Agora Models Shelby Cobra in 1/8th Scale, Part 2

The engine for the Cobra is mostly metal, at least the main parts. I didn't fully repaint those. I also didn't add any parts, but I did paint many, many small details such as nuts and bolts, various black parts and some light weathering.

Everything went together smoothly.

I felt the black tubing that the kit came with for ignition wires was too large. The wire I used just might be too small on reflection, but that's the way it goes.

Image this if it was all a single shape of black and a single shade of silver...

It looks good, but typical of large scale kits there is also a lot of detail missing for no good reason. Most conspicuously missing, to me, for example, are the fuel lines. I could not find a real clean guide or I would have added lines myself. I am also not really a "car guy" otherwise I could have taken some educated guesses. At this scale, it's pretty easy. There's quite a lot of linkage missing too. It's good, but I have seen more detail on 1:12 scale kits.

Next up is the chassis and some suspension components.

Part 3

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