unclescott58 Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 Here it is, my build of Moebuis Models 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone. Over the years I purchased maybe a dozen of Moebuis’ car and truck kits. Plus other science fiction and figure kits they’ve put out. I’ve been pretty happy with their sci-fi and figure kits I’ve built. Their car and truck kits, not as much. Even though my Moebuis Cyclone turned out okay. Their were several things I was not happy with. Mainly the manner in which the front grille, and front and rear bumpers are mounted. I ended up do some minor damage to a fairly nice paint job, installing both the front grille and rear bumper. There is no real positive mounting provision for the front grille. And the stubs for mounting the front and rear bumpers are a total pain to use. And I question how they will hold on to the bumpers in the long run. Plus, Moebuis is fairly famous for their accuracy, yet they missed a minor thing like the standard dash mounted tachometer that the ‘65 Cyclones came with. Or the optional three gauge group that could take the place of the standard tach. Minor. And maybe a little picky on my part. But, I’m just not as impressed with Moebuis’ car and truck kits as other are out their. Despite my complaints, I like the choice of car and truck kits Moebuis keep bring to us. So, I’ll keep buying them. I’m just not so sure how quick I’ll be in building them. 4
1959scudetto Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Looks good, Scott - just a question: did you lift it up a bit or is this the stock ride height as given by the kit? Edited August 10, 2022 by 1959scudetto
unclescott58 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) On 8/10/2022 at 8:08 PM, 1959scudetto said: Looks good, Scott - just a question: did you lift it up a bit or is this the stock ride height as given by the kit? Expand Thank you. And that is “stock” height, which is another one of the things I did not like about the kit. Edited August 11, 2022 by unclescott58
unclescott58 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 10:27 PM, Classicgas said: Nice. Expand On 8/10/2022 at 11:43 PM, Zippi said: Pretty good looking 65 Cyclone. Expand On 8/11/2022 at 1:14 AM, Kah puts said: That Mercury looks fantastic. Expand On 8/11/2022 at 1:25 AM, TransAmMike said: Very nice Cyclone Scott? Expand On 8/11/2022 at 1:55 AM, charger74 said: It looks very good Expand Thank you gentlemen. Your all very kind. I appreciate it.
drodg Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Very nice. I have that kit but haven't tackled it yet. Thanks for the pointers on the bumpers.
espo Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Great looking paint finish and this shade of blue looks good on this body. Your issues with the mounting of the bumpers and grill are not an uncommon problem. Consider adding some additional glue mounting tabs when this is a problem. I like the stock appearance of your build.
TooOld Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Good looking Cyclone Scott , despite the issues it turned out great ! I'm a bit surprised that it sits so high built out of the box , along with the bumper mounting issues I guess it's no different than any other kit . I've bought most of the Moebius kits but still haven't built one , thanks for the info .
thebavarian Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Very nice car. I like Moebius kits. The only one I built is the Plymouth Sattelite, without great problems .
bogger44 Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Very nice looking Cyclone, definitely looks good in that color. I've only built one of the AFX'ers, but do seem to remember the bumpers being a bit fiddly to install. I had to trim up the rear window a little too.
unclescott58 Posted August 13, 2022 Author Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) On 8/11/2022 at 12:21 PM, ChrisR said: Nice! Expand On 8/11/2022 at 1:26 PM, drodg said: Very nice. I have that kit but haven't tackled it yet. Thanks for the pointers on the bumpers. Expand On 8/11/2022 at 2:51 PM, espo said: Great looking paint finish and this shade of blue looks good on this body. Your issues with the mounting of the bumpers and grill are not an uncommon problem. Consider adding some additional glue mounting tabs when this is a problem. I like the stock appearance of your build. Expand On 8/11/2022 at 8:15 PM, TooOld said: Good looking Cyclone Scott , despite the issues it turned out great ! I'm a bit surprised that it sits so high built out of the box , along with the bumper mounting issues I guess it's no different than any other kit . I've bought most of the Moebius kits but still haven't built one , thanks for the info . Expand On 8/11/2022 at 9:04 PM, thebavarian said: Very nice car. I like Moebius kits. The only one I built is the Plymouth Sattelite, without great problems . Expand On 8/11/2022 at 10:00 PM, bogger44 said: Very nice looking Cyclone, definitely looks good in that color. I've only built one of the AFX'ers, but do seem to remember the bumpers being a bit fiddly to install. I had to trim up the rear window a little too. Expand On 8/12/2022 at 10:19 PM, PappyD340 said: Very nice! Expand Thank you for your kind comments gentlemen. Edited August 13, 2022 by unclescott58
unclescott58 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 2:14 PM, slusher said: Great looking Cyclone Scoot! Expand Thank you Carl.
rsmodels Posted August 16, 2022 Posted August 16, 2022 Beautiful, I love the old Comets! Real nice work.
unclescott58 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 2:11 AM, rsmodels said: Beautiful, I love the old Comets! Real nice work. Expand Thank you. I too love Comets.
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