Elite / Frontier Celebrate Elite's 25th birthday by making your own Cobra MKIII

[Crayfish]

As a hobbyist texture artist working on Infinity: The Quest For Earth I thought it would be fun to create a texture for Elite's classic ship, the Cobra MKIII.

So here it is, for you to download, fold, glue and turn into your very own desktop Cobra:

http://www.infinity-universe.com/~dev/Crayfish/Elite_25th_Birthday.pdf

For best results print the document out on card and score the fold lines gently with a knife or pair of scissors. When constructing my test models I found it easiest to work from back to front, gluing the nose together last.

Here's a photo of the ships I made whilst testing the texture and construction of the model:

Enjoy and post your finished ships here!

 

[turwhitt]

Excellent! I'm going to make a few of various sizes and make a mobile!

 

[Steve]

Got mine printed out, just need to get some glue from somewhere.

When it's finished it'll take pride of place on my desk at work

 

[Sir.Tj]

Damn, I "aquired" my pritt stick from work the other day and now I don't have any in the office...

This looks fun though..

 

[Steve]

Well? Huh??

Not bad for a guy with fingers like a bunch of sausages

 

[Cobra Mk2]

ta

Excellent mate, i like how one of yours even has the little gun poking out the front of the ship.

minted.

 

[Callum Rowley]

Well? Huh??

Very nice! I'll see about getting some folks here in the offices to make some *vroooom* - they do look very cool.

 

[Crayfish]

Excellent mate, i like how one of yours even has the little gun poking out the front of the ship.

To perform this upgrade to your Cobra you will need:

One match stick, painted black (or you could use a felt tip pen like I did).

 

[turwhitt]

To perform this upgrade to your Cobra you will need:

One match stick, painted black (or you could use a felt tip pen like I did).

I think i'll need to do a few slaves/narcotics runs before i can afford that one!

 

[PB-DK]

they look awesome, gotta try my hand at putting one of those together someday...

Q, does anyone know the true dimensions of a cobra mk III? as in what would they be in real life?

 

[Steve O B Have]

they look awesome, gotta try my hand at putting one of those together someday...

Q, does anyone know the true dimensions of a cobra mk III? as in what would they be in real life?

Approximately the size of the Millenium Falcon I think...

 

[rgmarett]

SpaceGamer said in this thread: http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1258&page=5

65x30x130 feet - according to the original manual

 

[OzFalcon]

Thankyou

Very nice. Thank you!
(I think using that black felt tip pen along the edges of the model might be an idea before using it for the weapons upgrade)

 

[mxcum167]

I know this is an old thread, but does anyone have the PDF file the OP linked to. The link doesn't work anymore.

 

[Geraldine]

Hi mxcum167

Paper Elite ship models? You could have a look at here and here. Hope that helps you

 

[mxcum167]

Great, thanks Geraldine.

 

[Styggron]

Goodness Geraldine,

Your knowledge of ELITE never ceases to amaze me. You are truly an ELITE historian.