Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - FINISHED - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 - multi-media - Le Mans

[CDW]

I love it. 

Did you see the Matra MFH is coming out with in April?

[Jack12477]

Amazing model !  Fantastic detail ! Especially that California license plate. Nice touch.

[king derelict]

Simply spectacular Rob. Your patience and dedication to high standards has resulted in a beautiful creation. Congratulations.

Alan

[wvdhee]

Absolutely gorgeous 😍 

[DocRob]

10 hours ago, CDW said:

I love it. 

Did you see the Matra MFH is coming out with in April?

Thank yo Craig, I´ve seen the MS670, but had hoped for something else from France. If I would like to go that way, I would purchase the MS11 with the highly visible identical 12 cylinder engine, but somehow I don´t like the Matra blue. It looks toyish to me.
I´m still contemplating about the Brabham BT45, a very radical design with the flat 12 Alfa engine.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

10 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Amazing model !  Fantastic detail ! Especially that California license plate. Nice touch.

 

9 hours ago, king derelict said:

Simply spectacular Rob. Your patience and dedication to high standards has resulted in a beautiful creation. Congratulations.

 

2 hours ago, wvdhee said:

Absolutely gorgeous 😍 

Muchas gracias, Jack, Alan and Walter. The Cobra tested my patience and not everything went to plan, but about 90% were pure joy. The dreadful 10% accumulated towards the end and spoilt the experience a bit. All this is my fault, as I should have chosen a simpler MFH kit. The Cobra had it all, doors, hood, front lights under plexy, lots of vac parts, riveted on, ... , only missing wire spoked wheels. Lessons learned, my next MFH build will probably be a F1 car and definitely not my Ferrari 250 TRI from ´61.

Cheers Rob

[ccoyle]

Nice work, Rob!

[DocRob]

25 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

Nice work, Rob!

Thank you Chris, it´s "near finished" though, but never mind .

Cheers Rob

[fimapa@telenet.be]

great work, especcialy on the details

[Danstream]

Fantastic! It looks like a real car. The paintwork is really impressive, along with the rest.

Cheers,

Dan

[Canute]

Superb build, Rob. It looks the real deal.

[DocRob]

On 3/29/2025 at 11:11 AM, fimapa@telenet.be said:

great work, especcialy on the details

 

On 3/29/2025 at 3:48 PM, Danstream said:

Fantastic! It looks like a real car. The paintwork is really impressive, along with the rest.

 

24 minutes ago, Canute said:

Superb build, Rob. It looks the real deal.

Muchas gracias Ken and Dan and fimapa. The MFH kits do look very close to the real thing with all their enclosed detail. Pricey models, but worth it to my eye without the need of any aftermarket items. I actually had so much fun with the build, besides the woes at the end, that I already ordered another MFH kit, adding to my stash. It took almost six month to finish the Cobra, but I hope the next project will be a bit quicker and easier.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

There was a little sunshine outside and I decided to add some natural light pics of the Cobra Coupe.























Cheers Rob

[king derelict]

Simply beautiful.

alan

[CDW]

it would be very difficult to build a model that looked more like a real race car than this one. Excellent model, Doc.

[DocRob]

10 hours ago, king derelict said:

Simply beautiful.

 

6 hours ago, CDW said:

it would be very difficult to build a model that looked more like a real race car than this one. Excellent model, Doc.

Thank you Craig and Alan, I had to use, what little time I had with the sun. There are still the hanging doors to fix, an area, I worked on for numerous hours during the build, but had no success. Anyway, I´m mostly happy how the big Cobra Coupe came out and that I pulled through.

Cheers Rob