I’m going to pick up that 1/32 Snake from Hobby Lobby while they’re on sale this week. Not having ever built one before, what should I be aware of regarding fit, errors, etc? Already planning on getting Chief Snake’s cockpit set for this.
I plan on building15262 “Virginia Rose II” (one of the first Cobras built and the first to fly in Vietnam). I know it has the TAT-102 turret, so only one minigun, Does the kit feature this option?
The kit comes with the turret that has 1 minigun and 1 40mm grenade launcher side by side, not sure if that is the TAT-102 turret or not. It is a good kit, a little weak on exterior detail, but still a great kit. Good luck, I have built a couple of them from the original releases. The new release with updated wings and new rocket packs looks nice.
Grant,
The CC cockpit kit comes with an accurate M-28 turret. If you’re looking to do a TAT-102 turret, you’ll have to do some filling, sanding and modifying of that turret. I can send you some detail shots if you’d like. Also, the kit comes with the XM-18 underwing minigun pods as an armament option. They’re rough, but with some work, they can be made into pretty good representations of the XM-18. If you’re going to put rocke pods on it, I recommend getting Chief Snake’s 1:32 pod set too.
Gino, Jon
Thanks for the info and the pix for this as well as the swift response
Yup! You gotta get the Cobra Company resin set for that kit…its a great set with an awesome cockpit tub!
It did wonders for my 1/32 Cobra ‘Iron Butterfly’
Defineately go with the cobra co cockpit. For some added extra exterior detail, get the eduard PE set - scrap the interior pe and use the exterior plates and screens, along with the anti-sway braces for the wing pylons. The Pe set also gives some rudmentry weapons corrections like the gattling gun.