Mobieus 1965 Plymouth Satellite Hardtop

[Ron Hamilton]

I have been working on my rendition of a Mobieus '65 Plymouth Satellite Hardtop. I like to pre-build my models in assemblies and mock them up prior to paint so that there are no surprises after the paint.

Everything seems to be going together like a jig saw puzzle so far.

Everything is so crisp, and the fit is very good. I am still distressed about the curvature of the upper windshield, but I am not planning to make any changes, as I do not want to comprimise the window fit.

I bare-metaled the scripts, but not the hash-marks on the rear fenders, and I detail painted the wheel covers.

[charlie8575]

Interesting it holds together without glue like that. Might have to try that.

What colors are you going with?

Charlie Larkin

[peekay]

Looking forward to this, Ron. I've never "pre-built" a model but often found that I should have .

[Mopar - D]

Ron I agree I've been doing the same with my build and have been very pleased with the fit and finish on the kit. What colors are you going with?

[MrObsessive]

Oh come on Ron! Flatten that windshield header! You can do like I showed you at the club meeting!

All kidding aside, it's fine as it is, but I do think that the vent window post could stand to be a bit more perpendicular to the A pillar. No big deal, but that's another change I'd like to do to mine if and when I ever get around to building it.

Also, you "pre-building" of the car is a good idea! Don't know if that would always work for me inasmuch I'm opening up stuff--------but for an out of the box build, that's a very good thing to do!

[Danno]

Hey, Bill!   

Would you kindly show us, too?!   This forum would be a great venue for a little Mr. Obsessive Tutorial on flattening the roof.  Please?  Pretty please?

Thanks . . . in advance.   

 

[MrObsessive]

Hey, Bill!   

Would you kindly show us, too?!   This forum would be a great venue for a little Mr. Obsessive Tutorial on flattening the roof.  Please?  Pretty please?

Thanks . . . in advance.   

 

Danno, I originally did a very mini tutorial on flattening the roof in another thread on the Plymouth, but I believe that's the one that got the axe unfortunately for some reason. Not to hijack Ron's thread, but if you go here, you can see what I did to get the header to be just a smidge flatter. There are three pics--------the link takes you to the first one.

I can tell you that this is not for the faint of heart, and you may just want to leave it alone.

[Greg Pugh]

Ron, what do you use to remove the paint from your foiled scripts? I recently tried this with less than spectacular results and was curious what you do.

[Ron Hamilton]

Ron, what do you use to remove the paint from your foiled scripts? I recently tried this with less than spectacular results and was curious what you do.

A little rub here, and a little rub there. I tend to have little paint buildup on my models. I like to use Plasticote primer, as it is thin, and I use lacquer paints., rubbed out between coats.