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

[CDW]

Looks magnificently precise, just like the real thing. 

[DocRob]

2 hours ago, CDW said:

Looks magnificently precise, just like the real thing. 

Thank you Craig, when all is forced into it´s place, it start to look good . You can´t imagine the touch up work, I don´t know, how often, I resprayed or brushed some damaged black areas.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

Well, it was about time, to see how the body, hood and doors will fit to the chassis. 
I cleaned the excellent casted body parts and drilled all the needed holes and joined the hood to the chassis. There are cast metal hinges and the hood will be openable. When adding the body, which is not screwed on for now, I got what I feared, a gap, the hood being to high, because the air funnels don´t have enough room under the hood. I was prepared, as Pooh described the same problem in his YouTube build video. It looks a bit worse on the pics than it is in reality, because, I can lift the back of the body slightly.
I inserted the doors on their metal hinges and found the right one fitting too low and the left one was ok.
I´m close to the body painting stage and the fit issues have to be solved thorough and now, so next is analyzing, what to do best.





Cheers Rob

[Canute]

I have faith that you will solve this problem, Rob.

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

I have faith that you will solve this problem, Rob.

Thank you Ken, I will take my time and add more internal components for further evaluation. This is a make or break issue and I will not rush here.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

... meanwhile, the Cobra Coupe isn´t vegan anymore. I bought some self adhesive leather from MFH lately and decided, I give the seats a try with this. What looks better than the real thing . The seats were primed and sprayed semi matte black and then, I cut the leather patches roughly to contour. The shape of the seats is a bit difficult to cover, but the leather is luckily very thin and flexible and adheres very well. I think, with the seat belts applied and some final trimming, they will look good.



Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

I worked on the interior of the Cobra Coupe, lately, installing and decaling the switchboard first, then matte clear sprayed over the decals. Last were the switches, which are glued from the backside.
Next was the shifting lever, which was not easy to install cleanly, with the tiny rivets to add.
Last for these steps was the fire extinguisher, which is fantastically detailed. The chrome band is made from chrome adhesive tape, instead of the kit´s springy PE part.
Then the tub was installed onto the chassis, followed by the seats and seatbelts. I love MFH seatbelts, as they provide double sided adhesive tape for mounting and installing them. No risk of CA blotches, smart.
 

Cheers Rob

[CDW]

Seeing your beautiful work on this MFH kit convinced me to acquire one and give it a go. I bought the 1:12 1960 Corvette kit as my first MFH kit. It will be a while before I start it. Bought the magnetic tumbler, too. I can't see myself hand cleaning and polishing all those metal parts. You are doing their company a huge favor showing your build of their kit.

[yvesvidal]

Craig, how much did you pay for the Corvette kit? I was lusting their Auto Union kit (1/12th) but I am afraid to ask for the price in US dollar. I may simply go with the Portuguese kit of Fernando Pinto Portugal.....in 1/24th.

 

And sorry for hijacking this beautiful thread with mundane questions 🙂

 

Yves

[CDW]

22 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Craig, how much did you pay for the Corvette kit? I was lusting their Auto Union kit (1/12th) but I am afraid to ask for the price in US dollar. I may simply go with the Portuguese kit of Fernando Pinto Portugal.....in 1/24th.

 

And sorry for hijacking this beautiful thread with mundane questions 🙂

 

Yves

I bought it for $680 from Spraygunner dot com. It was discounted due to a box that was scuffed up in shipping but contents perfect. Their regular price is $800. Most of their MFH kits are already sold out. Not a large selection of MFH kits in the USA and when they get new stock, it goes fast.

[DocRob]

3 hours ago, CDW said:

Seeing your beautiful work on this MFH kit convinced me to acquire one and give it a go. I bought the 1:12 1960 Corvette kit as my first MFH kit. It will be a while before I start it. Bought the magnetic tumbler, too. I can't see myself hand cleaning and polishing all those metal parts. You are doing their company a huge favor showing your build of their kit.

Guilty as charged, Craig, but I share the same fate, as I bought the Cobra as my second MFH kit, after working on the Crocker. These kits can be addictive, somehow.
You´ll like the tumbler, but don´t use the needle diameter too big. I choose 0,3 mm and that doesn´t soft the sharpness of the cast and gets into the crevices. With the Corvette, there will be the need of some polishing as well, despite the tumbler cleaning.
If I would buy the Corvette directly from MFH, I would pay more or less the same, like you did and they ship within a week, even to my remote island. The Cobra was about 630 $ including shipping and somehow went through customs unharmed, somehow.

@yvesvidal: I thought about the Auto Union as well, what a beautiful beast. Maybe, when I can lay my hands on one of these...

Cheers Rob

[king derelict]

The fire extinguisher is exquisite.

Alan