Moebius did model builders a huge favor with these two altered wheelbase Mopar kits. Before they arrived, I used to slice and dice stock bodies and chassis to create altered wheelbase match racer models. Life is good! -Steve Magnante
Sharpie offers an Industrial marker that doesn’t leave that purplish hue like the regular Sharpie Marker does. Try it out my friend, you can get these at any Office Depot or Staples office stores. Great job on your models as always!
Excellent job building your Moebius '65 Dodge Coronet AWB Dave Strickler model car, Raoul. Thanks for posting your video(s) too! What plans do you have for 2025 as far as model kits you plan on building? Oh, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family too!
I've found with some of these Möebius kits that the glass will not fit well after priming and painting. What I do now is mask off the windshield area before paint. It makes for a much better fit.
You do great work Ralph thank you very much for this tip but I have two questions for you sir why did you paint the interior the wrong color when it should be almost like a goldish brown and second of all the the Dodge decal for the roof it should be on there your models are very accurate Ralph you needed to show that this was on there and also the bumpers should have been depleted painted almost like a fiberglass thank you I live in York I know the car very well
Thanks. The decals are one issue with this kit. You see them in the pictures but no mention of them anywhere in the directions. I’m glad you know the real car. I can’t find much about it online. Searches pull up the kit mostly. Here is the real car and the pics I was using for reference.. www.hotrod.com/features/1965-dodge-altered-wheelbase-ripples-past/ Also remember that the car progressed from race to race so I have no idea when it had the red roof decal. I initially thought it went on the trunk. It does not fit the trunk! As you can see I followed that car for the build! The bumpers look like polished aluminum and I understand that fiberglass bumpers were not allowed at the time. The 64 Thunderbolts had fiberglass bumpers but they had to be replaced with aluminum!
Nice to see Moebius moulding the rubber gaskets on the windows. The Sharpie was a great invention for us modelers. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas to you as well!
Moebius did model builders a huge favor with these two altered wheelbase Mopar kits. Before they arrived, I used to slice and dice stock bodies and chassis to create altered wheelbase match racer models. Life is good! -Steve Magnante
I love that trick with the Sharpie pen! I have that model in my stash!.
Thanks, it really helps.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas!
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Nice work on this one. I really like the black Sharpie on the windshields. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great looking build👍
Thanks 👍
Great job merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thank you, Merry Christmas to you as well!
Very nice detail tip. Thanks. Merry Christmas
Thank you. Merry Christmas to you as well.
Merry Christmas!! Great tip for replicating window weather stripping! I use Meguiars PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner and Polish to clean/polish windows.
Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too!
merry christmas
Merry Christmas to you too!
The build is looking great! Thanks for the video!!
No problem 👍
Always a good day when MCM posts
Thanks for watching!
That model is finishing up nicely. Isopropyl alcohol will remove Sharpie easily as well.
I have not tried that. Thanks for the tip!
Nice tip! Thanks for sharing sir! Build looks like it's coming along nicely.
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the build!
Awesome
I also use silver sharpie to do chrome trim
As i have no patience for BMF
Cool as always. 🚙
Thanks ✌
Sharpie offers an Industrial marker that doesn’t leave that purplish hue like the regular Sharpie Marker does. Try it out my friend, you can get these at any Office Depot or Staples office stores. Great job on your models as always!
Thanks for the tip, I will have to check that out!
Please do, additionally, it’s even stronger than the regular Sharpie….😉😉😉😉
Excellent job building your Moebius '65 Dodge Coronet AWB Dave Strickler model car, Raoul. Thanks for posting your video(s) too! What plans do you have for 2025 as far as model kits you plan on building? Oh, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family too!
Thanks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you also. I plan to do a video showing some that I want to do. We will see what happens this next year.
I've found with some of these Möebius kits that the glass will not fit well after priming and painting. What I do now is mask off the windshield area before paint. It makes for a much better fit.
Thanks for the heads up. I have many Moebius kits but have only built these so far.
@ Oddly, not all of the’65 Mopars have this problem.
Where did you get that bottle for the glass
Most hobby shops should have it.
Is that suppose to be like the rubber older cars used as a seal? Or just color preference?
Yes. Some of these still used a rubber gasket instead of being glued in.
I want one
My sponsor Hobby Nut models carries it as well.
You do great work Ralph thank you very much for this tip but I have two questions for you sir why did you paint the interior the wrong color when it should be almost like a goldish brown and second of all the the Dodge decal for the roof it should be on there your models are very accurate Ralph you needed to show that this was on there and also the bumpers should have been depleted painted almost like a fiberglass thank you I live in York I know the car very well
Thanks. The decals are one issue with this kit. You see them in the pictures but no mention of them anywhere in the directions. I’m glad you know the real car. I can’t find much about it online. Searches pull up the kit mostly. Here is the real car and the pics I was using for reference.. www.hotrod.com/features/1965-dodge-altered-wheelbase-ripples-past/
Also remember that the car progressed from race to race so I have no idea when it had the red roof decal. I initially thought it went on the trunk. It does not fit the trunk! As you can see I followed that car for the build! The bumpers look like polished aluminum and I understand that fiberglass bumpers were not allowed at the time. The 64 Thunderbolts had fiberglass bumpers but they had to be replaced with aluminum!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family.😊
Merry Christmas!