Model of plastic helicopter AH-1W Super Cobra 1:35

Model of plastic helicopter AH-1W Super Cobra 1:35

The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engine attack helicopter developed for the United States Marine Corps (USMC), which primarily operates it. The twin-engine Cobra family, which is itself part of the larger Huey family, includes the AH-1J SeaCobra, the AH-1T Improved SeaCobra, and the AH-1W SuperCobra.

In the early 1980s, the Marine Corps was looking for a new naval helicopter; it tested the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter for a two-week period in September 1981, including shipboard operational trials. Several concepts were explored during this time, but the funding request for the AH-64 was rejected by Congress the same year. The Marines then opted for a more powerful version of the AH-1T. Among other modifications, the targeting systems were modified to carry and launch AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The new version, funded by Congress, was designated AH-1W. In March 1986, deliveries of the AH-1W SuperCobra began, totaling 179 new helicopters and the modernization of 43 existing AH-1T helicopters.

Model of American military helicopter in plastic to assemble by gluing and painting

• Scale: 1/35
• Number of parts: 380
• Length: 469mm
• Rotor diameter: 419.5mm
• Photo-etched parts: included
• Number of sprues: 10

Additional Information:

• 380 parts to assemble
• Fuselage with all structure lines and rivets finely reproduced
• Possibility to assemble the model with access hatches to ammunition and engine cowlings in open or closed position
• Fully detailed cockpit
• Photo-etched metal parts included