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Gorgeous build of a very cool subject. I love these old Monogram 1/24 classic kits, they assemble nicely and have terrific potential for detailing. I have this Packard boattail kit in my stash and you build is inspiring me to move it up in the queue.

Wow! Fantastic subject! Fantastic execution!

Well deserved Steve! Your models are simply amazing and an inspiration to the rest of us mere scale modeling mortals here. Thank you for all the effort you put into posting here and sharing your techniques.

I predict we might soon encounter a shortage of 1/25 scale resin 727 Torqueflite’s in the marketplace with the release of this Moebius AWB Dodge! Better get your parts orders into SpeedCityResins ASAP! The last ones I bought from a vendor on eBay a few years ago to use on the Moebius Plymouth A990 sedan kits (that came with a manual) are no longer available.

Congratulations Jeff! You’re leading the Moebius ‘65 Dodge AWB assembly line race! Wow! Three already painted & decaled and all three look fantastic so far. I’ve got three kits & resin parts orders in process and hoping to also do Dyer’s and Landy’s AWB hardtops and then use the AWB Strickland kit decals to do Strickland’s standard wheel base SS car using the A990 sedan kit. Are you planning on grafting Torqueflite automatics onto yours or just using the kit stick trans? Also are you planning on doing the match racer version of Dyer’s car (supercharger, no radiator, dragster style exhaust headers)? That car (originally the “Color-Me-Gone” car?) was so fearsome looking back in the day. Really looking forward to watching your progress and seeing these three come together.

I’ve always had a fetish for any sexy fast-back: This one’s not classic (yet) but if $$$ was no object for me I’d be driving this one around town instead of my 4 cyl old man sedan:

Great job on both of these restorations, love ‘em both but that yellow rail is a real standout. I remember my older brother building this kit in 1961! I was seven years old and I just turned 71 last week! ? It’s amazing how good these 63 year old molds are, this double dragster kit is still a real bargain for old-school parts for kit bashing.

Beautiful job Jason! I built and posted a S&M hardtop last year I built using the Moebius AWB kit and have seen two others posted. I like that you accurately painted the undercarriage white, something I believe they did to increase visibility during wheel stands. I love these early ‘65 AWB funnies, looking forward to seeing a bunch of ‘65 Dodge AWB machines posted here soon now that the Moebius kit has been released.

I resemble that comment! ? In addition to the Strickler box art car, I have some nice decals of and look forward to doing Landy’s, Harrop’s and Gary Dyer’s AWB cars (Dyer’s blue supercharged Mr. Norm’s Grand-Spaulding will be a particularly fun one to kit bash and paint). A minor disappointment that these new Dodge kits are all sticks but no big sweat, just need to order some more resin TorqueFlite 727’s to graft onto the blocks. Wonder who’s going to be the first to post a Landy car build with the historically accurate rear body sag! It’s been a while since I’ve built any door slammers, been distracted by alternative scale model shiny objects lately (Japanese aircraft carriers and British AFV’s!), time to order a stack of these very cool ‘65 Dodges. Thank you Tim for posting the link to these excellent kit photos and thank you thank you thank you Dave M & team from Moebius for your tenacious hard work in producing such fabulous kits!

Really well done Terry, especially that sweet engine bay. The actual car must have been a real hand-full to keep straight on a run.

Absolutely gorgeous 356! Great job Marcos! These Fujimi Porsches are not easy to fully assemble and get right (all four tires touching the ground, an accurate ride height). You nailed it! And the after market knobs and toggle switches in the dash are so cool. I have a Speedster in my stash, you are inspiring me to get it out soon and attack it.

Thank you guys for all the nice ‘at-a-boys’! Love that graphic of the pink & grey convertible at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance. They should feature a row of ‘55 - ‘57 Chevies one year amongst all the Bugatti’s and Delehayes. Sometimes it’s nice to just a build a couple of easy clean out-of-the-box model car kits. These two are the first I’ve built since I was a kid without adding plug wires, other than some foil they’re pretty much out of the box.

Here are some more pics of the '56:

These are both recent issue Revell 1/25 kits. I painted the ‘55 ‘vert in a popular two-tone color combo, Coral and Shadow Grey that I remember seeing all over town during my early childhood in Southern CA in the late 50’s/ early 60’s. The ‘56 210 sedan in Tropical Turquoise over India White, is an exact scale model of my very first car purchased from a neighbor in 1971 for $450 (and yes, despite 120k miles on the drive train, it looked this good! Obviously wish I still had it!). I airbrushed MCW lacquer base paints (that match the original factory colors) on both models and unfortunately had terrible spiderweb issues with the coral, grey and turquoise. I'm thinking maybe they put too much thinner/ solvent in the paint? Going forward, I think I’ll stick with Scale Finishes and Zero Paints for my auto lacquer base paints. Here are some pics of the '55, I'll post more of the '56 in a separate post below. Cheers, John

A very accurate model of Landy’s first AWB car. I’m particularly impressed with both the elongated front & rear wheel well openings, you nailed it!

Does this mean Moebius (/Pegasus?) has acquired the Galaxie molds and will be re-releasing these kits? Any idea when? Would love to get a coupe kit at a reasonable price.

Great color and nice to see one of these Moebius Hudson’s built with black walls, a more common sight from my 1950’s childhood. These Moebius Hudson’s are such excellent kits. I had a blast building a ‘54 Coupe for my brother a few years ago and have been buying up a few more to build (this ‘54 fastback, the ‘53 coupe and the ‘52 convertible). I’m learning to grab kits like these when they come along and are still in a reasonable price range ($25 - $30), they sometimes get scarce, go up to crazy prices (Galaxie ‘46-‘48 Chevies) and disappear pretty quickly.

Beautiful job Walt! Neat clean build and a very accurate reproduction based on the 1:1 photos. That engine bay detailing is particularly sweet. I’m surprised you ran into issues with this Moebius kit, I’ve built a few of these and, unlike the ‘61 Pontiacs (front window, front grill), I’ve never had an issue with the interior tub or window fit. Cool to see a standard wheel base A990 drag car built with FI. Imagine this car really roared back in the day. Thanks for posting!

Fantastic job Thomas! The New Yorker trim you added is really well done and really supports the two-tone scheme (perfect 50’s colors BTW). I wish Moebius would issue marquee variation kits such as a New Yorker and a De Soto Firedome. Nice to see this 300 kit in something other than black, white or red (original factory color choices).

Neat tidy build of a sleeper classic muscle car. Would love to see you you do another one of these with one of the upcoming Moebius ‘65 Dodger.

I gave up using TS-13 over decals, I think Tamiya puts tolulene in their rattle can lacquers which is hard on decals. I’ve switched over to Mr Color (Gunze) GX-100 bottle gloss clear coat mixed 50/50 with Mr Color Self-Leveling Thinner. I have found the GX-100 to be much easier on decals than TS-13 although it can still react with with them if you go right to a heavy wet coat without first applying some thinner dry coats.

Another terrific build Mike! You are prolific in these classic drag car builds! Thank you for building and posting so many of my favorite period of drag racing. Wish I had a set of these decals. Hope you stocked up on SMP decals, I just learned today that they are no longer around due to the passing of the owner, Bruce Sadewater. He put out great decal subjects at reasonable prices and good service. Will miss them.

I love it Jim! Came out beautiful! Where did you get these decals? I assumed you used SMP decals and just went to checked their website (SMPdecals.com) found this website is no longer in existence and learned that the owner, Bruce Sadewater, passed away last month. Sad news. Despite the rastor graphics, I loved the subjects that SMP made decals for and appreciated their reasonable prices and good service. Will miss them!

No model kits in either of the two Michael’s nearby me in So. Cal. I suspect kits were hot sellers during the pandemic years but, like dog adoptions, have cooled way off since.

Just now discovered and got caught up on this excellent kit-bashing WIP. I’m particularly impressed with the scratch-building on that interior, really nice. I built and posted a resin bodied ‘62 Galaxie A/FX three years ago (here) and remember it being a lot more work than I anticipated. It made me think if $ was unlimited kit-bashers should buy two of everything and first do a dry-run build to figure out how to do the “official” build (and make all the mistakes on!). Your MCW Corinthian White in your photos look’s about right to me. I used ScaleFinishes CW and it became my favorite off-white car model paint. I love these early 60’s door slammers and you’re doing a fabulous job on this one Jim, looking forward to seeing this one “under glass”!