tim boyd

Model A's you say? Sure..///here are a couple that fit in with the general build theme here....and guys, some mighty fine work among the various pictures you've posted. Cooollll! TIM ...built 28 years ago, before this build style became popular again; inspired by Andy Southard's book on 1950's hot rodding... Built 38 years ago, inspired by Pat Ganahl's '29 A on '32 rails model car kitbash story in Street Rodder magazine circa 1975.... OK, for this last one, I see I've been "fotki'ed" again (finding missing pictures of this model due to their "relocation of the server to Estonia" saga. Hopefully the full pictures of this one will be restored. It's a '29 A lowboy roadster, built early 1960's style, with a Buick Nailhead 425 from the AMT '40 Willys'32 ford Custom Trophy Series kit ala 1963. The paint is '59 Buick Lido Lavendar from MCW Automotive. Here's a closeup shot that still remains in the folder... More photos of these and other A's at the link....TB http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-street-rods-ra/boydstreetrodsratro/

Danno...the color was MCW Automotive Paint in '71 Mopar Code GY9 Dark Gold Metallic. Thanks for the compliment! TIM

Ron...thanks for those additional super-cool project pictures. Like you, I was just a little too young to get my dream car - in my case, a new '71 Charger SE with the 440 Magnum and the 15" Goodyears/Rally Wheels. And now that I think about it, as Mike did above, I think I got my racing mirrors from the AMT-Ertl '708 Challenger as well, not the Revell T/A as I said above. I did eventually get a pretty good substitute - a factory ordered '74 Plymouth RoadRunner with the E58 360 hi-po, and among other things, the Interior Décor group what you've replicated in your build above. Which as you have shown, used the same bucket and bench seat sew pattern as that '71 Charger SE. Here are a couple of pictures (apologies to you and anyone else if you've seen these before). For anyone interested in my '74 RR, more details at the link. http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tims-11-scale-cars-/tims-11-scale-cars/ Best regards! TIM

Bernard...thanks a bunch...I've been building the '50 Olds Custom this week and was trying to remember who offered that interior. Best regards...TIM

While I don't have the 1972 first issue kit to compare it to, I got the new kit last week from one of on-line vendors, and it appears to be a straight reissue of that initial kit version, including the decals. As with the original issue, there is no car on the transporter. Looks really good - I recently completed a kitbash of another truck using this transporter body. Another Model Cars Forum member posted a similar conversion in the Truck section of this forum a few months back and did a great job with it. TIM

Danno...completely agree with you on those pinstripe decals. I've been trying to come up with a paint scheme that would let me use those two-tone magenta/white pinstrpie decals (you can only see the magenta in my photo, the white ink is not visible in my photo for some reason). TIM

Ron....great job on that Charger, and the RR too! I think I used the racing mirrors from the Monogram/Revell '70 Challenger T/A on my builds of the '71 Charger R/T....TIM

Wow! Fadeaways plus working doors no less! Great build! TIm

James...super sharp build of a kit that is very difficult to get to look presentable. Really cool that you used the Cad grille option! TIM

Most, if not all, of the stock suspension parts are in the "Custom" kit....TIM

Tom...both the front and rear suspensions are lowered....see the pix at my link posted above for more details. Best regards...TIM

OK guys, here's a complete, illustrated blow-by-blow description of what's new in the second version of the '50 Olds tool, as well as what is no longer there. Make sure to click on each individual picture so you can see the written explanation that goes with it. Thanks for looking...TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-revell-50-olds--1/

Richard....what a great thread and build project! I was looking at this thinking how bulding styles and trends in the street rod/hot rod world (and the model car world) have changed over the last several decades. I did my own chopped '31 Tudor - the original chop job was shown in one of the earlier "modeler's corner" columns (circa 1978) that I did for Street Rodder magazine, and the completed model was shown finished in "modeler's corner" around 1994 or 1995 (yes, it took 15 years to complete it), - just before I had to give up the column due to my 1.1 scale career progression. I'll see if I can get some photos taken and posted. But in the meantime, GREAT JOB! and congratulations on what you have achieved! TIM

SVT Contours were terrific cars!!!! Wnere I live, you never seldom see any regular Contours left, but there are still plenty of SVT Contours running around....TIM

OK guys...here are a couple of shots of the Dennis Caudell and Tim Boyd A/SR dragsters that were brought to and displayed together at the NNL Nats #34 in Toledo, Ohio, a few weekends ago. Plenty more pix of drag cars (and lotsa other stuff) at the link.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/model-car-events-co/2013-nnl-nationals-34/ TIM

And speaking of the MEL, for 1958 there was a Mercury "Mauruader" version, a three-two barrel setup IIRC, that boasted a factory horsepower rating of 400 (again, IIRC). Which did make it the most powerful factory-stock engine in the car business that year. For a very short period of time that followed, the MEL was a hot ticket for the supercharged drag racing classes (mostly rail dragsters and a few drag boats), because in part it could be bored and stroked to 500 cubic inches. By 1961 other engines (most notably the first gen Chrysler Hemi) had taken over as the "hot" setup for blown drag racing engines. TB

Correctamundo, Chuck! Cheers,...TIM

Horse - this would be a cool conversion! Just for the record, this engine is actually a Ford "MEL" V8 (Mercury/Edsel/Lincoln), the 1958-1968 model years replacement for the early-mid1950's Lincoln Y-Block. Unlike the Lincoln Y-Block, which has never seen an accurate 1/25th scale replica, the MEL was found in four kits - the AMT'25T you mention, AMT's 1962-1965 Lincoln annual kits, a different version in AMT's 1966-69 Continental Annual kits, and (mostly) in the super-rare Aurora '22 T Double Kit. Good luck with your project...TIM

We might have had a Lincoln Y-Block V8 as the engine for this kit, instead of the Caddy. Several of us provided reference material, but the logstics just didn't work out. But I sure give them a lot of credit for thinking of it! TIM

Guys....if you are going to rebin posts to other folders, it would be nice if you could advise the poster, as well as any others who were already following the post. Thanks in advance for your consideration....TIM

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Pavel...that is one spectacular model project you've completed there. Congratulations! TIM

Very, very nicely done. Congratulations! TIM

Tom...that is highly impressive modeling work! TIM