Dave Van

This is Tamiya spray can black with one coat of Future after the decals. Check the roof reflections. I've been using it for years and love it....but other like other clears....and it's best to find what you like.....but some of mine are 20+ years old and still look good....so I stick with it.

How long had the paint been on the model??? It needs 2-3 weeks to gas out or it will crack the Future. What type paint was on the model??? Future is an acrylic base clear and reacts badly with many water based paints.....Tamiya is the worst. How thick did you apply it?? Too thick it will crack too. I apply with a super soft sable one inch which is used for Future and NOTHING else. Been using it since 1980 with out issue....after I found what to use it one and not use it on!

Have not heard anything about it this year. I have not gone for two years as I could not get a table....I know the club that put the show on has been shrinking in numbers....maybe they have given up. It has been a great show in the past.

I understand a C5-R is correct for these decals.....but had hoped they updated the body some like they have been doing with some of their kits of late. Still a decent kit but only a new set of decals and a box top.

It's a reissue but new decals. I was a little disappointed that the kit was unchanged from the last issue and the body is incorrect for the version shown on the box. I thought for sure that when RM announced the kit they would update the body as the C6-R has replaced this C5-R. I love road race cars.....even produced some kits myself.....so I was happy to see a 'new' road race kit come to market........but a new box and decals is a little disappointing.

WOW!!! Glad it's just box stock quick build or I'd be more embarrassed about mine!

Many states require a official ID to buy any paint. And purchaser must be 21 or older. Get something you own 'tagged' and have to pay to fix it and you may understand better.

I'm not being critical of any one's building skills.....but I have yet to have a model beat me. Some can be difficult.....some easy.....but a builder can over come issues that an assembler can't. I built a bunch of McLarens for Accurate Miniatures. Tough builds but if I can most any one can. It does take patience and some past experience. But it's far from 'unbuildable' as it is labeled often. After a few McLarens the Vette was a breeze. My issue here is I have built 10-15 Moebius kits...cars, Sci Fi, Figures....all were fantastic. How they messed up this bad on ONE kit does make me wonder. I did not plan on buying it but now I may have to just to see for myself. The current issue of SAE and a few online reviews don't mention any of these issues either......so something strange is going on here...........

I'd be real interested in how these became available. My family was involved with both the old Accurate Miniatures and the revived AM. I knew all parties from both companies. The revived AM was headed up by an ex Revell Monogram exec and a money guy from NC. The art director was my brother in law Tom Myers who passed very expectantly DEC 3 years ago. XS Tuning was run out of the same building in Concord as AM. Last I heard the business was being sold......but I guess something has happened now and assets are being dumped. Last time I was in the building there was a bunch of kits, TONS of XS stock and a room full of parts and test shots including maybe 20 of the AM NASCAR Taurus kits that were never released and some McLaren kits too. Doubt we will ever know what really happened....or if the kits will ever show up again.

Great stuff!!! I saw him at Toledo just as he started to sell stuff. He had bags of 'mistakes' cheap and I loaded up on them. VERY small flaws some I can't find.

Very nice work! I want them....but $$$ is keeping me away!

There's GOLD in them thar Hudsons! My best buddy is a Hudson expert and agrees stock 52-3 need a gold engine!

If I could get $700 for one of mine I'd sell in a second.....and even include a new set of repro decals too!!!

All Hudsons....all the time....... http://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/2011-hudson-het-nats-okc/

Moebius left the seat in the Hudson because a few pics they dug up from the period showed a back set. Roll bars were never used in Hudsons but some other makes did have them. The Moebius Chrysler 300 racer kit will have the seat delete and a roll bar as by 1955 it was the norm.

Dirk.....never finished a Mustang yet!! Used the kit a number of times to build other cars! Revell Mustang converted into a Roush Merkur Also....beware of the Folgers kit. The first run had BAD decals. They had two issues. No white undercoat so they just fadded away on the deep red.....and that was if you got them on to the car as they had a clear on them that was very brittle.

And they offer a discount on large orders......and I agree.....more for your $$$

Looking forward to seeing this built. I built a few....many converted to other cars. I still want to build this one too. I used that kit to bash this version of Roush's IMSA Cougar. OLD digital pic. Keep us posted on the Mustang!!!

None really....both are good grade styrene. I use both...both are great. My locol hobby shop is 3 hours away so I order a lot of my supplies....thus I use Plastruct. Here is a 1/48 box car scratch built totally from Plastruct and Evergreen plastic.

Looks good to me!

And just to muddy the water even more!!!! I worked with Sean on this project and I think he has it right. BUT,and it's a big but, years ago when I lived in Charlotte the Flock family were neighbors. I was working for a company that did NASCAR items. I did some work for them getting some die cast 300's done for them to sell. Tim Flock gave me a 1/43 Hudson that they were selling at the time. Tim told me they matched the color exactly to the real car.....problem is the 1/43 model is powder blue! SO.....was Tim's memory fuzzy?? Don't think so he was sharp as a tack. Was he just saying this because they were selling the cars??? I think the truth is somewhere between. My fantasy logic is this. Car starts out as factory blue like Sean's model. After racing 3-4 times a week back in the day....almost all on short tracks....the car needs repainting....and the paint store had powder blue on hand....close to the factory color but not exact. I think I am building a powder blue car.....if only in honor of Tim and they way he remembered it.

I order direct from Plastruct. About the same price or a little lower, sheets are bigger, shapes have more per package....great quality and service. I ordered 25 packages of one type sheet plastic and they called me to confirm I wanted that many. Good folks.

Thanks Chuck! Yes...that's me.....you'd think I'd build the Flock kit after doing the decals!!!! But working on it for a while I wanted something different! These Mundy decals are prototypes for new decals available for the Hudson kit. Model King will have them when ready.

I have finished my Flock kit....but decaled as Frank Mundy car. I have now finished the kit but yet to take new photos. If not for all the foil work I'd start another right now!!! I need a foil break before I start #2 buld!

I may be a bit late to the party.....but here is more info for yopu Hudson builders.....The 2011 HET International meet. Truely a International meet as some cars came from New Zeland!!! Driving the ocean was tough! This 4 door was cool! Here are all the pics from OKC meet...... http://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/2011-hudson-het-nats-okc/