tim boyd

Very cool Tim, thanks for sharing! Jim Kampmann

Pete...thanks...and when the time comes on your build, please show us! TIM

A couple more more pictures.... As originally built... ...and as later modified...

Thanks Joe. Yeah, I was looking at that parachute tonight and thinking that I need to refinish it in my "signature" flat dark olive drab military flats color. I never got around to adding a carb throttle linkage - the only detail missing from the engine compartment. And there are about ten other fine tuning points I'd like to do some day...well maybe not ten, but five? TIM Bill...Stephen, thanks for your comments! TIm

Thanks Joe. Sure - it was Black Gold House of Kolor "Blueberry" Pearl Clear spray, over Black Gold House of Kolor Silver Metatllic. The white stripes were, IIRC, from the "BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH Yankee" 'cuda funny car decal sheet from Slixx. Best regards...TIM

I posted a couple pictures of this in the Rat Roaster thread under kit reviews, and it made me think that I don't think I've ever posted details of this build here in the Drag Racing Forum, which is where it really belongs. Here was the model as originally completed. After the magazine how-to article about three years ago, I continued to modify the car, adding a small windshield visor, changing the headers from zoomies to SuperStock style spaghetti style which is more accurate for a carbed engine, yanking the tiny push bars for a more substantial unit, adding parachute and wheelie bars, remounting the IP at a more realistic angel, and tweaking a few other details. Here's the car after those mods... There are about 20 pictures including closeups of the engine, etc. at the link: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-drag-racing-do/boyd-drag-racing-do/page5.html Thanks for looking...>TIM

Dennis Doty tells an interesting story about this...turns out the boat was a product of a side company run by one of AMT's executives back in the day. The "west" in "westcraft" came from part of his last name. Building on Don's note, I agree that it onlly came in this one kit. It is available as a resin rebop, however, from either Replicans and Mi niatures of Maryland or Scale Equipment Limited (doing this from memory guys, so any corrections are welcome!) Also, thanks everyone for your feedback on my original post. Best regards..TIM

Fantastic! Thanks for the update...great choice! TIM

I agree with Alan on the black box art version having all the drag parts except for the wheels. I just checked my Model King reissue of the '67 Cyclone AWB and the wheels in that kit are slotted Halibrands, but not the same tooling as the Sock it To Me versions. I wonder if Model King changed the tool when they reissued it - or maybe AMT changed it back when they did the Street Freak series (assuming this kit was part of the Street Freak series - I can't recall). TIM

Gerald...you can contact Round 2 and they will send you a replacement frame.....TIM

Steve & Don....really? I bought several of what I thought were the most recent '62 Corvette reissues and the slots were nowhere to be found. Thanks for the heads-up...and I guess that bodes well for the redone Sock it To Me. TIM

The Sock it to Me decals from the original 1969 Trophy Series release fit the new Revell '62 Corvette body perfectly. Hopefully the ones from the new reissue will do the same. TIM PS - the original Sock it to Me has some VERY nice narrow'n'deep Halibrand 5 slot mags - the fronts molded with open hubs (bearing caps showing), which made it through to the Countdown Series reissue but were replaced in subsequent issues by the late 1970's ribbed ("Cyclone II?") wheels....hopefully AMT will restore these slot mag wheels in their original form, because they are perfect 1960's vintage pieces and I've never seen them rendered in this way in any other 1/25th scale kit. TB

I built the original issue of this kit over one weekend soon after it was introduced, and encountered no issues along the way. In fact, it was probably the best Revell 1/25th scale kit ever at the time it was released. Can't comment as authoritatively on the reissues over the years....but the posters above make some good points on how it can be improved even further... TIM

Gerald....I bought several of the kits and they had either perfect frames or ones that were just ever so mildly twsted - easy to twist back into shape. This one, however, looks very poor. You should ask for a replacement. I am aware of one other modeler - a very well respected drag racing modeler - who got a kit with warpage similar in scope to yours. I've notified my contact at Round 2 about both your frame and that of the other builder. Overall,,,,it's a good kit (with some minor build issues that can be dealt with) - please don't let this one bad experience keep you from trying to build it. Best regards...TIM

Very cool subject and pictures. I was thinking of building a Chevy Ratmotor FD using the new Young American without the front body panels....these engine picks would be a great reference for that project. Thanks...TIM

Super Sharp! All the details are perfect. Congrats...TIM

Brett...thanks for the comprehensive review and everyone else, thanks for weighing in with your points of view. As for me....the thought of an SBC in a FORD hot rod makes me noxious. I can understand (sort of) why you'd do this in a historically correct recreation of a Deuce icon like the McMullen Roadster - or any Deuce built from the mid 1950's - late 1960's. But once the small block Ford became available at affordable used prices, there really was and still is little justifiable explanation for defacing a Ford product with a Chevy engine. Just as putting a Ford engine in a '69 Camaro wouldn't make sense either. I guess I had a silent hopeful thought that in doing this kit, Revell would have chosen not to put in the SBC parts and instead would have done a 5.0L Ford with the Rat Roaster induction system (or an FE Ford, or a 385 series SuperCobraJet, or 351 Cleveland, or..well, I think you get my point here). Now any of THOSE would have been yet another reason to buy multiple copies of this kit. A generic as heck SBC? Not on your life. OK, rant over. Realize I'm in the minority here, but that's how I feel! It will be interesting to buy and build a new '32 Ford Hot Rod kit, but it will have to go a wide and long way to top the first build I did of the circa 1996 Revell Deuce 3 Window! TIM PS - I too sense that a more traditional hot rod chassis might eventually be in the offing, but maybe not exactly in the form we'd expect, and certainly not in the near term future. I have NOT heard this from anyone inside Revell, Round 2/AMT, or the other manufacturers, but I have heard tidbits from outside sources. Time will tell....TB

Here's what it looks like painted in MCW '53 Cadillac Pastoral Blue. This one was completed around five years ago using the Rodder's Journal article as the key reference. It also contains the correct, original issue styrene molded tires. 17 more photos including detail shots at this link.... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-gassers/page2.html Thanks for looking...TIM

Rob, you are correct, it was based on the promo convertible body. It was nicely done and this reissue will be very appreciated. TIM

The very first issue (circa 1968) of the '33 Willys had bodycolor styrene molded front and rear tires (rather than black vinyl molded tires.) They were nicely done and somewhat unique in shape/diameter from the more normal AMT Trophy Series tires back then. TIM .

John....what a great project! Can't wait to see more details when you get around to it. You probably alreadyknow this, but Jack Smith at Top End Decals has the correct livery for this project... Best regards...TIM

Terry....here is one....an Anglia Gasser completed in fall, 1966 with a Hemi from the Double Dragster, a front suspension from the AMT '55 Nomad Gasser version, and a one-piece liftoff front end. Yes, that is a piece of the blue "Plexi" window material hanging down from its former location as the rear quarter window! TIM

John...don't you dare touch that model (smile). Not only does it look terrific, it's a signpost along the way in your journey to becoming the terrific modeler you are today. On my fotki site I have some models posted that I built as long as 47 years ago. Lotsa mistakes in those! But some of them are among the most popular (judged by page views and comments) on the whole site. Not that I feel strongly about this or anything.... Best regards...TIM

Round 2 has even gone so far as to spring for the flourescent orange ink on the box top (which I had never noticed until they mentioned it to me) so that the new box matches the 1968 vintage original. And supposedly the decals look even better than the originals....(I won't even begin to mention what I had to do to salvage the original decals I used in my build referenced by Brent above...)_ TIM

GTX - thanks for that link...a very cool reference site. Includes info on color keyed exterior component options. All - Be aware that if you click on the color charts tab, the colors chips shown are a generic listing for ALL 1971 Dodge colors....the A, B (Charger) and E body Dodges did not offer every color listed here. For instance, Indigo (a super-rare color btw) and Turquoise were not available on B-bodies. TIM