ICM MODELS 32060 BELL AH-1G COBRA or HUEY COBRA (EARLY PRODUCTION) 1/32 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
The AH-1 was rapidly developed as an interim gunship in response to the United States Army's needs in the Vietnam War. It used the same engine, transmission and rotor system of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, which had already proven itself to be a capable platform during the conflict, but paired it with a redesigned narrow fuselage among other features. The original AH-1, being a dedicated attack helicopter, came equipped with stub wings for various weapons, a chin-mounted gun turret, and an armored tandem cockpit, from which it was operated by a pilot and gunner.
FEATURES:
Earlier this year, ICM released the first new-tool kit of the single-engine AH-1 Cobra in 1/32 scale, the only other option being the venerable Revell kit released back in the early 1960s, also in 1/32 scale. One might automatically assume that the ICM kit is superior to the Revell kit, but that is more subjective in this case. The ICM kit seems to have an 'MSRP' of around $108 in the US, while the Revell kit can be found at kit swaps for next to nothing, if you don't have one already stashed away in your collection. The ICM kit consists of five parts trees molded in gray styrene plus one tree of clear parts. The fit of the fuselage is great, the details in the cockpits are better than the Revell kit, and the clear cockpit enclosure is thinner and clearer than the Revell kit. In fact, the cockpit entry doors are positionable on the ICM kit, not so with the Revell offering. That allows one to see the more accurate details inside both cockpits of the ICM kit. The Revell kit has positionable engine access doors with representations of the Lycoming T53 engine and transmission inside. The ICM kit only offers a positionable access door to the transmission.
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