Brett Barrow Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'll post them here in case anybody else gets blank ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Thanks Brett. I did send an e-mail to Moebius about an instruction sheet. I'll use these in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow, it looks like this is out! Gotta get me one as a starter as soon as I see one somewhere. From the pics, it looks like Moebius hit another home run with this kit. Now I see a Factory Stock or Mild Custom Hudson coming from my bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I started the interior of mine & it's falling together, no problems. This kit was well thought out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Just got this kit as a gift from a friend. Very impressive. One question what is a good color to use for painting the engine I couldn't find it on the instruction sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Metzner Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Engines in 1954 were red - Guards red is probably good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Engines in 1954 were red - Guards red is probably good.. And, for anyone wishing to weather this engine a bit: The 7X cylinder head was cast aluminum, and the red engine enamel didn't stick all that well to it--in fact, it flaked and peeled off rather quickly back in the day. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks Dave and Art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hey I just picked this one up and I personally can't wait to get into it. Like wise, thanks for the engine paint Information dave & Art. Much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Any updates on the sedan version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm using Chrysler Engine Red on mine. At least to my eye, Gaurds Red is a bit too bright. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Any updates on the sedan version? I have a test shot of the Club Sedan on the workbench right now--body is nearly ready for paint. Pics later. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I have a test shot of the Club Sedan on the workbench right now--body is nearly ready for paint. Pics later. Art Great! thanks Art...I'll be watching for them. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 And, for anyone wishing to weather this engine a bit: The 7X cylinder head was cast aluminum, and the red engine enamel didn't stick all that well to it--in fact, it flaked and peeled off rather quickly back in the day. Art My dad owned a '54 Hornet 4dr Sedan from 1955 through 1960--we went on many trips in this car, including a 3-week sojourn to SE Arizona in December 1957 to visit my-then favorite aunt and uncle. I was in the 8th grade then, and I helped Dad make a pseudo-Pullman berth, wide enough for two adults to sleep on air mattresses, that mounted on top of the back of both front and rear seats, with one bed "frame" (actually a sheet of 1" plywood) that could be slid under the one next to the left side of the interior when nobody was using it. As I was in my growth spurt (age 13 1/2) I got to sleep up there, and either Mom or Dad would take the middle berth when they weren't driving (we did that trip without any motel stays!). My two younger sisters (then aged 11 and 9) were still small enought that Dad made a plywood platform that laid across the rear floor, for a level surface, older sister slept on that, younger one on the back seat. (Air mattresses were used on all three plywood berths). Lots of great, almost legendary stories from that trip, most notably when Mom almost missed a red light in the middle of Little Rock, Arkansas in the middle of the night--stomped on the brakes, and I slid, so very ungracefully, forward, head-first, down over the back of the front seat, across the cushion, down onto the floor, woke up staring at the heater! As our parents took us out of school 2 weeks before Christmas vacation, my teachers gave me "special assignments": For Math class (8th grade) I was to calculate the miles traveled, gasoline used (gas mileage--we averaged 20mpg for the trip!), cost of everything, and driving times (all of this predicted beforehand, then compared to actual results), for History Class, a written report on historical sites along the way, 3 per week--had fun with that one! And for English Class, a set of themes about what that trip meant to me (it provided topics for themes all the way through High School!). For Science Class, a report (which turned out to be 6 pages, with photo's I took, of stuff all along the way, mostly in the deserts and mountain regions). I had already been "tapped" as the "Navigator" for all family road trips (Dad never was any good at following road maps!), so with the aid of Rand-McNally, I laid out the trip, both outbound and return--Dad missed but one turn. All the way, save for a generator problem, that '54 Hudson Hornet sedan performed flawlessly, I also truly learned to drive in it (more so than the '59 Chevy Biscayne in Driver's Ed Class), even took my Driver's Road Test in it for my license in August of 1960. When the kit gets into production, WATCH me turn it into a full fledged Hornet 4dr sedan! Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Holy Camper, Art! ... those sleeping arrangements .. that's a first! What did you do with all that plywood when you just wanted to sit? I'd say this should be built into one of the new Hudsons so we all can see! Edited July 4, 2015 by Foxer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpletcher55 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 this kit can be done as a nice led sled ,here is a pic of mine I,m working on , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Real nice, where did the rims come from out of curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The wire wheels come with that kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'm still waiting to see one built stock. I want to see how that lower rear fender trim comes out, after it's been painted and foiled. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Jon, thanks for the information on the wheels and rims. Your Hudson is looking really good. Keep it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'm going to swap the wire wheel covers and the steel wheels with covers between this kit and the '52 convertible kit.The convertible deserves the wire covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'm going to swap the wire wheel covers and the steel wheels with covers between this kit and the '52 convertible kit.The convertible deserves the wire covers. Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) I have a test shot of the Club Sedan on the workbench right now--body is nearly ready for paint. Pics later. Art Is it later yet Art? Edited July 11, 2015 by mike 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Is it later yet Art? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I have just opened my kit and I have to say I AM a little disappointed in the texture on some of the chrome parts. If I build it I will certainly strip and sand these parts and have them rechromed.The same texture on the body won't bother me and it looks to be a very nice kit on the whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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