This is Revell's old Huey Cobra kit.
It does show its age, but it is basically a sound kit with some nice details.
It has a mixture of raised and recessed panel lines with some neat riveting and panel fasteners.
I engraved the panel lines that needed doing, trying to preserve the rivet and fasteners.
I also added some after market parts. Cobra Company's excellent resin cockpit is a work of art, replacing the kits parts and including a lovely gun turret.
To the turret I added a brass Gatling gun barrel and to show off the cockpit I replaced the kit's canopy with a vac formed one from Werner Wings.
The cockpit set does not include replacement cyclic or collectives so I used a combination of up detailed kit parts and some bits from the spare box.
Airscale decals were used to detail the instrument panels.
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I used a combination of Humbrol enamels and Tamiya acrylics to paint the model.
To weather the model I used techniques I usually employ on armour models, washes and filters, to impart a faded, weather worn look.
I intended to use the kit's decals but they broke up on contact with water, so at the last minute I got a set of decals from Fireball Model Works.
I can recommend these decals, they are really top quality and include stencil data.
Apparently the Helicopter I have modelled is famous for flying the longest mission for a Cobra during the Vietnam War.
Angelo M Picardo
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