Snake45

Sweet!

Got another project in mind, but I need you guys' blessing for it. Back around 1966 or '67, I got an AMT '65 Riviera. I don't think it was the annual, I think it was the first reissue with the Villa Riviera on the box. The details are hazy, but I think I might have assembled it for awhile with the body in unpainted white plastic and the interior brush-painted with Pactra Leaf Green (that much I remember). In December 1968 we had a fire in our basement which destroyed my model workbench/shop area and apparently the Riv body and hood were down there at the time, being painted or something, because they disappeared. Everything else from the model must have been upstairs in my bedroom for some reason, because I still have the other parts to this day--front and rear bumpers, grille, engine, chassis, and glass (no wheels, though--I looked). Here's the 50+ year old Survivor parts: Last month at the local toy show, I spotted a complete '65 Riv body painted Dayglo Green (only damage, one vent window post missing) for just a dollar or two. When I remembered I had everything (but the hood) necessary to complete it, I couldn't buy it fast enough! So now I have a complete project (almost) on hand. Here it is, after a dip in the Purple Pond, set together: My question is, does this qualify as a BOYD Completion build? It's not really something I was working on and set aside. On the other hand, it kind of is, as I must have been working on the body when it got burned up in 1968 and "set it aside" then. What do y'all say? Does it belong here? I'm going to build it either way but want to make sure no one here thinks it's cheating. Here's the deal: If anyone on the current registered Round 3 Build list objects, I'll consider that a blackball and not include it here. If there are no objections, I'll drive on with it as a BOYD completion project and GITTER DONE! (Anyone have a '65 Riviera hood?)

Many thanks. All I need is a hood and I'm good to go.

Today I managed to find the missing chassis, glass, and engine (for the '65 Riviera). I rounded up the other still-extant parts I knew where were (front and rear bumpers, grille, engine) and got all the survivor parts together for a group photo. Then I took the puke-green body out of Lake Purple, where it had been swimming for a few days. So, if I can find a hood, it looks like it's Project On!

Update on my Mono '66 Chevelle. I believe I've finally fixed that ugly gap on the left front fender. Have now rescribed all the door lines, and you can see where I've added the scribe lines for the rear fender caps and the rocker panels. I also got the roof about as straight as I think I can go. I could have raised it a little more without much trouble, BUT then I'd have had a gap with the windshield--it looks like the glass was made to work with a certain amount of incorrect dip in the roof. Oh well. It SHOULD be all downhill from here, but I've thought that many times before, and always been wrong....

Very Most Way Cool! Looks like a couple of antiaircraft batteries coming through the hood! Drive on! BTW, I've been going through some old Car Model magazines from 1966-72 or so lately, and I've been amazed at how popular these '66-'69 Falcon funny cars and gassers were at the time.

Very cool! You don't see these built often. When I saw how many votes the '58 was getting, I almost went back and switched my vote to the Austin 'cause I'd rather see that. Glad it all worked out!

Okay, I posted a link to that Jeep on one of my gun boards and asked what it would be used to hunt. A couple agreed with my guess on feral hogs. A couple said "night hunting of predators" (coyotes and such, I assume). And two others said it's for "quail hunting, following dogs over open country. The guys up top can see the dogs working," and suggested I google "Texas High Rack Hunting." So I guess it's a legitimate vehicle, and a real thing in Texas (at least). Who knew!

Great stance! And you're giving me an idea for how I want to build a chassis for that Paul Sable '65 Mustang I'm restoring. Since it didn't come with its original chassis, I have a bit of a free hand in creating one. I think I'll build up a Weber-carbed B/FX 289 something like yours, using all correct period parts. Drive on!

Yah, those Revell snappers are SWEET. I've done four of them and will do more if they bring them out in other colors I like. If painting the wheels, you want to do them body color, not black.

Tim, I've been going through my library of old Car Models and ran across the pics of your 4th Place Dodge the other day. You wuz ROBBED! You shouldn't have gotten 4th, you should have gotten 3rd! And the model in 7th Place should have been 2nd--of the Top 25 shown, it was the ONLY model that looked like an actual, real-world 1968 funny car. IMHO your model was second only to Jim Keeler's famous Dodge Fever among the other 23 "Funny Cars from an Alternate Universe," as its engineering and craftsmanship were superior to the rest. BTW, I'm up to reading the June 1970 issue and just saw that another funny car model of yours (a Charger) won First Senior and Best Detail at a big MPC contest in Flint MI. Do you still have that one, too? Does it need restoration or is it still in good shape? (That's a NICE model, BTW.)

And yet the overall shape and body detailing of the AMT '66 Mustang are not only adequate, they put those of many much newer "superkits" to shame. If you want/need a better chassis/engine/underhood, you'll have to scrounge them up elsewhere--AMT's '67 Mustang fastback, perhaps.

That one was actually a Street Freak--I remember it from Car Craft magazine. If I remember correctly after all these years, it had a Pontiac engine in it.

I'm dealing with mine by building lots of car models, especially the same ones I built in my teens. Sometimes the VERY same ones.

Well, here's some more details and pics of the thing. Definitely built for "hunting" but no details about what kind. It's in Texas so I'd suspect feral hogs might be involved. https://www.autoblog.com/cars-for-sale-detail-6187401239664930816-Jeep-CJ-1983

Doing what you suggest would get everyone in the car arrested for "jacklighting" in Maryland.

No. The thing would be driven to the shooting point, at which point it would become a stationary shooting mount. But I'm just guessing about this particular vehicle; I have no idea what it's actually for.

Fabulous! I TOLD you you could have another one done by Wednesday! Too bad you didn't go ahead and declare it in the BOYD build. You'd have a score of 2 for Round 3 now!

My guess would be that it's set up for the big prairie dog shoots, or perhaps feral hogs, both of which are considered noxious vermin in parts of the country.

Are you talking about the Boyd's Alumicoupe Yellow and Sunburst Orange, perhaps? Discontinued several years ago.

I thought so, too. If I'd made that comment, I'd expect a moderator to remove it--and probably hit me with a warning of some sort, too.

Absolutely! Probably 25% (or more) of my time in a full-detail build goes to removing mold lines and edge flash. (And their cousin, glue seams.) When I see pictures of parts painted still on the sprue, I figure that's not a serious modeler.

Kewl! Now, GITTER DONE!

Why not build another one now? And you could start with either the "new" AMT kit or the Revell snapper, both of which have better bodies than the original AMT. I think I have the Buick grille from the AMT kit if you need that.