bobss396 Posted September 9, 2023 Posted September 9, 2023 I like to lay down the best clear coat as possible. I mentioned one I am not going to polish out. I usually go 2-3 coats of clear regardless. I'll even sand between clear coats.
Anglia105E Posted September 9, 2023 Author Posted September 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, bobss396 said: I like to lay down the best clear coat as possible. I mentioned one I am not going to polish out. I usually go 2-3 coats of clear regardless. I'll even sand between clear coats. This was the first time that I have used clear on a model car, and I still need to learn about the use of it. The third coat of Tamiya TS-14 Black produced such a good finish that I decided not to apply any clear over the black. David 1
Anglia105E Posted September 11, 2023 Author Posted September 11, 2023 The firewall and it's component parts has been glued in place at the back of the engine bay, also the battery is glued in place. I have done the Bare Metal Foil on the sills of the Hudson both sides, and so far the waistline mouldings have BMF applied on the passenger side only. I do like the BMF product, but I am always nervous about using the scalpel knife. The process is satisfying, if somewhat time consuming. David 2
Anglia105E Posted September 12, 2023 Author Posted September 12, 2023 9 hours ago, Slotto said: Looking good David Cheers Steve . . . Getting there, slowly. David
Anglia105E Posted September 12, 2023 Author Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Bainford said: Nice foil work. Thanks Trevor . . . It is not perfect, but gaining in confidence with the more I do ! David
Anglia105E Posted September 12, 2023 Author Posted September 12, 2023 Good progress today on the Hudson . . . The front griile and front bumper have been fitted, also the rear valance including the tail lights and rear bumper are in place. Both sides sills and waistline mouldings have had BMF applied, and I have decided to brush on Molotow Liquid Chrome for the window surrounds. The ' Hornet ' rocket emblem is mounted on the trunk lid, and after opening up the locator hole in the hood, the hood ornament is mounted. I have glued in place the headlamp reflector bowls and the headlamp lenses. All of the window glass will be fitted after the frames are chromed. David 2
Anglia105E Posted September 13, 2023 Author Posted September 13, 2023 Not so much done today, but in between other stuff I did get the two front side lights glued in place, using Crystal Clear glue . . . One of the tiny lamp lenses dropped onto the board that was across my knees, and then bounced down towards the floor. Following a lengthy search, I found the elusive part inside the lid of a box . . . What a relief ! Th two bezels and two lenses for the optional backup lights were carefully glued in place next. These backup lights were not fitted as standard to the 1953 Hudson Hornets, but I do like them. The lenses are too small to grip with tweezers, so I use a cocktail stick with a piece of Blu-Tac on the end, which works well . . . The narrow orange strips of tape on the roof are to help with achieving straight lines for the Liquid Chrome, which will be applied from refill by brush. Previously I have used BMF on the window surrounds, but I remember it being very tricky, so hoping the liquid chrome goes on nicely. David 1
Anglia105E Posted September 14, 2023 Author Posted September 14, 2023 I applied the liquid chrome to the driver's side windows surrounds, and also the rear window surround, which took one hour. Then I had a short break, to recover from the intense concentration. One further hour of careful brush work saw the completed passenger side and the windshield surround done. I have to say, this is not perfect by any means, and I would like to find a very fine pointed black pen to run along between the chrome mouldings. With the body dry fitted onto the rolling chassis this is looking like one mean Hudson Hornet automobile ! Once the glass has been added, along with a few more chrome bits, we are nearly there. Such a lot of chrome on these 1950's cars ! David 2
Anglia105E Posted September 15, 2023 Author Posted September 15, 2023 The window glass has been glued in place, using Crystal Clear glue . . . Two front quarter vents, the windshield and the rear windows are all fitted. There are no door windows, which is good for viewing the interior of this car. Both sides exterior door mirrors are also fitted, and tomorrow I am hoping to add wiper arms and blades, radio antenna, interior rear view mirror and interior dome light. I test fitted the radiator where the engine bay slides over the sides of the radiator, and this is okay now. I have decided to mount the radio antenna angled downwards, so this prevents me from fitting the exterior sun visor, if that is my correct assumption? David 3
Anglia105E Posted September 16, 2023 Author Posted September 16, 2023 I made really good progress with the Hudson build today . . . The wiper arms and blades fitted nicely, and the radio antenna is glued in place using super glue top and bottom. I cut off the mounting pin, so it was not necessary to drill a hole in the roof. Also, I had to cut off 6 mm of the antenna's length, so that it could fit against the central pillar of the windshield. Two of the following photos show this black car alongside the green Franklin Mint diecast, which also has the downward angle to the radio antenna. Interior sun visors are glued in place, one of which I had to scratch build as one part was missing from the sprue in the kit box. The interior rear view mirror and the dome light are in place. The radiator and hoses went in nicely, and the body fits over the sides of the radiator. I have brushed some red enamel paint over the three ' Hornet ' motifs on the rocket emblems, and then rubbed away the excess paint with a cotton bud. All that remains is to apply three decals at the front end, and she is almost ready. I have ordered some fine point black pens for tidying up the chrome on black that is not good in some areas of the body. David 1
Anglia105E Posted September 17, 2023 Author Posted September 17, 2023 Sunday morning was spent applying the remaining decals to the engine bay, radiator and front grille . . . Then I had an idea to replace the missing decal, which was No.14 on the instruction sheet, ' HUDSON ' . . . Moebius have printed the image of this decal as actual size on the instruction sheet, so I cut this out with a scalpel knife and glued the paper to the trunk lid plinth, using Pritt stick glue. This looks good I think, and certainly better than nothing at all in that space. The background to the HUDSON lettering is red on the decal, whereas the cut out image is black, but I reckon that's fine. David 1
Anglia105E Posted September 18, 2023 Author Posted September 18, 2023 At this final phase of the build I remain undecided about the rear license plate . . . Having considered fitting the plate and applying the kit decal, I shall probably leave the plate off. The plate doesn't seem to fit well, and also there is no front plate supplied with the kit, so maybe go with no plates? David
Anglia105E Posted September 19, 2023 Author Posted September 19, 2023 Just a thought, regarding the license plates for this Hudson . . . I noticed a fellow member commented on Steven Guthmiller's thread, that in the state of Florida there is no requirement to display a front license plate, so only a rear plate. Someone mentioned that in some other states the laws on the display of license plates differs quite often. The plate that is included in the Moebius kit seems to be a Michigan plate, so as a British model builder I was wondering if perhaps they don't display front license plates in the state of Michigan, which would explain why there isn't a front plate in the Moebius kit box ? David
espo Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, Anglia105E said: Just a thought, regarding the license plates for this Hudson . . . I noticed a fellow member commented on Steven Guthmiller's thread, that in the state of Florida there is no requirement to display a front license plate, so only a rear plate. Someone mentioned that in some other states the laws on the display of license plates differs quite often. The plate that is included in the Moebius kit seems to be a Michigan plate, so as a British model builder I was wondering if perhaps they don't display front license plates in the state of Michigan, which would explain why there isn't a front plate in the Moebius kit box ? David Maybe a builder/member here could answer the front license plate question. The answer may have changed over time as well.
Anglia105E Posted September 19, 2023 Author Posted September 19, 2023 52 minutes ago, espo said: Maybe a builder/member here could answer the front license plate question. The answer may have changed over time as well. Okay, thanks David E. and I will do some research myself in the meantime. David W.
Anglia105E Posted September 19, 2023 Author Posted September 19, 2023 How about this? According to Autolist, Michigan is one of 21 states that does not require your vehicle to have a front license plate. It would have been 20, but Ohio decided to change things up and only require the rear license plate back in 2020. The above quote was taken from this website : https://witl.com/does-michigan-require-front-license-plate/ David
Anglia105E Posted September 24, 2023 Author Posted September 24, 2023 18 hours ago, Kenmojr said: Great work. Thank you Ken . . . I need to photograph this Hudson Hornet outdoors and post a topic in the ' Under Glass ' section, but we have rain most days. David 1
Kenmojr Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Anglia105E said: Thank you Ken . . . I need to photograph this Hudson Hornet outdoors and post a topic in the ' Under Glass ' section, but we have rain most days. David Look forward to your posts.
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