acmiaz Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Really clean build very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyMojave Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I agree with the rest. Beautiful build. A few comments for those who intend to try their hand at this kit (any version). I was around SCCA racing working as a Tech Inspector when these were raced. I worked with a number of Shelby employees at the races and at the tracks where Shelby brought the cars to test, as well as inspecting the customer's race cars. I also was on the crew of a famous racing Tiger, which was another Shelby project of stuffing a Ford V8 into an English sports car. These days I'm a professional race car fabricator who often restores vintage racers including Shelby cars. - He got the oil cooler fittings in the front correct. They were cadmium-plated steel fittings on the original competition Cobras, not anodized aluminum. So they should not be candy red or blue, but silver. At the oil filter, he has anodized fittings... OK, maybe the team replaced a couple of fittings? For a race car, things often got changed from "factory". - The street seat belts are nicely done, but in a race car, the seat belts should be 3" competition hook latch type belts with 2" shoulder straps. - Since the stock AC windshields and similar ones on other sports cars like Vettes and Healeys had a tendency to break when the car got above 150mph at places like Riverside, we preferred they be removed and replaced with the small racing screen as provided in the competition versions of the kit (not found in the wire-wheel street version of the kit). I recall seeing it happening on a Vette that wasn't normally raced. The driver needed a change of clothes after. The screens were available from Shelby. This reduced aero drag and weight and made for something less to break, so most racers made that change. But FIA required the street windshield for their races, so Shelby reinforced the AC diecast uprights with steel for the FIA racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Styrene Chemist Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Very nice looking Shelby.. Great Job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPlant Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Amazing Cobra. One of the best I've seen This color really suits it best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Whalen Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi, Really nice build of the Cobra - one you should be proud of! Cheers, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Truly fantastic work! Extremely clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 WOW! Sooo clean! Just WOW........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Cool build! Great attention to the details! Si señor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary88 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 ery clean and beautiful paint job sir ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydar Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) gorgeous clean build. Did you use Tamiya "acrylic" transparent blue? over Guardsman Blue? joe. Edited February 25, 2013 by jaydar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluebomber Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Really nice work, Mauricio. Did you you use the kit decals for the stripes? If so, how were you able to get them to lie down so well over the hood scoop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Beautiful work. Looks great! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricio Meyer Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 gorgeous clean build. Did you use Tamiya "acrylic" transparent blue? over Guardsman Blue? joe. Hi Joseph!, yes, i used the acrylic transparent blue (35ml acrylic jar) trough the airbrush, over the zero paint "guardsman blue", then Ts-13 clear straigh fron the can. Glad you like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricio Meyer Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Really nice work, Mauricio. Did you you use the kit decals for the stripes? If so, how were you able to get them to lie down so well over the hood scoop? Hi Larry! yes, i used the kit decals. I used Microsol and hair dryer to make them lie down. It´s tricky because with the hair dryer there is always the risk to melt the decals. But with patiance in can be done! matter of practice. The decal doesn't fit the scoop, i had to use a little paint to fix: And then fixed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricio Meyer Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Thanks everybody else for the new comments!! keep enjoying estyerene!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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