Terrible photo. I can understand FD being cagey about this but .
Yes a sharp design would be perfect
This looks boxy at first, but it's just a trick of the light, and an unfortunate camera angle. The Mk IV is actually as sleek as the Mk III. The body appears to be tall, but it's actually just longer. For example:
People think the Mk IV looks like this:
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Meanwhile, it really looks more like this:
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For reference, the Mk III looks like this:
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The smoothness of the Mk IV curves are more obvious if you look at the other side of the ship that is in the light.
People think the Mk IV looks like this:
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Meanwhile, it really looks more like this:
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For reference, the Mk III looks like this:
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The smoothness of the Mk IV curves are more obvious if you look at the other side of the ship that is in the light.
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Wow, I never saw it like that, I really hope so, I was hoping for something with more of the smooth curves of the MkIII. Thanks for pointing that out!
Not easy. Hope you're right. Another view from another angle would be welcome
I'm 99.9% sure that I'm right. Just look at the blue line on the bottom left corner of the back. It looks like a thruster shield of some kind extending back like the one on the DBS, but with a gentle W shape rather than DBS's severe and broken V shape. Also if you notice the gentle slope of the side panel on the top right, it becomes clear that the new Cobra isn't boxy at all. It's just a regular Cobra Mk III with fins and extended headlights, with a *slightly* longer body.
Billy Joe Jim Bob put a lift kit and nitrous on that MK III
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I think that whilst the rear was previously flat it's now a V-shape, but not as you have it, rather the tips of the wings are extended further rearward. If you download the 4K image you can clearly see the panel lines of the original Cobra Mk. III and how the new bits have been added. They are a lot thicker towards the wing tips and thinner at the centre which I think will give the ship's rear a subtle V when viewed from above.
Something a bit more like this but with the rear V being much less severe (full stops just present for spacing):
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I'm also hopeful that it's not simply a boxier version
.I think I see where you're coming from; whilst the predominant shape is a shallow V, the tips beyond the fins cut forward to make the W (or rather an inverted W when compared to the V-shape) and line up with the panel line on the top which represents the end of the Mk. III's body, correct?
Yup that's it
Gotcha - I think you're probably right
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looking forward to trying the new cobra out, aswell as the other new ships in the beta update.
We need to have a radio with the ship, play some old tapes!
Have to say the new VIper MkIV images blow this away