CMK M35 Armament Subsystem Upgrade for AH-1G Cobra (4454 for Special Hobby/ICM) 1:48

[Mike]

M35 Armament Subsystem Upgrade for AH-1G Cobra (4454 for Special Hobby/ICM)

1:48 CMK by Special Hobby

 

 

Special Hobby’s newly tooled AH-1G Cobra has been around for a few months now, and now we have an upgrade set for the main armament that gave the Cobra quite a venomous bite.  This set from their CMK range includes resin and 3D printed parts in their standard yellow-themed blister pack with the instructions between the parts and the car header.  Inside the box are fourteen parts in resin on four casting blocks, plus a single 3D printed part in orange resin that allows the maximum detail on the flexible ammo guide between the sponson and the Gatling gun.

 

 

The kit sponsons are adjusted by removing small sections of the opening at the top, replacing it with two resin parts to improve the detail.  The Gatling gun is made up from five parts for the gun itself, another four for the ammo feed and ancillaries, and a resin hanger that fixes under the kit’s winglet.  The two upgrades are then linked together with the ammo guide to complete the task.

 

Detail is excellent, and improves on the kit parts as you would expect.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

Review sample courtesy of

 

[spruecutter96]

Looks like a great bit of extra detail. The Vulcan cannon will be a real focal-point for this kit and this set will come in very handy.

 

I read a while ago that using the Vulcan often made the gunner's side canopy fall open. The article included a photo of one gunner holding on to his canopy's handle for dear life, whilst the cannon did its thing 9 feet away. It must have been a horrible but impressive thing to see. 

 

Cheers. 

 

Chris.