Chinacar Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) The weather's been good so I was able to get some photography done in the last few days. I got this model last year shortly after I started to work for SHELBY AMERICAN. It's the Fujimi kit which has some short comings (like the too thick windshield frame). The exhaust was a bit fiddly to assemble with way too thick chrome so I stripped it and painted it flat white. Decals looked like they were a nightmare, so I skipped them. Paint is Mr Hobby / Mr Color Metallic blue, with Mr Hobby Super Clear Primer. In hind site the metallic flakes are probably too big for the scale, but I didn't want to strip and repaint. The rest of the kit is built box stock. Thanks for looking. Edited February 15 by Chinacar typo 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Great looking high metallic paint color. Clean looking body trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Great job Alex on a cool little car☺️ 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Wonderful job Alex! And yes, Vegas has been treating us to a bit of uncharacteristically cloudy weather lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Beautiful Cobra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Nah Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Great job Alex! Metal flake paint looks fine to me. I envy your fine weather. Been really rainy and humid here in Brisbane for weeks now so even spray painting is mostly out let alone photography! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Very nice Cobra. I like the metallic blue and clean build style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Nicely done Cobra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Very nice Cobra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinacar Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, espo said: Great looking high metallic paint color. Clean looking body trim. 7 hours ago, TransAmMike said: Great job Alex on a cool little car☺️ 👍 6 hours ago, ea0863 said: Wonderful job Alex! And yes, Vegas has been treating us to a bit of uncharacteristically cloudy weather lately 3 hours ago, Jim B said: Beautiful Cobra. 2 hours ago, Yeah Nah said: Great job Alex! Metal flake paint looks fine to me. I envy your fine weather. Been really rainy and humid here in Brisbane for weeks now so even spray painting is mostly out let alone photography! 1 hour ago, karbuildr said: Very nice Cobra. I like the metallic blue and clean build style. 1 hour ago, Dragonhawk1066 said: Nicely done Cobra! 48 minutes ago, PappyD340 said: Very nice Cobra! Thanks guys. In hindsight I should have open up the side vents and the small intake below the front grill. I saw a great tutorial on how to open grills. A drivers side mirror would have also added some realism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Very nice! Who needs stripes anyway? The one Carroll Shelby drove in the movie was pretty plain Jane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinacar Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 17 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said: Very nice! Who needs stripes anyway? The one Carroll Shelby drove in the movie was pretty plain Jane. True, wire wheel small engine dark blue, no wheel flares... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonplastics Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Excellent work and presentation! I love the color. Off the wall question: What surface is the model sitting on? Doesn't seem to be a mirror, as there aren't the moire pattern images in the reflection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Good lucking Cobra. Let's have a look at your engine. The Fujimi kit does have one important advantage over the Revell kit in that it has engine compartment side walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinacar Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 7 hours ago, hookedonplastics said: Excellent work and presentation! I love the color. Off the wall question: What surface is the model sitting on? Doesn't seem to be a mirror, as there aren't the moire pattern images in the reflection. Thanks Russ for your comments. The car is photographed outside on a high gloss plexiglass sheet. I guess it looks grey because it's reflecting the sky. It seems to work ok though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinacar Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 7 hours ago, Phildaupho said: Good lucking Cobra. Let's have a look at your engine. The Fujimi kit does have one important advantage over the Revell kit in that it has engine compartment side walls Hi Phil, the engine compartment has a firewall but no side walls. I didn't add any details and painted everything as it came out of the box, so not much detailing to show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, Chinacar said: Hi Phil, the engine compartment has a firewall but no side walls. I didn't add any details and painted everything as it came out of the box, so not much detailing to show. We might be referring to different things but I can see what I refer to as side walls in your underneath photo. I have attached a photo of the Fujimi chassis sprue. I hadn't really noticed before but the area above the upper A-arm should be closed in to give a full side wall. AMT may have actually done a better job of rendering the side walls. Edited February 18 by Phildaupho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Great looking Cobra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinacar Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) 9 hours ago, Phildaupho said: We might be referring to different things but I can see what I refer to as side walls in your underneath photo. I have attached a photo of the Fujimi chassis sprue. I hadn't really noticed before but the area above the upper A-arm should be closed in to give a full side wall. AMT may have actually done a better job of rendering the side walls. Got it. The wheel wells. I haven't opened the Revell kit. I'm pretty sure I may have a couple of those. One is the ESSEX Wire one. I look forward to building those when I get better. Edited February 18 by Chinacar typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, Chinacar said: Got it. The wheel wells. I haven't opened the Revell kit. I'm pretty sure I may have a couple of those. One is the ESSEX Wire one. I look forward to building those when I get better. Alex - With your knowledge of Cobras you will definitely prefer the Revell kit but you will have to fabricate your own wheel wells !! I look forward to seeing your build. Edited February 18 by Phildaupho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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