AH-1W Super Cobra 1:35 plastic helicopter model

AH-1W Super Cobra 1:35 plastic helicopter model

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

In the early 1980s, the Marine Corps was looking for a new naval helicopter, so it tested the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over a two-week period in September 1981, including shipboard trials. Several concepts were studied, but the request for funding for the AH-64 was rejected by Congress that same year. The Marines opted for a more powerful version of the AH-1T. Other modifications included modified fire control systems to carry and fire AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The new version, funded by Congress, received the designation AH-1W In March 1986, deliveries of the AH-1W SuperCobra began, for a total of 179 new helicopters and the modernization of 43 existing AH-1Ts.

Plastic model of an American military helicopter for gluing together and painting

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

Additional information:

• 380 parts to assemble
• Fuselage with all structural lines and rivets finely reproduced
• Model can be assembled with ammunition hatches and engine cowlings in open or closed position
• Fully detailed cockpit
• Photoetched metal parts included