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Finished this up just in time for the latest MCCM meeting this last Wednesday. Another member took the photos. A little disappointed in the front view photo. For some reason in that photo the paint looks like it has orange peel. Trust me, it looks smooth in real life. Other than that I'm very happy with the build. The kit is from the last reissue of the AMT/Ertl 1929 Ford Woody/Pickup kit. This a great kit. Very fun to build. And yes, this is the kit that comes with the Sting Ray bicycle seen in the photo. Originally tooled up and offered as an MPC kit back in the mid-60's. The Wild One. Which came with the surfer icon "Hot Curl". This is a kit I wish Round 2 would reissue with Hot Curl and his surf board restored to the kit. Scott Aho P.S. There was one part in the kit that confused me. It was not shown in the instructions. And it didn't look like it fit anywhere or served any propose. As I looked at it the other day, it dawn on me. It's a 1/25th scale skate board! So I'm not completely finished with kit. Got to do something kool with Hot Curl's skate board.

???? Why not cut open the ecto-1 kit? I've never built or even looked at the kit. So I don't know how good or bad it is. But I think modifying the styrene plastic kit would be easier to do than with a resin kit. I guess I'm a little confused on what you want to do in building a replica of the movie car? Scott Aho

Stunning! Scott Aho

Very nice, and very classy. Scott Aho

Go with a flathead or 50's Hemi. Not a problem. Scott Aho

Forget the black. I like the blue by itself. As far as whitewalls? From what I remember, it was rare to see a car like that in the 1960's without them. In the 50' blackwalls were still fairly common. The 60's, not so much. Scott Aho

OK I'm confused by this. A '29 Model T? And that's what they call it on the box? Who manufactured this kit? Where is it from. It looks good. Or at least Daniel did a great job on the kit. That I'm impressed with. But a "'29 Model T"!? I done think so. And yes Andy, Testors offer a dull coat in a bottle for brush. Not in as small of bottle as most of their paints, of 1/4 fl oz. Testors Model Master Flat Clear Lacquer Fininsh comes in a 1 fl oz bottle. And over all I had pretty good results with the stuff so far. Scott Aho

Your welcome Jeff. It was the only model car magazine I knew of when I was a kid. Our Junior High library carried it. So I read it for free. I do not remember Tim's builds. Although I'm sure I must have seen them. I too, also remember Ira Dahm's articles. Never tried building any of his projects though. My only complaint about Model Encyclopedia is that I wish they had a more complete set of Car Model. I'd like to see more issues from 1972 and '73. A year or two ago, I went on eBay and bought a July 1973 issue of Car Model. That was the issue with the very cool "HO Road Aurora...The A/FX Raceway" on the cover. And more detailed info on the track inside. Boy I wanted that particular layout in the worst way! I'd still like that same slot car layout today. It did not disappoint me after not seeing it for almost 40 years. I gone through all of the issues Car Modeler on Model Encyclopedia's web site. Now I'm working on Model Car Science on the same web site. Having never read the magazine in the past, I like what I'm seeing. But Car Model will always be the model magazine I'll have the fond memories. Scott Aho

That is fun. I like it! Scott Aho

Sorry Art. I am not a Business Major. I'm also not getting paid to come up a solid business case for future models. As I'm sure most people posting on this site are not. So what more do you expect from us? I've never worked for a model company. I do not know what it really takes for a model company to offer us a new kit. Nor do I really care. I only know what I will spend my money on. And yes that may change from week to week. But, in the long run, if they make what I like, I'll buy it someday down the road. So no. I can not make a educated business case for upcoming new kit subjects. I can only give you my opinions. For what ever they are worth. Scott Aho

Forgot to mention, I too would love to see a VW 181/Thing in 1/25th scale. The real thing (Or "Thing" as it may be) was not a big seller here in the United States. But, I always thought they were cool. And Mike from Whiteville, NC, as Brett noted, Revell is coming out with a '67 Camaro. It's been talked about on several postings at this site lately. And I for one am excited that they are doing a SS version, instead of another Z-28. Scott Aho

OK, after my last posting here I went back to the Model Encyclopedia site and started reading August 1971 issue of Car Model. And found another one. Again, very cool to see these! Scott Aho P.S. On to the next issue. Who knows what I'll find.

Tim, it would be fun to see those old kits. No matter what shape they are in. Any chance of posting pictures? And can you tell us what other magazines you or your models appeared in at the time? And in what issues? Scott Aho

How about the interior? Is that a very dark blue? Or is it black? Scott Aho

Wow! Very nice. I like the color. It looks right for that car. Scott Aho

Just pulled my '68 Plymouth out of deep storage in the last few days. Time is coming to start my building of 5 different years of Minnesota Highway Patrol cars. When I buy the special Maroon paint, I'm going to paint all 5, basically at the same time. (Not exactly the same time. But one after another.) All 5 are now out together. I think it's time to get the paint. Scott Aho

The air in my 2000 Buick still seems to work OK. The car has never gotten as cold as I felt it should from day 1. In the past a buddy always thought it worked fine. He points out that I have a dark colored car. It takes longer to get cooled down, and my air has to work harder to keep my car cool. I'm not so sure. I've heard A/C Pro being advertised on the radio and have been think about giving it a try. I'm glad to hear it works well. Now... Do I really need to charge my air. Or is it just me being too picky? 14 years I've been wondering? For 14 years no one else has complained. Scott Aho

I bought one a couple of months ago. Everything is fine with mine. No warpage I can see. Scott Aho

Hey, those of us who will be dead in another 15 years or so, tend to now have the money to indulge in things like model cars. I think it makes a great business case for things like Studebakers and Thunderbirds. 15 years from now, I'd say no. At this point in my life I can afford to be the kid I wanted to be in my youth. I buy many more models now, than I ever did when I was young. If the model companies are smart, which they seem to be from what they've brought out in recent years, they should keep offering models that open up my pocket book. I don't know where things will be 15 years from now. Will today's or tomorrow's kids ever get into model building the way us Baby Boomers did? I kind of doubt it. Sure keep on bringing out kits to try to attract the younger crowd. But... Since us "old farts" will for sure keep out buying kits, it's still a "great business case" aiming at us. For now. Back to to Thunderbirds. I still love AMT's old '57 T-Bird kit. Would I like to see a more modern tooling of the car? I don't know if it's needed? But if anyone does do a new '57 T-Bird kit, I'll buy one. '57 is my favorite year for the 2-seat Birds. I like '56, but it's my least favorite of those same Birds. I have build several of Monogram's '56 Birds, and one of the American Graffiti '56 Birds. What I can't understand is why the first Thunderbird, the '55, has been basically ignored in 1/25th scale. Notice I said basically. Contrary to rumor the '55 Thunderbird was done as a 1/25th scale Promo and as disassembled promo styling kit back in 1955. But, it's not been seen since. I love the clean lines of that first Thunderbird. More than the other two, we need a good '55. Scott

A week or two ago, I found a link in one of the postings here, leading to a site call the Model Encyclopedia. I found it to be interesting site, especially since they have several issues of model car magazines one can view from the 1960's and early 70's. I remember reading Car Model back in the day. So I've been going through all of the back issues on their site. As I'm going through August 1970's and I found the following: Note the lower left section of the page. Can I assume that this is the same Tim Boyd who blogs frequently on this site? If it is? Very cool! It was fun to find this and see it. I hope it really is him. And he can tell us more about his involvement in this, and the mention of his models in other issues of Car Model magazine back in the day. Scott Aho

No 1/24 or 1/25 scale '55 Thunderbird Art? Am I wrong on the kit Jon Haihwood posted a link to? I thought that kit was 1/25th scale for sure. But your one of the few people out there that really knows his stuff. You and Tim Boyd. So Art, what can you tell us about the kit Jon has a link posted to? Scott

Next to the '67 through '72 generation of Chevy trucks, this generation is still one of my favorites. Very nice job on your build Lucus. Scott

Amen, Mr. Hayes. I agree almost 100% with what you said. I too did not follow into my father's hobby. In his case it was woodworking. One of my sisters did. But, not I. The only place I disagree with you a little bit. And I'm not sure we're disagree. A lot of kids today have not been exposed to model kits. I work in the education field. From time to time, after explaining to kids my hobby, if they express interest I'm bring in a kit for them to see. Kids are just fascinated by the kits. Both boys and girls. Though more so the boys. And want to know were they can get one. And here is the rub.. It's not like the old days where could walk into practically any store and buy a model kit. When I was a kid every drug store, dime store, and discount store sold model kits and some paint and glue. Dime stores for the most part are gone. Haven't seen a model kit in a drug store in years. Nor do stores like Target of K-Mart carry models. Only a few Wal-Marts carry models any more. And the last one I was in a week ago, did not keep the models with the other toys. It was by accident my buddy and I found out about the model kits at that Wal-Mart. Now I go to a few cars shows were there will be beginning modelers displays, mainly sponsored by Revell, were a kid can get and build a snap kit for free. This is great. But, if the kid doesn't go to something like that with an interested adult, how will they be exposed to these events? I think kids still love models. I think the adults. The general public. Has forgotten models. And because the lack of exposure most kids today never get a chance to see or build model kits. By the way, it was my parents. Both my mother and father who helped me build my first models. They encouraged the hobby by buy me kits for birthdays, holidays, and other events. Because of that, I built more than just cars. Car just became my favorite. I'm glad Revell keeps on trying to offer snap kits and kits with predecorated bodies. They may not be be for me. But that's OK. Now if they could convince more retailers to offer kits. And put them in places were kids will discover them. Scott P.S. There are not the number of hobby stores there once was when I was kid. In my day, it seems every town, neighborhood, and shopping mall had one. Again, less chance for the newer generations to be exposed to the hobby.

I'm sorry I should clarify what I meant. Yes the tires themselves were wide oval. The actual red lines. Not the tires. But the red lines themselves were very narrow. I hope this clears things up. Scott

The next one I plan on doing, is going to be red with a matching red interior. In my mind, that should look pretty good. I did one in gold in the past. Gold on that car didn't sit well with me in the long run. I don't know why. On other cars gold looks great. I've seen real Chevy wagons from the mid-60's in red. And I seem to like combo. So my next one will be red. I've also seen Chevy wagons of that era in GM's light blue. That seems to work pretty well too. The question of course, is what do you like? Sometimes I go on model sites like this and see the choices others have picked for doing theirs. Other times I'll search pictures of a real car to see how they look in a particular color. Recently I found a Johnny Lightning '31 Ford Model A station wagon I liked in a none stock color combination. I'm building AMT's '29 Ford Woody, basically stock. But, I am going to copy the Johnny Lightning color combination. So, look around. And see what you like. Scott