tim boyd

Rick,, can't recall with 100% certainty but I think the engine may have come from the AMT-Ertl 1967 Mustang GT/GT-250 kits, paired with the cross-ram optional manifold in the AMT 1966 Mustang notchback kits. So yes, looks like this one could be a runner in the SE Gassers circuit. I certainly think it fits the spirit of that group, for sure! Thanks....TIM

Brian....I do believe that you are correct. The modern-era Revell Willys kit under Stone, Woods and Cooke, Big John Mazmanian, and a third livery I ssem to have forotten at the moment would have been he source of the chassis, suspension, driveline (other than engine/tranny), and probably even the headers IIRC (the Hemi engine exhaust port spacing also matching the 289 Ford exhaust port spacing, at least in 1/25th scale! Thanks for jogging the memory on that one....TIM

Thanks all for your comments and feedback. Much appreciated! TB

Thanks Claude. Yess, the blue one had the axle, backing plates, and tie rod elements from the Revell 1929 Model A Pickup and 1931 Model A Tudor/faux Sedan Delivery kits. The shocks and shock towers, along with the four-bar radius rods were from the Revell '32 Ford street rod kits. Needless to say, hoping that you will share your full fendered A's here when you deem appropriate! Cheers....TIM

Built this one about twelve years ago or so, just after Revell introduced their chopped '48 Ford Custom kit. Drag racing historians know that '48 Fords were anything but a mainstream subject in the Gasser classes of the 1960's. But search enough and you will find at least a few images, as well as several current-era drag racers built in a somewhat period-correct manner. Mine was documented in a 41-step how-to that was published on the now-dead website of the other model magazine (it did not appear in the magazine itself). In addition to the Revell chopped body, it used a dual quad ram manifold 289 Ford V8, kitbashed front and rear suspensions, a modified racing-themed interior, and some fairly rare but era-correct mags showing the as-run tarnished magnesium finish (as opposed to the freshly polished appearance seen in most 1960's magazine features). The decals came from Slixx as I recall, and they are probably the most obvious non-period correct element on the model. The simulated yellow tint Plexi windows came from the old Revell Gasser kits. The 1960's Ford SuperDuty style hood scoop was found in Monogram's 1939 Chevy Coupe kit I believe. Note the stance reflecting that by the mid 1960's and later, the raised front look was on its way out and 1/1 scale Gassers were beginning to show bodies that were aligned either parallel with the ground, or with a slight downward in front rake. This one seems to have been among my more popular Gasser-themed model builds. I don't recall having shown it here before (but it is certainly possible). Anyway, here are some photos and thanks for looking....TIM UPDATE 8-1-22 - a complete list of the kits used to produce this model is now posted near the top of page 2 of this thread....TB

I've looked at this one a number of times over the last week or so and thoroughly admired it, but i appears that I did not comment here regarding same. So....great job, Rodney! So clean, so tasteful, so timeless. And big thanks for ignoring the "SBC mafia" and putting the right make of engine under that hood! Big congrats from this corner....TIM

Rockin' Rodney recently completed a killer '29A Highboy Roadster build....complete with a small block Ford (yeah!!!). If you haven't checked it out yet, you need to do so NOW! Here's a link.... There have been quite a number of Model A highboy builds posted here lately, and to a tee all have been done really well. But Rodney's version just sings to my taste for this build genre. In more than just a couple of ways his Highboy reminded me of two from my model collection - one built in 1975, the other built in the very late 1990's. Not sure, but I not recall posting detailed images of either of them here on this board, so here goes. The first one was inspired by an article on Bill Burnham's first '29A Highboy in a Hot Rod magazine all-color Street Rod pictorial from 1974 or so. This highboy (which preceded his better known FE powered baby blue roadster) was painted an orangish yellow and powered by a 326 Pontiac V8. My version was somewhat different, using 1972 GM Bright Menthol Green Tempo brand touchup paint and an SBC "(Ughh) from the MPC Switchers kits. The trunk was opened and included period display tools. It also included a working air cleaner bolt and oil pan bolt (for the MPC Contest Series, where it was ignored in the 1975 Detroit contest but won a couple of awards in subsequent years of the MPC series). Of course, the main kit source was the AMT 1929 Model A Street Rod series double kit (body and interior) complimented with the AMT 1932 Ford Phaeton frame. I followed a Pat Ganahl article showing how he built his highboy model that appeared in Street Rodder magazine in 1975 or so. The second one was built in the late 1990's. It used a current (at the time) Ford Taurus metallic blue color, airbrushed from Ford dealer touchup (brush) paint. It used the chassis from the then-recent Revell '32 Ford street rod kit series, along with a 428 CobraJet engine, and then-current wheel and tire componentry. The front tires were posable and the rear end was a Quick Change. It was intended to be a modern reinterpretation of the earlier model shown above. Unfortunately, I can't find an interior photo, but it was painted dark navy blue (a Pactra mliltary flats paint) using the same Ala-Kart based parts as the earlier model. Hope you enjoy looking at both of them.... but let's be clear here, I would be overjoyed if we could at some point in the future have Rodney's version displayed next to my two, and some of the other recent Model A highboy builds you guys have done, all together at an NNL or model event! Thanks for looking! TB

Dan....although I never built that Bronco kit myself, my observation at the time it was introduced and and since then has been that it is a pretty nicely done kit. It was an all-new tool at the time of its release (1978 or 1979) and shared nothing with the old 1970's AMT F-Series kits. Although I'm sure we'll get some more authoritative comments from Forum members once the kit reissue hits the shelves....TB

Thanks Roger. Hmmm on those wheels and tires....once again, apparently my memory these days is not so good. My next guess would be the first "2 in 1" kit version of the 1959 Corvette from Revell-Monogram. Will need to check that out next time I go to the storage unit.... Best...TB

Whoa....Jason....what a great job on this model kit! Way to go! TIM

I do know that Atlantis is working on reissuing another kit of the original Revell Tri-Five series, but I'll leave it to Peter or Jim or their spokesperson to divulge what and when....TB

Alan....have at it! The colors ... err...colours(!) .... were special order paints from MCW, referenced with the Chrysler factory paint codes. Not sure about overseas shipping of airbrush paints, though. You could probably approximate both colors with some judicious combining/mixing of decanted Tamiya aerosol paints.... Cheers, Mate....TB

What Tom said! TB

While I do not disagree that a comeback of factory stock 1968 and 1969 Impalas would be highly welcomed, I still maintain that AMT's "for 1968" Impala custom-only kit is a very interesting and noteworthy kit in its own right. Go back and read the aforementioned Scale Auto "Classic Kits" column for my rationale in making that statement. I for one would buy, and yes build, that kit if it ever saw a reissue. TB

What Brian said, and I heartily endorse Daniel's suggestion above. Last I raised this idea to Round 2 (maybe a year or two ago???) there was a licensing related issue (may have been that a parts pack release somehow lied outside the terms of the existing kit licensing agreement with the tire manufacturer???) As of right now, the only Round 2 kit I know of that contains both the Polyglas F-60-15 and L-60-15 tires was last reissue of the AMT 1966 Mustang hardtop, and it is pretty expensive to buy that kit again and again, just to get the tires you need for muscle era model projects. If anyone knows of another Round 2 kit containing both these tire sizes in the same boxx, please respond here! TIM

Wow....here is some fresh thinking! The article referenced here is probably the "Classic kits" column in Scale Auto, which included a column on this AMT kit.... Personally, I don't think this is likely to be the 2022 "surprise" Round 2 is planning, but what a cool idea for Round 2's list of future "cloning" kit project candidates.....TIM

Yeah...one of the best things about engine swaps in 1/25th scale vs. 1/1 scale factory applications.....with models there are no worries about engine compartment packaging issues (well, possibly a few, but those can be addressed by cutting away styrene where it can't be seen in the finished model), NVH tuning issues, upsetting chassis balance, passing crash testing, and negative impact on Corporate Average Fuel Economy.....TB

Jim.....super glad that article served as partial inspiration for your new project. Of course, looks like you are going WAY beyond what i attempted. Looking really good so far. Is this the model that you recall seeing in the mag? In any case, best of luck with your project. Needless to say, will be watching on this end! TB

And so did Missling LInk. Both it and the Sean Carpenter version were, as David said, excellent. TB

The AMT '64 Wildcat was recently featured in the "Classic Car Kits" column in the you-know-what all-modeling magazine ....TB

James and Patrick....."eeehhhhhhwwww"....can't believe I let that one pass. As I commented on another thread a few days ago, this large format high res digital photography shows things (and undesirable things, too) that you just can't see by looking at a model car through a camera viewfinder lens.... Wonder if that "curb feeler" is still on the model.... maybe I better dig it out and check... Anyway, thanks for the comments and also for poking a bit of fun at me - model building is all supposed to be about having fun, right? Best....TIM

John....tanks for your comments, and really enthused to hear your plans. One idea here would be to use the front cycle fenders in the Revell Rat Roaster Deuce kit ....these were not available when I built my drag racing Street Roadsters and i suspect these Rat Roaster parts would fit well and save a bunch of building time.... Of course, if the updated Revell Deuce Highboy Roadster kit hits the market in the next month or two, presumably that will still have the fenders you need (hope, hope!). Best of luck with your build and please share your progress with us here if you are so inclined.....TIM

Truly spectacular work, Steven. And a really good 1/1 scale subject to replicate in scale. Congrats....TIM

This is the last of my current collection of Mopar C-Body model cars (though I hope to build more at some point the in the future). As background, up until the 1966 model year, the Chrysler brand offered wagons in two trim levels, both called "Town and Country". There was the lower priced, volume series Newport Town and Country, and the very luxurius and exclusive New Yorker Town and Country, which was without compare as the most luxurious wagon in the domestic auto industry in the 1950's and first half of the 1960's. Don Holthaus offered a resin conversion of the 1962 New Yorker Town and Country, which I bought for this project. The second piece of this background was that as Chrysler struggled to extract itself from the very odd early 1960's design language on offer, they ended up producing the 1962 Town and Country four door hardtop wagons by reusing the doors and rear fenders of the 1961 Plymouth wagon (only the taillights were different). And (third piece of background), not only was the 1961 Plymouth wagon offered as a four door, but also as a two door. Thus, many if not most of the physical stampings already existed at Mother Mopar had they decided to do a limited run, sporty two-door hardtop wagon version of the 1962 New Yorker Town and Country. That became the inspiration for this model. Further, I wanted a model to show the two exclusive spring 1962 "mid year colors" added to the Chrysler showroom, code LL-1 Limelight and code VV-1 Seascape. Finessing the resin body from a four-door to a two door, and cleaning up some of the casting bodylines that were not exactly 1/1 scale correct, proved to be a bit of a chore (I covered the bodywork steps in a how-to article for the other model car magazine sometime in the mid 2000's). I do not recall having ever shown the completed project at a later date in that mag, but.... Finishing the project included adding an annual-kit based 413 big block with dual quads on crossover ram tubes and the killer bigs-n-biggers from the Revell Thom Taylor Alternomad kit. Two complimentary surf boards finished the project. Here are some images of the finished project...and thanks for your interest. Happy to answer any questions....TIM PS: Surf's up....just sayin'! TB

Thanks James....I recall your project very well. For a model car author, nothing beats knowing that one of your articles inspired a project by another talented model car builder! For others reading this thread, be sure to click on James' link as there are three pages of drag racing Street Roadster models from a variety of very talented builders, as well as additional images of James' car. Cool, cool stuff. Best....TB