When / if minicraft comes out with their Cobra Daytona i want to build this...

[Darin Bastedo]

CSX 2287 at Bonneville

[Danno]

That's a salty dawg!!

[Cato]

Now that's a weathering project I could love...

[krow]

And then when they start saying "Dude, those cars never ran in snow!" you can just point to the little sign on the display in very small letters saying Cobra Daytona at Bonneville and smile blissfully as they redden up and storm away. All kidding aside, that one shot of the rear looks for all the world like they took it out into a snowstorm.

[Junkman]

Amazing how battered the coachwork is. Note the flattened nose from banging the open bonnet onto the salt and the deep indentations where they slammed the drivers door shut. Those cars were just thrashed about and beaten up.

What are these brackets riveted to the A-pillars for?

Also note that the doors open in typical toy fashion, they don't 'tuck in' at the leading edge when open.

Edited October 24, 2010 by Junkman

[Brett Barrow]

It's Academy that's supposed to do this. Academy and Minicraft haven't been affiliated in about 20 years. Thanks for posting, those are some cool pics.

I hope to have a little info on this kit later this week when our contingent from iHobby gets back to work. (I like to let them settle in for a couple days before I start in with the questions)