Radretireddad

Thanks Mathias.

Thanks Carl! It’s great to be a part of such an involved community.

Thanks Larry.

No doubt! I’m thrilled to see the hobby doing so well today. Now if we can just convince more young people to swear off the electronics and join us.

Thanks Dan! I do have a handful of pretty valuable kits that I’m really glad I grabbed at swap meets back in the early 90’s. I also really love the level of quality and detail all the latest releases offer. I also really love all the fantastic products available for us hobbyists and all the support and knowledge here make it a great time to return to doing what I love.

Thanks so much David! Thanks Stu! Yeah, this kit really shows its age and It was exciting to finally have a more modern kit with all the era correct driveline parts. I had the concept of my iconic ‘57 gasser in mind for decades and when I saw the Moebius Nova kit, I knew it was time to finally build it. Thanks so much Tim.

Thank you. They are an iconic favorite. Thanks. Thanks so much!

Will do thanks. I thought the threads were meant for specific cars and not just individual builders work. Nice work on your 3-window too. I have that same kit in my upcoming projects que.

This is the ancient MPC Spirit of ‘57 kit body, interior, glass and frame combined with the more modern Moebius 1965 Nova engine, trans and suspension. I cut the rear seat out of the ‘57 interior tub and filled in the side and rear panels with styrene sheet stock. The roll bar and forward braces are also from the ‘57 kit and the rear braces are scratch built from styrene rod. I lengthened the rear of the frame, added cross members and the left and right side outriggers with square styrene tube. Everything forward of the firewall is the front clip of the Nova kit spliced on to the ‘57 kit frame. The body is from the kit with all of the Bel-Air trim sanded away and Gopher racing pinstripes added over Tamiya chrome silver and black. The tilt front end mechanism is also scratch built from sheet stock. The rear wheels and tires are from the AMT 1965 Nova AWB kit and the fronts are from the AMT 1962 Bel-Air. As crude as the old ‘57 kit is I kept one anyway because with the post sedan body, the radiused and flared rear wheel openings, and the one piece flip front end I thought it got the overall gasser appearance right. I just needed to find a suitable more modern engine, trans and suspension to finish the package out which Moebius came through with. Thanks for looking.

Superb! All your efforts clearly shine through. I’ve been trying to figure out how to best duplicate the sixties semi metallic/pearlescent vinyl upholstery colors. Is the interior color really just flat clear over the body color?

The second one uses the flatty from the Tudor kit mated to a modern 5-speed trans with the steelies, center caps and trim rings from the 3-window kit. The pinstripes are off of the Gopher racing sheet I got from MRU. I built this to capture the iconic early post war socal hot rodding look which is also why I named it the Californian.

The first one I built right out of the box with a few detail additions.

Here are my takes on Revell’s iconic deuce 3 window.

Hey gang! My name is Brian and after getting my fifth and youngest child child through college and reaching retirement this year I’m finally enjoying dragging the stash of kits I’ve been sitting on for the last three decades out of storage and back on the bench. I was so happy to see all the new an reissued favorites available from the kit makers but after 15 years since the last kit I bought, the prices left me a bit shell shocked. I have a few completed projects that I’ll be sharing with you in the corresponding forums in the near future. Looking forward to enjoying and being inspired by everyone’s efforts here. Thanks.

That’s great to know but since I’ve already purchased at least one of every kit in the series, I’d like to know if I could just get three sets of the corrected center caps for the kits I already have. If I may, I was also wondering if Moebius has any plans to reissue the Model King 1966 F-100 short wheelbase fleet side kit in the near future. The prices for them are getting pretty steep on eBay. Many thanks. Brian

Question for Erik Solie. Will it be possible to purchase those chrome trees with the newly corrected hubcaps for the current kits in my collection? Thanks again for your terrific customer service.