tim boyd

Guys...re-read Steve's reply above. He just passed along a very big hint about a future project he is apparently working on, that I do not think is (my guess here) on anybody's radar screen right now. Just saying!!! TB

Justin...please keep us up to date on your customers' reaction to the kit. Particularly interested to hear that it might be attracting new customers for you. I hear via the grapevine that the kit is selling really well so far for others in the trade; hope you find this to also be case. Best...TIM

Steve...the silver accents are printed in a very fine metallic silver, with an overall glossy finish as you would expect to see in most of the 1/25th scale kits). I don't have AS-12 in my paint inventory so I can't provide any guidance there... Best...TB

Luc, for the review sample I built, I used Tamiya Italian Red (TS-8?) over gray primer. The result was really close to 1971 Ford Bright Red according to the paint chips manual pages in my library. Other than white and black, based on what I observed, there were no other TS colors that were close matches to the Boss 351 paint palette that year. Best....TB

That supercrisp molding is also present on the grille and the taillamps. I too thought it was Jo-Han like in its execution. Biggest difference in the decal sheet is that this one adds the front seat color inserts in two color choices (see top of sheet; really nice add!) and the European style license plates at the bottom. TB

All excellent reasons to take anything unusual that you read on ScaleMates with a very big grain of salt and always look to validate their info by comparison/reference to other sources of historical kit info that we have found to be generally reliable....TB PS: Hakan - thanks for the info on the Revell Kenworth kits....have always wondered about that...TB

The inside word on the Boss 351 kit development and the underhood ducting approach...wish I had know the extent of this (the kit development process and team) earlier, but better late than never.... ************************************************************ The development of the Revell Boss 351, per Ed Sexton: "We need to recognize the make up of the "Revell Team". It was It really is just Chris Borris with some help from Don Sikora and myself." "Chris is the only full time Revell USA person. Don (he is the Editor of Collectible Automobile) and I worked as consultants on the project. Chris also does work with Revell Germany on the development of the products. The sales end is handled by the Carrera-Revell office in New Jersey." Directly from Chris Borris on the underhood ducting: "Yes, of course we always want to reproduce with the most detail but as you pointed out we couldn't with the under hood ram air ducting due to space as you noted out. In the cad I have around 1mil of clearance between bottom of hood and front of 351 air-cleaner. We just simply could not afford tinkering with the multiple engines, air cleaners to add this rather large part. If there was more clearance we would have but it just wouldn't work here, so the cavity sides of all hoods received engraving detail instead." ******************************************************** Rex....keep up advised (I know you will) on your experiment with the DieCast model part.. Best to you all...TIM

Thanks to Ken who commented on this thread yesterday, i reminded me to advise of the following..... Pryor Passorino told me last week that Dave is fighting some very serious health issues and is now in hospice. Prayers are welcomed and encouraged....TIM

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Here's a convert I built back around 1979 or so. The windshield frame i believe is not prototypically correct (we didn''t sweat those details back then so much). It was featured in my first-ever Scale Auto Enthusiast article, the issue #4 (Nov./Dec. 1979) although I do not think it was a typical "how to" article showing all the steps....TB

A note from John G. added that the kit has an expanded decal sheet and non-styrene replacements for the original styrene rear drag slicks. John sounds pretty stoked about the new kit version. TB

Engine in this one was intended to be a hot-rodded version of the street 426 from 1965 called the "426-S" by Mother Mopar. At the time, there were really only two good sources of this basic engine....the AMT '49 Merc and the MPC engineered 426 in the AMT 1928 Model A Tudor kit. That same engine was repeated in the MPC "Ramchargers Dune Buggy" kit from 1968, and IIRC that is the engine I used in this build. Obviously, I made some changes in the induction department....TB

David....I so agree with you on the original AMT/MPC body vs. the Polar Lights car. Moving to today, the Moebius upcoming '65 Coronet kit tooling has many hours of development time invested in making the body as correct as possible....let's hope it rivals the AMT kit for looks when it is finally released....TB

David....dealing from memory (in lieu of digging out the magazine article) the basic underbody was the Revell '57 Chevy Black Widow, while IIRC the "enhancements" (engine/suspension were sourced from the Monogram BadMan and AMT '55 Nomad kits....TB

This was a rescue/restoration of the AMT (designed and produced by MPC) 1965 Dodge Coronet500 hardtop kit i originally "built" (aka butchered at age 11). I removed the roof, used an up-top from a 1963/4 JoHan Fury kit (IIRC), painted it with Tempo brand 1973 Plymouth Silver Frost paint (leftover from my 1/1 scale Duster 340), and equiped it with Centerlines and gold-lettered drag racing tires. I believe this build was pictured in the 1/1 scale mag "Popular Cars" in their regular model car column, circa 1983 or so. More pictures here if anyone is interested.... (corrected) Street Freaks, Pro Street, and G-Machines album | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy. Thanks for looking.

My cover article in the February, 2010 issue of what was then the other model car magazine showed how to make a Gasser from the then-new Revell '57 Chevy Black Widow. In this outtake from that article, I show how the same chassis from the article looked when mocked up with the Revell '56 Chevy 210 Del Ray sedan body. It just looks SO right to my eye! Alas, since the '57 Gasser project used the chassis shown here, this project was nothing more than a one-time only mockup. Would like build one of these, though, someday, perhaps with a later 1960s "Street Freak" flavor (fatter rear slicks, higher ride height, blower through the hood., fade paint scheme..etc.) Thanks for looking....TB

Luc....hmmm.....very interesting. Gotta check that one out! Best...TB

Update/correction....the competition type fuel cap i referenced above is actually for the Mach 1 kit to come. I was not previously aware that the 1/1 Mach 1 had a different ''competition" style gas than the Boss 302 as standard equipment. Still haven't figure out those clear lenses, though. TB .

There is an extra fan shroud (for the 429 engined Mach 1 version to come), a set of different rectangular clear lens lamps, and a different fuel filler cap (apparently replicating the upcoming Mach 1 version). These parts are blacked out on the map of the parts trees provided in the instruction manual, with a note referencing that these blacked out areas are for parts are not used in the Boss 302 construction. TB

Hood stripes and blackout is also different between the Boss 302 and the Mach 1....TB

No hidden meaning...but for instance, when I went to locate the front grille panel to the body, it didn't seem to fit right. So I looked at the instruction sheet again, and it showed where the part fit into a slot in the body structure. Sure enough, it went in exactly and fit perfectly. Point being, in the past we were often quick to modify a part when it didn't fit quite correctly, but in this case, if the part is not fitting right, it is because we (I in this case) didn't fully read the instructions - not because the part did not fit. Not sure if any of this makes any sense...but....hopefully it does a bit. Best...TIM

I will be really interested in hearing the reactions of those of you who get the kit in your hands in the next several weeks, as well as those who complete early builds of the kit itself (one piece of advice for those who do build....follow the instructions really closely....and if something doesn't seem to fit right, rather than try to modify the part, look at the instructions a second time...) Best...TIM

Glad you all are finding these pix to be of value, and thank you for posting your reactions....TIM

Hah....that one got me gobsmacked, mate! Big smile....thx....TB

I am told that the US and Revell Germany kit versions are identical throughout other than the box art. The instruction sheet/paint guide is done in the worldwide/10 language format and the decal sheet has 72 individual decals. Apparently, US kit builders are to follow the UK (Great Britain) language key. Future Revell kits are reportedly to follow the same approach. TB