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Old 01-11-2010, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX View Post
If I was going to try my hand at a 1/8 one-off Cobra body, I'd try to make templates from a master (maybe the MPC 1/16 Cobra) and mathmatically scale them. I've never undertaken such a project (although I do consider myself a 'contest quality' modeler, with several awards in the last twenty or so years). I might even use sheet brass for the body. I guess I'm just too lazy for that one-off stuff right now...maybe someday when I'm retired. It was much easier to build my ERA replica, as the body was done by those guys in New Britain. I have no doubt you'll get it right, as I've seen your Ferrari. Good luck.
I'm sitting here looking at the MPC kit, my foam body and a side view of a Kirkham 427... I think I have to go laminate some more foam and re-do my drawings and start over. I am noticing some particulars that I had overlooked and feel like the body I have is okay, but not RIGHT. I'll post some updates in a day or so after I've made some new progress...

Thanks for the insight guys,

Garey
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