russ c Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Hi Everyone, Just managed to finish the first of my haul from Telford last November Fujimi`s 1/48 AH-1J Seacobra Finished in the markings of US Marines HMA-369, nicknamed `The Pistol Pete`s` during the Vietnam War and later `The Gunfighters` Had a pleasant surprise when I looked in the box as the kit was miles ahead of their AH-1G kit that I built some years ago..... ...but not so good when I started to build it as I discovered the kit had no nose ! ( no jokes about ` how does it smell ?` please )🙂 So had to scratch build one from plastic sheet and car body filler, I also extended the intake walls backwards a bit as the kit ones ended at the mouth of the intake Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Very nice indeed Russ, a worthy addition to your Vietnam collection. A fancy doing one of the ones used in the ship-borne attacks on North Vietnam in 1972, but I've only got one kit as they are hard to find and I want to build it as an Iranian aircraft. Very well done mate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 That's a real beauty Russ! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Very nice work there, especially given the need for a nose-job! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Sweet build of a fairly basic kit Russ. Helicopters always seem to be the poor relations in the modelling world but we could do with a more modern tooling of the earlier AH-1 series. Cheers Malcolm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) Now there's one you don't see that often. This is supposed to be a MARHUK Cobra Russ? What did you do to extend the exhausts, I've got like 5 of these stashed up. Edited March 1, 2019 by whiskey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Looks smart Russ, another fine effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, whiskey said: Now there's one you don't see that often. This is supposed to be a MARHUK Cobra Russ? What did you do to extend the exhausts, I've got like 5 of these stashed up. Hi Zack, I don`t really know if the markings are actually from the Vietnam time frame ( they`re the kit ones, I couldn`t find any aftermarket decals ) but it would be a MARHUK if they are, as that`s the mission flown when they were out there, I read. I didn`t extend the exhausts, just the inside wall of the intakes with some thick polystyrene sheet which I then filed to match the rest of the fuselage contours. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Need to load some Zuni's on it for a MARHUK but it's a beautiful snake nonetheless! Understood on the intakes, my mistake for the confusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 WOW ... That is a great looking Cobra Russ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 nice work we really need a good 1/72 kit of this one. regards Glenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Great early Cobra! Nice to see a Fujimi one built 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Nice SEA COBRA Russ! I also made this chopper many years ago in 1993, and also from the FUJIMI kit..... https://karopka.ru/community/user/9011/?MODEL=201432 (lost one barrel of the cannon Gatling) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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