tim boyd

Update: I suspect we'll see this kit reissued sometime next year....presuming this happens, it is just more proof that Round 2 really does listen to what the modeling community has to say.... TIM

Alan......really, really sharp. And really like the way you handled making the factory stock rear wheel wells on the Revell body. Not sure which of my threads you are referring too, but if you can PM me or respond to me here, perhaps I can help you find it Meanwhile, onward! Great choice of topics and great progress so far.....TIM

And for those that might be wondering, here is a look at Fred's roadster during the Saturday morning entrance "parade" at the GoodGuys Nats this past Saturday.....he later found a superb "power parking" spot . More detail shots in my event coverage (see link in the post in the 1/1 Car Reference Section of the Forum if interested). And he did stop by Tom's house on the way back home on Sunday..... Now you know.....this is just one of several reasons that Fred's '30A Coupe build in this thread is so innovative and highly detailed..... BTW, Fred was highly involved in every step of building his Highboy. It has many subtle tricks and innovations…..and was attracting a great deal of interest from those GoodGuys Nats spectators/participants who know Highboys inside and out. Even better, Fred drives his hot rod all over the country.....6,000 miles on the Odo since the car was finished a couple of years back. Go Fred!!!

Link above corrected....thanks for the heads-up....TIM

Starts on image # 194 at this link.... thanks for looking....TIM

Thanks for looking...TIM

Tons of cool ideas here.....enjoy. TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2018-goodguys-columbus-/2018-goodguys-columbus-/

Just a quick comment that Bill and I have somewhat different views on that issue of underscale Ford engine blocks in the Revell Buttera kits. I'm not claiming that my interpretation is more correct than Bill's, only presenting an alternative view..... Refer to the last (bottom) post in page one of this thread.... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/127459-2627-turtle-deck-t-hot-rod-kits-requested/?tab=comments#comment-1850443 The image posted below compares the Revell Buttera small block 289 Ford with the Revell '32 Ford Street Rod series 302 Ford V8. TIM

Rickard, this is truly a spectacular piece of work. My congratulations to you for the scope, execution, and completion of this project. Best wishes.....TIM

Here's a picture of the Triumph Bonneville bike in the AMT '63 Chevy Apache kit described by Ellen....this is the showroom stock version.....followed by the Bonneville racing version (along with the streamliner GoKart from the companion AMT '63 F100 kit)… TIM

I received a letter from the bankruptcy court yesterday with a similar message. I'm not a bankruptcy expert, and I found the message to be very confusing. I have also learned that the Revell US assets could have gone a very different route that would have been great for the hobby. These decisions boil down to a judgment call, but based on the limited information available, my impressions are that the Bankruptcy court took the route of least apparent risk, rather than the route of optimizing the future business potential, with their decision to honor the approve the bid for the US Revell business to the Revell Germany holding company. I am not privy to much of the hard facts here, so this is nothing but an outsider's impression. But if I am correct, this is very, very disappointing, and a huge missed opportunity for the hobby. Still, I am an optimist and hope for the best from Revell Germany. TIM

Thanks for posting, Greg. Many cool cars in the Rodder's Journal coverage. With apologies in advance to those of you who already know about the following, it seems to me that many users of this forum do not regularly view or purchase the two major model magazines. For you non-purchasers out there who like these beach racers, you might be interested in the February 2018 issue of the other model magazine. It has an in-depth article on building models of "The Race of Gentlemen" type cars, with many ideas, hints, and sources of parts for this type of project. It also shows a few of the basic steps in building this "TROG"-themed model... TIM

Scott.....Tamiya recently released a new pearl yellow spray paint color in their "TS-" line; I haven't used it yet but it might be a reasonably close approximation of the main color in the Piranha drag car.....you can order it from the Tamiya website if you don't have a well stocked hobby store nearby.....TIMa

Nice to see the "Spirit of '57" Gasser reappear. This chassis lends itself to many kitbashing projects. Wonder if the front axle remains in the dropped format used for most of the original kit reissues, or the straight axle of the original release? As for the McEwen dragster, I'd bet on the Ramchargers kit as the base rather than the Garlits/Young American, as the former was released in 1968 vs the latter in 1970. Still, based on the picture posted above, looks like the Garlits/Young American is closer in content to the actual car. TIM

According to an authoritative source quoted in a book from the era, with just minimal tweaks, was to became the production 1980 Corvette. You can read more on this in my new book ….. and I think that this "factoid" (if you choose to believe it) makes it more than worthwhile to own this kit. TIM

Thanks Dennis....yesterday Rodder's Journal newsletter posted a link to their photo album of the 2018 TROG and there was a '30A Coupe there that looked just like mine (different colors, but otherwise a near match). It's just such a fresh departure from my usual rod building tastes/themes. Anyone who loves to build trad hot rod models should try a TROG-themed project... All above....thanks again for your comments and feedback. Tulio.....I'm working on couple of additional albums, and yes, one will be of all my '48 Fords including the Woody. I'll post here when done... Best regards everyone......TIM

Justin: Sharp, sharp, sharp! Good luck and best wishes bringing this one home! TIM

My kit #T560 was (as I recall) a first issue release, and the decal production date (printed on the back of the decal sheet) was 11/21/75, indicating it was probably on-sale in stores around January of 1976. TIM

Ken....thanks for the feedback and the overall vedict. Both I and the CarTech Editor for this project, Bob Wilson, did a pretty intense "flyspec" for errors on the initial book mockup, and we found a number of them (probably some due to Auto-Correct as well - e.g. "Sports Fury" instead of the correct "Sport Fury") that fortunately got fixed. Any that remain are probably the result of our own oversights rather than auto-correct features. Having said that, I am keeping a list of any tweaks that would improve the accuracy. Your examples above are very helpful, there are at least a few others (mostly minor factual errors, and mostly involving the full size car discussions rather than the models) that I noticed as well in the final published book. If the book goes into an additional print run, the intent of the publisher and myself is that we will correct any known errors. If you (or anyone else reading this thread) come across any other errors, you are welcome to send me a note at my email addy and I'll add them to the list of tweaks. Thanks again.....TIM

Greg.....let's hope for the best, but at this point, I'm not optimistic. TIM

Greg, the plan was to make the second release of the roadster kit incorporate the SBC Chevy powertrain instead of the Nailhead Buick, followed by the Coupe kit with the Nailhead Buick. The original tool was designed to allow both of these configurations....TIM

As my old buddy Jim Kampmann used to say ".....Ooooooooh…...ahhhhhhhh…" when he saw a really sharp hot rod,...what a tasty build of the Revell Model A kit. Of course, I am all over the use of a Ford engine in the car, and the Matt/Debbie Hay kit was an inspired choice for that. Lotsa really tasty tweaks and an awesome wheel/tire/stance setup, too. WAY TO GO, Rodney! TIM

All - thanks for your comments; I find it really interesting to hear which ones are your favorites and why. Particularly the feedback on the copper one, that is the one that is most kit-based of any on this page (the other one being the Green/Black blown SBC one). These were both built straight from the box, with no mods whatsoever, from the Revell kit. And I think, a good sign that the kit, in spite of such minor "flaws" as the firewall and a few controversial decisions in terms of content (the roof opening which has been seen on 1/1 Hot Rods but is not the typical design, and the Ford diff/coil springs out back, which is still a popular 1/1 scale build choice but not within the strict confines of a pure traditional hot rod genre), was a really good effort on Revell's part. And a sign that kit the strongly deserves to return to the market under the new German Revell ownership scheme. TIM

Phil....I think nearly all of us share your thoughts here; thanks. TIM

There are four people in the world who are probably most responsible for my branching out from Funny Car models (some can be seen in old issues of Car Model Magazine) to Hot Rod models(or street rods as they were called back then). They are my younger brother Robert, famed auto journalist Pat Ganahl (who ran an article on kitbashing a '29 on '32 rails rod in a mid 1970's issue of Street Rodder magazine), the late Bill Burham (who built a 1/1 scale bright yellow '29 on '32 rails that showed up in a couple of mid-1971 Hot Rod annuals and prompted my first real street rod model project), and most important of all, the above poster, ""misterNNL", aka Tom Woodruff. Back in the late 1960's and early 1970's, Tom was building street rod models when no one else was, and his superb building style made him a continuous winner in the old MPC Model Customizing Contest that ran from 1969 to 1979. I first met Tom at the 1971 Dayton, Ohio, MPC contest, and from that point forward to today, he has been an endless source of model car l inspiration and personal friendship to me - thanks Tom! TIM