tim boyd

On the bottom right of page 17 of the new (#226) issue of Model Cars mag are two side view (profile) shots of the car in nearly completed form, with and without the splash aprons....TB

Same here on Sunday morning....TB

Bill....I remember the stir created by the clone at the Detroit Autorama a few years ago...a totally first class effort. And believe it or not there was a model car event a few weeks ago at the Galpin Motorsports facility in LA where the original is to be restored....you can see the UT in the background of a photo of the model car table (along with many others like the Hirohata Merc....) Best...TB

Wow....just wow! Thx for this post! TB

Noel....I recall it being a combo of two of the Testors Model Masters "One Coat" metalflake lacquers....one of the colors being the "Fiery Orange" (IIRCC) and maybe a coat or two in the middle of the "Revin' Red" color....TB

Bob....glad you finally found this....TB

OK...finally(!!!) you can see the result/finished project posted elsewhere on this MCM forum here as well as in the current (May/June 2025) issue of the magazine that covers all genres of scale modeling (as a how-to assembly story). Thanks all for yor ongoing interest and patience in waiting to see the final outcome...TIM

Dan and Larry...thanks for the comments! Cheers....TIM

Charles...a comparison to a Don Mongomery book is very high praise in my book....thanks for that. Mr. Montgomery once wrote me a very nice note after reading one of my Gasser Kit History articles in (I think it was) SA, A real gentleman and incredibly influential author, it turns out....TB

Hi Claude....thanks for the comments. As for Santa Barbara and a TROG PG....don't I just wish!!! TB PS - my original thought was to use the aprons but during final assembly I almost dropped them. IIRC the MCM article shows the mockup in both forms....if not, I will find and post a picture of that stage in the build. The original R&C feature car that partially inspired this one had the aprons, and in the end, I decided to keep them. But it was a close call as which way to go....TB

This is a completion of a model project idea I've been carrying around in my mind for about 45 years now, for a scale replica of a mildly updated Ford 1963 F100 Unibody pickup. It was started several years before the newly tooled Round 2 version of the 1963 F100 became available, though I was able to use a few parts from the new kit (grille, bumpers, hub caps) during the final completion of the project. The rest of the parts (chassis/suspension/engine/floorboard) came from the "Bumpside" series of Moebius kits, which also enabled a change in the front suspension to the later "Twin I Beam" design. The buildup details of the project can be found in the current (May/June 2025) issue of the other model magazine that covers all genres of scale kits. You can check out the details there (but only after you view the "New Build 1 of 2" project in the current Model Cars magazine Issue #226 please and read more about that one in the "Model Cars" section of the Under Glass Forum heading). In the magazine article, there was only room for one photo of the completed model so shown below are some other views/outtake images of the project. Thanks for checking this out, and happy to answer any questions you have. Best....TIM The next two photos show the nearly completed project next to a box stock build of the Round2 newly tooled 1963 F100 kit... ******

For those that do not read Model Cars magazine, here are some photos of a recently completed fairly major kitbash project. It was inspired by the discovery of a very, very cool set of tall/n/taller post-WWI racing tires in an old Heller Talbot Lago Grand Prix racer kit, as well as a fairly similar 1/1 scale build featured in Rod and Custom magazine before it stopped publishing. I started with the Round 2 AMT "mod rod" reissue of a few year ago of most (but not quite all) of the original c.1962 AMT Ala-Kart/'29 Model A Roadster Trophy Series Double Kit. Much of the engine came from the Navarro Flathead in the Revell 1948 Ford Chopped Custom Coupe with headers from VCG Resins by Reese. The front and rear suspension are from the new Moebius Keeler's Kustom Model T and Fiat Altered kits. The paint is a matte finish aerosol from the Tamiya TS paint catalog. The complete buildup with more info on the overall inspiration for the project as well is in the current Model Cars Magazine Issue #226. ***** For those that have seen the magazine issue, below are some of the unused/cutting room floor images from the article submission (MCM Art Director Tim K. had already devoted eight pages of the mag to the subject so there just wasn't room in the mag for any more images of the finished model). ***** Hope you like it...or....more importantly, that you might be inspired to try one of your own along somewhat similar lines... Happy to have answer any questions you might have...TIM PS - will be posting images of the new build #2 in the Pickups section of Under Glass... BTW I fixed the white resin inside the exhaust headers visible in the images below....many of the photos here are of the car before its last-minute refinements for the final MCM photo session.... *****

Very, very tasty, Phil. Needless to say, this is exactly my kind of model building....Best....TIM

I did a "Classic kits" column in the all-genre model magazine a year or so ago, about the Accurate Miniatures McLaren. It included a summary of assembly critiques from several respected modelers and some of the inside story on the kit development from one of the Accurate Miniatures principals. Might be worth searching out for those deeply interested in the kit... TB

The only two 1/24th-1/25th kits with fully accurate showroom stock 351 Clevelands are the Revell 1970 Mustang Mach 1 from about 15 years ago, and the new Revell 1971 Boss 351 Mustang kits. The others listed above worked as 351 Cleveland stand-ins (to varying degrees) until we finally got the fully accurate representations in these two kits listed here. Good luck with your project! TIM

As one who has long called out the kit on these subjects, the 1971 Charger R/T was not available with the split bench seat as provided in the AMT-Ertl kit. It is theoretically possible that someone might have been able to get one on a special-order basis, but it was not a regular production option. The exterior rearview mirror in the AMT-Ertl kit was standard equipment spec for a 1971 Charger R/T, so the kit represented the way a car that year could be ordered. But the dual sport racing mirrors, either in plated chrome form or with matching body color paint, was the way the vast majority of 1971 Charger R/Ts were spec'd (either by the ordering dealer or by a retail customer order) and delivered. Hope that clarifies the topic....TIM

What James said. For the record, I strongly pushed Revell to scan for the 'cuda project, including providing them with specific scanning sources (and costs) used in the 1/1 scale industry, but their view at the time was that they could not afford the costs of scanning, and especially the costs of taking the scanned data and converting it into a usable file for a model kit tool. This was around 2005 or so, and since then, scanning and processing costs have come down and a new leadership team is in charge at Revell. All I can say is to thank you know who that they did the scanning and processed the data for the '71 Mustang tool (just so we are clear, my understanding is that the Revell team and contractor stateside were involved in that project, along with the Revell team in Germany). I have no insider knowledge on the Jag tool so I cannot comment one way or the other on the kit tooling development for that project. TIM

About 20% of the kit parts content is different than the showroom stock/derby kit version. Don't have time to watch the video to see what he said, but as just three examples, this kit has a wood engraved pickup bed floor, mini-tubs, and an electric fan on the radiator ...TB

Big, big smile! Sure understand when you said you had fun with this build. Way to go Walter! TIM

Wow....really well done Dennis! I have long planned a build of the '74 cy '65 Belvy Super Stock, but like you, have found conflicting info on things such as the four-bar vs. non-four bar rear suspension. Kudos for going your own way. TB

Very, very cool! Great job too on the "marbled" look on the cockpit side panels...TB

Bill....interested in seeing this one progress when you have the time! I did one nearly three decades (!) ago....removed the cab back seat reinforcement rib....used (I think) the AMT '34 Ford pickup bed with the side moldings filed off (to reset the bed to the shorter '32 Ford frame from the Revell hot rod series), etc, etc. Good luck with yours...TB

Very, very cool! TB

Ran across this thread again while looking for Dennis' latest projects....certainly among the finest '27T Turtledeck models I've ever seen. Well worth another look, guys. And kudos to DL for doing the right thing vis-a-vis selling it to help give his wife a wedding and a new home. Big picture priorities well sorted here. TB

Update - upon very close inspection (body now out of the clear plastic baggy) I see just a hint of sink marks on both B-pillars. Comparing it to the original 1988 issue, it is about 15% of the size of the original sink marks; in reality, just about undetectable. If you paint the engraved vinyl roof with a flat/matte finish to the paint (as you should) I doubt anyone would notice it on a built model this time. That's what I plan to do....will report back when done. Best...TB