SteveG

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   SteveG added a post in a topic What's next from Moebius - How about a 70 F-100 4x4 and a 65-66 F-100    24 May

   Not yet, Dave showed me the 3D artwork a just a few weeks ago.  I don't think they'll be any test shots until later this summer.
   -Steve   
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic What's next from Moebius - How about a 70 F-100 4x4 and a 65-66 F-100    12 May

   Sure do, here's a quick mock up photo ..... Not sure of the release date yet.  
   
   And some of the new parts.  Keep in mind that some of these parts being shown are intended for other versions other then this one.  These are test shot parts and not necessarily the final version.
   
   
   The trees in the lower picture are all new parts including the frame .....   As I make progress I'll post more photos.
   Steve
    
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic What's next from Moebius - How about a 70 F-100 4x4 and a 65-66 F-100    30 April

   The Flareside (stepside) beds are basically the same from 53-72 so they will work on the current Moebius F-100 trucks too.  The 65-66 Fleetside beds are unique to that model.  According to Dave we'll be getting both styles.
   -Steve  
   
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   SteveG added a topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews    29 April

   What's next from Moebius - How about a 70 F-100 4x4 and a 65-66 F-100

   Yes, the wait for the 4x4 version is almost over.  I have a '70 long bed on the workbench as a I write this.  Photos of the 4x4 parts will be forthcoming, I'm waiting for Fotki to get back on line. Box art is already in the works.  Also we're also getting a 65-66 F-100 based on the on the current kit. Dave got the go ahead just last weekend and I saw the 3D artwork at the NNL East.  Test shots of the 65-66 kit may be ready by late this summer.  Along with the short and long bed stylesides, we'll be getting a stepside for first time.  
   -Steve
   

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   SteveG added a post in a topic Moebius - Now that the Comet is out, What's Next    24 April

   Yes, we're getting 65-66 Ford F100 pickup based on the current 67-72 style kit.  Details still not finalized but multiple versions are planned which will include the stepside for the first time.  A 4x4 version of the current kit should be out later this year.  I have a test shot of that sitting right next to me.  More on that 4x4 kit in a separate post soon. 
   -Steve
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic So I'm sitting on a stack of 63 Country Squies and 64 Colony Parks    15 April

   I'm with Curt on this and I think the majority of resin buyers would never support any of these direct rip-off artists knowingly.  If your going to be in the resin casting business,  being copied is a chance your going to have to take.  I hope you do Paul, life is too short to worry about every worse case scenario.  
   Steve
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic 72 Ford f100 Short Bed    13 February

   Nice clean build, well done !!
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic Calling All Units    12 February

   This is my latest build, a Kansas Highway Patrol 65 Plymouth Belvedere built from the Moebius kit.
    
   
   
    
    
    
   
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   SteveG added a post in a topic Ghost Kits - Shown But Never Released    4 February

   There was a display model of the '50 Olds made from an Ertl diecast but nothing other then box art pictures of the Studebaker.  It's almost unheard of for kit tooling to be produced and then scrapped instead of being run. The only exception that I'm aware of was Revell's first version of a mid-eighties Cutlass which there were at least one test shot shown at least 10 years ago.  It was very simplified compared the recent kit as I recall.    
   Steve
   
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    SteveG added a post in a topic Improving the Moebius 1965 Mercury Comet    31 January

    That's for an under-dash set of gauges to be included in a later issue as shown below.
    -Steve
      
    
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    SteveG added a post in a topic Fiinshed Bronco    12 January

    Well done Greg !!
    
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    SteveG added a post in a topic 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone    28 Dec 2016

    A real Beauty !!!  Thanks for posting them.
    
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    SteveG added a topic in Under Glass    28 Dec 2016

    65 Belvedere Kansas Highway Patrol

    Take one Moebius 65 Plymouth Belvedere kit, swap a few parts from the Moebius Satellite and Johan Police Car kits, add a few aftermarket parts along with a few minor modifications and you can make this ...
    
     
    
     
    
    You can see all the build photos in the on the workbench section, just follow the link below.
    -Steve
    
     
     
    

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    SteveG added a post in a topic 65 Belvedere Kansas Highway Patrol, updated 12-26    27 Dec 2016

    ..... continued from yesterday. Once the foil work was completed the body got several coats of my favorite PPG lacquer clear and was set aside to dry.
    
    While the clear coat dried I finished detailing the dash by adding a column shift lever and a two way radio. Note the photo color difference between daylight and evening at my workbench. Weird huh ?
    
    A test fit of the polished out body to see how it looks on wheels again ...
    
    Another shot with the body permanently installed along with the glass. I also started on the single spotlight for the left A-pillar.
    
    Here's all the rear bright work installed, note the package shelf lamps Kansas used back then. I would have expected amber or red lenses over yellow but that's what they used.
     
    
    The front bright work was next followed by the hub caps, handles, mirror and the spotlight head with the red lens. The inside handle is sourced from Lindberg's 53 Ford kit.
    
    The last pieces of hardware to go on is this four part Federal 17 Beacon. The domed lens and lamps are Johan pieces, the base is resin part and I made the gasket. A whip style antenna will also be added.
    
    All it needs now is the graphics and it would be ready to go "In Service"
    
    I'll post the finished pics in the under glass section later today ....
    Steve
     
     
     
     
     
     
    
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    SteveG added a post in a topic 65 Belvedere Kansas Highway Patrol, updated 12-26    26 Dec 2016

    Time to catch everone up on my KHP Plymouth project which got interrupted to build a certain Comet model you might have seen posted here a few months ago. I did managed to finish the Plymouth before the end of the year but I failed to post any of the progress so here I go ....I sprayed the headliner first, re-masked the body and shot the Light Grey upper color.  
    
    
    Before spraying the lower color the Plymouth lettering was foiled, a light coat of primer was applied and the letters were picked out with a toothpick dipped in thinner. this process will be repeated after the color coats.
    
    Here's the finished lower color applied. I normally let my painted bodies sit for a few days before adding the foil trim and then clear coat but you won't have to wait that long since it's already done.
    
    Here's the hood after picking out the lettering again. It will really pop once the clear is applied.
    
    And here's an in-process shot of applying the foil trim. The window gaskets were done with a fine Sharpie.
    
    I'm going to pause here so I don't overload with posting photos, watch for another update very soon.
    -Steve