Brudda

Thank you guys. Here is the clear, 4 coats.

This basecoat is a bmw colorsystems paint. Water based. Their are advantages and disadvantages to water based paints. Advantages are easy clean up. Like tamiya, windex will work but I always flush out the guns with lacquer thinner after windex. Disadvantages are slow dry time. If you make a mistake, it takes longer to repair. I’m lucky because bmw paint says there is a shelf life so they replace it every two years. So I get the old stuff because they throw it out. I’m stocked for life on exterior paint. Three coats. Let dry then clear.

Base coat. Wait a few hours then clear.

Thank you Dann. After sanding and sanding and blocking the body it’s ready to paint. What I’m going to use. If the planets align, I might to be able to paint today. Painting is such an emotional thing.

WOW Chris! Outstanding This is going to be Jewel.

Thank all of you. This was a fun build. I should have bought another one. Paul Fisher was wiped out with the fires in California. He was in contact with me during the build. Great guy.

Primed the body and doors, hood , deck lid and hood scoop. Needs more blocking. But for the first round, not bad. Used acid etch primer.

Thank you Dann. Sandblasted the inside of the doors, hood , scoop and deck lid. Badger sand blaster. Comes in handy on white metal.

Thank you guys. absmiami the kit has them.

Thank you Deuces ll. Thank you Cobraman. Doors , hood and deck lid work.

Checking the stance

The tubes on the cobra frame. No therapy

Oh by the way this picture sends me to the nut house. I will need another therapy session.

Thank you guys. Tim this kit is model factory hiro lite. The tubes on the Porsche give me a nervous breakdown. The mfh p4 Ferrari , I needed therapy. Chris Smith has done a fantastic job on his 917 hippie car. Soooo many tubes. The cobra is not so bad. The body is a little challenge. I don’t know why, but you pay so much for these kits and they just don’t fit. They get close but you have to figure a lot out on your own. Fit the doors. I thought the doors would be easier. Ha! Not so. I’m going to paint the car jet black. So back to Sanding and blocking out the body.

Well here is what I came up with to hold the car together so it will not fold in half. Had to get rid of that center support to paint the car. Ray I will give this to you so you can do your cobra.

Sir Ray , you have talents far beyond this cobra.

The doors are fun . Drill the hinges, mount them to the doors. There is another resin piece that goes into the body. I have to drill holes for the screws to mount this piece of resin. Have to make a upper brace for the body. Have to take out the piece of resin supporting the upper body. Have to think how I’m going to do this.

The rear deck lid took several hours. Had to get the shape back of the deck lid. The deck lid hinge was very distorted. The hinge did not fit the opening in the resin. So you have to sand to fit. Mfh kits are like this. They are not easy. But stick with it and it comes out. Not a shake and bake kit. And not for the faint of heart. Doors next.

Yes, these cars were pretty rough. The body quality was all hand made and not very even or good. The restored cars are so much better. Now you know all the weak points and fix them. I remember in 1969 fixing the aluminum right below the door. It always cracked. It was just part of owning a cobra. I am trying to fit the windshield frame. It came in really rough and bent. Mfh gives you a pattern to go by. Because it’s so bent up.

Fit the hood. Several hours to do this. Have to bend , file, sand, drill holes to fit screws. Drilled out hood front rivets and hood scoop. The real early 427s had a fiberglass scoop. Labor of love.

Well I put a 1/12 917/30 on the shelf for now to do this car. The model factory hiro Porsche 917/30 is a very intense build. The cobra is “model factory hiro lite”. Not as intense. My buddy Mark had a mfh fire sale. So I had to get this. Wanted a lot more but the wallet could not do it. Anyway this is the start. Had to fit and prep the white metal doors , deck lid and hood. Took a few hours to do. Next is mounting the parts for fit. Make sure doors open etc. This build will take awhile. Another long journey into mfh. Trying to do a early car with the starburst wheels. But this may change. The body will take several weeks to get right. So here we go.......

A little more finished . The firewall and seatbelts assembled. Painted the firewall “ automotive trim black”. Painted the rivets. Sanded some seam lines and repainted the parts.waiting for the next package.

Love your build. Turned out very nice. Mugen still has those flares available. $7000. For the kit. Wanted to put them on my car but I only paid $1000 for the car. Makes the car look really cool. Nice job. I have a crx si and love it. 250,000 miles on her and still going ! And a hot wheels version

Very, very beautiful!

Very nice!