Baby Moons?

[rmvw guy]

Does anyone know which 1/25 kits may have the small Baby Moon hubcaps? I hate to raid my stash for these untill I know for sure. Thanks

[91blaze]

The Revell '37 Ford pickup has those.

Edited July 31, 2012 by 91blaze

[Dan Helferich]

The AMT '56 Ford kit has a nice set of baby moons. Parts by Parks had a very nice set of baby moons in metal but I don't know if he still makes them.

[rmvw guy]

Thanks Dan, you were right they were in the '56 Ford box just like you said. I didn't have the '37 pickup, only had the '37 panel and didn't find them there John, thanks to you also

The AMT '56 Ford kit has a nice set of baby moons.

[VW Dave]

Check the hardware section of your local Lowe's or Home Depot for 'furniture nails.' I got a pack of 25 smooth, nickel-plated ones that really look the part...for about $1.25

[vintagestang]

Revell 1965 Chevy Stepside

[rmvw guy]

Thanks Dave, good tip! Thank you also Patrick for another good source.

Edited August 2, 2012 by rmvw guy

[VW Dave]

Thanks Dave, good tip!

Glad to help, and I really think you'll like those nails as baby moons; the nickel plating is far better than any kit chrome. If you have trouble finding them locally, PM me your mailing addy and I'll send you a set.

[rmvw guy]

Glad to help, and I really think you'll like those nails as baby moons; the nickel plating is far better than any kit chrome. If you have trouble finding them locally, PM me your mailing addy and I'll send you a set.

Thanks Dave, I picked some up from Lowe's today and I see what you mean, perfect! Thanks for offering to send me some also, you are too generous and I appreciate it.

[rmvw guy]

" I love my Baby Moons," the man said.

[Wick Humble]

Good sources; I was wondering if the upholstery tacks were still available -- I discovered them about 1962 (no kidding) and thought that maybe they had been obsoleted by now.  Chevy made some nice ones with the 'bowtie' embossed on 1:1 cars back in the late '60s; I wonder if any of the kit makers picked up on those?

When I built my T-bucket from the AMT Double-T kit back at the original release, I used AMT Model A stock headlites (trimmed)  for moonies; not too bad a fit!  And they're still on the model, 53 years later...  I couldn't find finned heads for the flattie'(from the '40 coupe kit) back then from AMT/SMP/etc. so I adapted a pair from I think it was a Revell Deuce kit, and faked a 'trimmed' 4-71 GMC blower as a S.C.O.T. or Italmeccanica huffer.  

I need a set of 1/25 baby moons to finish building a replica of my '65 Pontiac Tempest Custom -- college car and date-mobile for my soon-to-be wife -- converted from the GTO kit.  It was a two-door HT, 326 with 3-speed, and it proves how much in love I was that I didn't put a Hurst floor-shift in it to discomfit my Benita!

But I digress; I'll try Parts by Parks.  THX!

Wick Humble, author of HOW TO RESTORE YOUR DATSUN Z-CAR (1991 and still in print) and recently, the '59 Impala development history for "Street Rodder" last fall.

[Bernard Kron]

The Parts ,by Parks baby moons are excellent, very shiny and properly shallow for a good scale effect. They are pricey, however.

In kit form my go-to because the kit is deep in useful parts for my projects is the AMT '40 Ford Sedan Delivery kit, although you have to be careful which one you get. The baby moons look very good, if a bit "tall" or deep. The kits are common and are regularly re-issued so they are not too expensive. The most recent re-issue with the baby moons was the Three Stooges version from Round2 (you won't find them in the Gene Winfield version):

 

Any release that has the flipper hubcaps and the Desoto ribbed bumpers in it has the baby moons as well, whereas the kits that come with the Cragar mags don't. Here are two older releases that include the baby moons:

As one would expect, they fit the standard AMT Ford style steelies perfectly, and also fit many other 1/24th and 1/25th steelies with no real issues. Here are the 'caps on a '29 A Roadster I built a few years back:

 

Edited November 2, 2015 by Bernard Kron

[ChrisBcritter]

The AMT '56 Ford and the AMT '66 T-bird have them.

[Wick Humble]

Congrats, VW Dave:

Lowes still has the "Furniture Nail. Smooth -- Nickel, p/n 532632, 25 count, made in Taiwan" for sale, and cheap.  As in the 'sixties, with the pin cut off they make GREAT baby moons for 1/25-1/24:1 scale cars (Sorry Parks).

 I'd give them a bit of wax before cementing on, to protect the plating; nickel dulls, which is why most cas makers since the 1930's have overplated it with chromium.  

Wick Humble

[Can-Con]

Here's a tasty tip for baby moon caps.

 

Buy a box of these ,, eat them all right away! , , I promise they'll taste better than furniture nails. 

 

Notice they're packaged on a little vacuuformed tray in the shape of little cups. Flip it over and check between the cups that hold the candy,,

See all the smaller "domes" between the bigger ones?

They're easy to trim out. There's 15 in every box and just look at the size in a regular 1/25 steel wheel,,

 

Pretty sweet, Eh?

Edited November 6, 2015 by Can-Con

[High octane]

It's not uncommon for people to claim other people's work. I've seen it from kindergarten up until now, and never understood how anyone would want to do that. 

But what I find particularly odd here is that Barris did enough really cool stuff over the years to not have to try to take credit for other's work to build himself up. He had plenty of cred from his own early accomplishments.

But you know, the guy's dead. He can't defend himself, so why not just look at the stuff he DID do and let the rest of it drop?

Here's a tasty tip for baby moon caps.

 

Buy a box of these ,, eat them all right away! , , I promise they'll taste better than furniture nails. 

 

Notice they're packaged on a little vacuuformed tray in the shape of little cups. Flip it over and check between the cups that hold the candy,,

See all the smaller "domes" between the bigger ones?

They're easy to trim out. There's 15 in every box and just look at the size in a regular 1/25 steel wheel,,

 

Pretty sweet, Eh?

Very creative.

[Steven Zimmerman]

Hobby lobby, A C Moore, Michaels, Jo Ann Fabrics, check out the little 'iron on ' thingies they sell for clothing adornment ,  available in several sizes, I buy em every time I visit these places.....'Z'

[thatz4u]

AMT 57 Ford, white box, blue car, baby moons shown  in picture