tim boyd

Scott.....don't give up hope just yet. In the interim, there's the Replicas and Miniatures rebop…...TIM

Bill, photos on page 1 and 2 come through fine here. Really interesting and relevant topic and build process. Glad it got brought back to the front of the forum folder as somehow I missed it when you got started on the project a couple of years back. Thanks for taking us along for the ride....and look forward to seeing progress as it occurs in the future….TIM

Thanks Richard! TIM

Thanks Jim and Snake. Send me a PM or post here any errors as I am keeping track and will make corrections if there is a second print run... Best....TIM

That was the November, 1982 issue of the other model car mag. Looks like it is sold out on their back issue section of their website. I would say that the info/conclusions in that article are still largely valid when it comes to the four kits that were reviewed in that article. I'd also like to think that it subtly encouraged the model kit makers to up their game in terms of accuracy and fit/finish, and to also pursue derivative body styles and features vs. just more and more kits of the exact same topics (in this case, three of the four kits were '57 Bel Air two door hardtops....whereas now we have a whole series of '57 Chevy kits and bodystyles, even including the base 150 sedan....) TB

Cool!!! TIM

Also check out Scotty Gossen's excellent book "Show Rod Model Kits" (CarTech)….. TIM

Bill....thanks for the added info. I have the original combined release somewhere in my kit stash, so I knew about that part. But I remembered that the subsequent woody-only reissues had dropped all the hot rod parts and built only the (mostly) stock version. Just checked my kit stash, (I have the 1974 and 1997 Woody-only reissues), and was surprised to see the Riley Two Port, and even the dropped front suspension option parts there in all their glory. So thanks for clarifying....TIM

Aaron....there was an article on early vintage hot rods (up until the mid 1930's) with ideas and examples, in the February 2018 issue of the other model car magazine. It is still available in the back issues section of their website. Also, to the best of my knowledge, the Revell Riley Two-Port was only in the Revell 1931 Ford Tudor and (faux) Sedan Delivery kits, while the Winfield version was only in the Revell 1929 Ford pickup kits. Both kits otherwise share a whole bunch of additional brand name early hot rod accessories (details in the article referenced above). If all that is not enough, check out these references: Tom Woodruff's Rajo powered speedster: Tom Woodruff's Frontenac powered speedster: And these two on-line buildups: https://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyd-on-line-mo/tim-boyd-on-line-ho-11/tim-boyd-on-line-ho/ https://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyd-on-line-mo/tim-boyd-on-line-ho-12/tim-boyd-on-line-ho/ Plus, Tom Woodruff has just discovered this site with info on vintage racers and engines: https://www.nwvs.org/index.shtml (UPDATE....I missed that Bill had already posted this same link earlier in this thread....I agree with him, it's the most informative link I've seen yet on this topic....TB ) And finally, the Speedway Motors Museum has photos of many early hot rod era vintage engines... https://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/displays.html Hope that helps! TIM

Wow.....really well done! TIm

This photo was taken at the 1978 MPC National Championship in Omaha, NB in early April. This was just two weeks before I started my 35+ year career at Ford, and about six months after I had started doing the Modeler's Corner column for Street Rodder magazine. My, how time flies! I've lost track of Bill, but last time I talked with Bruce he was still doing very specialized tooling/design/modeling work for GM. TB

Thanks Casey....have been wondering when this one would break cover...….TIM

Again, my recollection is that it has a newly tooled Sweptside pickup box, probably SWB to match the existing chassis, and a lower trim level (not the Adventurer) IIRC. I'm sure they'll have box art fairly soon, which will confirm how much (if any) of this info is correct......TIM

Hope you're wrong. I couldn't tell for sure from the test shot parts runner images of the engine/powertrain parts, but I am hopeful. Really looking forward to this a lot. If it is successful (which I am sure it will be), maybe they would consider tooling a current generation Mustang GT. No longer just a domestic market product, the 1/1 has been the best selling sports car in the world for the last three years. Separate, fully detailed engine a must, of course. On the other hand, I shouldn't get carried away on new kit speculation, right?. TIM

My understanding is that the D100 is a Sweptside…...possibly a SWB box (vs. the original tool LWB); I can't recall for sure the details on the box size......TIM

As long as it has a full, stand alone, detailed engine, I'll be first in line. Count me among those surprised, but very pleased, to see this. TIM

Wow......some very cool ideas here,...thanks for sharing.....TIM

A most ambitious and creative project, masterfully and imaginatively delivered. In other words, "cool"!!!! TIM

I'd love to see those images.....particularly if it's the 1972 event where I won Best of Show TIM

That first image was, of course, Bruce Owen, who went on to win four (or was it five?) MPC National Championships in the mid 1970's. TIM

Originally photographed in the back yard of my home (then) in East Cobb County (Marietta), Georgia, and presented as a "how to" article in the April, 1988 issue Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine, here's some fresh photography of the model.... The cab is from the Revell '31A Tudor and (faux) Sedan Delivery kits, cut behind the front door and joined to a new rear bulkhead fashioned from two sheets of styrene and then shaped with the same curves as the real 1/1. The pickup bed is cut in from the Revell '29A kit, which also sources the "Champ 500" style wheels on period bigs'n'littles. The doors were built to open (per the kit provisions); I'm amazed that they still open, and smoothly at that, 30 years after the fact. The "billet" style instrument cluster was from the Revell '27 T "Touring" kit/mid 1980's reissue. The Quick Change was from the mid 1970's MPC "Super Stock" oval track kit series. Always liked how the street rod era pickup bodies create the visual space for Quick Change differentials to show off in a rear view. The rear cab panel featured evergreen strip moldings shaped to continue the dual ridge character line from the door panels. The engine is a Ford Mustang II/Ford Europe &Mercury Capri V-6, sourced from the AMT 1974 and 1975 annual kits plus the Road Racer version (the same racing headers and Webers are in all three kits). The front suspension is the lowered axle from the AMT '27T Tub kit, with MPC Logghe funny car four bar radius rods, a tie rod from the Monogram ZZ Top '34 Ford kit, and disc brakes from the JDM "LS" brand accessory wheel/tire kits, with brake lines added. Beyond the previously mentioned Quick Change, you can see the quarter elliptical springs, funny car style rear radius rods, and an exhaust system from the original AMT '49 Merc kit. Note the ejection pin marks; such a faux pas would not be tolerated by the members of this forum today The basic frame is from the Revell Model A kit, but with new crossmembers (sourced from a parts box roll cage, according to the SAE story). An overhead view showing the roof panel and pickup bed detailing, along with another view of the engine. Note the realistic appearance of the firewall on this Revell Model A tool. The paint was Testors Model Masters Manganese Brown Metallic and Odds'n'Ends brand "Tangerine", with Testors Car Colors Clear over all. Yep, it's a Model A OK. The winged radiator element was from the Revell '27T Touring kit. And the stock headlamps reside on a lowered headlight bar from metal wire. Just noticed the strange reflection in the windshield; not sure what is going on there. Not too long after this article appeared, at least three aftermarket resin casters introduced their versions of this body style, making it a much more attainable modeling topic for those who did not want to get involved in the body alternations necessary to kitbash a styrene-based execution. Thanks for asking to see this; I have also photographed the pink '29A Model A Closed Cab kitbash that appeared in the 1990 Street Rodder "Model Car Features" issue as requested by a number of you; I'll present that here as well in the next couple of days... TIM

Smile!!!! TIM

I did a Thunderbird Y-Block image search on Google tonight, and it directed me right back to this forum where Bill had posted a series of Y-Block engine images. With the Thunderbird rear sump oil pan (just as I had said and just as shown on Fred's terrific A coupe) along with the external oil pump and lines (just as you said above). Always learning new things in this hobby. Thanks for the added info, Túlio .....TIM

Before the Hobbico Chapter 11, there was another variant of the Revell '57 Ford tool underway; it had reached the test shot stage about a year ago. Sorry guys, not a new body casting or anything like that, but just a further variant of the existing tool set requiring a few new parts. I only saw it for a minute; I don't recall if the parts you note Casey were part of the project. TIM

Al,.....I did the salon photography session today....will be posting pictures here, probably here in the "Under Glass" section tomorrow. Thanks again for the suggestion.....TIM