![]() ![]() ![]() One of the options is a choice of main rotor masts and the accompanying mount for the top of the fuselage. I somehow managed to install it with my finest tweezers, but I had to hold my breath lest I blow the tiny orb onto my parts-eating carpet. A few parts are impractically small the tiny clear anticollision beacon is less than a millimeter long and maybe a half millimeter in diameter. The small diagrams show the small parts even smaller than they are, making it difficult to determine how and where they attach. Let me explain: Special Hobby’s gorgeous color instructions devote a page to the parts map, seven full pages of five-view paint/markings diagrams, but only two and a half pages to the 21-step assembly sequence. The fit of the parts is good - the fitting of the parts, however, not so much. The instrument panel decals look OK, but there’s an ad in the instructions for Eduard’s color photoetched-metal detail set and resin seats. Decals include markings for six Cobras: two in Vietnam service and four weapons trainers. ![]() Included in the kit are several options: choice of the early tail with the torque rotor on the left side early or beefed-up landing skids three turret configurations (the empty one is a resin add-in) rocket pods minigun pods and the M35 Vulcan 20mm cannon with fuselage ammunition saddles. Major parts feature alignment pins/holes, unlike many previous Special Hobby models. Even the well-detailed cockpit fits inside the fuselage without modification. The parts are crisply molded with fine recessed details and flash-free tiny details. This appears to be a significant step up in quality for the Czech manufacturer, noted for its variety of short-run offerings. Special Hobby’s new kit relieves the suffering of the 1/72 scale community with a gem of a kit. Despite being the first purpose-built attack helicopter, the initial version of Bell’s AH-1 Cobra has been nearly ignored by kit manufacturers until now. ![]()
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