Venom Posted October 27, 2020 Author Posted October 27, 2020 10 hours ago, cobraman said: Great looking model. Well done ! Getting a compliment on a Cobra build from anyone named cobraman is quite the compliment indeed... I’m flattered!?
vamach1 Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, Venom said: Thanks iBorg! The last ten years have been a mixture of a lot of stressful events followed up with summers spent riding my bike for as many miles as possible to un-stress. Problem was, the long, cold winters were filled with boredom, and the only model that I ever kept from years gone by was also a Revell Cobra, and though I didn’t put near the amount of time and detail into it, I always liked looking at it. Then, one winter evening I watched the movie Ford vs Ferrari, and that was it! I decided to order up some Shelby models off eBay and do a Shelby collection. This Cobra is the first one so far... I’ve got a ‘66 GT40, another Revell Cobra, and two Revell GT-350 Mustangs coming up. EVENTUALLY. I’ve included a pic of the Cobra that I kept for all those years Josh, Welcome back after 10 years. Your “New” build shows you have not lost a step and Cobraman, AFX, Gramps46, Dave B, 65slotcar and many others will enjoy seeing what you build next. Edited October 27, 2020 by vamach1
Venom Posted October 27, 2020 Author Posted October 27, 2020 Hey! To those of you I didn’t respond to individually, I’d just like to say how much I appreciate reading your comments. Until I signed on to this forum, people never really saw my models. It feels really good to get appreciated by other modelers! Thanks everyone!
TooOld Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 Wow that's nice ! Congrats on the paint , it turned out beautiful , and your detailing is top notch !
Phildaupho Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Very well done after a 10 year lay off. Build on.
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Very well done and a great color! I'm currently building a replica of the Gumball Rally Cobra in close to the same color, also custom mixed.
Venom Posted October 30, 2020 Author Posted October 30, 2020 On 10/28/2020 at 4:47 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said: Very well done and a great color! I'm currently building a replica of the Gumball Rally Cobra in close to the same color, also custom mixed. Thank you! That’s awesome! I’d love to see it when it’s finished. Hopefully you’ll post pics of it here. I’ve come to realize I get a lot of joy and satisfaction out of mixing my own colors, problem is however, I can get quite lost in it sometimes. Good luck on your Gumball Rally build!
Belugawrx Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 Looks awesome with the white background too ! Well done Josh ?
Venom Posted October 31, 2020 Author Posted October 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Belugawrx said: Looks awesome with the white background too ! Well done Josh ? Thank you very much!
Bainford Posted November 1, 2020 Posted November 1, 2020 Very nice Cobra. Cleanly built with fine detailing. I especially like the paint, the colour and the sheen look perfect. Well done.
Venom Posted November 1, 2020 Author Posted November 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Bainford said: Very nice Cobra. Cleanly built with fine detailing. I especially like the paint, the colour and the sheen look perfect. Well done. Thank you so much Trevor! I’ve been mixing my own colors for the first time and was going for Guardsman Blue. Funny thing is, nobody truly knows exactly how to mix that color because back in the day the painters at Shelby kept no specific formula for how their colors were mixed, and the cars were painted over and over, so in some races you might have seen three different Cobras with three different shades of “Guardsman Blue”, so for me the color turned out pretty well. The clearcoat, like the paint is waterborne and comes out pretty dull, but I just polished it up a bit until I thought the sheen had kind of a vintage patina. Thank you for noticing!
Venom Posted November 23, 2020 Author Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 1:48 AM, slusher said: Great looking Cobra.. Thank you kindly Carl?
Pete75 Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 Wow Josh, that's awesome! I reckon you NAILED the colour - love it. I would hop online & buy the kit now but I don't have an airbrush and I don't think I can accept anything other than that blue!! Added to wishlist though!?
Venom Posted November 25, 2020 Author Posted November 25, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 2:19 PM, Pete75 said: Wow Josh, that's awesome! I reckon you NAILED the colour - love it. I would hop online & buy the kit now but I don't have an airbrush and I don't think I can accept anything other than that blue!! Added to wishlist though!? Thank you very much Pete for the fine compliment... It did take me quite a bit of fussing to get the paint mix just right.
MININORTHFORDMAN Posted December 1, 2020 Posted December 1, 2020 woah awesome cobra i love the detail
TooOld Posted December 1, 2020 Posted December 1, 2020 Beautiful work Josh , right out of the box you got it right ! Superb detailing and your paint looks spot on !
Venom Posted December 1, 2020 Author Posted December 1, 2020 16 hours ago, MININORTHFORDMAN said: woah awesome cobra i love the detail Charlie, thank you kindly for the compliment?
Venom Posted December 1, 2020 Author Posted December 1, 2020 8 hours ago, TooOld said: Beautiful work Josh , right out of the box you got it right ! Superb detailing and your paint looks spot on ! Bob, I appreciate your noticing...thanks so much!???
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 2, 2020 Posted December 2, 2020 Beautiful work, sir. I missed it earlier. Much as I've enjoyed the real ones over the years, I've yet to even start a model of one. Seeing models like this makes me want to remedy that situation.
Venom Posted December 3, 2020 Author Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) On 12/1/2020 at 7:18 PM, Ace-Garageguy said: Beautiful work, sir. I missed it earlier. Much as I've enjoyed the real ones over the years, I've yet to even start a model of one. Seeing models like this makes me want to remedy that situation. Thanks Bill, your compliment is much appreciated!... I think you would really enjoy building one. The Revell kit has a lot of molding lines to sand off, but the detail is great. BTW: I love the quote “Never give up, never surrender”... It is exactly what I keep telling myself whenever a model build is trying to kick my butt... I’m currently battling it out with my Fujimi GT40...having to figure out how to fabricate new headlight covers from scratch since one of the originals cracked!? I will win. Edited December 3, 2020 by Venom Additional note
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