cobraman Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 First a bit of history . 1963 Shelby Bordinat Cobra concept roadster / CS 3001 . Two concept cars were built . The Cougar ll , a coupe and this roadster called the Bordinat Cobra . This car was also referred to as the XP Cobra . It had a 289 engine with a C4 auto . Body was vacuum formed of a new plastic called Royalex . Three bodies like this were made . One for the concept car and the other two just disappeared . Some reports say this car never ran . Both cars were discovered in a warehouse in Detroit and restored . The model . Started with the Lindberg kit of the Cougar ll. Since I was going to remove a large section of the body I glued the doors shut . After the roof was removed I filled in the resulting hole with sheet plastic . From there it was puttied and sanded and primed . I painted it with Tamiya silver and was not really happy but I never seem to get a good finish with silver . It was also cleared . I had to use the stock tires and wheels which was another disappointment . I had some very nice wires and ww tires but it turned out they were just too tall to fit . I had some goofs and this project did not turn out as good as I had wanted and hoped but they seldom do . Overall for me this ain’t too bad . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Very Cool Ray. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Very nicely done Ray ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Well executed. Beautiful car, it reminds me of Ton Tjaarda's Chevy Corvette based Rondine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Great job Ray, turned out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Congratulations Ray you got it done and it will be very unique on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Great build of gorgeous car. Turned out better than the project I've never started would ever dream to be Great build thread too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Outstanding build Ray and thanks for taking us through it step by step. I liked the history too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh1701 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Looks good! Congrats! Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 You did a great job on the body Ray, it's unique and you won't see a lot of this concept car at the next model car contest. Well done sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Great project resulting in a very unique and attractive model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Thank you all very much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 I just noticed I forgot to install the wheel spinners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Great build Ray, that is something different!! Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Thank you Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowboy Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Very cool little model Ray! It looks so much better without the roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I think this turned out FANTASTIC!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thanks guys. I think I should have repainted it but I didn't know what would happen if I tried to strip it with the putty on the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I´ve never heard of this car until I came across your thread. Nice work, I think it looks much better than the Cougar II ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, cobraman said: Thanks guys. I think I should have repainted it but I didn't know what would happen if I tried to strip it with the putty on the body. Leave it like this Ray It's really nice! Every time I have stripped the paint on one of my model, (using Easy-Off oven cleaner) the putty stipped off too and I had to start over. Maybe someone knows a miracle product that can only remove the paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Cool. Unusual subject. Looks fine to me. I'm fairly sure you would have had to redo the body work if you stripped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thank you much guys. I actually wanted to do this for a long time because I really like this car and no kit is out there. I only found a 1/43 diecast for about 100 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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