tim boyd

Yes...the distributor on Ford Y-Blocks angles toward the passenger side of the engine compartment.....TIM

I got mine today as well, and yes you are definitely going to want to check it out. I started by '62 Vette Gasser about three weeks ago and it is about 75% done. Definitely not a clone of the two in Hot Rod, but braodly similar in flavor. Another highlight of this issue was Thom Taylor's article on the Ashley Web Roadster built by her father Dan Webb. I know Dan and Thom both pretty well, and watched that roadster come together in Dan's shop, so the article was a very interesting read on a number of levels. TB

Cliff....terrific theme/concept and build. Congratulations! TIM

Update from the "Nothing is easy when it comes to kitbashing" department: When I added the 1/4 window/backlight piece from the AMT '62 Corvette to the roof from the same kit, and placed it on the Revell '62 Corvette body, I found that the quarter windows are recessed too far inward to line up withthe Revell cockpit, which is wider in width than the AMT '62 Corvette. So,....onto trying the up roof from some of the other C1 Corvette kits....or else I can cut away the quarter windows and move them outward while still being recessed slightly from the exterior roof panel (which would give a more realistic appearance anyway). If none of that works, then onto one of the "up" convertible tops from C1 kits various....TIM

*************** I tried the AMT '62 Corvette roof last weekend on my Revell '62 Corvette GASSER project and it fits perfectly, just as described by Duntov. Haven't check out how it fits with the quarter windows added, that's a project for this weekend! TIm

The Rider's on Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor was the original store in the chain. Both Chuck Helppie and I knew the co-owners very well - we ran model contests for them for several years after they bought it out in the early 1970's from the original Mrs. Rider. From what I understand, the two remaining stores are in Flint (West on Corunna road off I75) and the Grand Rapids store. Both are doing well. TIM \\\\\\\\\\\\\

Corey...that's a shame. Years ago there was a terrific Riders Hobby Shop on the south side of Kazoo.....do you ever go up to the Riders that is still on 28th St SE in GR? TIM

Same three green bars here and no response, probably occurs 25% of the time I try to post....TIM

Wayne...thanks for the review, like you I've been waiting many years (decades, almost four of them!) for this reissue. John G. at Round 2 said that they were able to get some fresh photography for the box art; without pulling out my old empty box, it does look like a slightly different picture on the box top in Wayne's post. I ordered mine from Round 2 yesterday, hopefully it will be arriving sometime late this week. **************** For anyonewho is not familiar with this kit, the original replicated what was in effect Don Garlits' last evolution of his Front Engine dragster series, and MPC introduced it in 1970 IIRC. It was reissued only once in this form, around 1973, wearing the "Young American" livery reproduced with this new Round 2 kit offering. The engine and frame were reused once more for a Fiat-bodied competition coupe from MPC in the mid 1970's. Since then, it's been on hiatus, all these years. Just in case anyone is wondering, the kit shares nothing with the earlier MPC "Ramchargers" kit, other than the tall drag slicks. Best regards....TIM

****************** I just got my kits at Nankin Hobby in Farmington Hills today. Turns out the Hood Pull pictured above is part #105 on the chrome parts tree, which is present in the kit but omitted from the parts listing on the instruction sheet. Even more interesting are the parts directly above the hood pull on the close-up of the parts tree above, which are parts #21 and #22, which make up a Paxton blower assembly to my eyes. They are are also omitted from the parts listing on the instruction sheet. These are also included in the first issue kit parts tree, so in addition to the stock four barrel and dual four barrel options, the first issue kit also includes at least a portion of the Paxton blower assembly. Pretty cool! TIM

Casey...this is the third time I've tried to respond to your note....\\\\\\\\\\\ Let's see if I can make it stick this time. I don't recall the mold parting oine being as exagerated as the one in your photo. It was even all the way across., and very, very light in totality. I bought my kit the first day it officially went on sale. I had to have the guys at Nankin Mills Hobby go back in the storeroom to fish it out - it wasn't even on the shelves yet. So presumably it would be relatively early in the kit's production run. Best regards and again, sorry for the delay in responding, I tired first yesterday just after you posted. TIM

Bernard and the rest following thsi thread - Some years back, I set out to build a couple of these cars, using the PartsPacks I had accumluated rather than the mega-expensive kits (I had grabbed one of these kits many years ago before they began to command triple digit prices). I soon found out that Revell had made subtle changes to some of the Parts Packs that were included in the Double Kits to allow them to actually fit together as a complete model. They weren't big changes, and there weren't alot of changes, but comparing the kits and the Parts Packs side by side, there WERE some changes. Alas, I don't remember exactly what the changes were. Best regards...TIM

I love projects like this, and this one perfectly captures the timeless appeal of this kit. Thanks for posting Dennis! TIM

Yesterday I started working on the Revell '62 Corvette for a future Gasser project I have underway. Like many of us, I was a little put off by the location of the parting line across the front, just above the "Corvette" letters. Well, I've just changed my mind. It took less than a minute with an X-Acto knife to scrape away the parting line, without touching the Corvette lettering. This was helped in that the parting lines on this body are amongst the finest (read well-done) I've ever seen on a kit. Really guys, it was a breeze. I haven't painted the body yet, so I'll post an update later if I run into any trouble after the paint goes, at which point the reflective surface would highlight any residual issues with the parting lines. Just goes to show (once again), you can't really judge a kit appropriately until you build it. Best regards...TIM

Thanks Greg for the info....TIM PS - good luck with straightening out after the move. I did that a bunch of times earlier in my career and man I feel you pain, even to this day! TB

I can speculate that the hardtop roof will be in a subsequent issue of this kit. I can also speculate that there might a gasser-type version, but how much it might actually be changed from the stock version tooling would be a big question in my mind. TIM PS - no insider knowledge here, just guessing! TB

Daddy...I dind't know about the Sizzler parts in the S'cool bus. Which parts made the leap? Thanks for the insight on that one! TIM UPDATE - in reading the rest of this thread, I see some are questioning this. I have the Sizzler kit but not sure I have the S'Cool Bus...wonder if anyone can pull out the kits and look (and photographs would be even better). I think it somewhat unlikely that an old kit like the Sizzler would have been used to source the Daniell one-off's like the S'cool....that's why this statement caught my interest. TIM

Well you will have, it you click on this link! Thanks for looking....TIM http://public.fotki....d-on-line-ho-4/ Step # 3. We started building the kit by gluing the "hard tail" (i.e., lacking a rear suspension) frame together and painting it a Tamiya Dark Blue Metallic...

Cobra....right you are. I took after the paint with three successive applications of The Treatment for Model Cars wax. As usual, expecially with 29 year old paint, polished up really nicely. Now mind you, there is no way this paint job would be considered acceptable by today's Micro-Mesh super smooth standard, but for the early 1980's, it wasn't bad. Best regards...TIM

In my continuing series of 10, 20, and 30 year or more projects that are now reaching completion comes this buildup of the subject AMT kit. The original body was painted, decaled, and trimmed back in 1983 or so as part of an article on using 1/144 scale airline decals to easily replicate early 1980's graphic treatments on model cars without getting involved in complex painting and taping operations. The project never progressed beyond that until this October, when I got the bug to pull it out (for what, the 100th time?) and (for the first time) actually finish it. This was a semi-quickie, "slump buster" type build, so it won't win any awards for detail or quality of workmanship. But it is a fun project, and the On-Line article gives you a pretty good idea of what it is like to build the kit, as well as some hints to assure a better outcome. Take a look at the link directly below for this, and other Boyd On-Line How-To projects if you haven't seen them before. And, as always, thanks for looking! TIM http://public.fotki....d-on-line-ho-3/

As noted above, the '66 Mustang kit has newly tooled Goodyear Polyglas GT in F60 and L60 sizes. They are very, very nicely done. The L60's look more like G60's or H60's to me, but that is of little concern given how sharp these are. And yes, I'll be buying more of these kits to get 'em. The drag slicks are also very sharp. TIM .

Wow! Can't wait to see this progress....brilliant idea on the parachute body....TIM

http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/model-car-events-co/2012-nnl-nationals--2/ For 30 photos of some of the coolest Gassers at the NNL Nats #33, click on the above link. All builders are identified and additional details are provided for each model. Here is a teaser photo of what you can see there...and thanks for looking. TIM

http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/model-car-events-co/2012-nnl-nationals-/ Click on the link above for individual, detailed coverage of each of the nearly 20 models from 10 different builders that participated in the "Cult Theme" at the 2012 NNL Nationals. The imagery is provide in super-high res pictures shot in F/22 for full depth of field, and presented in my preferred "table shots" format (which provides a better sense of the environment at the event - just as full size street machines and rod runs are photographed with real backgrounds instead of studio settings). Each of the models shown below is fully explained in the album Here's an overall shot of the participants in the "1/25th scale 1946-48 Fords" Cult Theme this year: Thanks for your interest, and thanks for looking. TIM

Steve...thanks for those pictures! TIM