens for the lower light, and other tidbits that were overlooked. For a more detailed description, see my in-progress thread here. The finish is Model Masters Army Helo Drab, post shaded for visual interest. The decals came from the kit except for the crossed sabers on the dog house. The FFAR pods were drilled out, while the TOW launchers received a little wiring. Thanks for looking! Cheers, Alby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Albert, your work always impresses the heck out of me. I am still in awe of that P-47 you did a while back. I am not a huge fan of whirly-birds, but yours I can look at with fascination. Most excellent stuff, but howcome no snakey decal on this one? J.C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medevac71 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I've seen it firstly now, that's very nice . !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Hi John, Jamie, and Julian, Thank you so much for the kind words, it is much appreciated! :-) Cheers, Alby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toolo12 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Superb as always!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raptor22 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 (edited) JDAMMMMMMMMM!!!! Love the paint job Alby! Edited March 22, 2006 by raptor22 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hi Ming and Toolo12, Thanks (Toda to you Toolo! ) for the compliments. Ming- Didn't you build one of these, or at least start one? I remember you had asked some questions on the kit in the heli forum a while back. Cheers, Albert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raptor22 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hi Ming and Toolo12,Thanks (Toda to you Toolo! :P ) for the compliments. Ming- Didn't you build one of these, or at least start one? I remember you had asked some questions on the kit in the heli forum a while back. Cheers, Albert Hey Alby, I was getting interested in making a Cobra (or it coulda been a Little bird too)... but 2 obstacles came my way... and over took me... 1) Tomcat GB and 2) A newfound love for 1/48 scale (from 1/72 scale)... I still have plans to build a helo one of these days... eyeing on a 48 scale Longbow... but that will have to come after my Tomcat Sunset project. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Very nice work! The IR jammer is pretty impressive! I had a hard time making one look even remotely convincing, I think you've got it nailed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Nice Cobra there Alby. Looks sharp. I think the only thing that would top it off is if there were a pilot and gunner in there. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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