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[vwrabbit]

Thanks Donn!

Tim ,

Virgil is using the Revell kit .

Edited by vwrabbit, 22 February 2012 - 07:12 PM.

[Danno]

That's gonna look great all patina'd and rusted up, with gaping holes in the sides and ratty upholstery!

[Dr. Cranky]

Ha, Danno. Wrong, I say. Wrong! LOL.

Tyler, that's a wonderful color and stripes on that vehicle. I think the next one I am going to do with painted on stripes just like yours.

Thanks, and do stay tuned in for more progress.

[crazyjim]

Two SHINY in a row. Looks like you're headed in the right direction, doc.

[Wagoneer81]

That's gonna look great all patina'd and rusted up, with gaping holes in the sides and ratty upholstery!

Danno, I'm guilty of a similar response ... my gut reaction when I saw Docs first Cobra post was, "Cool, I've never seen one of these junked... I wonder if he remembers that the bodys are aluminum and won't rust?..."

Looking good Dr.!

Edited by Wagoneer81, 23 February 2012 - 03:59 AM.

[mp_101airborne]

i fell in love with the first cobra doc... now your really doing it right with that green... sharp... one day im gonna build me a couple and an old ford 600 Hauler that carried them around europe

[Dr. Cranky]

All right, maties, I posted the finished model over in UNDER GLASS. I'm really having a blast with these snakes!

Go over there and check them out, but I will give you a teaser shot here:



Thank you for all the kind words and support. It's always a pleasure to build with you guys looking on. Cheers, DC

[deathskull59]

nice green color and cool looking cobra.

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, Nathan: here's the link to the finished snakes:

http://www.modelcars...40

[Jim0205]

Now that is a fine looking serpent

[Dr. Cranky]

Thank you, Jim.

I think the next one will be midnight blue . . . we'll see, with silver stripes. Or maybe some airbrushed graphics.

[Dr. Cranky]

All right, the third COBRA is in the works, and this one is going to be different. Stay tuned in for some progress pictures.

[Dr. Cranky]

Well, here's the progress on the new build. I took the 41 Willys frame and modified it to fit under the Cobra. I also had to modify the wheel wells in the rear and open the hood . . . all in a all a couple of day's worth of work so far . . .

I am also using the Hemi from the Revell 41 Willys kit. I've always loved that engine and if I had a dollar for every time I've used it, I could by another dozen kits.



The frame modification was simple enough and it's given me the confidence to be able to use this chassis under a whole bunch of vehicles. This is not the gasser frame, but the street rod . . .



The rest of the build is just getting all the other Cobra kit parts ready . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

Here's another angle of the shortened frame. It's all going to be painted in semi gloss black . . . simple enough.



Other than all the body chrome bits that will go on at the end, here's the spread of the parts that will go into primer and paint shortly . . .



There are also some after market parts like the wired distributor that's missing . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

In recent years (since switching to the AB as my main paint source) this is the way I like to build. Simplify things by building and gluing up the chassis and then painting all the parts with the AB . . .

Here's the Hemi mocked up on the shortened chassis . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

Another mocking up session with the Willys shoes, which I am leaving in chrome . . .



Here's the body . . . .

[Dirkpitt289]

As a huge fan of the AC Cobras I would find this type of modification blasphemous to everything Cobra but its so ###### cool.... I want to see more!!

[Dr. Cranky]

Dirk, LOL, I am sure this one will crank up everyone who loves Cobras and Gassers, but not the two in the same vehicle.

I am just going to go ahead and continue to blame Donn Yost for all this madness!

[Dirkpitt289]

Where did you get that blower?

[Dr. Cranky]

Dirk, it's the 41 Willys (Revell) blower. I love that engine and use it all the time because the parts are just beautiful.