Peter Lombardo Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Well, I guess tonight I have some time, so it is catch-up time on a few things I have done over the past 18 months or so. As most of you agree, the venerable Revell / Monogram 427 Cobra kit is hard to beat. I have built many and I know if I live long enough, I will build many more. This car epitomizes raw unbridled power....what a thrill it must have been to drive one on the track in anger.....wind in your face, bugs in your teeth and huge amounts of power under your right foot. Sports Car road racing at its peak in the later 1960's. As much as I love the kit, I grow board easily with the same old colors and markings....so I thought what if I built a couple in the livery's of cars I loved from the era? First up is the Ferrari 250 GTO.....I love the look of chassis number 4153....in it's classy silver paint with the yellow hood stripe and numberless white rondals.......I built a replica of this car a few years ago and here is a shot of it at the 2014 NNLeast So here is the Cobra roadster done in the same style and color combination.....kind of like, if the team wanted to have a Cobra roadster in their stable......... This is the kit with opened doors and trunk done in colors of the team. Next, one of my favorite team color schemes from the 1960's were the Gulf Racing cars......I have the Fujimi Porsche and Ford GT in these scheme's, I have yet to build them though. I started, but haven't finished the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 The kit is the in the factory colors, but I have the Studio 27 decal sheet to turn the car into the light blue and orange striped Gulf car which I prefer. So here is the Cobra roadster done in the Gulf Racing colors.....Maybe some one raced one in this scheme, I don't know, but this is how I interpret how it would look done as a Gulf Car. I painted on the stripe and had all of the decals except the Gulf logo on the door......the first picture of the car without the hood on was taken before the Gulf logo decal arrived, so it is missing, but the decals arrived from Japan in time for the bulk of the pictures. And lastly, this is a shot of the McLaren MP4-12C with paint and decals, but a long way from complete.....but the colors just look so great on the car Thanks for looking.............
Pete L. Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Great stuff, I especially like the GULF colors on the roadster !!!
spencer1984 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Great job all around, but I just have to echo how amazing the Gulf car looks!
oldscool Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Very nice stuff! One of Revellograms best kits IMHO.
Twokidsnosleep Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Loving the Gulf livery....great stuff Edited June 18, 2015 by Twokidsnosleep
tmathew1us Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Wonderful creative job on these, I love looking at these "What if.." type of models. What brand of colors did you use on the Gulf-liveried models?
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