My attempt on a Cobra

[kjohan]

Here is the result of my attempts to at least approximate the CSX3008
Based on the Revell/ Monogram kit, the version moulded in blue.
Got some very appreciated advices in a another thread, thanks very much

There remains much to learn on build and photos but still great fun.

Gunnar
 

 

 

[vamach1]

Looks like there is a problem with the files or links.  I cannot see any pictures.

[Venom]

I can’t see the pics either...?

[Zippi]

No pics here either.

[kjohan]

Strange with the photos

I see them on my opening opening of the thread

Try another method  

Try again

 

 

[afx]

Nice work.

[vamach1]

Looks good from here now.  Nice job.

[Gramps46]

Really nice build.  I saw this car race at the Mid Ohio race track and you have captured the look very well.

[Rich Chernosky]

Aaahh..much better.   Nice job on this one. Oscar Koveleski and Hal Keck (  I think)  drove this car to victory at Watkins Glen.

[Venom]

Always love seeing a Cobra.... Very well done??

[kjohan]

Thanks for nice comments, really appreciate Gary´s comment on having seen the actual car racing in period.

A couple of comments
 

- The kit came moulded in blue "metallic" of faily good finish
  There were a couple of weld lines in the material, where the material came flowing from different directions
  Furtunately those were in the areas covered by the decals
  So I took the easy way out, polished the plastic and just applied one layer of clear coat, a little polishing again thereafter

- The external oil filler /filter to the front left of the engine was moulded together with the upper coolant hose.
   Cut it loose and attached it instead separately to the front end of the engine block,
    a bit too low but did not want to have conflict with the closing of the hood.
   By having this as a separate unit I could make oil hoses both to the oil cooler in the low front
   as well as those connecting to the engine block,
   just below in the lower left corner just above the joint between the block and the oil pan.
   Not possible to show in photo, no one will see it 
   But I know it´s there, that´s sufficient

- would have liked to have a dual battery installed behind the passenger seat 
  but i learned about this after having glued the seat in place,
  And apparently did a good job with this gluing, impossible to pry loose
  So ...  But onn the next one(s)...

-  In general a very nice kit to build
   They must have liked what they did when the constructed and formed the kit
   The only strange thing was the steering rack, which, judging from the angles of the rods and the position of the steering gear on the rack, seemed to belong to a RHD car.
   The attachment of the rack to the front wheel uprights was also weak and fiddly.
    Otherwise Ok

 Now in the finalizing stages of an Italeri 250 GTO, if you built a Cobra, you need to keep the balance with a Ferrari.
 Thereafter finishing a Ford 1930 coupé, and then back to Cobra(s) ; the Ollie ( probably this also in the Feinstein execution) and the Baldwin Motion drag racer
 Amazing how gluing pieces of styrene can keep you busy

 

[afx]

As information Revell mislabeled the Drag Racing Cobra kit.  The car was built by Motion Performance not Baldwin-Motion.

 

Motion Performance did collaborate with Baldwin Chevrolet (Baldwin-Motion Performance Group) to build many hot Chevys back in the day.

The original Baldwin-Motion Performance Group (1967-1974) represented a partnership between Baldwin Auto Company, a franchised Chevrolet dealership dating back to the early-1920s and Motion Performance, a high-profile speed shop with a reputation for building fast Chevys. Both were located in Baldwin, Long Island, NY, a New York City suburb.

https://www.supercars.net/blog/all-brands/baldwin-motion/

Edited October 26, 2021 by afx

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[MeatMan]

Nicely done!

[cobraman]

Your Cobra turned out very nice. Well done !

[Zippi]

Great looking.  That blue looks really clean and slick.  Nice detail work.  

[vamach1]

Here’s CSX2431 from the Boulder CO museum.  It’s a 289 but you can clearly see the influence it had on the design of the 427 body.

[kjohan]

Thank you all for your help with information and kind words on the outcome of this one

Gunnar