AH-1F Last of the Army Cobras

Floyd from Werner's Wings doesn't restrict his product range to resin details sets. At the IPMS Nationals 2009 he released his first decal sheet for the Bell AH-1F Cobra.

The decalsheet is printed by Cartograf and contains markings for 15 aircraft.

It is available in two scales, 1/48th and 1/72nd. Both sheets will come with enough stencils to do one aircraft. You will be able to purchase additional 1/48th scale stencils.

The 1/48th decals are designed for the Monogram kit (soon to be reboxed by Revell) and the 72nd are designed for the Hasegawa one. But you can also use them for the Fujimi one in 48th scale and the HobbyBoss Cobra in 1/72.

Markings

The large decalsheet contains markings for following 15 AH-1F Cobras:

• A) 79-23221, "Vivacious Vonnie", C Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991
• B) 78-23113, "Betsy", C Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991
• C) 67-15643, "Sand Shark", N Troop, 2nd Aviation Brigade, 2nd ACR. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991
• D) 68-17042, "Wild Thing", N Troop, 2nd Aviation Brigade, 2nd ACR. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991

• E) 67-15497, "Jack Daniels Brand Ole No. 7", N Troop, 2nd Aviation Brigade, 2nd ACR. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991
• F) 79-23445, Implementation Force (IFOR), E Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Bosnia, 1995-1996. - This was the last the Cobra to fly in Europe when in June 1996 CW3 Floyd S. Werner, Jr. and CPT Jud McCrary flew the aircraft from Erlensee, Germany to the Royal Military Academy of Science in England.
• G) 79-23245, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991.
• G+) 79-23245, E Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division. - The sharkmouth and eyes were overpainted upon return to Germany in Olive Drab. This was the last Cobra to crash in Europe, following an engine failure at Grafenwohr, Germany on 29 Apr 1994. The Pilot was CW3 Floyd S. Werner, Jr. and CP/Gunner CW2 Ed Dietrich. No injuries, except the aircraft. CW3 Werner was awarded the prestigious Broken Wing Award from the US Army Safety Center.

• H) 78-23213, "Venom", C Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991.
• I) 78-23213 - There are two renditions of this aircraft’s markings the second version removed the Venom and installed the shark mouth, fin and tail.

• J) 68-17079, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, in Germany upon return from Operation Desert Storm
• K) 68-15535, "Road Warrior", B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Somalia, January 1991.

• L) 79-23224, Assigned to C Troop, 2/17 Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division. - The brown was sand mixed with water and applied by brush. It was only used for about a week before the command told the pilots to remove the slurry.
• M) 71-21012 - Camoflaged AH-1Fs were not the norm however this active duty Cobra was photographed at Fort Rucker, AL, the home of Army Aviation. It is actually a JAH-1F used by the Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC). The prefix "J" was used on test aircraft such as this one.
• N) Unknown Serial #, Shark mouthed Sand, 2nd Aviation Bridage, N Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991

Stencils

In 1/48 you will get a seperate decalsheet with enough stencils to do one aircraft. You will be able to purchase additional 1/48th scale stencils (Product number: WW Decals 48-02). (On the 72nd sheet the stencils are on the same sheet as the markings)

Reference DVD

Next to de decals, a DVD is supplied with a complete walk around and all the reference photos used to make the decals.