tim boyd

Jim and Craig....me too! TB

Jerry - Very, very, very nice! Big congrats from this corner....TB

Hah!!! And probably all true, too. Way more than you would ever want to know on this....TB Tim Boyd's Car Model/MPC/Dodge National Contest Winner Restoration | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

Thanks Claude for your response. My understanding is that all the magazines prefer (in fact, pretty much insist) that you do not show your magazine projects in a public domain until after the magazine has been published. My general rule is to hold off until the subsequent issue of that same magazine gone on sale...another words, I do not plan on posting images here of the current hot rod project in the September/October issue of the magazine that covers all genres of scale modeling until the next issue of that mag (November/December) appears on the newstand and in subscribers' mailboxes. But iosting images of a model that was featured in the mags nearly five years ago seems to me to be kosher and then some. Recommend you check with the editor there for clarification - he was once a freelancer himself and well understands the boundaries on this type of subject I sure hope you decide to share this car on the boards at some point as it is, in last in my view, one of those segment defining projects that sets a high standard for fully detailed restomod replicas. And...will sure keep an eye out for the B'Ville build....TB

Don't forget that the Chevy II tooling included a Southeast Gassers Association inspired derivative...if any of you reading this like drag cars and don't have this kit yet, IMHO you are missing out on an exceptionally well detailed and fun to build modeling project....TB Test shot build (before body refinements):

HI Claude...another creative and truly fun project! Thx for sharing it! ***** Also, wanted to say I am just blown away by the '61 Impala Pro-Touring model and article you did for the FSM Muscle Cars, Resto-mods, and Pro-Touring one-off newsstand special 5 years ago. Just dug that issue out and re-read it. Great stuff throughout, but the effort you made to compose and stage your construction photos and build captions was highly, highly impressive. And the finished model...well...what can I say other than what a great job. Just wish more builders had seen all your hard work (and that of the others who contributed work to that issue). Anyway, once again, way to go, my man! Cheers...TB

I am aware that during the earliest stages of this project, extensive research was done on 1/1 scale Pro-Stock Mavs. As to whether any of that has made it to 3D modeling development or cutting metal tooling, I do not know. I'm sure Erik will brief us here at the appropriate time, if and when any of that were to actually become a reality ....TB

So true that....so true. Thx for reminding us, Erik....tb

Guys,...this project has been in the works for a long, long time. I do not know much of the details, but from what little I do know, it should be a terrific series of kits when they finally break cover. TB

Bill,,,in response to your question above, IIRC I built this one with the spindles in the recommended position. Having observed the finished stance I told myself if I ever built the kit again (which I will do, eventually) I would reverse the spindles as you have done. In the picture below, it doesn't look that different but when you see the actual model, it is pretty clear that it would benefit from being dumped in the front, at least to a little. Best of luck finishing the project! TB

What Bill said. Very, very creative approach to the subject, too! TB

It was Wescott I believe....thanks for asking...TB

I do not see a stand-alone engine in the new Mustang kit. I thought that a prior thread on this kit announced that there would be an engine, albeit undertandably simplified in the context of the overall kit design brief. To me the omission of an engine in a model kit of what has been the world's best-selling sports car for several years now is simply unacceptable, particularly from a kitmaker like Revell. Even more so when the engine is one as iconic as the current Coyote DOHC V8. So maybe I missed seeing the engine parts in the images above? Or perhaps Revell is planning a second kit release with the missing powertrain? But if not, count me bitterly disappointed in this new state of affairs....TIM

Lee....good to know. Yes, a nationwide photo contest featuring a single base kit sounds like a cool idea. Far more realistic today than back in 1968 when closeup model car photography was a dark art inaccessible to nearly all of us. Best...TB

Michael...yes, it was a Testors Ed Roth Candy Yellow over lateral "stripes" of Testors Silver, Gold, and Copper, repeated several times from front to rear...thanks for the comment! TB

Antimatter Blue is a teriff Ford factory color but never thought of using it on a hot rod build. The paint looks spectacular, and the overall project progress is just singing to me! Bg congrats to you both! Cheers....TB

Lookin' really good so far, Justin! TB

Raoul....so I finally finished going through my back issues of Mopar Muscle and then started on the several-decade pile of Mopar Action mags yesterday. And what do I see??? Another large color pix of the Sport S. in the Richard E. technical advice column, along with a series of questions from you and answers from Richard on your stoker project. Man, you and your SS wag are famous, it seems, in the hardcore Mopar fandom base (of which, I guess, we are both members, too!) Anyway, best wishes for finishing up the powertrain revisions and hope you post the news somewhere in the forum here when it gets done....Best....TIM

Great news Bob! Will be looking forward to seeing both progress through the traps...er...finish line. And thx for the kudos on the book project....very much appreciated. Best...TB

Raoul...been going through my back many issues of Mopar Muscle magazine over the last week and just today ready the blurb on your '70 Sport suburban in that mag. (Noticed they called it a '71 n error...unless you grafted the '71 grille into the '70 bumper). I've admired that image in your MCM Forum signature box for years; it was cool to read the details in that mag's "Penta Stars" column. I presume you still have the car? My dad had a dealer demo '71 Sport Suburban as his business car for a couple of years...360 two barrel with part throttle downshift was a lot more responsive than the 383 2 barrel in his other car, a '69 Town and Country wagon....the '71 had a nicer interior and was a lot quieter, too...fwiw! T B

Bob...if it were me, I'd finish both just as is. The yellowed clear is just a sign of patina....the paint looks great as is. Save yourself the time and effort. This is a rare and seldom seen kit (both unbuilt and assembled) and needs to be seen. Yours already looks great..my view would be finish it as is and display it with pride! TB

Good point Jim. Too easy for us to forget that the annual kits were an offshoot (that is, made possible on lesser selling topics like a Riviera) by the 1/1 scale automakers' orders for dealer promotionals, and the automakers were in the driver's seat regarding the choice and content of promotionals in that era...TB PS - which still leaves us with the question of why the kit reissues were non-vinyl top. Actually, I need to go check and see if the custom version options in the reissues match the 1968 or 1969 content and design...will try do that later today unless someone here beats me to it (and yes, that is a challenge )

Thanks Steve....TB

My recollection of the test shot I received from Moebius back in the mid 2010s was that there were more changes than just the engine between the B/FX vs. A/FX kits. Well worth a complete A vs. B comparison when you guys actually get the final production version...TB

OK. So now you guys have me really going. I went back and found my original issue AMT 1966 and 1967 Riviera annual kits and verified, no viny roofs. I posted above the Rob/Tim Boyd build of the 1968 annual kit, no vinyl roof. I checked my Countdown (1977), 1995ish and 2005 ish reissues and no vinyl roofs. So, what does that leave? The 1969 annual kit as the only possible one with the engraved vinyl roof. I do not have that one in my stash, but I do have the box art. Dug it out and voila - both box art illustrations show a vinyl roof. That's also essentially the same box art as shown in the first/initial post in this thread. Still, that does not make much sense. The reissues are clearly vinyl roof omitted, and AMT in both 1969 and 1977 was struggling financially. I can see them engraving the existing tool for the vinyl roof for the 1969 annual kit run, though I question why they would have gone to that trouble for just one more year of tooling use. Plus, my understanding of tooling back then is that once the viny roof engraving was added, it is impossible to delete it later without great expense. I suppose it is possible they tooled an entirely new top piece (the body was comprised of three different pieces of tooling that come together to form the one-piece body) with the vinyl engraving, then returned to the 1966-68 no-vinyl piece for the reissues, though again that does not seem to make a great deal of sense from my marketing/business POV. Almost all of the AMT personnel that would know the true story are sadly no longer with us. Anyone else have any ideas, and does anyone have a confirmed and pristine AMT-molded 1969 annual kit body with the vinyl roof engraving? TB