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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!

Fabulous recreation of Grump’s first Camaro. The detailing and realism of the engine bay is an A+. I have the Slixx decal set for this one and am hoping that Revell re-pops this kit before I get too old to build and paint model cars, the ones on eBay are crazy $$$ ($80 - $100 with tax & shipping).

Wow Zip! You completed a ton of kits this last year and all beautiful top grade builds! My favorites are the El Camino, the orange ‘37 gasser and that ‘50 Chevy truck with the swamp cooler. Can’t wait to see what you post next year!

Very nice builds! Particularly love the lowered bird & ‘stang!

Now that’s the car I want to borrow when I burn up all the firewood this winter and need to make a quick run out for more! Beautiful job Pat on this cool outlaw 356. These Fujimi kits are not easy ones to assemble and it looks like you got all four tires in contact with the road and the ride height adjusted just right. Bravo!

‘23 was a pretty fun year for me for building car models. Despite being away from the man cave for a few months due to travel and recovery from surgery, I managed to complete the eight kits below (along with two aircraft, one tank and one ship). The bad news: I probably added three times as many unbuilt kits to my stash! ?‍? Need to crank up the production numbers in ‘24! Much thanks to everyone for all the input and encouragement I’ve received on this forum. Happy holidays guys and keep the glue & paint flowing in ‘24! Cheers, John

What a cool idea and clean well-executed result. That Moebius cammer is one of my favorite 1/25 engines, looks like it was meant to fit into that super large Starliner engine bay. Love it!