tim boyd

Thanks Casey....everything looks good now.....TIM

What happened to the info that was posted in response to the kit's optional engine question from Junkman and Rob Hall? Thanks....TIM

Lee (Keyser) said: "Tim, the "Street Rods" issue of the 32 Tudor body (only issue AMT did outside the double kit) used the Victoria/Phaeton chassis with separate suspension. Maybe I misunderstood, I have that kit, and I thought I remembered you writing about Deuces in Street Rodder?" Lee...yes that Tudor kit was issued only once, circa 1975....and it used the same innards as the '73 Street Rod Series Phaeton version. It was not, however, an exact duplicate of the original 3 in 1 Vicky kit innards - primarily differ in the wheel/tire setup. Thanks for the reminder.....TIM

I sure did....thanks....I thought that post (and the ones that followed) did a good job summarizing the work to be done.....thanks again. TIM

Yes. the '29 A Roadster (and the Ala Kart/'29A Double Kit that preceded it) has the Dodge Red Ram. The original AMT '32 Ford Roadster kit had/has the Chrysler Firepower Hemi (along with the Double Dragster kit that came along shortly thereafter)....of course may other kits have Chrysler Hemis as well.... Desoto Firedomes can also be found in the Monogram Lil' Coffin and the original MPC Carl Casper Phone Booth T (and the Monster Machine kit derived from it, although it lost the valve cover lettering in that transition). TB

YEAH!!!! TIM

It's actually a Desoto Firedome Hemi V8. Similar in design to a Chrysler Firepower first gen Hemi, but essentially shares no parts with the Chrysler in 1/1 scale....TIM

The literally thousands of employees of the Design Departments at GM, Ford, and Chrysler today might see this a bit differently. Given the restrictions on automotive design today (safety, emissions, crash, pedestrian protection, insurance, fuel economy, weight, low speed crash damage, aero/drag objectives, and on and on and on....not to mention the differences in those regulations between nations around the world) that the automotive companies operate under vs. the 1960's..todays Designers generally do a pretty exceptional job. Not to take anything away from the styling departments of the 1960's, who did a fabulous job, but it's an entirely different world out there today. TIM

Harry...I'm nowhere the expert on graphics and photography that you are, and interesting comparison. But it's a bit apples and oranges as the lense configurations appear to be entirely different. Note the distance between the rear fender closest to the camera and farthest from the camera in each picture. See how in the 1:1 scale pix, that visual distance between the rear edge of the near and far fender is less than half what it is in the Moebius test shot photo? My observation is that this camera lense configuration is lending itself to the visual observation that the Moebius quarters are too long. Not to say your observations are entirely wrong, though. The only way to do a fully correct comparison is to use the same Camera, same lense, same photography angle, and same distance away from the object (relative to scale) to photograph both the 1.1 and 1/25th scale cars. Preferably with the model also painted, foiled and assembled. Looks like we'll have to wait until we get a sample in hand to do that. I think we also need to give a heavy weight to Dave's observations that the overall length and wb of the model are correct, as he's the only one who has the actual model in hand. Best regards...TIM

Gerry...many thanks for your in-depth reports from the show. When combined with what I am expecting we'll hear from Revell later this quarter, 2015 is shaping up to be an extremely exciting year for the model car builder. Gentleman, the Third Golden Age of modeling (a topic that I will have much more to say about later this year) is well underway!!!! TIM

Yes they were. Bonnevilles had longer rear decks along with longer wheelbases for most of the 1960's. This was GM's way of allowing Pontiac to differentiate their B-Body based top of the line models (the Bonneville and StarChief....the later replaced by the Executive later in the decade) vs. the Catalina/Ventura, without graduating to the C-body that Olds and Buick used for their top of line models and Cadillac used for all their models (except the Limos). Having said that, the lens Gerry used may be adding to the elongating the effect....recommend we wait and see the real thing before we worry about this too much. I also immediately noticed the C-pillar touchdown error but I also agree that it should be easy to fix - for us initially, and hopefully for Moebius later. TIM

Jim...that is way cool. That original SuperChief in the 1968 Car Craft mag was the inspiration for one of my most winning model cars (the '69 Charger F/C with the working axle/driveshaft/blower drive). This version appears to me much more sympathetic to the late 1960's funny car configuration than many of today's so-called "nostalgia" funny cars.....TIM

Yeah CHRIS! Finally, sweet revenge for all those SBC's stuffed in Ford Street Rods. Now, where's that 5.0L Ford powered '69 Z-28 I've been looking for? (GRIN)....TIM

JB - See above comment for the Piranha back story. Also, AMT set up a separate division (located in Phoenix) and originally planned to produce the Piranha for sale as a real car. Or so several stories from the era stated. The Vicky kit shown was the first commercial release (in 1963) of the AMT '32 Vicky kit that has been available in various guises ever since. To get this version, Round 2 will have to backdate the kit to the original side headers, 6x2 carb setup, and other pieces. It was sold as a "Trophy Series 3 in 1" kit with restored stock, street rod, and drag versions. A very, very nice kit that had a far more detailed 1932 Ford frame than the earlier Roadster, Sports Roadster, and Five Window Coupe Trophy Series kits. It was also sold through Ford dealers and other Ford promotional venues in a different box art, which may have preceded (slightly) the retail availability timing window. It has no direct link to the '32 Ford Custom in the old '32 Ford/'40 Willys Double kit, other than that the Double Kit instructions aluded to swapping the Tudor body with the Vicky body in a kitbashing project IIRC. The Corvair funny car was addressed in other threads, but it is basically the original AMT Barracuda Mid Engine Funny Car kit with the '69 Corvair body, a front spoiler, and a few ancillary pieces to adapt that body to the FC frame. Best...TIM

Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland has the "3 in 1" Triumph Bonneville 650 circa 1962....I did an article on this kit in MCM several years back. Also, the 2001 Revelll Ford F150 Harley Davidson has a very nice Harley Dyna Super Glide....also did an article on this one 6 or 7 years ago in MCM...r..TIM PS - Also see my 1/25th scale Motorcycles Portfolio for additional ideas.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-scale-cycles-/

I'd like to see it too....TIM

For anyone working on an ultra-authentic Nova build using the otherwise excellent Revell kit, I photographed several of the real cars at the NSRA Street Rod Nats Plus in Kalamazoo a few weeks back. Four different shots of the rear taillamp area (which needs to lean inward as the surface goes downward - a fact that has always cooled my jets on building the Revell kit ever since it came out), and also of the front and rear wheel well openings which have been critiqued as well, with equal justification. Sorry I couldn't get any straight-on side / profile shots...cars spaced too closely together. Here's a link...http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/correcting-or-kitba/1968-72-chevy-iinova/ TIM

Thanks for the update Nick....TIM .

Nice job Randy fixing that grille! TIM

This image came from my Fotki site folder on the '67 Camaro non-RS grille...here's the link to the entire album with about 35 pictures including some RS grilles.....TIM

I just got a second kit from Model Cave in Ypsi, Michigan. The last time I was there (before this trip), they didn't have any (that I saw), but they did have a supply (which apparently sold quickly) when the kit was first released a few months ago. Hopefully this means some outlets in the Distribution chain sold out the first allotment and had to wait for a second allotment to restore the supply. TB

Bob...the new kit has the chrome tailight and custom tailamp lense as one unit, plus the clear red lenses of the original issue custom version. Apparently, ,same with the stocvk version taliamps (although I did not confirm this when I opened the box). To build it with the clear red lenses, you'd have to cut away the molded in tailamp from the plated bumper/lense assembly. Should be pretty easy in theory. Doing the stock version with the clear red lenses would be more involved due to the stock tailamp lense configuration. The instruction include a message for the stock and custom versions that the clear red lenses are included, but that the kit will have to be modified to use them. Best...TIM

Snake...this has always bothered me about the Revell '69 Nova kit - I noticed it as soon as I opened the box on the first version of the kit. Last week at the NSRA Nats North I took some detail shots of the '68-'72 Nova rear end for reference if I ever build the Revell kit, because this would be a "must" change for me. Also some shots of the front and rear wheel well openings. Ten rererence shots at this link: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/correcting-or-kitba/1968-72-chevy-iinova/

Here are some reference pictures of the non-RS '67 Camaro front grilles that I took at the NSRA Nats North in Kalamazoo last weekend. None of these cars are 100% stock, but the grille closeups are intended to show how the 1/1 scale car gets the proper emphasis on the two horizontal bars that do not seem to be visually emphasized on the Revell model....TIM 25 reference photos (including the rear end as well) plus about 10 more of an RS style '67 Camaro (again, not 100% stock) at this link: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/correcting-or-kitba/1967-camaro-ss-with/

Excellent kit history, as usual. Minor point, Monogram actually acquired Revell and joined it together with Monogram as a new, combined company operating out of the Chicago area Monogram facilities. The Monogram staff carried over into the new entity. I'm a little foggy on the exact details (not near my reference library right now), but this was the jest of the action. Thanks again for the great kit history info...TIM