Hubley Model A Roadster...

Painted the white walls by holding a circle template against the tire and carefully airbrushing Tamiya acrylic flat white.  

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Great color choice!  I just picked up my first Hubley kit at an estate sale, their Ford Model A Town Sedan.  I'll be following your build closely

tjs

That's awesome ! Actually to both you guys.

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Thanks guys! assembly has commenced!  

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Beautiful paint job Eugene!

What's the color you used for the upholstery? Looks great with the blue.

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Jim 

Cranberry!

Looking great !

Thanks!it is looking a lot better!

Great color choice for the interior.  This is going to look so great when it's completed.  Do you have any other Hubley kits waiting in the stash?

tjs

Yes ,I have a Packard Victoria kit!ok it is coming along.   

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Nice, love the up top !!

Can't wait for the Packard.

That looks fantastic!  I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for more of these kits if they look that great when they're completed.

tjs

Thanks for the kind words;The paint really makes a difference!

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That looks fantastic!  I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for more of these kits if they look that great when they're completed.

tjs

 

If you like the metal Hubley kits, There is a video out there on a guys final reveal with a long term project with a Hubley dual cowl Deusenberg worth seeing. But he said the kit really had it's challenges. For one thing he had damaged chrome parts so between BMF and Molotow he rechromed. And as mentioned by Gene the paint really matters and the prep work that goes into that which is not a small task on these kits..

Since this thread popped up it caused me to search out the long forgotten Hubley kits and I found out that I never realized how many nice cars they modeled.

Yes!I made a Hubley 32 Chevy and Packard roadster and they came out really nicely!

Loving the Packard in particular ! Nothing against the Chevy mind you but I like those big old classics.

Yes it is a cool build!

Here in the Midwest we have a chain of stores called "Fleet Farm" and I remember years ago seeing these Hubley car kits in their Christmas Toyland aisles and ignoring them because they weren't "Real Models".  Man, I wish that I could go back in time and buy every one of those kits now.  I am a "Converted" Hubley fan now.

tjs

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Plus they are so heavy and most of the chassis parts are metal and not hybrid plastic and metal that seems to be the industry standard for diecast cars of larger scale.

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      I refrained from answering to soon. Gee! I am glad I did ! Those are some straight forward beautiful models. The only thing I did differently to the "Gift" ones is secure the bodies in such a way there were no centerline seams.

      They had Heft and Looked great too. Hubbly also made small inroads in Plastic. I would be curious if any can even be found, comlete, in the box. One that sticks in my mind is the 1960 Ford Four Door Galaxie, Station Wagon.

      I specifically like your Color Choices.They fit the years so well. And they show off your talents as well! I built most of mine while owning a body shop. Sooo-They got paint jobs befitting a real car, with the Hot lacquers and then skived Glove leather dyed the right color for the interior upholstery.

Well I left the body seam to be true to the original kits.People really seem to like the colors that I used in rebuilding it!