Tommy Ivo Showboat completed

[Farmboy]

Finished.  Added some detail where I could.  Still a looker right out of the box.

 

Comments and observations welcome.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Nitrobarry]

Spot on!

[Joe Nunes]

An absolutely superb execution on this model project!  Well done ?!

Joe

[PappyD340]

Very nice!!

[jlucky]

I can't believe you got all those pipes so straight!!! I built this a while back and it's tough. You did a great job. Am I correct in thinking those are aluminum pipes for the injectors and headers?

[Scott8950]

The best build of this kit I've seen yet!! Very nice job

[Farmboy]

Thanks everybody for passing along the kind words, happy the model turned out!  

Lucky, the pipes are indeed small diameter aluminum tubing.  A description of how they were done is in the build thread.  The velocity stacks are metal ferrules.  I ordered them as a kit of a few hundred in varying sizes and diameters, super cheap.  Actually I'm getting my photos together for a short thread on how the fuel system went together -- including the stacks.

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Turned out fantastic man, great details all around the engines and cockpit, the paint looks smooth and i like the end result, just put mine to strip the paint, let see how that came out 

[Farmboy]

Keep everybody in the loop Marcos!

[echo]

I'm impressed. Beautiful build of a difficult kit, one of the nicest examples of this model I have seen, the injectors & headers add a lot of realism to it.  You should be proud of this build.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

I and many others I'm sure are familiar with this historic dragster. Always impressive. Wait until you show this to someone totally unaware of the car and it's history! Way to go.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Nice clean build of a finicky kit. -RRR

[TooOld]

Hey mike I just found this posted here on MCM .  Having followed your build thread I know how much extra work went into detailing this and I just got to say BRAVO !  It's about time someone gave this kit some TLC and made it into a real show stopper , congrats once again on a beautiful Showboat !

[Farmboy]

Hey Echo, thanks for the shout out!  I'm glad the kit turned out ok.

....Wait until you show this to someone totally unaware of the car and it's history! Way to go....  Robert, about 95% of the reactions I've gotten from friends has been "what the h*** is that!". .. but my wife thinks it's cute lol.

Thanks Rodney.  If you find the kit get it, it's worth the time if you have some experience.

Tooold, I added the build here as it's such an old kit, but I've never seen one built on line. I thought there would be a number of modelers who could relate to it and  would enjoy seeing it done.  Thanks for the kudos, much appreciated!

Edited January 10, 2023 by Farmboy

[M W Elky]

Nice looking show boat I’d like to build the wagon master out of one sometime. Thanks for sharing this fine build these early revell kits are tough to build.

[Dragline]

A tough kit to get right and you got it soooo right.

[Farmboy]

Thanks Mike.  magic muffler supplied a picture showing slight changes to the showboat interior after it became the wagonmaster  MM would occasionally wrench for Ivo and the current owner.  Nice bit o detail to have.

Thanx for the shout-out Dragline.  It's not a beginner kit fer shur, and specifically the kit center row headers will give anyone problems using the jigs supplied (do the center ones on the model one by one), but get past that, and with a bit of building experience you'll have a satisfying model for the shelf without too much problem right out of the box.

 

[Dennis Lacy]

I have one of these kits and have studied the pieces. I’d say to successfully and cleanly build this model in itself is worthy of a pat on the back. Then you factor in that you fully wired and plumbed all 4 Nailheads. Not to mention scratch building 36 matching header pipes. This one deserves a standing ovation! Well done!! 

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Edited January 8, 2023 by Dennis Lacy

[Farmboy]

Thanks for the generous kudos on the build Dennis.  One more out of the stash and on the shelf!

 

[slusher]

Outstanding!

[Farmboy]

Thank you Slusher.

 

[Bainford]

Stellar build, Mike. It is a real display of tenacity to get through this kit to completion. You've done a heck of a job with it, and the extra detailing is certainly icing on the cake. This must be one of the nicest builds ever done of this kit. My hat is off to you, sir. Very well done.

On 12/27/2022 at 10:59 PM, Farmboy said:

The velocity stacks are metal ferrules.  I ordered them as a kit of a few hundred in varying sizes and diameters, super cheap. 

I must also thank you for the tip on the metal ferrules. Seeing them in your build thread, they seemed to hold promise, so I ordered some from Amazon. I am really impressed with the quality and look of the ferrules. The flared edge is clean and square, the tube is seamless, and the colour is just right to replicate aluminum tubes. And a package contains a few hundred ferrules in five different sizes for a very reasonable cost. Much cheaper than machined stacks, and very nearly as nice. Baomain AWG 22/20 / 18/16 / 14 Long: 8mm Wire Copper Crimp Connector Non Insulated Ferrule Pin Cord End Terminal 500pcs: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

[Farmboy]

Trevor thanks very much for the shout-out,  much appreciated! 

I also found the ferrules quite adequate for my needs, glad you concur.

 

 

[Mr. Metallic]

On 1/8/2023 at 12:23 AM, Dennis Lacy said:

I have one of these kits and have studied the pieces. I’d say to successfully and cleanly build this model in itself is worthy of a pat on the back. Then you factor in that you fully wired and plumbed all 4 Nailheads. Not to mention scratch building 36 matching header pipes. This one deserves a standing ovation! Well done!! 

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x2. Very well done.