mrmike Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) My new project is the Moebius '72 Ford Sport Custom pickup. The cab in this kit was badly warped and I had sent away for a new one. I also have the Moebius '71 Ford Ranger pickup and I tried to get a new cab for that one and Moebius said I would have to buy the cab from them for a replacement. If and when I do decide to build the '71 Ranger, I'll decide further if the cab is fixable. I am going for a two-tone paint scheme on this one. Testors Pearl Dark Green and Testors One Coat Lacquer White Lightning. The kit wheels don't look right to me with a really wide rim to spoke spacing, so I am using a set of Pegasus Hellas and Holli's (19 " and 23") wheels and low profile tires. I'll have to shorten the rear axle to keep the wheels and tires under the fender. The hood fit is terrible and I have been trying to reshape the hood. The frame is partially assembled and almost ready for paint. The engine is partially assembled and will need plug holes drilled into the heads for leads from the MAD prewired distributor. More to come... Edited January 8, 2019 by mrmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Before turning in last night, I tried to take the bow out of the hood by pushing the center of the hood down with no luck. I tried a different approach by spreading the hood sides with my fingers. This took out a lot of the bow, so I'll try this after running the hood under hot water, spreading the hood sides again and then running it under cold water. I had painted the engine a week ago and gave it another coat last night. I still need to drill my plug holes. More to come... Edited October 25, 2018 by mrmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 In order to keep the wide wheels and tires within the rear fenders, I had to shorten the rear axle. Just needed a little careful measuring and cutting. I made some pins from 1/16" rod and superglued them into the wheels. I have some Pegasus 19" disc brakes to paint up and add to the wheels. I'll be adding ignition wiring so I drilled out the cylinder heads. These heads look different from the 302 cylinder heads that I normally see online. So I guesstimated where the plug holes should be. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Last night I assembled the front and rear suspensions. This morning I added the wheels and tires to the suspensions and mocked up the body to check the stance and I didn't like it. The front wheels stuck out and the nose was too high. I decided to cut off the spindles and raise them higher on the I Beam. Another mocked up and this is much better! An old style rake that I really like and the wheels and tires are tucked in under the fenders! Now to clean up the modification I just made. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Looks good so far!,love the nose in the weeds stance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thanks Curtis! I just love an old school rake! Get the nose down and the butt up in the air! While the current trend is to "lay frame" or lower the entire vehicle, it does become an issue in a parking lot with speed bumps, or as they say in Texas...armadillos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) I worked on the F-100 yesterday afternoon and I started to think about the colors I have chosen. They may be fine for a stock F-100, but this is more of a modified truck. These are my colors now...Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl for the roof and lower body and Tamiya TS-42 Light Gun Metal for the hood and upper fenders, bed, and tailgate. I finished wiring the engine and building the chassis. The engine is wired in the correct firing order. More to come... Edited October 29, 2018 by mrmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 I painted the bench seat this afternoon. Tamiya TS-48 Gunship Grey and Polly Scale So. Sylvan Green. I like the color combination! While the paintbooth was up and running, I painted the floor with Tamiya TS-48 Gunship Grey and the rest of the interior panels with Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl. The body, hood, and bed was primed and tossed into the dehydrator for four hours. I will masked the body and paint the two-tone color combination of Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl and Tamiya TS-42 Light Gun Metal. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 A little more work done on the Sport Custom today. The dash and the steering wheel was painted, detailed, and decaled. The side panels were painted in Forest Green Pearl and Gunship Grey. I started assembly of the interior, but stopped so I can add the seat belts without any obstructions. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Cool so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thank you Mark! I'm in the midst of making seat belts and it is not an easy task. I may have to come up with some sort of jig to help me make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Looking good! Built one of these awhile back, nice kit I thought. Seat belts, hobby lobby has thin ribbon that works pretty good, and model car garage has the ‘latch’ ends for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thank you Tom! I have the seat belt buckles from Model Car Garage and I am using some black ribbon that I found here at the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 This was an hour of masking the cab and the bed. I hope it was worth it! This was three mist coats and 1 wet coat of Tamiya TS-42 Light Gun Metal all in about 25 minutes. Into the dehydrator and when this is dry, I'll re-mask and shoot the Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 I painted the second color on the F-100 yesterday and then threw the cab and bed into the dehydrator for five hours.. I may have painted the roof a little too heavily to start with as there is a line down the center of the roof. The plastic may have crazed a bit, so wet sanding is in order here. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Well, enough of the wetsanding and polishing. I used my hand to block the reflection of the background so I could show you the line on the roof. I think this is where the plastic joined after filling the mold. Now it's back into the paintbooth for another coat of paint that I hope will cover the line and the high spots where the paint was sanded and polished. I unmasked the bed and other than the white line along the top of the tailgate emblem, it came out good! Hopefully, a fine paintbrush and some Tamiya Light Gun Metal will take care of that white line. Other than seat belts, the interior is done. More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Really liking the exterior color combo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotnitro? Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Nice combo and awesome stance Edited November 17, 2018 by gotnitro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordlover632 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Love how it looks always liked they 70s ford F100 and f150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Thank you Curtis, Jeff, and Tyler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Colors are looking great! Too bad about that line on the roof. I had the same thing happen with the '69 I recently completed. It went away after I repainted the roof, due to a blunder I made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Thanks Keith! I am hoping for the same result with mine after all the sanding and polishing I've done. It looks like where the plastic had joined itself after filling the mold and maybe not enough plastic was pushed into the mold. I don't know if that was the issue and I am not an expert on mold filling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Color looks really good here Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 Thank you, Joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) I fired up the paintbooth this morning and added another coat of Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl to the roof. Because of the humidity, the paint blushed on part of the roof, but that polished out by rubbing a terrycloth towel on it. The join line on the roof is barely visible, but once I add several coats of gloss clear to the body, it'll probably come back. When you consider all the problems I have had with these Moebius kits, I don't think I'll be buying anymore. I do have other Moebius kits in the stash, but I'll build them when I want to and it'll be a while before I do. Moebius has a long way to go before they can be considered a good kit manufacturer by me. Right now, they are way down on the list! I removed the tape and mockup the body with the interior, chassis, and bed. Looks good so far, but it has been a lot of extra work! More to come... Edited November 20, 2018 by mrmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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