Subject: Re: AH-1S Cobra by my brother
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:25:46 -0700

Steve Bamford
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----- Original Message -----
From: Marcin Witkowski <[email-masked]>
To: ARC Chief <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: AH-1S Cobra by my brother

> Hallo Steve!!!
>
>    This time i'm
> sending you my
> brother's Cobra work with some description.
>    Best greatings.
>
> Marcin
>
> The author of the model is my younger brother Grzegorz Witkowski. He
> started to work on it three years ago after he had bought
> Verlinden &#8220;Lock On No.6 AH-1S Cobra&#8221; book. The documentation
is
> completed by &#8220;Famous planes of the world AH-1 Cobra, AH-64
Apache&#8221;,
> the materials found in the net and also a couple of our Polish
> sources. In the beginning of his work Grzegorz used the Hasegawa 1/72
> kit. However after a brief estimation of it&#8217;s exactness we came to a
> conclusion the enrichment of the kit is necessary. The Bell&#8217;s
> construction is not that complicated as not to decide to leave the
> kit aside and build the whole model by oneself. First my brother
> decided to use the flat plastic plates and made the first tail part
> of the Cobra. However this method doesn&#8217;t allow to fully represent
> the construction because you can&#8217;t do the rivets on the surface.
> Another problem was the plastic&#8217;s thickness which made showing the
> inner details of the chopper impossible. Based  on my experiences
> with Spitfire Grzegorz decided to use the copper and aluminium
> instead of plastic.
> On the pictures you can see that the tail part elements are
> in majority made of copper plates which will be model main material.
> You can also see the aluminium elements. The model is being build in
> the 1/72 scale. The parts are made by slitting out of the copper
> plates which in majority are combined with solder. The aluminium
> parts are glued together. The whole construction will be covered by a
> very thin copper plate (0,005 mm). The whole model will be made in
> this way. Grzegorz intends to show almost all inner elements such as
> the engine, the avionics or the gun installation and of course
> cockpit. On the pictures you can also see the base of the tail
> avionics bay and the stabilisers made of aluminium (which will be
> able to change it&#8217;s position). As the work will continue you get
> further information.
> If you have any questions or comments please write me and my
> brother.
>
>
>
> Marcin Witkowski, Poland
>
>       [email-masked]
>
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