[gjcomb]

History Buff;

I have a similar carving of a wooden Cobra, very similar to your description. The one I have is a little over 12 inches in length and this one is made of mahoghany (heavy). The windshield is wood, but the exterior side is painted black. Sidepipes on mine are wooden color, not black. If you were to look at the front nose and rear nudge bar, the bar is black (basically, looks like 14 gauge wire with black shield molded to fit the front nose) and the rear also has this same material molded to look like an original nudge bar. The overriders are wooden. The clear finish is good (shiny) and protects the wood from all the dust that gathers on top of the carving. I agree with you - accuracy is not important as is the wood grain showing.

My daughter, who lives in Dallas, gave me this carving as a gift several years ago - she saw it at a booth at the Dallas State fair and also like the way the wood grain showed. I think price was more like $50-$60 range, if not more now.

I liked it a lot that last year she sent me another carving - this one is of the space shuttle...