1/48 Monogram AH-1S Cobra

Gallery Article by Kelly Quirk on Aug 25 2003

 

This is the excellent kit from Monogram.  The cockpit is fantastic right out of the box, no aftermarket needed here!  I did add the helmet rails and a scratchbuilt HUD, but that's it for the cockpit.  

 

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Not much was done to the exterior either.  I added an extra set of rocket launchers, taken from an Apache kit.  The sharkmouth came from a leftover TwoBob's set - they are really made for a Marine AH-1W, but I'm using the snake decal from that set and I couldn't let these go to waste!  I think they look cool.

The model was preshaded, painted, washed, drybrushed and then scratched up with a silver pencil.  

Overall, an easy build and finally an Army bird for my display case!

Kelly Quirk

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Photos and text © by Kelly Quirk