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Spotlight Hobbies is quoting late August IIRC....TIM

Those of you with past issues of Model Cars magazine, I did an extensive 1/25th scale Drag and Ski Boat Kit History article about 8 or 9 years ago. It answers a lot of questions above, and is worth digging out for more on this subject. Sorry, I don't have the specific issue number at hand... If you want to see other versions of the AMT Hull Raiser kit (used in the Quarter Masters, Aqua Rod, and Model King combo '70 Bonneville convert), including one built box stock, plus photos of the AMT Trophy Series Rayson Craft kit that preceded it, plus about 12 or so other drag and ski boat models, check out my Fotki album at http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-model-boats/boyd-boats-/ Cheers...TIM

Chuck....very, very nice to see a completed build of the kit. Looks good, and I really like your build theme and quality. Congrats....TIM

For those not familiar with the subject...the actual build pictured in Glenn's post directly above differs from the Quarter Masters kits as follows: 1) Revell '68 Firebird tow vehicle built as restored stock except for wheels/tires/stance instead of the Quarter Masters kit AMT's original 1968 Firebird "custom" - that kit could not be built as a factory stock model, only as a street custom. 2) Boat hull is correct to what is found in the Quarter Masters kit, but the engine in my model is the AMT Parts Pack Pontiac V8, while the boat kit has a SOHC 427 Ford engine. 3) Boat kit trailer has parts box wheels/tires to match the Firebird two vehicle. BTW, my Quarter Masters kit purchase was a box top only, no way I could have afforded the actual kit, as noted by ACE above. TIM

There are also some other hints on possible future versions - look at my original on-line review (link at beginning of this thread) for that info...TIM

Here's an on-line build of the Revell '50 Olds Custom.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyd-on-line-mo/tim-boyd-on-line-mo/ 31 pictures and text at the above link. Use the "Roll" feature to see the pictures and captions without having to click on each photo individually. Cheers...>TIM (Sorry I can't show a picture...can't get the "insert other media" link to load photos today).

The Revell Olds Custom kit has a lowered front and rear suspension, IIRC. TIM

I got a call from John at Model Cave in Ypsi, Michigan this afternoon...they got in both the Galaxie Ltd. kits today. (Today being Wednesday, July 29). Separately, Gary and his team at Galaxie have been up all hours shipping out orders this week....apparently they are extremely pleased with sales of the kits to date. Cheers...TIM

Got a call from Model Cave ((Ypsi, Michigan) this afternoon...they expect the Satellite kit in on Friday. TIM

Chris...glad you emjoyed the review and thanks for the feedbakc. Cheers....TIM

Rob...the AMT kit is a replica of the Kindsvater hull, powered by a SOHC 427 Ford. This comt is a major rehahs of the original AMT Rayson Craft Trophy Ser es kit of 1963. This version of the AMT was originally released as the "Hull Raiser" in 1968, along with a combo kit version including the AMT Custom 1968 Firebird. It was again reissued in a combo kit with AMT's Chevy C25 Van around 1975, as the "Aqau Rod" version you mentioned. It was last riessued around 2005 or so as a Model King kit in combo with the MPc 1970 Bonneville convertible. At this link you can see multiple built up versions of both the Revell and AMT kits. http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-model-boats/boyd-boats-/ Cheersl.TIM ,

Ron....that is beyond cool! What a discovery!! Not only that, it is very similar to the final execution of the second place finisher pictured above (the blue car) in the first post. . You may want to take a high-res photo of that, or even possibly donate it if it doesn't have much value to you, and send it to Mark Gustavson at the International Model Car Museum. He is tentatively planning to do a mini-book for all 2017 GSL participants on the Dodge/Car Model/MPC Funny Car Contest. Thanks for posting! TIM

0 Just to reconfirm what others here have said, the main body is fully polished. You can see the reflection of the polished surface here in the trunk area of the photograph.above. The hood is even more highly polished (like some of the Lindberg reissues in the 1990's). For those that haven't already looked at it, this would probably be a good time to review my detailed kit preview (53 photos and captions) at the following link... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-moebius-65- plym/new-moebius-65-plym/ TIM

One of my first jobs at Ford in 1978 was as a car (and later on) truck Scheduler at a Ford Division District Sales Office. We took dealer orders (submitted via a pencil scan sensing form - remember those?) and cleaned them up, fixing each dealer's compatibility order errors if needed, and then sending them on to the respective factories to be scheduled for production. As Schedulers, one of our reference tools was a detailed compatibility and spec guide, comprising a manual over an inch thick and printed on 11x17 computer paper. I never thought to save mine, and I was a Truck Scheduler only for a very short period of time before being move to another assignment, so I can't comment specifically on the subject under question here, but I do recall that when it came to Pickups back then, there was a huge capability to spec and build them to the exact user applications. So the line of speculation in this thread is certainly possible. TIM

AC....you've really captured, I think, much of the magic of our hobby in your quotes I recopied above. It sure summarizes what became a lifetime source of creativity, enjoyment, and pride for me personally. Best Regards...TIM ************************************ Sadly, based on the feedback that they receive, apparently much of the model car media have concluded that model builders have little to no interest in the history of our hobby. I'd like to think that they are wrong, but sometimes I think it's just wishful thinking on my part. Still, I find this to be counter intuitive, as the 1/1 scale car magazines have found that reader interest in the history of the car hobby is ranking off the charts and has made for some highly successful publications (e..g., Hot Rod DeLuxe, Rodder's Journal, et al). To the extent that the model car hobby largely follows 1/1 scale car hobby trends, it would seem to me that interest in the history of the model car hobby (specifically, the model builders and the cars they built) would be tremendously popular with hobby magazine readers. So thanks to all who have posted in this thread (and a similar one on one of the other model car related message boards), you all prove that apparent lack of interest in this topic might just be wrong after all. Cheers. TIM PS - If you'd like to see model car history related topics in print in your favorite magazine or magazines, it might not hurt to drop the respective Editor(s) of the publications you read a note to that effect. ************************************* Harry....well said, and like you and many others, I share your reaction. Jim's Dodge Fever 1 and 2, and the articles on them, fundamentally set a new level of achievement in the model car hobby, as well as model car magazine coverage of the hobby. For me personally, those articles (along with Jim's "unraveling the Snake Pit" series) in Car Model Magazine were big source of education, inspiration and ideas for my next several models that ended up winning several "Best Detail" awards in the 1970 MPC Customizing Contest series... TIM

Outstanding models and terrific photography! Congrats....TIM

Dennis that '30 Rod is very very sharp! TIM

John....thanks for the comments. The Scale Auto feature was on the Dodge Fever II....which was Jim Keeler's mutli-issue build of a second Dodge Fever, a near clone of the first one other than the use of a '69 Charger body as the basis. It was covered over multiple issues of Car Model Magazine during 1969 IIRC. That car is also part of the International Model Car Builder's Museum's collection....completed with the one (photo) side lettered and the other side sans lettering. The third place winner was a very young (Age 12) builder by the name of David Guenther, of Davenport, Iowa. Unlike the others shown here, his car was more kit based, with a windshield/cowl moved rearward atop a much-shortened roof, to make room for the drag engine in the MPC tube frame chassis. I don't believe I've ever seen his name as an adult buidler, but it would be very cool if he is indeed still building. Cheers...TIM

Thanks to Ranchero Steve, who took these photos, here are the three of the four top winning entries in what was probably the premier model car contest in the country during much of the year of 1968. Since this was a mail-in photo contest, this photo from 2015 GSL reflects the first time ever - some 47 years later - that the overall winner, the second place nationwide, and the fourth place nationwide winners have been exhibited together. This exhibition was part of the 2015 GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention. Here's an excerpt from the explanation on the display table: DODGE/MPC/CAR MODEL MAGAZINE 1968 Dodge Coronet Funny Car Contest The 1st, 2nd, and 4th place overall winners (chosen from over 1,600 entries in the most important national model car contest of the year 1968) are displayed here together, for the first time ever: 1st Nationwide – Jim Keeler, Age 27, Logan, Utah - “Dodge Fever” 2nd Nationwide – Thomas Harrison, Age 25, Sunnyvale, CA - “Dodge Performance” 4th Nationwide – Tim Boyd, Age 14, Ann Arbor, MI - “Dominator” The Dodge/MPC/Car Model Magazine contest was announced on the cover of the January, 1968 issue of Car Model Magazine, and further detailed in a two-page spread inside. • Contestants were to build their entry from MPC’s new 1968 Dodge Coronet kit, but parts from other kits were allowed. • When completed, two black and white photos and a 500 word description were to be mailed to the Car Model magazine editorial offices in North Arlington, NJ. • Entries were to be completed and postmarked no later than May 1st, 1968. • The overall winner was to receive an all-expenses paid trip to Detroit, Michigan, to visit the “Dodge Engineering Laboratories” and the MPC factory. He was also to receive every new MPC kit for the next three years. • The top 25 winners were announced in the September, 1968 issue of Car Model, followed by an 11-page spread with full details on each car in the October, 1968 issue (see excerpts from this issue of Car Model posted elsewhere in this display). Details on the three winners shown here – • Jim Keeler’s 1st Place “Dodge Fever” was an incredibly inventive design combined with unprecedented levels of detailing and accuracy. It remains an icon of model car building achievement nearly 50 years later. This is the original car built by Jim, and restored by Tom Dillion and Mark Gustavson.Jim Keeler’s 1st Place “Dodge Fever” was an incredibly inventive design combined with unprecedented levels of detailing and accuracy. It remains an icon of model car building achievement nearly 50 years later. This is the original car built by Jim, and restored by Tom Dillion and Mark Gustavson. It is shown here on loan from its permanent exhibition International Model Car Builder’s Museum. • Tom Harrison’s 2nd Place “Dodge Performance” featured dual 426 Hemi engines concealed beneath an extended-front body, yielding an entry that represented a logical extension of then-current funny car design. It is presented here in original, unrestored form, on loan from its permanent exhibition at the International Model Car Builder’s Museum. (Seen here next to Jim's Dodge Fever car): • Tim Boyd’s 4th Place “Dominator” was actually his second design, revamped to a radical rear-engine format after the original approach was deemed too conservative to win a contest. Just after completion, it was heavily damaged by heat from a photo studio lighting setup, but later rebuilt for a six-month exposition at the local Dodge Dealer’s showroom. At the suggestion of Steve Perry, it is shown here as originally disassembled in 1970 for a future restoration. Reassembly is planned in time for the 2017 GSL International Scale Vehicle Championship and Convention, just prior to the 50th anniversary of the original Dodge/MPC/Car Model Funny Car Contest in 2018. Thanks for looking...and thanks again to Ranchero Steve for the pictures, and to Mark Gustavson and the GSL Board of Directors/Contest team for another terrific model car event that is truly a credit to our hobby. If you'd like to see more of Steve's photos of this from Mark Gustavson's 2015 GSL album, click here: http://public.fotki.com/Mark-Gustavson/gsl-xxv-1/car-model-dodge-con/ Cheers...TIM

The Star Chief (in the early 1960's) was generally a four door sedan and four door hardtop only, using the Bonneville body (longer wheelbase and longer body including extended rear quarters), but generally with the lower-level Catalina series interior appointments. It was replaced by the Executive series as noted by Bob, which did carry into 1967 at least. By contrast, in some years there was a separate Ventura series, which used the shorter wheelbase/rear quarter Catalina body, but with interior trim more reminiscent of the premium Bonneville interior. TIM

That rear quarter panels from the '61 Plymouth wagon illustrated above were re-used for the '62 Chrysler Newport and New Yorker Town and Country Hardtop Wagons. Of course, Chrysler only offered four door wagons in 1962, but they COULD have offered two door wagons as well, re-using the two door quarter panel from the '61 Plymouth 2-door suburban illustrated in the sales catalog and reproduced in Greg's original thread above. If so, it might have looked like this.... More pictures here.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-1950s1960searl/ This model was based on/converted from the 1962 four door New Yorker Town and Country wagon from Modelhaus. The colors are the two Spring Colors from the 1962 Chrysler model year, as reproduced by special order from MCW Automotive Finishes. Best Regards....TIM

Scott...the Revell Impala (at least the version in my kit stash) can be built entirely stock. Also, in my view the 348 engine in this kit is probably the best 348 in 1/25th scale these days....particularly if you want to build it with some mild period-correct aftermarket equipment (which is included as a build option). Cheers...TIM

From the Kickoff Party at the host hotel, to complete coverage of the Friday morning "drive-in" after registration, to all the competitors in the Street Machine and Street Rod of the Year Competitions....time to grab your favorite liquid refreshment, set aside an hour (or more) and take a trip to Columbus for one of premier hot rod and street machine shows in the world. 725 pictures await your viewing pleasure. Make sure to use the "roll" feature to see all pictures in full size with selected commentary/photo captions along with rapid loading. Thanks for looking! TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2015-goodguys-nationals-/2015-goodguys-nationals-/

A new chapter awaits on the AMT (really MPC) '28 A Tudor. I have heard fairly recently, from both reputable sources within the company, and externally from those whom I trust, that much to everyone's surprise, major pieces of the '28A Tudor tool still exist. Apparently there's not enough of the tool intact in current form to make a kit release imminent, but...should the market demand it, well....theoretically, anything is possible. Yet another reason to buy the Revell '29A Roadster kit, if it meets your expectations.... TIM

Jon at Model Cave in Ypsilanti, MI, apparently ordered a batch of these and today he told me most of them were gone. He had only seven left when I visited today, and his price seemed to me to be below what I was expecting. His store is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays....recommend you give him a call on Wednesday if you are still looking for this trailer. TIM