Alternative build for mongram King Cobra kit

by **btaylor** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:02 am

I recently acquired a King Cobra kit with the monogram body, since the body more closely resembles the 64 cooper CM-3 , I thought I would do this version for a more accurate build, I will lose the roll bar though. Hope to get it into paint this week.

by **HomeRacingWorld** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:47 am

That is a nice looking ride. This should be a another fun one to watch.

by **btaylor** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:41 am

Making a little progress on the cooper. My stripes are to narrow, but I am leaving them alone, they gave me enough trouble getting them this far! :lol: Chassis is great, runs smooth, and is ready for the body. Should finish it up in a day or so.

by **btaylor** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:07 pm

Thanks Dave, there is a not so funny story on this one! I had paint issues, (big surprise for me) :lol:
I wanted to go the extra mile on this as it is a nice kit, I sanded, primed and shot the car over a three day period, wanting it to be really nice. I like to put a light clear coat on before the decals,and then seal it all up with a wet coat for shine. This body came in an awful orange plastic color,and when i put the first clear coat on,The orange bled through turning the whole car pink! I re-masked the stripes,and re shot the white. Thats where i lost some of my stripe width. its ok now, i lost a little body seem definition, but i think i can recover that. And it will get a nice coat of future instead of the clear top coat!

Bob

by **btaylor** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:13 pm

Well im glad to hear that! I thought I was just doing something way wrong!
I need to start using the water based paints again, at least they were fixable.
Bob

by **btaylor** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:32 pm

by **btaylor** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:04 pm

by **btaylor** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:05 am

Waiting on the mobil horse decal, and a few small details and this one is done! very smooth predictable car.

by **munter** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:19 am

Nice build btaylor....a few hassles somewhere in the process builds you.
I have bought the rims and tires separately. They were the cheapest alloy rims I could find but by no means the poorest quality.
One thing to watch for is the id....it is slightly smaller than 2.38mm or 3/32"......which is way better than slightly bigger.

by **bobbyraz49** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:56 am

btaylor...the car looks Saaaaweeeeet !!!!
As well as what I can see of your track !!!
What do you use to mask off the car and do you have any pics of your track ? Are the decal homemade ?
Best wishes from Buffalo !

by **btaylor** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:32 am

by **TsgtRet** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:55 pm

Bob that is great! And that clubman chassis looks neat, nice change from the Sebring. If I ever get down your way I'll be sure to bring my George Turner King Cobra with me!

by **btaylor** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:13 pm

by **dge467** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:12 pm

Nice looking build Bob!

Alternative build for mongram King Cobra kit

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