Save of an old Cobra.

[Johnt671]

I just finished this save of a kit I built in the early 80's. The kit had a lot of parts that fell off through the years, but I saved most of them. Other than the resin Weber carbs and two knock off spinner I still need all the pars are from the original kit. I wanted to save as much of the original build as possible so the only thing I repainted was the engine, thee wheels, the bottom of the interior, and the exhaust pipes. the paint on the body and interior is the way I first built it.

This is how it looked when I started it.

For some reason I used some kind of blue goop on the wheels and tires, and the reason I had to refinish the wheels.

And now:

More pictures in a little bit.

Link to the build thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/119133-289-cobra-repairrestore/

[Johnt671]

The rest of the pictures.

 

[Snake45]

Wow, that came out GREAT! Nicely done, and isn't it FUN to save one? Well done and model on!

[cobraman]

It really did come out nice.

[afx]

Nice build John.  Those replacement tires really improve the look of the stock kit.

[Jonathan]

Nice save!

[PARTSMARTY]

Very cool !!!

[Intmd8r]

That looks much better 

[donb]

Fine job with that save. Looks great.

[o-man]

Winner!

[vintagercr]

Cool build!

[Johnt671]

Thanks everyone. It did feel good to save it. This was one of the last models I did in the 80's. I still have some from then but for some reason this one didn't survive as well as the others. I sat in a box in the attic for years and every now and again I'd look at it and think I should just get rid of it. The decent paint job saved it and is why I redid it. I started back building again in 2013 when I retired. Last month I painted a few models so I could build over the winter, and and pulled this one out to restore

The ting that makes it even better was that I built this to keep my mind busy. My wife was in the hospital fighting cancer at the age of 32. She chose to go in the hospital where she was from, Long Island and her family was watching our year old daughter, At that time I'd just left the Army and we lived near West Point, so when I came home from work the house was empty so the modeling gave me something to do.