tim boyd

The book goes into the history of this topic to a fair degree, including quite bit on the 1969 Longnose (even two pictures of the AMT 1/10th scale wood master that John Mueller gave me for the book - including one photo with the body flipped up - that hand holding the body up was believed to be famed customizer Gene Winfield, btw). My decal sheet for the 1969 Longnose is dated 4-69. The Mach Won funny car is essentially a complete copy of the Long Nose kit, but with the frame shortened to fit the body, which came straight from the AMT 1970 Mustang Mach 1 annual kit. My decal sheet for the Mach Won kit shown in the book is dated 7-70. I was not specifically aware of the second Mach Won f/c issue with revised box art; thx for the heads-up on that one, I'll add a reference to that should the book go into a second reprint. One other comment, as least as the page clips pictured above show, and the completely erroneous info on ScaleMates that prompted Jeff to ask his question at the very beginning of this thread, the ScaleMates history on this topic is wrong on several levels. Don't trust it! Hope this helps a bit...TIM....

Claude....glad you agree with my assessment on this Jo-Han kit, and your tweaks just add greatly to its appeal in my book. I too noticed the skirts you added. Normally I think these detract from the appearance of most of the so-called "nostalgia funny cars" that typically run the strips these days, but in this case I think they fit very nicely, and as you say, they cover up the bottom of the interior bits too. And that paint scheme and decal livery are just too cool. Best of all, I bet you had a great time conjuring up this model and bringing it home in 3D reality. Great! TIM

David....very, very cool conversion on that Camaro FC. And the SWC Mustang is a great choice for a scale replica...will be watching for that one....TIM

Bob...got any pix of your scale '46 you can share? TB

And right now he owns a '68 Caprice Estate wagon with a 396 or 427 (can't remember which) rat motor. It was a push car for a nostaligia rail dragster at one point previously, and it is really sharp. TB

Hi Rex....I've been well aware of your long time passion for Mustangs....particularly '71's/72's (also my favorites of the first gen Mustang range); but not so much specifically of your advocacy for the 351 Cleveland. Glad to know we are in the same camp on these subjects. Yes, mine is the SMBC engine. Really, really well detailed individual components, but didn't realize that I would need to be tweaking the fits of the individual parts together, to the degree that I actually experienced. Still, a fine replica and I actually chose it over the Revell '70 Mustang 351 C (I had both of them built up and painted, and then made the final choice.) Best...TIM PS - a '72 Mach 1 with one of the two high output 4bbl 351C's along with Bright Lime paint has been on my 1/1 scale wish list for many years. There was one exactly like this that used to show up for the Woodward Dream Cruise every year back in the 2000's IIRC. TB

Names only are what I had in mind....but add in pix if you want to! Cheers...TIM

Ron, I noticed that too. This kind of detailing has really appealed to me, and it is one of the reasons I am so impressed with Steve's faux-camino model. BTW, I've been going through my old Street Rodder Modeler's Corner columns over the last month. I had forgotten that I had featured several of your projects there. I think I told you this back in the day, but I've got to say it again. Very impressive work! TIM

For those following this thread who are not that familiar with the 351 Cleveland, in more recent years it has come to be revered as one of the most consequential muscle car engines of the entire era. The ultimate production iteration was the Boss 351 version in the 1971 Mustang of the same name...unfortunately the first gen muscle car era ended just as the engine was starting to build its street and racing cred. It is a bit of a "cult" favorite today....but if you went through the street rodding pubs of the 1970s, you would be surprised to see how often the upper end, leading edge builders used the engine back then. Of course as modelers, we've faced a lack of accurate factory stock and hot rodding 351Cs for decades, interrupted only by the mostly stock engine in the Revell 1970 Mustang Mach 1 kit about ten years ago. I do know that Revell is putting a real effort into accuracy of the 351C that they are putting into their upcoming 1971 Boss 351 Mustang kit...TIM

Thanks Steve....I agree, Bill's numerous contributions here over the years stand for proudly for his 1/1 and 1/25th scale knowledge and insight....TB

That's kinda your call to make....I sure won't object....TIM

Heh Claude....congrats on your contribution to that new special pub coming in April!!! If what I've seen of it in advance is representative of the rest of it (and I'm sure your part is every bit of that) it is going to turn out to be a killer resource for model builders in those genres....TIM .

Always been intrigued here by all the model car builders who either concurrently, or later in life, went on to build or own their own 1/1 scale hot rods. Let's start a list...here are a few I know off the top of my head... * Jim Kampmann - you know Jim as the builder of awesome scale drag racing and hot rodding models plus co-owner of The Good Stuff. Jim owns a killer 1/1 1932 Ford Highboy Coupe. * Fred Farrand - well known modeler whose work has appeared in the model mags since the early 1990s, has authored several killer threads here at the MCM forum, and who in more recent years has collaborated on several 1.1 scale hot rod builds with a well-known hot rod builder near Saginaw, Michigan. His 1/1 1932 Highboy has been featured in Rodding USA and his 1935 Y-Block powered Ford sedan is nearly done.... * Claude Thibodeau - I don't know Claude well but I am nearly 100% confident I've seen at least one, and probably several killer 1/1 scale rods with his name on them. Maybe that has something to do with why his models are so cool and creative? * Tom Carter - the recently retired owner of Spotlight Hobbies (formerly Hobby Heaven) has a very sharp 1932 Ford Highboy Coupe. * Gary Gollehon - one of the five originators of the original NNL West in 1982 and a good friend of David Dale, Gary went on to build a very trendy 1/1 scale 1929 Model A Highboy Sedan Delivery that was well covered in the magazine world. * Dennis Lacey - one of the premier builders of hot rod models here in the Forum has been professionally and directly involved in any number of 1/1 scale hot rod construction projects. Maybe that's whey his model hot rod projects reek of authenticity and realism! * Pat Ganahl - the hot rod world's most noted historian and author also has built quite an impressive collection of scale hot rod projects, some going back as far as projects built in the late 1950's.... * Also, there is a highly placed 1/1 scale auto industry executive who has seen at least two of his 1/1 scale hot rods covered in the buff books is also a very enthusiastic, and increasingly talented builder of model cars in the very limited spare time he has to pursue personal endeavors of this sort. While his modeling interests are primarily 1/12th scale and geared to road racing subjects, I have no doubt he could turn out a killer 1/25th hot rod should that be something he was interested in trying. There must be at least ten others that I know of but just can't recall right at the moment...so who else do we know builds, or has built in the past, model hot rods and also owned, currently owns, builds, or has a project underway for 1/1 scale hot rods? TIM

Claude....I was a leading proponent of those colors back in the day in my Street Rodder column and SAE articles. I'd like to think we as modelers influenced a few 1/1 scale guys to go that way in their color choices. BTW, great thread you started on Sedan Deliveries elsewhere here on the forum....and I am repeatedly surprised at the bandwidth of creativity you exhibit with your own modeling projects, not to mention your excellent modeling skills....Cheers....TIM ..

Lee...it was an article somewhere, and my recollection is that was probably SAE in the mid 1990's. It was a combo article with this conversion of the AMT 1959 Elky to a convertible as well....TIM

Forgot about this one....it's the AMT 1955 Nomad car-pickup conversion, but done as a roadster pickup rather than the closed cab kit version. Other mild tweaks include filing down the engraved single exhaust system and adding duals, plated rear axle (I think from the first gen AMT 1957 Bel Air), and mild 19i80's/1990's performance upgrades to the kit 265 V8. Modern era bigs'n'biggers and repro Halibrand style mags, too. Paint is Odds'n'Ends Lavender. Build date around 1993-94.....TIM Thx for checking it out...TIM

So at least two well respected members of the Forum that are FSM subscribers are having these access issues....I am curious to hear if there are any others here that are experiencing the same problems? TIM

Rodney....really appreciate hearing your thoughts on those Switchers mags....(Alan too)....good to know I:m not the only one who sees their potential....Cheers...TIM

Hah----they (but not you) have been after me for 25 years---- we have an agreement, right? (smile) Cheers Alan....TIM

Steve....happy to. Neither of these were my first choice, but given how it worked out I am happy with the result. Tamiya TS-68 Wooden Deck Tan and TS-69 Linoleum Deck Tan were the final colors used. No flat or semi-gloss clearcoat this time. Carpet was old stretchy brown fabric cut to shape. Best....TIM

Thx Dennis. The cab was from the .c1965 (and reissues) Revell '29A Roadster/Closed Cab pickup (probably one of the Rat Rod themed reissues). Yes, I glued the doors shut and massaged the body accordingly, having built several in the past with opening doors and always being a little disappointed at how the body panels aligned.... TIM

Project inspired by a 1/1 scale Ford 1929 Model A Roadster Pickup pictured in the 1974 Hot Rod Pictorial Annual and in the Challenge Publications (i.e. Rod Action) one-off Ford Street Rods in 1975. While the real car ran a W-Block Chevy, as you all know, I no longer do SBC's (or any Chevy V8) in my Ford Hot Rod models, so an aftermarket scale 351 Cleveland V8 (yes, they were run in rods back then, and more often than the SBC mafia would ever have you believe) found its way into a Revell 1929 Model A Roadster Hot Rod kit 1932 Ford Highboy frame (thoroughly massaged up front for a lower stance). The interior was pieced together from the Revell 1932 Ford Roadster Highboy kit with heavily modified parts box instrument panel. The front and rear wheels are from the old MPC Switchers kits (with a coat of Tamiya Semi-Gloss Clear for the polished aluminum (i/l/o plated chrome) appearance of 1970's Appliance Slot Mags). The front tires are Revell Gasser Pirellis (Anglia kit et al) while the rears are Monogram Slicks (Beer Wagon et al). The stake bed is shortened and adapted from the AMT/Lindberg 1934 Ford Pickup kit. The white bits are styrene left over after tweaking the fit of the bed. While I've wanted to build a model inspired by the real car ever since, well, 1974, the 1/25th scale project started around 2014 or so when I painted a Revell 1929 Model A Roadster Pickup body with MCW Automotive Finishes 1956 Ford Pine Ridge Green Metallic for an article in Model Cars Magazine on historically accurate paint colors for traditional hot rod models. (Famous hot rod/custom photographer Andy Southard used this exact color on his Model A Roadster pickup in the late 1950's). But most of the work (beyond the initial body prep and painting) has occurred over the last month. First pix are the main parts mockup, next pix are the body and engine glued to the frame, lead and final image show the project as of two days ago with the stake bed mocked up in back. Onward! Thanks for your interest....TIM

Wow Tim....that sure is slick! Thx for the image....TIM

Like Patrick, I'd love to see one of these in finished form. I bought the kit when it came out, and the detail, while not up to contemporary kit standards, was acceptable for its era (late 1970's). It did include a modest replica of the powerplant. Probably the biggest potential issue with the kit was the large vinyl decal that replicated the paint/livery scheme along the top of the hull....only one chance to get that one on straight and without wrinkles/bubbles... TIM

Carl...here you go... As for the car, yes. You can get it two ways....just the cart (with go kart wheels and tires and without the Bonneville envelope body) in Round 2's latest release of the AMT-Ertl 1960 Chevy Pickup, or as the complete c. 1963 original 1963 Ford Pickup annual kit premium, including the Bonneville streamliner body and larger wheels/tires, as a resin rebop from Norm Veber at Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland.... Thanks for the comment and questions....TIM