S. Svendsen Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Here are some sneak peaks at the box art and model I created for the upcoming Model King / Moebius Joe Weatherly '61 Pontiac Catalina kit. The kit will probably be out around summerish. Edited February 26, 2016 by S. Svendsen spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Niiiice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Oh yeah!!!! Thank you, Thank you! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I like that! Back when they really were stock cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 That looks great, but it's going to take some work to make it look like this! But making a nice clean one from the start of the season should be a piece of cake. I spent about ten minutes searching and come up with some other paint schemes. (Not my pics) The decal makers will have a blast with this kit! Here's Junior. The Silver Fox I'll post a few more in a couple of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This kit should be a blast to bash up NASCAR cars with. I wonder how much of the running gear would mate up to '61 and '62 Chevies, and the '62 Pontiacs. I am really looking forward to seeing what drag versions of the Pontiacs they produce. There were a lot of Venturas and Catalinas running NHRA too. The Moebius Pontiac may be the Swiss army knife of model kit tools. Those cars did everything. They raced oval and drag. They were nice grocery getters, and they made sweet customs and street machines as the '60s went on. Hopefully we get a few more versions. Here are a couple more shots from my short search. There are some neat ideas for somebody with the capabilities to make decals. Here's the car from the first post with a different driver. NASCAR never changes in that respect do they? (Some NASCAR cars need to be fitted with a revolving door) There! That should make it hard to wait for "summerish" to get here! Happy Pontiac dreaming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Great illustration and model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thanks DaveM, really nice pictures. Thank you for posting them. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Nice build Mr.Sven! Will definitely add this one to the pile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 How is the glass fit on this kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I'm not a big NASCAR builder, but I'll be doing a couple of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Looks great, can't hardly wait. I wonder if the real one ever looked that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanR Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Southern Motorsports Hobbies already has some sheets for other versions of the '61 Pontiac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanR Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I just checked the email again. The #3 David Pearson is available as well as the #6 Cotton Owens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I gotta have one of these with the greyhounds on the fenders! Moebius knew what they were doing with multiple versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzy63 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 How's that kit release doing? I'm still waitin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I think we are on a holding pattern. Maybe next summer? I hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250 Testa Rossa Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hopefully so. Been waiting for this one to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynehulsey Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Has anything been firmed up on the release for this; or is it already out and I've been hiding in the cave so much I havn't seen it? Edited June 29, 2017 by waynehulsey major typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Has anything been firmed up on the release for this; or is it already out and I've been hiding in the cave so much I havn't seen it?Model Roundup has it listed as a July release...so I assume it's coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 A member on the Randy Ayers board posted that these kits were "in port" this past Tuesday, per Dave the Model King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpiguy Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 This is now in stock at the usual sources, Model Roundup, Model Car Mountain, etc. Can't wait to get mine and crack the box open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Hopefully consider how long the gap has been between this and the Ventura kit coming out they've figured out a way to rectify how the glass fits - or rather completely DOESN'T fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 James, I kinda doubt they fix that. It would involve quite a bit of tooling change to redo those window channels, not to mention new tooling for glass as you'd have to change the trim, depth, etc.It's a bit tedious, but if you've never seen it-------I did a tutorial here on how to get the glass to fit and definitely improve the overall appearance of it. Looks like on the Mercury Comet kit the glass fits better with the method they're using. I guess they read the complaints here and made that step not so hair pulling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Thanks for that, Bill. Very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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