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  1. dodgefever
    There's been some bashing, but also some valid criticism. Warpage is clearly a problem with Moebius kits - I opened a '65 Satellite yesterday to find the body twisted. I think I can fix it, but I shouldn't have to. I would think a large percentage of customers will be turned off buying other Moebius kits if they run into problems like this. Edit - also just noticed the decals are missing from this kit. Strike two, Moebius.
  2. dodgefever
    Electric water pumps weren't uncommon. This Willys has one for each bank.
  3. dodgefever
    I bet it was never raced in that form. It might have started out as a Super Stocker, assuming the Hemi is original (edit - almost certainly not: http://racehemi.maxwedge.com/topics/hardtops.php), then probably a bracket racer in the '70s as suggested by Gary. Now it's been made into a wannabe "Gasser". Shame.
  4. dodgefever
    Håkan, that's nice. My cars are boring: BMW 330i and a Mini Cooper. I need an old V8.
  5. dodgefever
    I draw up decals in DrawPlus SE. It's not as powerful as Illustrator, but it's a vector graphics program and it's free... It works the same way as Harry outlined above - import the photo, resize it, and draw the decals on a separate layer.
  6. dodgefever
    Nice job so far. I wouldn't have given this kit a second look, but it has potential. The engine looks like a lazy copy of the Pontiac from the AMT '36 Ford. Far from exact, but I'd say more Pontiac than anything else.
  7. dodgefever
    The only thing I would point out is that it appears you removed the character line from the front fender along with the trim. It should still have a rib on the fender, like this:
  8. dodgefever
    These look familiar. Nice work.
  9. dodgefever
    I wish they could bring back the first version, with the Appliance Apache mags. You can keep your Pro Touring rubber bands and 20" wheels; for me, nothing looks better than those red or gold striped bias plies on 15" mags. Were those Apache wheels in any other kits? I'd like to get hold of some.
  10. dodgefever
    I have the Sand Hog kit. It's the Surf Woody minus the bodywork, with the old AMT Indy tyres: two large and four huge ones.
  11. dodgefever
    The chassis and running gear seems to have been mostly derived from the old AMT F350. That would explain why the Moebius test shots had a Dana axle, the front suspension radius arms mounting outboard of the frame rails the same way as the AMT (should be inboard) and the near-identical parts breakdown and patterns of the FE engine and transmission.
  12. dodgefever
    Coil-overs. I could happily live without seeing ever another pair of those fake spindle mount wheels. Ugh.
  13. dodgefever
    Dominators were in all the '80s Monogram Pro Stock kits. Easy enough to cut them in half, no?
  14. dodgefever
    I thought it was going to be this; Accident damage can be repaired. That poor '63 Plymouth is ruined forever.
  15. dodgefever
    The body is correct. 1925 was the last year for the single door body, IIRC.
  16. dodgefever
    The Revell '69 is a great kit. For a '67-'68, I'd take the AMT '68 over Revell's new '67. The AMT might be a little inaccurate, but it can be fixed. The Revell '67 just looks dumpy and the grille is hopeless.
  17. dodgefever
    Outstanding. Very well done.
  18. dodgefever
    If I buy one at all, it will be to build this, so the firewall is neither here nor there.
  19. dodgefever
    Looks like they tooled up a '66 - '67 firewall. Here's the Moebius compared with an AMT '67 Comet built by forum member tomsheehy. I hope Tom doesn't mind - it was the first decent photo I found of the AMT '67.
  20. dodgefever
    Nice, but the valve covers are upside down.
  21. dodgefever
    Evilbay, Epay, Feebay - any of those.
  22. dodgefever
    As the man said, those are about the best there is in a kit. If you need more detail, better get scratch building or 3D printing.
  23. dodgefever
    You already have the correct transmission. The M22 and M21 used the same cases, differences were internal.
  24. dodgefever
    Very nice work. Since you're going to this trouble, you might want to fix the valve covers. Revellogram moulded them with 8 bolts, but they should have 7 (only 3 on the intake side). That mistake was carried over to the 1/25 '68 L88.
  25. dodgefever
    New tanks look good for length, but too large in diameter? In the still photos oft he real truck, looks like they only come to about the middle of the air tanks.
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