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great ! sign me up for one of these!

nice build and paint work. your hood looks much better than the original 1/1 car. a set of miniltes from Fireball modelworks would compliment the great work already done. https://www.modelbuilderswh.com/collections/wheels-tires?page=2

Randy, will see you there . looking forward to show!

Tom, the 2E by IMC is a tough kit to build and kinda small at 1/25 scale. Kits i like and have are 2d by Modelers, 2c by LS , 2f and 2e by Fisher, 3 small boxes to the right are slotcar bodies by Fein Design Modell, they are pricey for just a body but awesome detail and quality.

i agree one of the best looking race cars . even though i'm a big time Ford fan, i'm also a big time Chaparral fan. got a big box of future builds. nice build Tom, look into Chaparral wheels by HRM Historic Racing Miniatures they look great and can be purchased at https://www.modelbuilderswh.com/pages/about-us

added some gauge rings and finished a couple batteries

ok, not all 9 are getting full detail. i would but i don't have many photo etched detail kits by Hobby design. can't find any supply anymore. working on steering wheels , scratch built batteries and gauges on dash. to replicate glass for gauges, i tried 2 part opoxy but it yellowed and hard to work with. i tried floor wax (pledge) took forever and would not build up fast enough. found this product on-line. art resin (artresin.com) mix1:1 work time 45 minutes,dries in 24 hours and full cure in 72 hours. super user freindly and great results. comes out crystal clear. also used on center cap on steering wheel

was hard to see in picture, yellow Allen Grant cobra did have fender spats under 3 logo decals. AFX , cobra looks awesome !

One thing that is for certain, not many racing cobra's are exatly the same. As AFX stated in another post , the race cars where constantly changing and evolving . this Cobra does have rear flares only and i don't see front spats on any picture i can find. It does have front air ducts for brakes and Halibrand wheels , both available from HRM. A rear flare would not be to hard to fabricate.

thanks for posting kit review Ray . it's almost worth it just for the decals. i have been searching for Cobra Powered by Ford decals for Shelby transport truck. Pete, i got this nice set of 1/24 decals from www.slotracing-werk.de/ search DSC-decals and you will find the Cobra decals. it has both the car and truck decals on 1 sheet. great deal !

thanks for the info Hakan, my cobra books don't describe exact carb used but one picture of dry sump engine out of car looks like 4150 with LeMans float bowls.

yes, and some that are not on this decal set. i have a couple Studio 27 decal sheets with different cars.

now that's a rare photo i will not find in a book. almost looks like air intakes under front of car. it's crazy to see how drivers raced back then in short sleeve t-shirts and Tom Payne driving in a coat and tie!

once again thanks Gary for the photo's i have never seen before. great shots!! a rare dry sump car with filler cap on right fender. thanks Maxx, HRM makes some great stuff. i think i have a set of his Halibrand wheels to use.

awesome pictures Gary !! thanks, never seen most of these photo's. from last photo,almost looks like a single 4 barrel air cleaner. i have these decals on V-R-M big block snake set. also not sure of car#183 on decal set.

i have that book, great history and almost every picture is black and white. they tell how cars where delivered(color) but many had color's changed as they raced. car csx 3012 was delivered silver, why would Studio 27 have it as viking blue. shelby registry book also show's cars as they look today and not how they raced in the 60's like csx 3176 raced in red with #7 and now it's white #175 thanks for the reply vamach1

thanks for the replies and interest. i used these carbs because it's all i had in spare parts box. Force, do you know where i could find correct carb that doesn't look like the un-impressive one that comes in stock kit? VCG resins makes a 750 holley that may look close. thanks Gary, i have many cobra books and always looking for more reference photo's. color photo's are harder to find. got a couple... is this #1 cobra Lothar Motschenbecher csx3012 silver or viking blue? Studio 27 decal reference has it as viking blue. no photo ... red 427 cobra at sebring(car #7) csx 3176 almost a street car with no side pipes. i have no engine pic... dual carbs ??

ok this project started about a year ago, but recently got back on it full time. having purchased some Model Factory Hiro cobra kits, i decided to warm-up with some less expensive monogram kits. With help from Steve at V-R-M decals for letting me purchase decals that are not ready yet and inspiration from many model builders like AFX AND Cobraman, made this project happen. although more 289 cobra's raced then 427 cobra's there are still enough decal sets to make more than 10 427 race cobra's. not just a Ford fan also.....have way too many Chaparral kits to build along with Grand sport corvette''s , Ferrari's and Lola t 70's. at 54 i need to get going on some builds. maybe the reason for 9 cobra builds at one time.

a nice build and great replica of the original race car. good history on the car ...but yah the 260ci cobra drivin by Bill Krause had a bad start and it took 9 laps to pass the corvette. built up a half lap lead when the left rear hub broke.

it looks awesome ! a great tribute to Crazy Ed. The extra detail really makes it stand out . what aluminum wheel inserts did you use ? Bill

thanks for the replies and information. Hobbyworld-USA was great. only $6.80 shipping for 4 bottles of paint. Bill

I found a web site out of the USA that will sell Zero paint and ship to US. Great price until i got shipping cost. Paint $35.00 shipping cost $120.00 almost 4 times the price of paint!! does anyone know a good source to buy Zero paint at a reasonable cost? thanks, Bill

looks great ! a lot of detail for a kit that doesn't have much detail to start with.

would like to see the sports car haulers, 1964 Fiat Bartoletti and h-series 2 story falcon

great looking truck and King Cobra! i sure could use a couple sets of those cobra powered by ford decals