not an ordanery AH-1 Cobra 1/72

[piko1]

i cant find a suitable 4 bladed rotor for the cobra for now i think that the original rotor is more suitable for this build but we will see  

[kerick]

How about the rotor from a Blackhawk and just trim it a little?
The five blade rotor from a Seaking would look cool if it was trimmed.

[piko1]

ok now after i made a new rotor Bell 670  a like but rotating clockwise ( the original is rotating counter clockwise ) and i have the 2 blade original rotor
i dont know which to chose for the build ( i may build a second cobra later ) the 4 blade or the 2 blade since they both looks sexy on it

here is the cobra with the unfinished 4 blade rotor  


ps. merged some posts

[kerick]

In keeping with your original idea the two blade might make more sense. Personally I think the four blade looks pretty cool. Tough choice.

[piko1]

we will see in the end than 

[Captain Canada]

Looks wicked.

[Tophe]

Interesting, it gives me ideas.

[Dizzyfugu]

The radar nose (?) looks nice. Reminds me of a "Heli-Hunter" AH-1 I did many years ago - had a pointed nose (from an F-18, IIRC), a wheeled landing gear (AH-64 style), a three-blade rotor and He 162 wings - plus a scratched fenestron, too. Did not survive, though.

[piko1]

Actually it's the FLIR not radar it needs some more work

[Dizzyfugu]

Looks good, neveretheless. IIRC I built the fenestron housing with 3 or four layers of 1-1.5mm styrene sheet, glued together as a massive block, into which I drilled a hole and widened it. As rotor I used the fan from a BMW801 engine, the rest is blurred and shrouded in the mists of history... was pretty rough. Europe One livery, based on a damaged Matchbox AH-1G; that thing was built certainly more than 20 years ago. If there were pics, these would be analogue, anyway.  

[sandiego89]

I'd say twin blade if you are sticking with a single engine, four blade if you are upping the power/going with a twin pack engine- but either would look great.

The curved exhaust Cobras look great as well.

Really nice work on the tail Fenstrom.

[Mossie]

The four blade rotor looks good, whatever you decide it'll be cool.

[Captain Canada]

I like the 4 bladed look for sure.

[KiwiZac]

That looks great! Fantastic job on the rotor!

[jsport]

fantastic we cant wait