Shelby Cobra 427 Kit?

[The Junkman]

To illustrate the points made above: the Essex Wire AND the green Cobra in my earlier posting are both chassis #CSX3009. Changes galore

[unclescott58]

A couple of days ago I ordered a copy of Revell's USRRC 427 Cobra with Carrol Shelby and Ken Miles figures. Revell kit #4149, put out in 1999. Today I got it. Right after I ordered it, I started doing some research. At first the only info I could find on Cobras that Ken Miles drove in Guardsman Blue with the number 98 were all 289 Cobras. But farther research has turn out that Cobra CSX 3002 was the first 427 Cobra ever raced. And it was painted Guardsman Blue and numbered 98. This is basically car depicted in the above mentioned Revell kit. A few inaccuracies from the real car. But the kit is fairly close to the real CSX 3002.

Interesting one of the decals with the above kit is a license plate that reads "CSX 3181". The second license plate decal reads "COBRA". Well for sure one of the cars Ken Miles raced was not CSX 3181. CSX 3181 was a 427 Cobra. Just not one Miles drove with stripe and the number 98.

Very nice kit. And good to know it does basically depict a real car.

Scott