tim boyd

..91 Blaze....my error, it's the "Turbosonic" dragster, not Turbonique as I said earlier (above post has been corrected). The kit is rare, but not super-rare. One came up for sale today, in fact, on that popular auction site. Might want to check it out....TIM

Here's another one no one has mentioned so far...it's the engine from the AMT "Turbosonic" (not Turbonique as I wrote earlier) Rear Engine Dragster kit circa 1973 or so. I used it for the Turbine powered drag boat shown here....and also shown with the cover project car from the May/June 2012 issue of Model Cars Magazine....more pictures at this link : http://public.fotki....ats-/page5.html Thanks for looking...TIM

Virgil, you got me thinking, in my case it's been 28 years since I left California....but I don't fully feel that I left because I get back there on business every other month or so. Still, when you walk out of LAX and smell that SoCal air...so fresh... Anyway, I'm game on this thread. Here are a few contributions.....thanks for starting this! TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/surfboards--woodies/ http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-1950s1960searl/ ...and since I can't seem to get the post to space down after this next picture, here's the link in advance: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-first-look-reve/new-first-look-reve/page4.html Thanks for looking! TIM

Harry, didn't know that. In the past the event photos I posted in "General" seemed to stay posted there. Of course, my Dad alway said that I couldn't see thinks that were right in front of my eyes...TB

Sorry for double-posting this topic. My original post last week disappeared from the folder I posted it to within a few minutes of being submitted and I could never find it. So I reposted the same topic today, to the same folder, and again it disappeared within a few minutes. I was finally able to determine that the admin reposting it in this new (at least to me) 1/1 scale folder. And what do you know, there was my old post as well. As I said, sorry for the duplication. I'll know better next time. TIM

http://public.fotki....ns-of-steel--1/ Thanks for looking...and let's see some cool 1/25th scale builds inspired by some of these cars...(and yes, I am starting on a '34 Five Window inspired in part by this car....). TIM

http://public.fotki....ins-of-steel- Thanks for looking....TIM

If you like Dune Buggies (with VW engines(!)), closeups of hot-rodded VW engines, Transporters, Campers, more VW Things than you've ever seen in one location, Karman Ghias (including a rare second-gen import), and even a 411 (or maybe it was a 412!), don't miss my Fotki site coverage of the 2012 Michigan VW Vintage Festival at Frog Park in Old Town, Ypsilanti. (Yes, this is the location about 1 1/2 blocks west of the world's oldest Hudson dealership and it is a terrific spot for an event like this). Take a look, and (hopefully)....enjoy! Best regards...TIM http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/11-scale-automotive/2012-michigan-vinta/

Skip...I think the previous links will remain OK, as though I rearranged and renamed many of the folders, the original fotki location code appears to me to be unaltered. Thanks for asking....TIM

.. with thousands of model and 1.1 scale automotive pictures. Everything should be much easier to find now. And, thanks for looking! http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/

Mopars had bolts that turned different directions on the wheel studs of the passenger side at least through the 1969 model year, and if I recall correctly, they did not change to clockwise tightening on all sides until the 1971 model year. And I agree, those Cragar S/S in the '65 El Camino, Chevelle Wagon, and '65 Grand Prix and (I believe, without checking) '65 Galaxie 500 AMT kits were as nice as any I've ever seen. Good luck with your project...TIM

Great job! TIM

Norm (as in Norm Veber, Replicans and Miniatures) has just finished a new resin package with hop-up and detail parts for the Manx engine. It's really well done. Recommend you contact him for further details - his ad is usually in the first few pages of the mag (each issue).... btw.he doesn't have a web site....I would imagine Gregg will get a sample soon and can show you the full details. TIM

Art's observations here align closely with my views on the topic. Added to all that, a new company was emerging that was starting to encroach on AMT's turf. MPC was still getting underway in 1966, but its founder was one of AMT's best executvies and the loss of that talent undoubtedly hurt them. But MPC would really hurt AMT by 1968, when they took away some of the prime yearly Promo contracts and fielded a diverse choice of pretty killer annual kits. I was once told that the '65 Galaxie was AMT's attempt to see if a Trophy-Series level of detail would help sell more annual kits. Evidently it did not work. But we got a really fine kit in the process. Best regards...TIM

Hmmmm....can you say _ _ _ _ _ _? Many, if we could only wish....TIM

Thanks Virgil....and best regards....TIM

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=56887 See the link above for photos of the MPC Hydro-Vee Charger Boat kit referenced by a number of you....thanks. TIM

Here's the box art. Unfortunately, the scale is larger than 1/25th (guessing between 1/16 and 1/20), but the kit itself is very nice, if somewhat simplified. I picked up mine off the 'Bay at around $85 IIRC, which was a very good deal as this kit is seldom seen and when it does appear, it can go for big bucks if there are multiple bidders. For more on 1/25th scale Drag and Ski Boats (this is for those who have not looked at my Fotki site before), see my Fotki album at the following link: http://public.fotki....yd-model-boats/ UPDATE 3 Feb 2013 - try this link if the above does not work... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-model-boats/boyd-boats-/ Thanks for looking....TIM

The Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose Dodge D700 Transporters. The matching, fully restored pair is featured in the new Traditional Rod and Kustom magazine....given the iconic appeal of the subject, such kits could have multi-generational sales appeal, and could support and entire reissue program of past Revell and Monogram "Hot Wheels" drag racing kits. Of course, the corporate guys at Mattel would have to moderate their Hot Wheels licensing fees to make such a deal viable (some licensing revenue is a whole lot better than no licensing revenue, guys!) A few years ago I would have totally dismissed such an idea, but with the success of Revell's '49 Merc, '57 Black Widow, Chopped '48 Ford, and Kurtis Midget kits, such a specialized and admittedly eccentric kit topic might actually be worthy of consideration. They would need to keep the detail of the kit somewhat simplified (but please, not a curbside!!!) to make the tool affordable. (That means leaving the tool boxes on the transporter bed without any interior detail, and molding the leaf springs with the chassis rails, for example.) To further recoup the investment to produce such a kit, according to TR&K the Mongoose transporter was originally sold by Chrysler to Sox and Martin, making the potential for a S&M transporter as a third licensed property off the tool. Of course, to make use of that, our friends at Revell would need to either 1) go ahead and tool up that all-new 1970 'cuda kit we've been begging for all these years....(turns out that the '70 S&M 'cuda Pro Stock was stunningly close to a factory stock 'cuda that year and would be an easy second derivative of a stock '70 'cuda kit...)...or 2) do a new '68 Cuda body on the '68 Dart Hemi GTS kit tool (but the wheelbase would have to be shortened for the 'cuda body)....or 3) find the old JoHan '71 S&M tool, buy it, and refurbish it (the tool must be around somewhere, and it still has the best bi-scale E body 'cuda body casting - tied with the MPC '70 'cuda kit - ever put to styrene). Of course, my vote would be for the new '70 'cuda as that would open up many kit spinoffs over subsequent years, just as Revell has done with their '32 Ford Street Rod series...but I digress. Oh well, just some random Good Friday dreamin' out at the Boyd model ranch.... Happy Easter everyone. TIM

Wow...well said Bruce! Now isn't that the truth???!!! TIM

Greg...where did you get these images or these kits? I have both the original issues of these kits but as far as I knew, they were the only issues. These are clearly different boxes, the overall art direction (font, layout, text) looks to be derived from the original kits but the photography is all new (for those of you who have never seen the original box art, the original kits had illustrations instead of photography). If you have these kits in your possession, is there anything (copyright date, date on back of decal, etc). that would indicate when the kit was reissued. Just when we thought we knew everything about the hobby....TIM

Don't look now, but Gregg and Harry snuck what appears to be a peak at the future into the Contest Issue. On page 27 there is a Model Cars subscription ad, and it caught my eye because I did not remember having seen John T's fabulous Blower Bentley in the mag. I looked a little closer and then I saw the photo of my own Allison Rayson-Craft how-to, which definitely hasn't appeared on the cover to date. I soon realized the ad included mockups of what appear to be the covers of the next two issues, alongside the current issue. Check it out. And congratulations to all whose work appeared in the Contest issue. Best regards....TIM

Slight correction here. None of the Revell '48 Ford kits have the Columbia two-speed from what I recall. The AMT Ertl 1941 Woody (as noted above - but just the stock version, not the street rod version), and the Revell Pro-Modeler 1940 Ford Convertible and subsequent stock-only tool derivatives (e.g. the1940 Standard Coupe) all have very well detailed Columbia rear ends. Hope that helps...TIM Best regards...TIM

Chris....just wanted to say....really nice job on this, the Chevy pickup history, and the Ramcharger history. Best regards....TIM BOYD