tim boyd

Been watching this thread for some time now. Excellent info and pictures; thanks guys! One thing no one has mentioned so far - at least that I saw from scanning the three pages of info here: I've been working for some time now on a C800 kitbash, and after building up the stake chassis, I was surprised at how short it was. Went to my kit stash and found the old AMT C800 Delivery Van (mid-late 1970's issue) and was stunned to figure out that it features a third wheelbase (the other two being the tractor and the stakebed frames). This one is significantly longer than the other two, and thus includes an extra crossmembers and a carrier bearing for the (now) two-piece driveshaft. The good news, of course, is that this is the version that will be reissued later this year with the Pepsi livery. Best regards...TIM

Guys...which of these kits have actual, stand-alone separate engine castings in them (not the cop-out approach Tamiya took with their Aston Martin kit - not that I feel strongly about that or anything ) And of the ones with "real" engines....what is a good place to buy them on line if my favorite local model store (the Hobby Cave, in Ypsilanti, Michigan) doesn't have them in stock? Thanks..TIM

Oh Noooo!!!!! TB :

Harry...starting around 1970/71, some funny cars retained their on-board starter motors, but had a dual-prong plug setup (usually on the frame near the starter) when a remote battery cart setup could be "plugged in" to run the starter. Shortly after that (within 2 or 3 years), the more common blower drive pulley cage and remote starter motor became the more prevalent setup. I included this "plug" feature in my completely scratchbuilt chassis in in 1970 Charger "Tommy Ivo" funny car set completed early in 1972. I need to check my Fotki folder to see if it is visible in any of the photos I posted. Best regards....TIM UPDATE...OK...you can just see it here....look along the driver's side lower frame tube (top of picture here), halfway between the front axle and the exhaust headers...you can see the two battery "plugs" recessed inside the lower frame tube, just to the right of the remote (in bright red). This was patterned right after 1/1 scale funny cars back then. For more photos, see http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-scale-funny-cars-/boyd-funny-cars-models/

Steve...I have a very similar project to this underway right now. Yours looks great. One question...what are you using for the diamond plate/tread plate areas on your tranporter bodies? Thansk and best regards....TIM

Guys....I was told this directly, in writing, by one of the most senior people at Revell Monogram, within the last 12 months. I've known him for 35 years and he's never lied to me yet. For what it's worth....TIM

The 'cuda is now scheduled for very late this year. TB

http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2013-concours-deleg/ 275 photos from this year's event are posted at the link above. Great modeling ideas abound! Thanks for looking. TIM

Craig////glad to help out. Make sure and post photos when your project gets underway.....Best Regards...TIM

Steven...the JoHan AMC's all have a half-baked conversion of the earlier first gen AMC V8, which is much different from the second generation V8 yiu want. Actually, your best bet is to start with the AMT Gremlin kit 304 as it is correctly tooled and is from the same engine family as the 401 . The difference in size between the two blocks is almost invisible in 1/25th scale. Good luck with your project - sounds very cool. TIM

Your best choice are the narrow/deep Cragars that were in the original MPC "Telephone T" Carl Casper kit. These carried over into the "Mummy Machine" and "Paul Reverr and the Raiders Coach" kits also from MPC. The Raiders Coach kit was reissued by AMT-Ertl a number of years back and is easy to find/cheap to buy on that auction site. That kit also contains two additional (what would be scale 20" Cragar wheels) for the back of the coach. Here's a photo showing the wheels as referenced above. TIM

Southern....look closely at the Galaxie '48 Chev body around the leading edge of the front doors (before you adde the front fenders with their extensions....) - yes, the Galaxie Chevies were designed/tooled to support a '41 vintage kit down the road. Let's hope the new '48 Coupe kit sales justify a future investment to tool up the '41. Like you, that's my favorite PreWWII Chevy body style. TIM

Ace....Gary is redoing the Sedan kit with the lower trim series (getting rid of the metal transfers, and adding appropriate series badging on the hood), then adding these optional wood panels. They frames will be separate styrene parts, with the inserts being decals to duplicate the Di-Noc original. Both this modified reissue and the coupe kit should be available in the fall if everything stays on schedule, according to Gary. Here are some photos and commentary on the Coupe test shot I received about six weeks ago. Best regards....TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-galaxie-limited-1/

http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2013-goodguys-natio/2013-goodguys-natio/

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Ray....cool....tell us a little more about the Fiat Competition Coupe and the Studebaker/rail.....thanks TIM

************ John....thanks a bunch, and I am equally impressed with all the work you've posted in this thread. But out of all of them, my al-time favorite HAS to be that outrageous 4-engined fuel altered drag boat and van combo. INCREDIBLE! I need to catch up with you sometime when I'm on the west coast....Best regards...TIM

Finally, there are several drag-racing themed On-Line How-To articles at this link...http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyd-on-line-mo/ As an example, here's one that I started back around 1973-4 but only completed last year....a buildup of the extremely well detailed JoHan Mickey Thompson '72 Mustang kit. http://images58.fotki.com/v612/photos/6/998986/9961957/DSC_0193-vi.jpg It's a complete, 39-step article showing each step of construction and the completed project. Thanks for looking and may this thread survive and thrive for months and year to come! TIM

....from the Funny Car Folder comes this vintage '70 Charger funny car with a Gene-Snow style, completely scratchbuilt chassis. This had several features completely new for models back then....such as a fully detailed blower backfire valve and header braces....and a fully working front suspension. More pictures of this and others at the link...http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-scale-funny-cars-/boyd-funny-cars-models/

...and from my Drag Racing Door Slammers folder.... ..comes this SuperStock Barracuda that I built back in the mid 1980's. I used the article by our own Bill Coulter chronicling his Sox and Martin 'cuda SuperStock as reference in building this one... ...folllowed by a box stock buildup of the Ohio George Montgomery "Multi-Maverick" with a phantom paint scheme and Mr. Gasket livery... ...and finally, this mockup of a '56 Chevy 210 DelRay Gasser... ...much more at the link. http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-drag-racing-do/boyd-drag-racing-do/

Looks like it's been about a year and a half since I last posted any pictures here...so these are my latest contributions toward keeping this thread alive.... Before we get started, just a huge KUDO's to everyone who has posted in this thread....just spent a couple of hours going back through it and the variety and ingenuity of your drag models is just stunning. WAY TO GO for everyone who has posted in this link. OK then, lets' kick off with a couple of dual-engine dragsters from my Rail Dragsters folder....http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-rail-dragsters/boyd-rail-dragsters/ Thanks for looking. TIM

And here is a link to albums with full coverage of the NNL Nationals in Toledo....including "cult themes" from 2012 going all the way back to 2007 http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/model-car-events-co/ Best regards...TIM

Terry...that would be it! Thanks...TIM

Tom's description is very accurate except for a minor detail...the first ever NNL took place on Tom Woodruff's garage in central Ohio in the summer of 1980...Tom, Chuck Helppie and I invited all the former MPC Contest winners that we could track down to an event that would feature NO competition. In the end, six people showed up, the three of us, Andy Martin (the same guy mentioned in Tom's post above and a regular on this board, Bob Bost, and Gary Dale. We had a ball. This soon evolved into the fall event at Toledo that Tom describes, taking place the Saturday night before the Toledo Toy Show. But unlike today's NNL's that run out of steam in late afternoon, back then we would go late into the evening...maybe even to midnight or beyond...heh we were young! The 33rd annual NNL Nats was last fall....located no more than about five milles northwest ot the infamous Toledo turnpike Motel where our first hugely successful (at least for the time) NNL took place - the Merc Deuce reunion. Best regards...TIM