Moebius '54 Hudsons

[Jon Cole]

By looking at it, there appears to be a dull surface. It's not like the surface of an orange. I cannot even feel the texture.

[Dave Van]

It is a non factor. Primer covers it just fine. Cmon people.

Ditto....not an issue....more a optical illusion.

I did nothing but apply Dupli-color primer sealer, wet sand as ALWAYS and it's like any other kit.

[lordairgtar]

That rougher finish might allow for better primer adhesion too.

[Chuck Most]

Ditto....not an issue....more a optical illusion.

I did nothing but apply Dupli-color primer sealer, wet sand as ALWAYS and it's like any other kit.

That rougher finish might allow for better primer adhesion too.

This and this. A few mists of primer and some wet sanding and it's no longer an issue. And what's the first thing you do with one of those polished-plastic looking kit bodies? Sand it so the primer will adhere better.

[Dave Van]

Some newer Revell snap kits intended for kids are TOO polished....and that's part of this issue.

[Junkman]

Yeah, but it might show through if I want to brush paint it.

[Guest]

If you brush paint it, you will be putting more paint on than either spray or airbrush, so it will be covered.

[thatz4u]

I opened my 54 Hudson, here's what I noticed;

steering wheel & column are both on the chrome tree

"texture" was there, I took an old used 3200 grit pad to it, & it smoothed out some, I don't think it will be a problem.

there was a small dimple on the right side front of the roof, on the inside it is where the visor attaches, easy fix.

very detailed wire wheels, nice pad printed white wall tires (much better than some of the Revells)

I am impressed with Moebius attention to detail.

If you have a chance to get this kit...Buy IT !!!!!

[AzTom]

Any chance the wire wheels and tires will be sold as a parts pack?

[Dave Van]

Any chance the wire wheels and tires will be sold as a parts pack?

Drop Moebius a note asking......they do it with truck tires so they may look into it....they are GREAT parts!

[IMPALASS89]

dose anyone have nice pics of the interior for the Hudson Hornet Club coupe or were I can find any good ones can't seem to find any on google pics.Any two tone color pics is what i'm looking for. Thanks for any help.

[Jon Cole]

dose anyone have nice pics of the interior for the Hudson Hornet Club coupe or were I can find any good ones can't seem to find any on google pics.Any two tone color pics is what i'm looking for. Thanks for any help.

Not a whole lot. At least not yet.

[Art Anderson]

dose anyone have nice pics of the interior for the Hudson Hornet Club coupe or were I can find any good ones can't seem to find any on google pics.Any two tone color pics is what i'm looking for. Thanks for any help.

Jon Cole put up a couple of very good pics of '54 Hornet interiors. FWIW, I believe they were all two-toned, as in those.

Art

[Brett Barrow]

Nice full walkaround of a green 4-door on Wikimedia Commons:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1954_Hudson_Hornet_Twin_H_sedan_green_tf.jpg

[IMPALASS89]

Thanks everyone that helps me out a lot the steering colum is Chrome I didn't even know that. Mine is going to be two tone when I get the paint from mcw I hope it should be here this coming week Thanks again very much!!!!

[thatz4u]

For the guys that do not like the wire wheels, the sombreros from the 49 Merc custom would look great on the Hudson.

Edited May 25, 2015 by thatz4u

[Chuck Most]

A few observations (sorry if I'm repeating anything here)-

I like the way the windshield fits in- it basically installs from the outside- there is a lip at the top you need to slip up into the roof first, but you don't need to push it through the opening, which greatly reduces messing up the foil on the surround. Also, big bonus points for the separate quarter glass and backlight- the one-piece backlight/quarter glass unit was one of the things I didn't like about the '52/3 kits.

The '54 includes the side-exit exhaust from the '52 NASCAR kits- not sure if that was intentional or not, but a nice little bonus. There's also a leftover '52/3 dash, as the '54 dash is on a separate sprue with the hood and fuel door.

The "Twin H Power" script on the deck lid stands out quite a bit more than on the '52/3 kits.

Since the chassis is carried over from the earlier kits, any tricks/techniques you've used to build/modify those kits are still valid here. Same goes for the engine. The wire wheels are one-piece, but they have to be among the nicest looking wire wheels I've seen in a plastic kit. About all they need to look really good is a dark wash on the spokes.

Hood fit is better- no need to sand around the outside edge so it isn't such a tight fit after paint.

Everything fits together nicely- it seems like Moebius tweaked a few of the mounting holes for better fit.

All in all, this would be a great one for one of those "24 hour" or weekend build projects. Between the good parts fit, and the fact that this kit is much easier to foil than the earlier Hornets, you can get a little instant gratification out of this one. I did one as a mild custom over the course of two days.

[thatz4u]

Those extra parts were in my kit also, now they're in the parts box---:-)

[Danno]

Neat.

[IMPALASS89]

Nice work Chuck sure looks nice to me!!!! I hope to get pics of mine done here on the board just as soon as i get the paint this week fingers crossed!!! One again nice work!!!.

[charlie8575]

I've assembled most of the engine and chassis on mine. The air pressure regulator on my compressor failed and screwed up the paint on the body, so it's stripping.

So far, EXCELLENT. I concur with Chuck- I think some minor adjustments were made to the previous issues- parts fit is much better than my '53.

The only real gripe I had was the finish of the plastic and there was a bit of heavy flash on the hood. Some of that eggshell-type finish, at least on my kit, is visible through a couple of pieces of chrome. I'm going to try stripping them, polish them out and re-shoot with Al-Clad to fix the issue.

Those couple of things aside- kit of the year to date.

Charlie Larkin

[thatz4u]

I did a "dry fit" mockup of the frame & body today, there is plenty of room for the V-8 I have planned for it. I'm liking this kit more all the time, Moebius did a great job on this one!

[AzTom]

A few observations (sorry if I'm repeating anything here)-

I like the way the windshield fits in- it basically installs from the outside- there is a lip at the top you need to slip up into the roof first, but you don't need to push it through the opening, which greatly reduces messing up the foil on the surround. Also, big bonus points for the separate quarter glass and backlight- the one-piece backlight/quarter glass unit was one of the things I didn't like about the '52/3 kits.

The '54 includes the side-exit exhaust from the '52 NASCAR kits- not sure if that was intentional or not, but a nice little bonus. There's also a leftover '52/3 dash, as the '54 dash is on a separate sprue with the hood and fuel door.

The "Twin H Power" script on the deck lid stands out quite a bit more than on the '52/3 kits.

Since the chassis is carried over from the earlier kits, any tricks/techniques you've used to build/modify those kits are still valid here. Same goes for the engine. The wire wheels are one-piece, but they have to be among the nicest looking wire wheels I've seen in a plastic kit. About all they need to look really good is a dark wash on the spokes.

Hood fit is better- no need to sand around the outside edge so it isn't such a tight fit after paint.

Everything fits together nicely- it seems like Moebius tweaked a few of the mounting holes for better fit.

All in all, this would be a great one for one of those "24 hour" or weekend build projects. Between the good parts fit, and the fact that this kit is much easier to foil than the earlier Hornets, you can get a little instant gratification out of this one. I did one as a mild custom over the course of two days.

Chuck, that looks great.

It takes me longer than that to pick a color.

[Harry P.]

Some of that eggshell-type finish, at least on my kit, is visible through a couple of pieces of chrome. I'm going to try stripping them, polish them out and re-shoot with Al-Clad to fix the issue.

Well, that's not good! You shouldn't have to go to those lengths to fix a problem that should not exist in the first place.

Anyone else have this problem with their kit?

[unclescott58]

Again, I bring up the question about the lower body side chrome trim on the rear fender, on this model. The only build I've seen so far is Chuck Most's model above. And I don't see this trim piece on his model. Did he sand it off? Or the detail so soft and shallow it gets easily buried by paint?

Scott

Edited May 27, 2015 by unclescott58