tim boyd
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Working from memory, I don't believe the FE was available on the F100 in 1963. Will check my references and report (probably tomorrow, sir!) TB
According to the 1963 Ford Full Line Truck Catalog, the only V8 available on F100, 250 and 350 4x2 and F100 and F250 4x4s was the 160 hp 292 cubic in Y-Block 2-barrle V8....no FEs at all...TB
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I wouldn't say the kit engine is closer to an FE. It's in a kind of early '60's annual kit "fish nor fowl" liminal space. The engine is only "close" to the FE in bottom end appearance, size wise it's about perfect for a Y Block in 1:25. Any 25 scale Y block heads and intake should fit to the kit block pretty well. I don't have the stock Revell '56 but some dry fits with the '56 and '57 Ford hardtop kits fit the '60 kit block about as close to perfectly as you could realistically hope. So those are absolutely good sources to start.
Suitable rams horn manifolds could be nabbed from any number of late 50's- early '60s small block Chevy engines. Wouldn't be an exact match but it would work short of scratch building.
The FE was technically available in the F100 but it was much more common in 3/4 ton and 1 tons, and even then it seems like the Y Block was the more popular choice at time. The kit engine block is a bit small to stand in as an FE despite the passing resemblance.
That being said, if I wanted to go that route,I would grab the extra 352 from the most recent 1960 Starliner kit, or one from the '65 or '66 Moebius F100s.
I might need my memory refreshed but I want to say the old AMT '32 Ford phaeton has a decent FE with a four barrel and stock manifolds that might work. If nothing else it's from a similar time period as the original '60 kit and wouldn't look too out of place.
Working from memory, I don't believe the FE was available on the F100 in 1963. Will check my references and report (probably tomorrow, sir!) TB
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Finally, after a year (!) I pulled this poor project out of its box and put in an afternoon of work. With all of the major fabrication done it was down to the details or as my Aussie friend, Bryce, says “the fiddly bits.”
1. The steering system was built consisting of a box from the Revell ‘32 3-Window / Hi Boy Roadster with the double U-joint steering shaft from the new tool ‘32 Roadster and a receptacle added to the underside of the floor. The box pins to the frame rail and the steering link pins to the box.
2. A Revell 1940 Ford dashboard was slightly trimmed on the ends to remove its original mounting tabs and the shifter steering column from the same pinned for a positive connection. Also using the ‘40 steering wheel.
3. Way out back a Revell 1948 Ford gas tank was cut from the floor pan it comes molded to.
4. The radiator was tweaked with a round outlet fitting added to the lower right corner and a filler neck added to the top tank.
5. The lower radiator hose was made from one of the 10 that come in Revell’s modern Model A hot rod kits.
6. A voltage regulator from a Revell ‘40 Ford was added to the firewall. One of my favorite detail parts.
7. In previous mock ups I had been using the dropped headlight bar from Revell’s 1929 Pickup kit. The dropped bar came in one issue, the Hot Rod logo box from the late 1980’s. Problem is like every issue of that kit the headlight lenses are molded into the lights and chrome plated and there’s no way to make them look convincing. To solve that the nice dropped bar from any of the Revell ‘32 Fords was fit and pinned to the fenders. With this comes the added benefit of smaller hot rod headlights that are optional in those kits.
8. Out back the taillight mounting arm and license plate bracket from a Revell ‘29 Pickup was fit with a steel pin where it attaches to the underside of the floor and fit with a ‘32 taillight from Revell’s ‘32 Sedan. The plate bracket was also trimmed down to fit the size of the early 1960’s plate decal.
9. Not shown but equally important is that the engine and fuel injection were drilled for plug wires and fuel plumbing.
After all of that I did some final sanding cleanup and meticulous flash cleanup in the webbing of the woody body. I’m happy to say that this project is ready to move on to paint. Finally! ?
Dennis...super to see you back at the bench on this one. Personally, I have great admiration for the extent that you (and also, my modeling buddy Steve Perry) prioritize the use of these pins to faciitate mockups and goof-proof your final assemblies. Thx for the update! Cheers....TIM
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Spot-on!!!
I'm thrilled that Round2 is finally bringing back the New Tool '57 Bel Air- and '60 Fleetside Street Machines. Sure, some features like their wheels may seem dated, but these are genuinely nice kits that can easily be modified for either a more classic or contemporary look.
Hopefully we'll see more of "Mueller-era" Street Machines like the '57 Corvette- and '67 Impala reissued in the future.
X2!
Another great Mueller and team kit was the street machine version of the '68Elky: Mini Tubs, 90s era B&M supercharger/EFI, wide and wider low-profile rubber, etc. Never been reissued since original production run circa 1998. Hope to see it soon! Cheers...TB
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I can’t believe I’ve been a MCM Forum member for so long and I haven’t done a WIP until now ?
After seeing all the cool old pickups in the Tim Boyd Tribute Thread it motivated me to build one too. This will be a 1970’s Style Street Rod using the Monogram 29 Ford Roadster Pickup with small block Ford Engine and IRS from the Monogram 55 Ford Panel Truck. The Truspoke Style Wheels and front tires are from the Monogram 32 Ford Roadster. The Rear Tires are from Fireball Model Works. It won’t be quite as detailed as the trucks in the Tim Boyd tread but hopefully still be “Cool”. Thanks for lookin’?
Pete....just saw this WIP thread. Looks really promising so far. Needless to say, I'm all over your choice of a SBF engine for a Model A Hot Rod, too. Will be watching your progress! Cheers....TIM
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Hey everybody, here's my version of the Revell '32 Ford 5 Window Coupe. The paint is Tamiya X-32 Titanium Silver thinned and airbrushed. I used Lazy Modeller flame masks, and airbrushed them in Createx Pearl Blue and Delta Ceramcoat Navy Metallic. I cleared with Createx UVLS 4053 High Gloss, and gave it the wet-sand, polish, and wax treatment. The interior is body color and Folkart Blue Sapphire with embossing powder painted in Apple Barrel Admiral Blue for the carpet. I also used the Admiral Blue for the roof top. I painted the kit wheels with Anita's Galvanized Tin and sprayed a couple of coats of Creratex Matte Clear on them, while the Iceman Collections BF Goodrich Street Meat tires ( 15x8 front, 15x10 rear ) were painted with Stynylrez black primer and cleared with Createx Satin Clear. I added plug wires and a machined aluminum coil from Off The Sprue to the kit engine, and cut a couple of pieces of 1/8" aluminum tubing for the exhaust tips. This was a nice, fun kit to build and I'm super happy with how it turned out. You can see a couple of progress videos on my YouTube channel, Stumpy Grump's Scale Speed Shop. As always, thanks for looking!! Oh, and the last pic is with my Revell '29 Ford Roadster.
Craig....really, really sharp....such a clean build....way to go! Tim
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Looks great, tu tones were very popular choice in the 60's. '63 Custom Cabs without the moldings used a chrome plate under the outside door handles. A great item for the aftermarket resin people to offer?
Thanks Tommy. Did not know about the above factoid. Fascinating.
I suppose the following is of note for those following this thread: I researched the two=tone paint break line as shown above, which was different in 1963 than previous. Also noted that the cab drip moldings were body color, not chrome.
Since my build is a semi-custom I am going to leave off the door moldings shown above, but what I really would have liked to do was save the bodyside molding. I couldn't do that, as the original annual kit molding engraving on my kit body was a disaster. Fortunately, the newly tooled kit molding (which can be seen in the background) looks great....TIM
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I like that Green Colour on the original kit, Tim.
Is that a Tamiya or Testors Colour?
Hi Alan...its the early 1990s Cayman Green Metallic from the Testors Car Colors Lacquer paint series...now sadly discontinued. Many of my cans of this paint series have suffered oozing from the bottom of the paint cans, but at least with this particular paint can, it still words fine.
The second color is Tamiya Racing White, which is very close to Ford Wimbledon White....
Thx for the comments...Tim
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Brief update....back at working on this one again....comparo to the new Round 2 tooling of the same subject....
Thx for checking it out...TIM
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Slight correction, the Nite appearance package was available in 1991 as well. The '91 is especially rare, not that the '92 version was ever exactly common.
Ray's Kits Decals does the full Nite package if the AMT sheet doesn't scratch the itch. I used those on a '92 I built some time back.
Very sharp, Chuck! Thx for the inspiration...TB
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The trailer from the Fireball, and the Piranha kits didn’t include ramps. I made a set for this one out of brass. Evergreen would probably work pretty well also. It’s pretty easy to modify into a single axle. I moved the axle back in order to change the balance . I made a set of fenders out of plastic bottle caps.
Tim....very nice! And what's the story on the dune buggy? And the bikes in the background? Inquiring minds (at least this one) want to know. :)
All....as Tim notes, moving the axle rearward of its kit-based location on the single axle version is a "must" as it will tip rearward if built straight from the box, particularly if it is carrying a vehicular load on top...TB
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Just an update: I found and bought one of these trailers off eBay. It just came in. I wonder if they did a variant as this one has four wheels on a pivoting axle. It was missing the ramps, but or the price I couldn't pass it up!
While the first version was a single axle trailer included in the AMT 1964 Corvette annual kit (as noted earlier in this thread), I believe it quickly changed to the dual axle setup you have here when it was included in the AMT Fireball 500 kit which came out around 1966 or so. The Piranha combo kit, as pictured above, quickly followed.
I am typing this from memory and not able to check my sources, so apologies if I have a few of the details not quite right...TB
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We've got the '69 Falcon Modified Stocker coming back real soon, as far I know all the gates are open up on it. I don't see a way to convert it back to stock. We could clone one of the long-gone Falcon 3n1 kits but which one, and where would that sit on list of everything else we could retool?
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Thx Steve for the info.
The AMT '66 to '69 Falcon annual kit was a personal favorite of mine back then, and today. Interestingly, been going through my volumes of the original Model Car Science mags from mid-60s to the end in 1972, and I have been very surprised to see how many of the "model of the month" contest entries were based on this kit series, especially given all the other cool kit topics available back in the day. I can only conclude that the kit's Gasser version front suspension and engine setup perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the period back then, perhaps moreso than most other kits. at the time.
Still....if I were in your shoes, I'd reluctantly be forced to rank a new tool Falcon well below most of the other retool/new tool projects you have in mind...
Best...TB
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Don't look now (well, actually do), but this looks to be a reissue of the 2nd version of the Pro-Modeler tool circa mid 1990s, and it has some very cool parts in it, including (IIRC) essentially a back-halved chassis with a competition/G-Machines style four bare rear end and all other kinds of goodies. TB s
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The roof ribs on the van aren't a big deal...a few measurements, some Evergreen strip stock...done. The drip rail circling the roof is another area needing attention...same deal. Use liquid styrene cement on that. I think I started at the end of the track for the passenger side cargo door and worked forward and around the roof...tack the end down with CA glue, apply solvent cement to the rest. The solvent cement will let the strip stock flex a bit at the corners. It does take more than one piece to go all the way around, make the join in a straight area near a corner.
The new decals for the boat sound great, but I need another one of those Chevy vans like a hole in the head! After putting a full interior in the Dirty Donny version (among other things) it's going to be awhile before I tackle another one.
I hear you guys on the van. Personally I'd love to see a reissue of the boat in the "Quarter Masters" combo kit but with the Polar Lights 2005 GTO (the drift version w/o tampo prints and drift parts, but with the 2005 factory GTO updates) replacing the original 1968-ish "custom" Firebird tow car in the box and on the box art...as to the best of my knowledge the Polar Lights 2005 was never issued as a factory stock version like their earlier 2004 was...and that "Quarter Masters" box art was epic...
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Very, very sharp! B
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I read somewhere that they originally had plans to tool other bodies to fit this chassis possibly Camaro and nova. It would be a really good move for round 2 to do this.
Correctamundo.... plans included Jungle Jim Nova and Dickie Harrell Camaro IIRC....too bad it didn't get delivered to the market....TB
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The Revell '29 Model A roadster with a few after market and spare parts to put in drag racer mode. Paint is MCW finishes Black Cherry Gloss Laquer. Inspiration came from a photo of an early '70's altered. I should probably dress up the interior with a decent shoulder harness . Looking at the photo the parachute retaining strap probably ought to be secured to the center of the frame cross member. A push bar was on the 'to do' list which would require moving the 'chute too; maybe next time. Thanks for looking, any and all feedback is appreciated.
Andrew
Andrew...that flat out rocks! Cool! TIM
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If Revell had done the necessary updates when they issued the last versions of the Top Fuel kit, the Kenny Bernstein Budweiser King and Tony Schumacher Army Dragsters in 2002...wich they didn't, they did some updates but not enough...they would have been pretty much up to date even today 22 years later as much haven't changed visually on Top Fuel dragsters since then.In talking with Revell during writing my book on Drag Racing Model Kits (this woud have been around 2019) it was revealed that they were doing some preliminary investigation of what would be required to update their Rail Dragster tool to today's configuration....but that died when the Hobbico bankruptcy debacle took place....too bad for all the obvious reasons...TB
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Great to see you do a dragster like this Clay....it certainly showcases very well your many modeling skills! Bravo...TB
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Very, very cool. Luv those megaphone headers, too! TB
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As much as I've felt the need to buy some of the AMT repops of old kits, I just can't drive myself to trim 27 miles of flashing off every single part anymore. I'd buy a couple of the Probe kits or something from the '80s/90s because I know I could drag myself to finish it without therapy sessions!
Interesting....however the newly tooled 1963 F100 Unibody "clone" kit I built a couple of months ago had no flash that I recall, and the surface development/quality, and especially fit and finish, far exceeded any of the original 1960s annual kits i have built over the years. I was building an original 1963 F100 kit when Round 2 announced the new one, and let me tell anyone who will listen, there is just no comparison in any of these areas between the old and the new....
Not sure if that is directly relevant to your comment, but wanted to pass it along anyway.
Best...TB
PS - your gen 1 Corvair sounded like a blast!
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Heh Terry....looks really clean and purposeful....good luck proceeding forward! TIM l