CDW Posted March 12, 2021 #1 Posted March 12, 2021 A couple of weekends ago, had the pleasure of attending a scale model swap meet at a local hobby shop. Modelers from all over the state brought dozens of models for sale or trade. I ended up buying quite a few model car and truck kits including this one, the 1:25 Moebius 1955 Chrysler 300. In 1955, this Chrysler was equipped with a 330 cubic inch Hemi V-8 engine with a factory installed dual four barrel carb intake manifold. While it was a heavy car, the powerplant made it quite a good performer and it was sought after by drivers on the big race track circuit. I've decided to add extra scratch built details to this build and have started by doing my own custom made fan belt, power steering, and water pump pulley's. Also, the fan belts are custom made along with a scratch made bracket for the power steering pump. The engine colors are stock. Have not decided yet on the interior/exterior colors I will use. Will be working this one slowly and will not be in a rush to finish it. Moebius packs a lot of detail into their scale model car and truck kits. oneslim, Ryland Craze, marktiedens and 13 others 16 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
lmagna Posted March 12, 2021 #2 Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Nice start. That gold accent really yells 50s at you! That engine and tranny probably weighed half as much as a full modern car! Edited March 12, 2021 by lmagna Edwardkenway, Egilman, Ryland Craze and 6 others 9 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
CDW Posted March 12, 2021 Author #3 Posted March 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, lmagna said: Nice start. That gold accent really yells 50s at you! That engine and tranny probably weighed half as much as a full modern car! They were very heavy engines for sure. Like the Caddy's and Lincoln's. Used to be, the route to a real fast, cheap to build drag car, was to drop a used Caddy engine and tranny into a Chevy Vega. There were hot rod Lincoln's, too. But I don't ever recall seeing one of these '55 Chrysler 300's. Don't think there were too many of them sold, probably kinda expensive. I read they didn't come with air conditioning as an option in '55, and that would hurt sales potential in southern states competing with Lincoln's and Caddy's which did offer AC. Canute, thibaultron, Edwardkenway and 7 others 10 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
fnick Posted March 12, 2021 #4 Posted March 12, 2021 Definitely be following this one. I recently did the AMT Chrysler 300C as I wanted to do a classic American "chrome" car and I have to say the Moebius kit would have been my second choice. Nick Old Collingwood, lmagna, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75
Seems ok to me Posted March 13, 2021 #5 Posted March 13, 2021 What color/brand gold is that? Nice mellow but deep color, love it. Great kit. popeye the sailor, thibaultron, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote
CDW Posted March 13, 2021 Author #6 Posted March 13, 2021 Just now, Seems ok to me said: What color/brand gold is that? Nice mellow but deep color, love it. Great kit. Mr Color Metallic Gold mtaylor, thibaultron, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
Egilman Posted March 13, 2021 #7 Posted March 13, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 6:00 PM, CDW said: Have not decided yet on the interior/exterior colors I will use. Will be working this one slowly and will not be in a rush to finish it. Moebius packs a lot of detail into their scale model car and truck kits. WoW! Where did I miss this? Sorry bout being late to the party, the world is slowing me down a bit right now.... I'm in.... (thinkin' on hoisting my self up to the rafters) Canute, CDW, Edwardkenway and 5 others 7 1 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Old Collingwood Posted March 13, 2021 #8 Posted March 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Egilman said: WoW! Where did I miss this? Sorry bout being late to the party, the world is slowing me down a bit right now.... I'm in.... (thinkin' on hoisting my self up to the rafters) "Got any popcorn brother" OC. thibaultron, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 5 others 4 4 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
Egilman Posted March 13, 2021 #9 Posted March 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said: "Got any popcorn brother" OC. I thought mark was in charge of the popcorn? Well since I'm the last man in I suppose I could run down the the dollar store and pick up some extra buttery..... About 50 bags should suffice? popeye the sailor, Jack12477, lmagna and 5 others 2 6 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Old Collingwood Posted March 13, 2021 #10 Posted March 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Egilman said: I thought mark was in charge of the popcorn? Well since I'm the last man in I suppose I could run down the the dollar store and pick up some extra buttery..... About 50 bags should suffice? Sounds good to me. OC. thibaultron, Jack12477, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
popeye the sailor Posted April 3, 2021 #11 Posted April 3, 2021 guess I'm not 'too late' for the party nice start! Old Collingwood, thibaultron, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
CDW Posted April 3, 2021 Author #12 Posted April 3, 2021 18 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said: guess I'm not 'too late' for the party nice start! The only thing I've done with it so far is in the photos except for the work I've been doing to cut open the doors and trunk lid. I'll be scratch building hinges and door jambs later on. Will provide some new photos soon. Thanks for dropping by. Canute, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 8 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
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