1953 Hudson Hornet, Moebius Models

Beautiful work there, Josh. I must confess Moebius's Hornets have been calling to me. I've resisted so far (like the stash needs to get any bigger), but I know I'll give in in the end.

And I missed saying it before, but Welcome to the Forum! Hope you enjoy your time here. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Looks great!

I'm building the NASCAR version, and am quite a bit behind you.  Have the engine done and just starting to do the frame and suspension.  Intend maybe taking some pics of the engine today.

BTW, if you post using the "rich formatting" option you can make a URL automatically become a link.

Very nice.I especially like the interior.Excellant attention to detail.

Nice build on the Hornet Josh! The paint job looks great too. Have one in the stash and dying to start it but too much on the bench already.

Jim 

Greg- Thanks for your encouragement, Moebius makes a great model.

Don- Please keep me up to date on your own Moebius build, I'd love to watch as it comes along!

TD- Thanks! The model allows for great access to the interior while the build progresses.

Fox- When you get to yours, please let me know!

Josh, when I get to mine, I will definitely let you know.

Jim 

Looks GREAT, Josh!  Interior and engine compartment are absolutely beautiful too.

Here are the hornet engine shots I promised. I'll have another shot of an interior mod I made later.

Don, Great build on the engine! What did you use for the wiring? I'm a bit jealous and feel like I need to reopen the hood on my build.

Keep me informed as you go! 

Very good work Josh. looking forward to more of your builds and Welcome to the forum

For plug wiring I use fine coated copper wiring- I assume by the  time the TV set that I got the wire from it was Formvar coated.  Formvar was a varnish-like coating used to insulate bare copper wires used for coils and transformers.  When I junked an old TV set I knew fine copper wiring was getting hard to get, so I took one of the transformers- forget which one- and unwound all the wire off- I would guess it is in the range of no. 30 or 28.  Already having a varnish coating it takes flat or semi-gloss black paint very nicely without priming. It is hard to get paint to stick to copper well- it sticks very nicely to Formvar insulated wires, yet the coating does not increase the diameter very much.  I wound the wire on an old reel, either from reel-to-reel tape or old 8mm movie. I have about half the reel left- someday may need to junk another TV :-)

Here is the interior for my NASCAR version.  In that era of NASCAR, while the cars remained quite stock, they did usually remove the rear seats.  There was a bulkhead between the trunk and the interior, which is not included in the kit.  A friend and I are building these kits as NASCAR cars, Bob being a bit ahead of me, so he came up with the solution first, but here is my version.  The package shelf is cut from the kit rear seat, and glued to a post or two in the trunk to set it in the same position as if the seat were there.  Then, a piece of sheet styrene is cut to represent the bulkhead, running from the floor plan to the package shelf.

I painted this bulkhead (and the package shelf) body color (a dark metallic gray in my case).

Great stuff Don! Thinking back on my build that's exactly what I would have done, had I needed to eliminate the rear seat. Can you tell me a little more about your seat belts? Those look great!

Josh Ryder

Great stuff Don! Thinking back on my build that's exactly what I would have done, had I needed to eliminate the rear seat. Can you tell me a little more about your seat belts? Those look great!

Those are the kit belts.  That is a great kit.