Finally Finished the 1965 Ford Shelby Cobra !

[Bill Anderson]

Finally finished the Revell 1965 Ford Shelby 427 cu. in. Cobra today.  Ha, I was 80 when I started it and I'm now 81!  

Here are a handful of pics, and I continue to be amazed at how the high definition camera highlights all my goofs.  Honestly, it looks better in person.

I made two mistakes with the model - one is obvious and the other only an old time Ford guy would see.   

The center stripe came out pretty nice on both the body and the hood (done separately), but the hood stripe is a bit out of alignment with the body.

The other mistake was that I put the intake manifold on backwards, thus forcing the distributor to be located at the back (rather than front) of the motor.  By the time I realized my mistake, the thing was solidly glued in place.  I've tuned many a pre '70s Ford, and always appreciated that the distributor was up front and easy to work with (set points, etc).  

 

[stavanzer]

It looks great from this side of the screen, Bill!

Blue always looks great on a Cobra!

 

 

Good Show.