Moebius Official Announcement 1964 Mercury Comets

[Luc Janssens]

14 hours ago, Erik Solie said:

Hardly.  There would be some VERY different choices of what gets made if that was the case!

Is that good or bad? 😉

[Mark C.]

8 hours ago, Chris V said:

While most seem concerned about the hood, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll eventually see a Caliente version with the additional side trim (like we did with the ‘61 Pontiacs) - Ideally with a Sachs & Sons (Jack Chrisman) drag version down the road…

But for now I’ll definitely buy the Pro Touring version!

 

A flat hood would be part of a correct Caliente version, so maybe that’s where they are going?  We’ll see… patience is the key.

TBH, at this point I’m way more excited about the upcoming Maverick and Chevy pickups.  When they hit the shelves, I probably won’t even notice what’s going on with the Comet. 

[Mark C.]

17 hours ago, Erik Solie said:

Hardly.  There would be some VERY different choices of what gets made if that was the case!

You’ve piqued our curiosity… would love to hear your thoughts, but given your situation I wouldn’t expect to.  🙂

[Ragtop Man]

On 9/5/2025 at 3:09 PM, Mark C. said:

I could be misinterpreting the intent of this version, and I apologize in advance if this is the case… as it stands, however, I’m just a little perplexed as to why a ‘stock’ version would be conceived with a hood that was reportedly not available for that model.  Granted, it’s a cool-looking hood, but it’s in the most visible location on the model, such that anyone wanting to build it out of the box as a stock vehicle has to rob another kit.  It’s not like having an incorrect carburetor or wiper motor that only the purists would notice… it’s the hood, out there in plain sight.

The last thing I want to do is to turn this into some sort of issue, as it’s really not a big deal.  I already have an AMT kit, and I like these cars, but not enough that I want to build every version of them.  So for me, I’ll probably just pass on this one and build the crude but stock appearing ex-Craftsman kit.  If it had a stock hood, that would be the final push to get me to purchase one for the extra details, superior chassis, etc.  I will still likely get the pro touring version though.  And as you say, maybe there is a version coming with a flat hood that will satisfy folks like myself.

I did buy the almost-stock versions of the ‘65 Belvedere and Dodge 2-door sedans, however.  So I’m sure this philosophy has enough of a business case behind it to make sense to the bottom line for the company, and capture the majority who don’t mind scavenging parts from other kits, and TBH I’m happy to see it coming out.  It just frustrates me a little to see it go 95% if the way when it seems to the layman like myself that it wouldn’t have required much effort or expense to put the proper hood in the stock version and the scooped hood in the pro touring and race versions… or put both hoods in all versions (again, maybe my protestations are premature…).

But in the end, not a big deal, nobody lives or dies because of it, but IMHO still worthy if discussion on a discussion forum about model cars. 👍🏻

I'd be very surprised to learn a stock hood was not in the offing at some point for a version of the  kit (Daytona Durability Run, anyone? E. African Safari?)  I sure wouldn't let one of these get away for that reason. 

 

[Mark C.]

5 minutes ago, Ragtop Man said:

I'd be very surprised to learn a stock hood was not in the offing at some point for a version of the  kit (Daytona Durability Run, anyone? E. African Safari?)  I sure wouldn't let one of these get away for that reason. 

 

Sounds reasonable.  I would definitely pick up one or more in this configuration.  👍🏻