Al Hoffman

Right you are Dave. It is a '53. Evidently I have too many Hudsons around hereto keep them straight.

This is my first post and my most recent completion. It was finished right when the big brahahaha started on the Confederate battle flag. Don't know if I'll put it on a show table or not. Anyway it started as the Moebius 1954 Hudson. It is Frank "Rebel" Mundy's ride, thus the flag logo. Ran in AAA, the predecessor to USAC. Could not find anything on the rear seat being in or out so right or wrong I opted to take mine out & build up the body frame work. The color was another issue since all the pictures I had been able to find were black & white. It didn't appear to be either of that year's listed blues. I had been advised that Hudson would pretty much paint the car the color it was ordered in so I went with the Tamiya Mica blue. First couple of coats through an airbrush to get in the body seams with the wet coats straight from the rattle can. Nibbled off between coats. Two coats off brushed on Future followed. The decals are by "Power Slide" and I have to say they are some of the best I have worked with. The wheels are by Holthaus & represent the wider rims on the export version of the Hudson. The fender skirts have been removed & the engine has been wired but everything else is pretty much box stock. This kit was a pleasure to build & I have a couple others, convertible & lead sled, in different stages of completion.

Here's a shot of how far I got with my Pace car. At this point only two kits were used. Half round plastruc still needs to be added for the molding. The only other kit I would rob would be a 1/24 Monogram Cadillac to get the larger wheels & tires that the photos of the actual car reflect. As far as the engine is concerned I was not aware that it was a V12 till Art pointed it out. I would probably go with the V16 or possibly shorten the kit engine. If there are any alternatives out there please let me know. It does have me wondering if the wb on the V12 is shorter than the V16. These kits can usually be bought around $15.00 at shows. Not that many builders are interested in them.

Signed up a few months ago but I'm just now getting involved. Retired after 45 years of being involved in different aspects of the automotive field. Been building since 1955. I am liable to build anything that interests me and always trying new things. Belong to 3 active clubs, only 1 is automotive. Don't compete much anymore, the younger generations have passed me by. I'm looking forward to participating in this forum.

I built the Cabrolet? version of the series for the then owner of Johan, box stock & painted as the original box art, to be used for box art on the rereleased version of the kit. Never happened & the model seems to have disappeared. Anyway the kits are high quality but fiddely. As it happens the build up was delivered to the client at the Auburn auction where there was a 1:1 formal sedan under the tent. I was more than a little impressed with the kits accuracy compared to the real thing & also Jo-han's attention to detail. I started a conversion of another Cabrolet to a 500 Pace car by grafting the cowl area from the Phaeton to the Cabrolet. The Pace car body was made by a different coach builder & the windshield design is totally different from the kit. Unfortunately it now has joined my many started but unfinished projects. Hopefully you will enjoy building the kit.