tim boyd

Bill....been watchin' this Bad Boy from the start, and enjoying not only the project but your narrative to go with it. Needless to say, love the "no Chevy in a Ford" statement and your so-inspired choice of an early Olds to power the rod. I did the same with my '30A Replicas and Miniatures (pix below) build about ten years ago, and at that time I used the J2 Olds from the then-just-introduced Revell '50 Olds Custom kit. It's a terrifically detailed engine, but I do recall that the oil filter (if I am remembering the details correctly) stuck out from the lower passenger side engine block and hit the frame...it had to be reoriented as the 1/1 boys were doing (Ross Engines), again if I am rememering correctly. I can't quite identify which kit your Olds comes from (most alternatives are very good IMHO) but just wanted to pass along a "watch out for" on the oil filer if you run into it. As for which engine color, it might be related to your exterior/interior/wheels color scheme. Any ideas so far on that subject? Anyway, very much looking forward to the fun of watching this one come together! Cheers....TIM

Very sharp Jonathon....glad to hear you did not have any real issues....thx for sharing....TB

Very, very cool Chuck!!!! TB

Jay....looking over this, it's very easy to see why Rick was so effusive. Really creative concept, and excellent construction. Big congrats and thanks for sharing here...TIM

Here's a box stock buildup of the Connie Kalitta version of the MPC Mustang Funny Car kit from Round 2 about ten years ago (+/-). Presumably this new release would be the same kit with new decals TB

Craig, Chuck, and Bob: Today I checked on the Roadster (built in 2015) and the Five Window Coupe (built in 2021?) that used the whitewall decals. On the 2015 build (where I had to use a ton of MicroSol to get the rar whitewalls to settle down), there were a few spots where the decal had pulled away ever so slightly from the tire, and the front whitewall decals had some minute wrinkles that were not there originally, but it both cases you had to look really hard to see them. In the 2021 build, the decals looked fine but in handling the model, the rear whitewalls have developed a sticky surface of sorts. Neither situation would be enough to keep me from doing this process again, but does suggest that there may be a few mid-long term tradeoffs of sorts....TIM

Hey Dan, yes I'm out here, and yes I just watched the video. So, so cool that you chose to do this project, and share it with us. Honestly, when I did this one some 35 years ago, I never, never even remotely dreamed it would inspire someone to do a such an exact duplicate so many years later. As far as the colors go, I think your choices are actually closer to the original than you give yourself credit for, particularly when seen at the end of the video under bright lighting. I also think your choice of front tires is actually more era-appropriate than what i did. And, of course, you are spot on with regards to your substitution of the front suspension for the modern era Revell '32 Ford components, as i recall getting the front end stance right was the biggest pain of that whole build, and the new parts take away that problem as your results show. The resulting finsihed model is truly a tribute to the original, and a very fine one at that. Anyway, great job, and it is hard to convey exactly how I feel right now, so just let me sum up by saying a very big "thank you"!!!! TIM

Mike....terrific family of Jo-Hans. My favorites are your '64 Polara convert and your '65 300 hardop....thanks for sharing! TB

LOOKIN' really good, Bill....steady as she goes! Cheers....TIM

After having Phil add photos of his intended GSL same kit entry to this thread, anyone else who built a model for this event but was not able to attend is welcome to add photos of your project in this thread....have at it, guys!!!! TIm

What Hector said just above. Also very, very cool that you fixed the rear wheel well openings back to factory stock too! Thanks for posting, Phil! TB

Martin...that is one fine, fine project you just finished. Very envious of your underhood detail in particular. And you photos/backdrop are spectacular, too! Way to go! TIM

Great job, all. Anyone else have a '29A closed cab hot rod project inspired by Dennis' build thread you'd like to share with us here? Thanks in advance.... TIM

MW....terrific build and conversion! As you may have heard, I was the 1/1 scale Ford SVT Sales and Marketing Manager and overall team leader when the 1996 SVT Mystic Cobra was announced and produced. It was a really interesting project, as you might have guessed. Team Mustang, Ford Dearborn Assembly, Ford Division, our SVT certified dealers, and of course, BASF all contributed to make this project a success. I remember driving our SVT marketing team crazy with my insistence that they photograph the car in such a way to show the degree of color shift. In the end, mission was accomplished, but I have to say your photos do a great job of doing that as well... (For those of you unfamiliar with the SVT Mystic Cobra project, there is a whole passionate internet group these days who research, celebrate, and in some cases, collect/own these cars. They have uncovered countless factoids about these cars, and while I wouldn't claim to know otherwise, some of them go well beyond my own understanding of the project at the time. Including the info that Saleen ran a few cars before the SVT factory effort. Not saying it didn't happen that way, just saying that i, and our SVT team to the best of my knowledge, did not know about this at the time. And the stories about the paint being closely tracked for body shop repairs are true, although I do not recall hearing personally that it went to the extent of government agents being involved in overseeing body shop repairs...) Back to this model, MW you should be (and I suspect you are) tremendously proud of your replica of this rare and valued 1/1 scale project at Ford/SVT....TIM

Marcos, that is one fine, fine piece of modeling work. Big kudos from this corner....TIM

Dave...this is a great looking model that really does a fine job showing the potentials for this new Round 2 AMT kit. Cool!!!! TB

Jay....great job putting together this terrific new kit. FWIW, as you may have read previously, I too had difficulty with the side graphics and hood decals. Looks to me like you did a fine job overcoming that issue as well. Big congrats, and also glad to hear you too think this is a kit well worth purchasing if the subject interests the buyer...TIM

That looks really, really sharp! TB

Claude, you are so, so on the money with your statement at the start of this thread. While I've used parts from many JoHan kits over the years, there are very few that I've actually built mostly or completely straight from the box. Here are a few... - 1961 Chrysler New Yorker annual kit: - 1963 Chrysler 300 annual kit (restoration of a model previously built by someone else: 1963 Plymouth Fury (built from the 99 cents one version only annual kit): 1970 Gene Snow Rambunctious Funny Car: 1972 Mickey Thompson Funny Car: 1935 Mercedes 500K Coupe: There may be one or two more, both these are the ones top of mind...TB

Really, really nice completion of a model subject I never ever dreamed would appear in 1/25th scale! Cheers....TIM

I recall hearing that the internal effort to create the 35 years of Scale Auto CD took at least a couple of years of effort by the Kalmbach staff. Not working on it full time, of course, but as part of overall ongoing job responsibilities. It's a very cool idea, but my point and counsel is to not underestimate the amount of work such an endeavor would require. I'm not part of MCM's internal magazine staff, but if I was, I'd agree with Dan's post above that right now there are higher priorities given the both the financial and human resources at the MCM enterprise. TB

Phil...sorry you couldn't make it there (believe me, I understand how that happens!), but would you consider sharing photos of your planned entry here with the rest of us here in this thread? That is, if you want to.... Best....TB

Craig and Chuck....I did shoot clear (I think it was Tamiya Semi-Gloss) before applying the whitewalls, primarily to give the decals a panted surface to adhere to. I'm not aware of any degradation...it's been nine years since I built it - but I will check it out and get back to you all....TB

Thanks Russell...I have updated the original post accordingly. And a little bit of humor and fun is always a good thing for the model car hobby! Cheers...TB

The images below were photographed at the Common Kit Class table at the last-ever GSL International Model Car Championship in Salt Lake City this past May...everything from super-clean box stock builds to wild conversions....great work by all involved! Enjoy....TIM Terrance Kordash ***** Pryor Passarino II ***** Joe Porche ***** Joe Porche ***** Joe Porche ***** Paul Tolonen ***** Wes Hofferber ***** Wes Hofferber ***** Chuck Failner (is this the correct spelling of Chuck's last name?) ***** John Teresi ***** Robert George ***** Mike Felix ***** Karl Betterton ***** Russell Cook ***** Bernard Kron ***** Curt Raitz ***** Dale Mickley ***** Gary Moore ***** Ken Leslie ***** Tim Kolankiewicz - ....this one was probably my own personal favorite out of all these great builds....Sure hoping Tim features this project in a future issue of MCM!!!! ***** Marty Coffel (is this the correct spelling?) ****** Mike Kenney ***** Ryan Rice ***** Vince LoBosco....modern Ford in a Ford! YEAH Vince!!!! ***** Robert George ***** Marc Weller ***** Kurt Womack **** Brandon Boyd (not a relative of mine) ***** Michael Apodaca ***** Again, any help in identifying models without the builder's name or any misspelled names would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for checking this out and again, great work by all involved. TIM