mrmike Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) My new project is the '65 Hemi Satellite. This is a phantom car as I have never heard or seen one that was ever made. But, you never know. I am using the Moebius 1965 Plymouth Satellite kit #1215. I will be using the Pegasus 19" Hellas and 23" Hollis wheels and tires and the model will be painted with Tamiya TS-50 Mica Blue with a two-tone blue interior. I converted the kit 426 CI Wedge engine into a Hemi engine with some pieces from my parts box and it will be wired. This Satellite will look similar to the '64 Plymouth Belvedere that I built several years ago that was based on the '64 Fury that was built on TV's Overhaulin'. More Satellite to come... Edited February 19, 2020 by mrmike
mrmike Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 I have been doing some painting on the Satellite. I painted the Hemi engine with Mopar Street Hemi Orange engine paint. The Hemi valve covers got a coat of Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. The body, hood and dog house got a coat of Tamiya White Fine Surface primer. More Satellite to come...
72 Charger Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Thats going to be a beast . I would love some of those wheels
mrmike Posted February 20, 2020 Author Posted February 20, 2020 I've been painting today and I'm not done yet! There are a lot of parts to this kit. I still have to add the dark blue paint to the seat inserts, detail paint the dash, semi gloss the gloss parts since I ran out of Tamiya Semi Gloss Black paint and add embossing powder to the interior floor and paint that with Dupli-Color Light Metallic Blue. Oh, and assemble the darn thing! I still have a ways to go... More Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted February 22, 2020 Author Posted February 22, 2020 Some more work has been done on the Hemi Satellite. The dash has been assembled and detailed. I installed the exhaust system on the chassis, but I don't want to get too far ahead of myself since I want to add embossing powder to the other side of the chassis pan. I wired the 426 Hemi for my '68 Charger R/T, but will have to wait a bit for the glue to set up on the Satellite 426 Hemi before I run the wires to the cylinders. I figured why not do both at once until the distributor cap on the Satellite 426 Hemi decided to come loose. More Satellite to come...
Shambles Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 At 68, my eyes and hands just won't do what they used to do. Dammit! It's inspiring to see beautiful work like yours.
mrmike Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 Thanks for the nice words, John! I just turned 67 and I am grateful I'm able to still enjoy this hobby even if I am dropping more parts than usual.
mrmike Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 I have been putting off painting the '65 Satellite. Probably due to fear of messing it up...badly! I went and painted the body and hood with Tamiya TS-50 Mica Blue and it looks really good. Very, very little trash in the paint...which is a good thing! I went and painted the interior floor of the chassis pan. With paint over the embossing powder, this looks pretty good. More Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted February 24, 2020 Author Posted February 24, 2020 The chassis and interior are done with the exception of a couple of small items. I mocked up the chassis with the engine bay and the wheels and tires. I will need to modify the exhaust system to fit the headers. More Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted February 24, 2020 Author Posted February 24, 2020 Thanks Jeff! Now to figure out how to lower the front and rear suspensions. Even with the front spindles inverted, the front is still too high.
drodg Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 Looking good. Know the feeling of putting off painting because my screw ups! Great job.
mrmike Posted February 25, 2020 Author Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks David! Painting can be my friend or my nemesis. I'll keep running that play until I get it right...
mrmike Posted February 25, 2020 Author Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks Kevin! I may have a solution for lowering the suspension on this Moebius Satellite. We shall see...
mrmike Posted February 28, 2020 Author Posted February 28, 2020 I started adding the wheels and tires to the chassis by modifying the suspension. Then the dog house started giving me problems by coming apart. I modified the head pipes for the exhaust system mounted to the headers. Now I need to figure out where to mount the spindles for the front suspension. More Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted February 28, 2020 Author Posted February 28, 2020 I reglued the dog house together after cleaning up the glue joints again and I let the dog house set up completely overnight. This afternoon, I superglued the brake backing plates to the front wheels and glued them to the uprights without any spindles. The stance looks okay, but I would like it lower. At any rate, the front end is on and I'm fairly happy with the result. And, for the first time since I painted the body, I got a shot of the model with the hood on. The decals on the air cleaner needed some touchups and when I added some clearcoat, the ink ran. The air cleaner has been stripped and repainted and drying in the paintbooth. More Hemi Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted March 1, 2020 Author Posted March 1, 2020 I had painted the air cleaner top with Model Master Hugger Orange and then I added 3 coats of Model Master Ultra Gloss clearcoat. The air cleaner base was repainted with Model Master Flat Black and will get a coat of Model Master Semi Gloss Clear. More Hemi Satellite to come...
mrmike Posted March 3, 2020 Author Posted March 3, 2020 I foiled the Satellite yesterday. This is not one of my better jobs as this foil must be getting old and losing it's adhesive. I have Microscale Metal Foil Adhesive that I used for the second time, but I had breaks and small spaces that needed to be covered. I used my Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen to cover the spots. More Hemi Satellite to come...
espo Posted March 3, 2020 Posted March 3, 2020 The Chrome trim makes the Blue color look even better. I've had a few sheets of foil that had poor adhesion on the outer edges of the sheet.
Ctmodeler Posted March 3, 2020 Posted March 3, 2020 This looks really good. Working on my own old Mopar. A 64 belvedere
mrmike Posted March 4, 2020 Author Posted March 4, 2020 20 hours ago, Ctmodeler said: This looks really good. Working on my own old Mopar. A 64 belvedere Thanks Kenneth! I built a '64 Belvedere as well. Mine is based on the '64 Fury rebuilt on TVs Overhaulin'.
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