tim boyd

Model Roundup has them for order at $28.99. TB

2023 GoodGuys Nats Columbus 7-23 album | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy. ...and even some very cool 1960's VW's for Gregg... Thanks for looking...tB

Chris and Trevor....here you go....Best....TIM A Visit to the International Model Car Builder's Museum album | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

Trevor....thanks so much for your thoughts. I've been told many times by those in the know that the vast majority of model car builders really don't have much interest in old/historic model car projects. I really think that's too bad, so it is really encouraging to hear that some of us (at least those who commented on this thread) do have an interest. I suspect you already know about the following, but just in case not, the International Model Car Museum in Salt Lake City Utah has a great collection of historical model cars. I can send you the link to an extensive photo collection of those models if you need it. Best, TIM

Chad and the Round 2 team are holding court at a very impressive Round 2 display booth at the GoodGuys nats in Columbus this weekend. They are located at the back of the main vendor building at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, located next to the Model Car Contest and Make and Take run by Tom Dillion and his model car building team. Check it out and say hello.....TB

Built from the original kit not long after its release. Wheels from the Monogram "Bad Actor" IIRC, and pseudo Verdero Green using Pactra spray paints. I believe I may have swapped the air cleaner for the updated part released in one of the later reissues of this kit....TB

Al....thanks for asking, but no further updates at this time. Best....TB

Hah! Isn't that the truth? Of course, that idea never entered my eighth-grade mind, but still....! Thx Tony...TB

Yes...TB

Oh yeah!!!!! TB

Wes////Yep....that pretty much says it all.... Listening to the "Saturday Night Safety Dance" on Sirius XM last night (1980s New Wave and Alternative) and what comes up next? Yyep, Kick out the Jams....the uncensored version too, whicih was pretty ripe back in '69 in little old Ann Arbor.... Never thought of that song as being something you'd hear at a new wave dance party....but sounded great anyway. If you've never heard it, check out "Sister Ann" which has one of the best intro buildups of any rock song in the last...oh...fifty (!) plus years... Best....TB

Dan and Joe....thx for the comments, much appreciated! TIM

Andrew....a few more images..... Linky....Epilogue 4-23 - The Body Tilting Feature is once again operable album | Funman1712 | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy. Thx for the comments...TIM

Justin, I understand your point of view here, but my take is that the business case for doing all-new tooling (to today's standards/expectations) of such relatively obscure topics as a 1969 Coronet. 1964 Cutlass, 1963 Chevy II, et al, simply does not exist for a modern business enterprise like Round 2. So, for me, having an improved version of a nearly unobtainable/unaffordable topic like a 1968 Coronet R/T convertible, imperfect as it may be (compared to today's newly tooled kits) is much preferable to not having it at all. There is also a certain nostalgia factor for the more, ahem, mature hobbyists among us who thoroughly enjoy being able to build a kit with today's supplies and techiniques that we butchered the first time around decades ago. The case could be made, as you point out, that Moebius is having success with equally obscure topics, but in their case, they are doing subjects that were never kitted in the first place, and that that presumably drives a higher sales volume and justifies (from a business case point of view) their higher price. The joker factor in all this is the new Revell Boss 351 kit. My preliminary take is that this one is really going to ruffle the hobby kit market given the level of authenticity they have achieved combined with what I hear may be a highly competitive, below the market price point. Of course, a Boss 351 will be a much more popular topic than Round 2's cloned kit topics, so it is not an apples-to-apples comparison, but this is going to be really interesting to watch, nonetheless. Always appreciate hearing your point of view.....Best...TB

Beyond the 429 Mach 1 kit version to come, there are several extra parts in the Boss 351 kit, most notably a full competition style gas cap, and a set of fog lamp lenses that do not appear to me to be 1971 factory options (these parts are blacked out on the instruction sheet parts callout diagrams, with a note indicating that they are not used in constructing the subject kit). Could these be part of a third kit execution with a Trans-Am circuit racing theme? As always, time will tell....TB i(PS -btw, no insider info here).

A favorite saying of mine....from my former boss Dan Rivard at Ford....'luck is when preparation meets opportunity". You're prepared, and you have made the opportunity for yourself with the work you've done to date....so i could wish you luck (and I will), but you've set yourself up for success many times over already. Congrats in advance, Tim !

SHARP!!! TB

Very cool update, Travis!!! Go, Go, Go! My '30 5W project inspired by the Lauzader car (referenced earlier inthe thread) is coming along slowly but surely. Paint ('66 Corvette Mosport Green Metallic) is on and rubbed, interior is mostly finished, tinted ("plexiglas") windows installed, engine mostly finished and wired. Mine has over the fender headers, making our two projects a very cool "ying and yang" treatment of that subject. I've been fiddling with the rear suspension, trying to adapt it from the Revell Anglia kit using the period correct quarter elliptic springs. I've thought several times about using the original Revell SWC kit parts, but assumed (falsely, it seems, looking at your pix) that the traction bars were the same as the Anglia kit. The ones you chose, plus your choice of large coils mounted to the axle, is a really interesting alternative and still era-correct. It might end up working better than the plan I am pursuing right now. If I end up going that way, i will be sure to credit you as the source. Presuming we both get ours done at some point, would be way cool to do an online visual comparo of some kind the two...meanwhile, count me in the crowd cheering you on to completion....TB

Thanks Scott! BTW, great to meet you at GSLlast month, too. Best...TB

yep....my Revell contacts more or less (without actually saying it) confirmed the same. Probably was sold for scrap early in the Tom Gannon presidency at Monogram....TB

I got a brief look at the kit yesterday. Initial impression is very surprising; I do not recall a domestic Us market topic in 1/25th scale ever done to this level of detail. Will be highly interested in hearing what you guys think once you get the kit and start building it yourselves. TB

Very, very tasty! Big congrats, Mark! TIM

Bill....not sure how I missed this project but i sure like the result. Especially the color, and especially the effort to get the grille shell lowered down to line up with the cowl...something a lot of 1/1 builders seem to miss on their channeled hot rod builds. Big congrats on bringing this one home! TIM

Ooooohhhh....that'sa nice!!! TB

Me too, Ronald. TB