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Nest of Vietnamese Cobra Hatchlings for Special Hobby 72nd Scale AH-1G x4 Build

Since I have four, still deciding on the fourth scheme as there are so many!

The teeth here are so crowded that I am reminded of the plastic vampire teeth of my youth!
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Yikes! Bill O'Brian's The Widow Maker:
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Saber toothed!
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What brand of spray can is this?
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Probably some government issue can of paint that cost 10 times what it would have cost from the woolworths back then. Looks a pretty good match from here!
 
Testors OD is a good match. The ships with the wild eye are from the 25th Aviation. They were across the runway from us at Cu Chi. Gary S.
 
They are also going to need screens. They could be opened by the pilot while in flight to clean out debris. The plastic skid fairings were gray in color on my ships. Gary S.
 
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centaur567 said:
They are also going to need screens. They could be opened by the pilot while in flight to clean out debris. The plastic skid fairings were gray in color on my ships. Gary S.
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Won't be easy Gary in 72nd scale but taken care of in 32nd.

Another contender, if I can find anyone who has the decal as a spare from the Special Hobby M35 over Vietnam 72nd scale kit. Twin miniguns and M35:
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So I am warming up to this one since I have both sides and the completed markings now has twin miniguns along with the M35 cannon:
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Steve Ski said:
Just curious, Saul, what was the attrition rate for these helo jockeys? I imagine it was long than the Hueys.
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I don't know but many Cobra pilots were shot down but not as often as the Loaches. Even Hugh Mills (Low Level Hell author) was shot down flying a 20mm armed Cobra near the end of his tour. He usually flew Loaches.
 
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