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One of the best weathered race cars I’ve seen, you’ve mastered the “less is more” art to weathering. The right side with the exhaust soot is particularly nice.

Another cool door slammer Mike, one I’ve never seen modeled. I need to look for one of these AMT kits, it’s the car I learned to drive in (my mom’s Artisan Turquiose 283/ PowerGlide coupe). On the yellowed decals, I wonder if they can be bleached clear again by exposing the model to sunlight for an extended period (like on an inside window sill)? I’ve had some success clearing up yellowed decal sheets this way, not sure if it would work after mounting?

Nice job Steve on this poncho. This along with the ‘62 Bel Air are my favorite AMT kits. I am most impressed with that interior, the two different shades of red and the black make it look so realistic and period correct and the dash/ steering wheel/ door panels are so well detailed. I also think that silver contrasts nicely with your neat foil work. Bravo!

Sweet job Mike! Particularly like the photos of the two together. Bet these were scary fast out-of-control race cars to pilot. No thanks!

Nice build Mike! I applaud your efforts in using ancient decals, they came out great! I’ve read that old decals can be salvaged by spraying them with a clear acrylic spray (much like one is required to do when printing decals on inkjet decal paper at home) but then they need to be manually trim to size before soaking. I have yet to try this technique to determine if it helps with old brittle decals, maybe someone else here has and can comment? I’ve been building “non-shiny” models (ships, tanks, planes) all winter/ spring due to the low temps but I hope to start some car builds as it warms up. Love all your 60’s drag cars that you’ve been building & posting! Keep ‘em coming!

Very nice job Walt. I know what you mean about these Mobius Mopars, I think I’ve built like 6 or 7 of them (hard tops, sedans, AWB’s). They are absolutely addictive!!!! I stopped building them when I ran out of decal options. Can’t wait for the Dodge kits to be released, I have three sets of decals waiting for them. Love early/ mid sixties super stockers!

Nice to see an altered with something other than a blown Hemi. The engine’s & mechanicals in these Moebius kits are excellent, great idea to use them in a straight 6 drag car. Nice job on the wiring/ engine detailing.

Really like this one! The grey primer, the hand painted lettering on the doors, the red wheels with the wide whites, the stance, it all works to make this build look so authentic for an early sixties gasser. And that engine bay, oh my goodness that’s nice! Do you happen to know where you got these injector stack parts? They look so much better than any molded velocity stacks. The copper fuel lines you added are also amazing. Great scale modeling!

What a great collection. I love how the colors/ color combinations evolved thru the years, from weird to tasteful. I miss Pontiac or at least the idea of “Pontiac”. My parents were Chevy people but my mom always dreamed of upgrading to a Pontiac. Sadly the great GM of the 20th century has been fading away (like the middle class).

Beautiful detailed accurate rendition of this historic drag car. Easily the nicest one I’ve ever seen posted. Bravo! I remember seeing the actual car at the Famoso reunion drag event many (20?) years ago. I was amazed how rough the construction and workmanship was on the actual (unrestored) car. I like the look of your cleanly built model better!

Really like this one. I think the stance is perfect for a mid- to late 60’s match racer. The red, the wheel selection, the understated decals, Very Cool!

Amazing realistic Cobra models, especially like that Daytona coupe. I’m so sorry Allan that you lost your brother at such a young age, 57, damn. Prostate cancer can be such a stealthy killer. My PSA started slowly rising a few years ago, I was diagnosed with “very agressive” PC last year (biopsy pathology Gleason score 9!) and underwent a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy last April. So far my PSA is “undetectable” and my body is nearly back to normal (a 70 yr old version of “normal” 😆 which I’ll take, I feel great!). If my urologist hadn’t caught it, I’d probably be dead within a year or two….Most importantly, I had ZERO symptoms so, yes, please gentlemen, get your PSA checked and if it starts to go up, consult a urologist ASAP!!!! Thanks for posting this.

Cool gasser Mike and great job on those headers! (not an easy thing to scratch-build).

Love the red, the red tinted windows, the mags, the stance, the nail head. Makes me want to cruise around town today in a 1:1 version today and rev that V8 at every stoplight!

Hard to believe that’s a scale model. Amazing!!!!!

Fujimi Enthusiast Porsche 356 1/24 (any of the various versions). An amazing model kit (especially the wheels) and a true test of one’s scale modeling skills to assemble with all four tires touching the ground! 😁

Thank you Dennis for all the effort you are putting into this detailed WIP, so far a real master class in kit bashing! Your replacement of the molded-in wiring harness with real wires is motivating me to try this on a future build. Painting molded-in wires is usually a hit & miss for me at best and can detract from the actual wire detailing on the engine.

A beautiful build worth refreshening. Can’t wait for that new Moebius ‘65 Dodge(s) to be released (late ‘24?).

I really like this one! A 6 cyl “run what ‘ya brung” (gasser?), total embodiment of drag racing good old days. I always felt that the body/ windows on this AMT looked “off” to my eyes but the body on this build appears much more accurate, did you make corrections to the front window frame/ corners? Beautiful clean build!

Fabulous job Dennis that you’re doing on this body morphing so far. What’s your end goal on this build? A stock ‘63 with a max wedge? Looking forward to see where you go with this.

Loving what you’re doing here with these altereds Mike. I also agree with your comment about the “golden age of scale drag racing models”, I’ve been stock piling many of these same kits but have only built the Fiat from the AMT double dragster kit so far (I’m still trying to finish all my super stocker kits !). Looking forward to seeing this “crackle-fest” line-up come together! Thanks for posting this WIP!

Loving this Mopar SS/ AWB production line. Grafting the Moebius ‘65 sedan roof onto the bottom of a Moebius AWB HT lower body is a brilliant solution to making a non-resin AWB sedan. Looking forward to seeing some finished model(s) coming out of this assembly line.

Also saw it yesterday, finally an historically accurate racing movie for grown-ups. Loved ever bit of it. Good script, casting, acting, art direction, non-CGI action scenes, incredible 12 cylinder Ferrari sounds, touching human story (my wife probably would have enjoyed it). Loved Adam Driver’s understated conflicted portrayal of Enzo and Penelope Cruz’s portrayal of Enzo’s wife Laura stole the show. Never been a Patrick Dempsey fan but his performance was fantastic as an aging Taruffi, also the dudes playing Peter Collins and de Portago were convincing. The tragic Mille Miglia crash scene was graphic and made it understandable why the Italian gov’t discontinued any future road racing on public roads. One of my favorite scenes was when Enzo discusses intake manifold design features with his young son while reviewing blueprints at the kitchen table as well as the touching final scene. Brock Yates, author of the book they based it on, would be pleased with the result. A “no Hollywood BS” racing movie, go see it!

Cool collection of one of my all-time favorite F1 cars. Form following function and oh what a beautiful race car! Beautiful clean builds all 3!

Nice job Mike on this BTC kit-bash. I’ve read that the Trumpeter car kits are pretty mediocre but the body on this ‘64 Falcon looks pretty accurate to me. Did you use the Thunderbolt chassis on this build or is this the Trumpeter chassis with Thunderbolt driveline and rear suspension parts? Congrat’s on that two-page write-up in this month’s Model Cars Mag. Love that Hemi-Under-Glass!