Oliver77 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Wow there are some beautifully detailed Mooneyes builds here! Mine is much simpler, pretty much out-of-the-box. After the usual cleanup to the frame and body panels, I sprayed Tamiya TS-47 yellow over primer. I stripped much of the chrome in purple Super Clean, and cleaned up the moldings. I just couldn’t leave the Potvin blower setup with prominent seams. I used SnJ polishing powder over black spray enamel to recreate the shine. The rear wheels had some nasty ejector pin marks so they got the same treatment, as did the Moon tank and front axle. The motor was stripped and brush painted Testors flat yellow. (Pictures show a subtle difference of yellow on the motor.) I drilled the magneto and epoxied fine floral wire for plug wires. Not sure about the firing order! Instead of cleaning up the drag link rod, I replaced it with styrene rod. I added a junk box parachute. Man am I happy Atlantis got this out! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Great looking build! I just picked this kit up over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Looks great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeves Racing Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Great job, you had to have some BIG BALL bearings to drive that baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 4:10 PM, PappyD340 said: Looks great! +1. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Absolutely nothing wrong with a nearly box stock build , you've done an excellent job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Nice work, looks good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Nice job. It looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver77 Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Great to see another box build of the Mooneyes in issue 212! Good work by Tim Kolankkiewicz, with good tips on a couple gotchas this kit has. A tip I would like to pass on about this kit is that the rear axle is too long. It is super easy to whack off the ends then drill through, and use the usual metal axle rod (we have a few spares in the junk box I bet). Also I shortened the injector stacks a bit to squeeze between the frame. I highly enjoyed building this kit! Not too complicated, just enough challenge to be interesting, and such a cool iconic car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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