tim boyd

JB - I would like to get a hold of anotherof Tim's Resin Rods '27 T's Roadster PIckup bodies (the one I based my article on that appeared in one of the other model magazine Contest Annuals (I believe) about ten or so years ago). If you see him at the next NNL West, please try to get some contact info for me. At the time, I remember his castings as being a little challenging to finish (seemed like they had excess release agent in the resin or something simliar), but I'm sure if the problem was on his end (and not mine), he's corrected it in the meantime. He's also the only vendor I recall that has cast the '27T Roadster pickup body (as opposed to the several casters who have done the '27 T Turtledeck...) . His Roadster pickup also had a very nice interior bucket casting with tuck'n'roll upholstery. Speaking of which...maybe I should dig out that model and photograph it....! TIM

Brett is 100% correct here. The only kits that share this tooling are the MPC Garlits Wynnscharger (which was the first kit from the tooling), the Carl Casper Young American, the "Fiat Rail Rod Slingshot" (which contained a rather basic Fial Altered body), and the Carl Casper Cosmic Charger, which was a pretty heavily modified version of this tool. The other rails shown are either derivatives of the MPC Ramcharger kit (which was an entirely different tool, first issue two years earlier), the equally unrelated AMT Tommy Ivo kit, or the original AMT Don Garlits "Checker Flag Series" kit first issued in 1965. Hope that helps a bit...TIM

It was the full detail version....and yes, the Elegance series issue was molded in red with the white pearl paint and tinted blue windows. The box art read "Wonder Bird" IIRC....TIM

John...what a work of contemporary art! Just wow! Best regards...TIM

Jim....terrific detail on your project...fascinating to watch your methodical and well thought out assembly procedure, too. As for the spoiler...I'd leave it in the box if this were my build. As you probably know, the spoiler for '70 was different than the one for '71....I have little use for these Mopar muscle era pedestal spoilers so I don't know if the one you are using is correct for the '70 my application (I'm thinking it probably is), but just wanted to mention it. With your background, you are probably much more on top of this subject than I am anyway. Best of luck finishing your project...TIM

Bernard....excellent progress....I've always loved that AMT '37 Chevy Street Rod gauge panel and I have used it countless times in my own builds...looks great here! One other really fine '27 T (albeit with a sprint car nose) is the car Roy Brizio build for John Mumford that won America's Most Beautiful Roadster at the '13 GNRS in Pomona... here's a link to a Google Image photo http://www.everythingsouthcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/734072_10151313952484888_957672381_n.jpg Another great example of the "traditional" feel that is so popular in the hot rod world right now. Glad to know so many of you "get" this...I was worried that maybe I was off in my own world on this subject... One more thing....thanks for reminder about the Art Anderson (the writer was incorrect in his recollection of my article) roadster body. It too had its issues, but was good for its time. I could be wrong on this, but I thought that the Ron Cash body was a little different than Art's....they were friendly competitors at the time, IIRC> What are you thinking at the moment for paint and wheels/tires? So many great choices here. MCW automotive finishes (www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com) offers most of the 1950's OEM Domestic pant color palette in airbrush bottles...as I'm sure you know, many hot rodders back then would choose a color from the current model year OEM paint offerings for their rods....and the Testors One Coat Lacquerr spray '62 Chevy Honduras Maroon has the exact same PPG formula code as late 1950's Buick Titian Red Metallic, which was frequently used by late 1950's hot rods.... Best regards...TIM

John...excellent info and comparison! I recall being told a simllar story by Dennis Doty a long time ago, but this is the first point by point comparison I've seen. Thanks...TIM

Harry... Young American has a different tie rod/drag link setup, a different fuel tank layout, the addition of an oil tank and lines, and a ballast box that replaces the front axle weights of the Garlits kit. All this in addition to different decals (obviously) and also different valve cover engraving (I believe). It will be interesting to see how many of these differences are "re-incorporated" into the Garlits reissue, but regardless, I am overjoyed to have this iconic kit back on the market. TB

The basic kit tool is shared between the Wynnscharger and the Young American, but there are a surprising (at least to me) number of detail differences between the two kits, primarily in the chassis setup. TIM

Bob....those are looking very promising. Here are a couple of photos from the Goodguys Nats in Columbus a few days ago. Completely stock (icluding paint and upholstery, other than wheels and tires) and very, very sharp 'surviror" style '71 Impala Custom (formal roof) two door hardtop... Best of luck with your projects going forward....TIM

Here are the other shots of the car, during the main event on Friday..... ....plus several more closeups of the Ford Y-Block engine (which would be easy to duplicate using the unit in the Revell '57 Ford Custom Sedan kit and the tri-power manifold from Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland or the old AMT '57 T-Bird kit.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2014-goodguys-colum/page21.html Best Regards....TIM

********************** Bernard....can't wait to see this one take shape. There was a simply killer '27 T Turtledeck at Goodguys Nats this weekend - not only that, it was Y-Block powered. YEA! It's not exactly what you are doing (for one, it doesn't have the '32 frame), but I do think it's in the spirit of those that you show above. Here's a look: There's several more images at the bottom of this page of my 2014 Goodguys Photo Album - these are from the Host Hotel Party Thursday night, but I'm almost sure I took more shots of it on Friday at the main event as well; these would be much further along in the 2014 Goodguys folder (UPDATE - these Friday shots are shown in the next post below). Here's the link: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2014-goodguys-colum/page5.html I also built a couple of these myself - a channeled '27 T Turtledeck (with a Y-Block) about five years ago, and a '27 T Roadster pickup on the Revell '32 Frame about ten years ago. The body that seems to show up most commonly among the resin vendors I think may have its roots in either a master from the late Ron Cash, or perhaps the master from Tim's Resin Rods (a NorCal resin vendor who was active around the turn of the century). But I guess I need to check out that Altered States body you mention, as the ones I have are not 100% correct as you indicate. Anyway, great project and really looking forward to you applying your design talent and model building expertise to this subject. Best regards...TIM

http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2014-goodguys-colum/ Thanks for looking....TIM

I remember this being said as well...but I also thought it went farther and said that the Monogram and MPC teams more or less admitted to the writer's hypothesis that the MPC kit was tooled from the Moogram Masters (e.g. pantagraffed down from 1/8th to 1/16 scale). I believe Hank Borger may have been the source of this latter info>?>?>> TIM

Marcos....the kit appears to be based on a relatively recent restoration of the original car which was the subject of a five-page, all color feature ("Chariots of the Gods, by Paul Zazarine), "in the October, 2008 issue of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. (I bought an extra copy and sent it to the team at Revell back then when I was campaigning - along with many others, apparently - for a new tool '70 Hemi 'cuda kit). This article has most if not all the photos you would need. I expect it's still available as a back issue (though PHR itself is about ready to publish its last ever issue, sadly), and it might be on their website as well. Some photos from the article have appeared in a Google Image Search. There were also a couple of photos of the restoration in an article called "Sox and Martin - Making Plymouth Great a Quarter Mile at a Time" in the October, 2010 issue of Mopar Muscle magazine. But I recommend the PHR story. Will be looking forward to seeing your project take shape! TIM

I checked the photos of the restored car in the Popular Hot Rodding feature in 2008 (presumably the car Revell referenced in developing the kit). It does not have side mirrors, and it does not have side marker lights. TB

Full coverage of the 23rd Annual Camaro Superfest at the link....enjoy....TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2014-camarofest-23r-1/

Thanks Brett and Andy. Best Regards...TIM

Two cases....yikes!!!! Can't you buy just one box and verify the window size before you buy two cases worth??? What if I make a mistake??? (smile) TB

No changes to the fender flares.....TB

John....SRC.... Scott Richards Case (may have been Richardson as you note) was later shortened to SRC...their "Milestones" album was as good as any rock album produced in that era.....TIM PS - pretty amazing links you had there with these A2 based artists! tB

Felix.. I presume you are talking about the backlight/back of cab wall window ....I just checked the new kit against my original issue T500 kit....the cab back windows appear to the be same, or if not the same, very, very close to the original. If you haven't already done so, you can check out my photos of the kit contents (not a test shot) and commentary here... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-amt-t500-califo/ Best regards...TIM

Jay...thanks for the additional info. This is really hard to figure out...I just checked my kit again and it has none of the fit issues you describe (fitting it as a one piece unit). The fit is very good (in the context of a kit tooled in 1964/5). Makes me wonder if your kit had a faulty glass shot somehow??? Recommend you write to Round 2 and ask for a replacement glass unit. Don't know that it will solve the problem, but never hurts to try. Thanks again..>TIM

Richard Carroll was added to the International Model Car Builder's Museum under their new "Historic Famers" category meant to "recognize vintage builders for their great contributions to the advancement of our hobby". You can read about this in Model Cars #187, pages 10-11. Denny Johnson, Jim and Ray Yonts, Robert A. Smith, ,Richard Mike Johnson, Bob Nordberg, and Jerry Svikek were similarly honored. TB

We did manage to get Richard to one of the earlier NNL Nationals IIRC, to honor him and his work when their was an NNL Hall of Fame award each year. It was pretty impressive to see all his creations together in one setting. Richard, in my view, was more of an "artist" than a modeler. His creations were nothing less than contemporary art, using 1/25th scale car design as a medium.