Fireball Modelworks

1/32 Arctic Cobra decal sheet

Product # FMD-11-32 for $12.00 

Product  Article by Steve Bamford on Jan 12 2016

 

      

This decal sheet from Fireball Modelworks includes markings for 2 different 1/32 Arctic Cobras wearing the AH-1G high visibility scheme.  

Army Cobras rarely come in any color other than green, but the ones stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska were painted in the Army High-Visibility scheme. This set lets you build one of these colorful snakes. It is available in three scales.

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The 2 aircraft include: 

  • AH-1G 66-15250 Arctic Testing, Fort Richardson, Alaska 1969 wearing a white winter camo with hi-vis red and yellow as this was also a test birds with a tiny bit of Olive Green.

  • AH-1G 67-15767 120th Aviation Company "Arctic Knights", Fort Richardson, Alaska 1973 wearing a white winter camo with hi-vis red and yellow as this was also a test birds.  This one also has a sharks mouth

The instructions are clear and include a side view of each aircraft along with painting instructions.  

It's very exciting to see this decal sheet featuring these rare and very brightly colored paint schemes.  These are very cool camo schemes.  This decal sheet is also available in 1/48 and 1/72.

You can buy this decal sheet directly from Fireball Modelworks.

Steve Bamford

      

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford