A.C. Cobra 427.

It's the Revell ex Monogram kit in 1;24.
I have not done a great deal yet apart from painting the suspension and chassis.


I have however cut down the wheel backs so they actually look like wheels...LOL
I wanted 3 for the photo and one original 'disc' which was as well as my fingers ached afterwards seeing that the centre nub is required for wheel fitting..


I have spent a full 2 days on the shell,looks nice at a glance but ohh boy are those mold lines persistant!!
Wet sand being sure not to flatten the wing tops and reprime.Then all the way front to rear there was a very faint 'ghost' line so out with the filler/primer,it's all good now.The grille surround was fun too! 


All for now.

Looks good 001  This is not an easy kit to build, I built the Monogram version and had a lot of fitting to do. I think I have it posted on here but not sure.

Yopu are off to a bang up start. I have this kit in my stash and was curious how it would be. Thanks for building it.

Cheers John and Bucky.
I intend to build it as a road car so will be using the supplied windshield and might possibly build it as a kit car...Gadzooks the horror! 

But it gives me options for a few devious ideas I have like a turbo and a mesh grille... 

Godd start Nige.

I built this one a few years back and it's a nice kit to build.

I remember that Al,you had troubles with the decals if I recall?

Nice work with the wheels- I must try it sometime. And I share your pain re the mouldlines.
Still, better now then later.

Nice start! Great ide on cut the back of the wheels!

The wheel backs were sprayed black and dusted with pixie dust,then fitted.


Been having a bash at the dash too.


The suspension is mostly fitted,doubt if you can see but the coil overs have been done in gold leaf by Tamiya.


One thing sadly lacking in this kit is the trunk and floor,so I cut one out of an old 289 Cobra and it fits a treat!

Super build you got going on this one. Did you foil the dash with something?

Cheers Buck.
It is indeed foiled and I have been rolling the knurled end of a craft knife over it.It is not finished yet as I need to get into the 'corners' and smooth off the foil in a few areas.Then comes the decals....Eek,dont like the instrument decals in general but hey ho! might get lucky this time.. 

Neat idea on the trunk. For something different I like the idea of a turbo, or one of those Paxton type belt driven ones like on the Mustangs. I hope the wheels work, will you be adding brakes, I wonder? What I see in the fotos of the possible wheels, they wouldn't show much thru the spokes, so that's optional. Gud luk!

Looking good!

The trunk looks right at home there and the dash is coming along nicely.

Cheers guys.
Well the trunk was boxed in and fitted today.


Of course this meant removing the 'trunk floor' molded into the chassis.


Then I started on making a couple of door cards,they still require more work..




Earlier finished the dash,the decals went in nicely and they were covered in Humbrol Clearfix.

001 

Rear suspension and door panels look good!

Some nice arnifications, the wheel mod is neat, now filed away for future use.

Nice work Nige but you might want to ditch the door cards. Cobra's didn't have any.

Noted Al. 

GENTS,A QUESTION FOR YOU.......
I am thinking of adding a turbo,but...Should it one turbo per bank or would a single turbo work?
What would be the procedure with turboing a V8 engine?
Cheers in advance for any input. 

You can put a Turbo just about anywhere in the exhaust system. Some of the new Corvettes and Camaros have the turbo in the rear. Some it goes kinda like this. The exhaust goes into and out of the turbo housing. Then there is an intake tube that goes through the turbo also. So it gets air from outside and compresses it then sends it to the intake manifold and what ever you have there. Like a carb or injection. Hope this helps.

Nige..... this is how a turbo hooks up to an inline engine:



A V configured engine would be just the same but both exhausts would be connected to the turbo and the turbo connected to the intake manifold.

A simpler solution might be to go the twin turbo route:

Nige, another option would be a centrifugal supercharger
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=centrifugal+supercharger&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr

Here's one I fitted to a Lincoln V8



Shelby built 2 super snakes in '66 fitted with twin Paxton Superchargers
http://www.carpictures.com/vehicle/07AMI563201094/Shelby-Cobra-427-Super-Snake-1966#

Whatever you do a forced induction Cobra would be insane.

Thanks for the info guys but I didn't get any email alerts so had to do some imagineering...LOL

MADE A VIDEO,MY FIRST SO EXCUSE ME FOR ANY BOO BOOS:23: 

I was going to explain that the turbo i from a Porsche 911 GT1 and that the exhaust will run down and gradually open up ut the battery warning light went on me...