The following are problems and issues I found with the
Moebius 1213, 1954 Hudson Hornet club Coupe and how I fixed
them or modified the kit. All-in-all, this kit had very
few issues and went together really well.
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Air Cleaner Canister decal is labeled as decal #9
on the instruction sheet; however, it's actually
#8 on the decal sheet.
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#27 on the sprue is not referenced in the instructions,
but it looks like it could be an exhaust manifold
extention?
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#37 on the sprue is not referenced in the instruction,
but looks like it could be dual exhaust pipes?
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!!! Be Careful !!! If you remove all the parts from
the sprues, the #91-Engine Oil Filler Tube looks very
much like the four #53-Pins. Also bec careful...two of
the pins are a larger diameter than the other two. The
smaller diameter pins are used on the front wheels. At
this time I have not found a need for the larger
diameter pins.
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On the instruction sheet the right parking light lens
is labeled #149 and the left parking light lens is
labeled #148. The tail lights are labeled #150 and
#151. However, the tail lights are marked #148 and
#149 on the red sprue. Therefore: #148 & #149 are the
red tail lights. #150 & #151 are the clear parking
light lenses.
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The Dome Light #69 is referenced in the instructions
and on the drawing; however, nothing is showing the
mounting location.
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The Rearview Mirror #58 is referenced in the
instructions and the drawing; however, nothing is
showing the mounting location. The mounting location
should be obvious to most builders.
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The Hornet Rocket Emblem #138 is referenced in the
instructions and the drawing; however, nothing is
showing the mounting location on the trunk.
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Decal #4 Hornet Branding is not referenced on the
drawing or instructions.
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#125 is reference twice. Once as the Hood Ornament and
again as the rear license plate. They are also
referenced as #125 on the sprues. It's obvious which is
which because the Hook Ornament is chrome and the
license plate is bare styrene, but most of all, they
are both very obviously different parts.
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The location for the front side of the rear leaf
springs is not clearly identified. I thought it
should be mounted to the frame; however, they only
fit if they are mounted to the floor pan. This
didn't make sense to me.
This was a fun build, I enjoy scratch building; however, there
wasn't much I had to do. The kit is built, basically, out of
box.
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