tim boyd

Heh Randy,,,,great progress! You've pulled way ahead of me in terms of progress, too. Can't remember exactly how much of mine I showed, but my rear passenger compartment treatment looks very similar to yours. Cool! I had to finish two other projects, but pulled mine back out a few nights ago. The finish on the body was showing some cracks....very, very strange. A coat or two of The Treatment wax seemed to mostly take care of it, so I'll be back at the bench this week. Biggest remaining issue is sorting the suspensions to fit the super low stance and extreme Z'ed frame. Best wishes for bringing yours home and can't wait to see 'er done! TIM

Dennis....needless to say I am beyond honored that a model builder with your credentials would be looking to a project I did for inspiration and ideas. Thank you for the very big nod and needless to say I will be following this one with great interest. Particularly impressed with your work on the header flanges, and the old school intake/carb setup! Robert....also, needless to say, if I was doing that bad boy today that SBC would have been tossed and some type of Ford V8 would find its way under the hood! At the time, I thought the graphics of that engine (the TP! setup) were very cool and deserved a home in one of my models. Anyway, Good shot! :) Rodney....if you hadn't had detailed all the issues and repairs, yours would look just like a build from a year or two ago. Way cool to know the article inspired yours...and also way cool to see how yours turned out. Congrats! ************ Like Dennis, if I were doing the build today, I would be finding some different wheels, And along with implementing a Ford in a Ford, those squiggle graphics and bright pink paint would surely be replaced something more in tune with today's tastes. Still, fun to look at where the hobby was (1/1 and 1/25th) three decades ago... TIM

Guys....I'm pretty surprised by how many of you remember those old Street Rodder Modeler's Corner columns. Very, very cool to know that in their own way they inspired you all. Dennis....it really is cool to hear that you built your own Posies-style rod based on that article! And Kyle...here are some more recent pictures of that Street Rodder Sedan Delivery project, in case you have not already seen these updates. Thanks again everyone for your comments and memories! TIM

Russ....thanks much for the very kind words. Glad you enjoyed the Fotki album, too. Still working on additions to it; B-Body Mopars and Funny Cars are up next....TIM

I'm presuming if you bought the book from a US source (modelroundup.com, CarTechBooks.com, AutoWorld.com, Model Cave in Ypsi, MI), you'd have to pay an exorbitant customs fee, currency conversion fee, shipping fee, or the like? All these sources reportedly have the book in stock....not happy to hear you are having these troubles! TIM

When I made a suggestion to Revell several years ago to reissue the '71 kit with a tie-in to F&F, I included the recommendation to add the '72 parts as part of the F&F version. I believe this would have expanded the potential sales of the reissue. Oh well....at least we got a reissue, and with the new and stock (non-air grabber/4440 4bbl) parts....TIM

Misha....that bad boy rocks in every possible way! Congrats on your progress and looking forward to seeing it progress along.....TIM

Jesse,,,,that is really interesting. Doug Estabrook reported the exact same sequence of events to me. He finally got his book yesterday, also, a day later. Anyway, sure glad you (eventually) got the book in your hands. And thanks for ordering. You too, Richard! TIM .

Chris....thanks for taking the time to post your comments and thoughts. As for the interior, does anyone remember to old Accu-Pro hi-tech interior parts for this kit? Those are the ones I had set aside three decades ago to finish the model, but in the time since the original kit's 1960's era interior has come back in style, and in reviewing the project recently before I began the effort to finish it, I thought that kit interior actually fit the overall sty ling of the body better than the Accu-Pro parts, so that's the way I went. As for that tweed upholstery fad, sounds like we are in the same boat when it comes to that topic! And, obviously, I'd love to see your project if you ever decide to go ahead with it....! Cheers....TIM

Richard, interesting comments to be sure. Time sure does fly. I wonder how the troops would react to a hot rod with these types of extensive body changes, but otherwise done in pure traditional hot rod style (single 1950's paint color, tall n taller skinnies on steelies, Ford Y-Block, etc.) Hmmm....TIM

Patric, it was based on the Monogram 1/24th scale 1932 Ford Roadster kit, specifically the mid-1980's modest update of the tool. The orange/black car in some of the images is essentially that kit, albeit with different set of wheels and Posies-style two tone. In fact, the only part(S) I used from the all new c. 1996 Revell Ford Street Rod kits were the block-hugger headers. Everything else dates from 1989 or earlier, excepting the fog lights which are from the 2013 Revell kit of the 1970 Hemi-Cuda. Thx for the comments and question...TIM

I have for years and years pushed Revell to scan the exteriors of their kit projects (even to the point of providing exact contact info for proven automotive scanning suppliers); and for nearly as long they had resisted it for what I am told were primarily cost reasons (though I'm not sure that fully justified their decision). More recently, In addition to the Foose kits, I was told (not directly by Revell) that the 1975 Torino body was scanned and they were pleased with the result. Very, very glad to see that they have adopted this process for the new Mustang kit. In the last 12 years of my career I worked in the Design activity of my employer. I observed firsthand how many designs were massaged, week after week, month after month, to get to their final form. To think that any craftsman, no matter how good, could capture all this form in an exact miniature model body was, I think, almost impossible. Once the kitmakers no longer had manufacturer blueprints to work from, the process became more difficult, then even moreso when the people responsible for developing the tooling lived 12 hours away on the other side of the globe and were denied the opportunity to see the 1/1 scale product they were miniaturing. 3D scanning the bodies, then, becomes potentially the most accurate way to assure a correct scale replica. The scanning data must still be processed and manipulated, so it is not a 100% guarantee of accurate results, but for my book it greatly increases the chances of success. TIM

Ron....I don't know for sure. I hear that B&N was really hurt by the Covid-19 shutdown; I am sure that they are being very careful about buying new inventory. My previous book was only stocked in the top 300 B&N stores; I personally saw it only in one store in the Metro area I live in. I have also noticed that B&N has downsized their automotive category and moved it to the rear of some of their stores. Bottom line, I wouldn't expect to see the book in B&N any time soon; if anybody does see it I would like to know. Best....TIM

30-year project just completed Conclusion to “Building a high-tech Smoothie” column in Street Rodder/Modeler’s Corner, April 1990 · See 1990 magazine reprint for photos of body conversion details (compare to stock bodied and mildly kitbashed 1932 Ford Roadster previously built from the same kit) o Hood and grille shell glued to body and molded flush o Grille shell angled rearward at top o Hood beading extended into grille shell o Door openings recut to match angle grille shell o Hood recut with integral extension over cowl and top of grille shell o All character lines and beading removed from rear quarter panels and trunk area o Panel below grille shell reshaped o Rear fenders bobbed and wheel wells given minor tubs · Three-tone paint using Testors Enamels (Platinum Metallic, Candy Purple over Silver, Gloss Clear, and purple stripes from model airplane Monocote (buried in clear). · Boss 302 engine with “Cross Boss” intake and carb (from Monogram 1970 Boss 302) · Modified/accurized frame rails, reshaped and relocated transmission crossmember, Corvette IRS (from Monogram Beach Boys 1932 Ford Three Window Coupe Kit) · Wheels/tires from Monogram 427 Cobra Roadster kit · Photoeched instrument panel and printed gauges · Ride height lowered all around · Custom inner cowl under hood extension As you are looking, please keep in mind that this was built to the standards of 30 years ago, so the body panel gaps, ever so slightly yellowed gloss clear, and so forth, represent a somewhat different era of model car building. Still, really overjoyed to add to the "finished" status a project that was started so long ago. Lots more pictures below, and thanks for looking.....TIM

Jim...good luck with your project and I'd love to see it when you are finished....TIM

AHH....I get it (sorry, I'm a little slow on the uptake these days....). Here's a shot of the completed project, and a link to a more pictures and a list of the mods done to the project.....TIM

Richard: Huh???? Are you kidding? (About both the number of suitable projects and the name of the build)? !!! At last count (10/13, just after I retired) I had about 65 unfinished projects, and although a few of those have since been completed, even more unfinished ones have been added. Where to turn next, where to turn.... Best....TB PS - will post today or tomorrow....TIM

Tasty Baste! This is a great example of the best possible type of model car replicating a '29A/'32 rails highboy roadster back then. At that time, any such model was a major scratchbuilding project and Bill did a great job of combining that with the best of the existing parts from kits available then. Congrats Bill! TIM

Richard....finished up Friday morning in time for a brief debut at the Hoosier Model Car Association 40th Contest and Show just south of Indy on Saturday morning. Took pictures on Friday after completion, but have not yet downloaded to the Under Glass section....will do so in the next couple of days. So you can mark mine "Gotter Done" on your next status update......TIM

Thanks again to all who have commented on this project. It was certainly one of those "lifetime" model projects for me, but I guess I didn't realize there were so many other modelers interested in this subject! Glad to hear otherwise! Best Regards....Tim

Jeffrey....thanks for the note. Glad to hear you are interesetd in early smog era muscle cars as they are also a real interest area for me. Between the E58 Mopar Wedge, the 1971/72 Pontiac 455 HO, and the 1971 Boss 351/1972 351 Cleveland Hi-Po 4 barrels, there were several killer/un-sung smog-era engines that performed incredibly well. Unfortunately, many of the mags back then, and since then, were uninformed and/or editorially deficient in their coverage of same. I can't believe the number of otherwise reputable magazines and writers who blew their coverage of the E58 Wedge....often calling it nothing more than the Mopar C-Body 360 2-barrel with a wimpy 4 barrel added. NOT. I had included an entire page (sidebar) on the upgraded contents of the E58 Wedge in my book "Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits", but sadly I had to cut it as I was way over my word count max. (Maybe it will appear in print some day). And the 455 HO was an incredible performer that totally went under the radar screen both then, and even to some degree today. And these days people have finally figured out that the Boss 3521 Mustang was probably the fastest first gen (1964/5 through 1973) Mustang of all, if not tied with the original 1968.5 428 Cobra Jet.... Of course, I am gathering that you are well aware of the above (as well as several others - you know who you are!), but perhaps this will be "new news" to the rest that are reading this thread....TIM

Thanks Dave. Apparently this was a past known issue at Round 2, but John G. had previously followed up and thought the issue was resolved in the latest reissue. He's assured me it will be handled with the next reissue, both the lack of white backing on the outer stripes as well as the incorrect registration on the white backing where it was already provided on the hood stripes. You could almost hear the "sigh" in his response. The challenges of today's global supply base, of course, offset by the affordable and (often) better results from the same when everything goes as it should.... Really liking yours....I need to photograph my '71 MPC RR in the Sassy Grass/Green-Go color with black stripes and and an added mid-year canopy (1/2) vinyl roof....it would make a nice comparo with yours... And thanks again for your headlamp painting tip several years ago...glad I finally got a chance to try it out. Best...TIM

Steven, for what it's worth, I agree 100% with your plan on this subject. Can't wait to see how you apply your magic to this building subject....TIM

....who is the subject of a two-page feature column in the new Hemmings Classic Car November 2020 issue. For any who do not recognize his name, Rick chaired the "Custom Rodding in MIniature" column in Custom Rodder magazine for a long time; he was also a regular contributor to the other magazine in its "Enthusiast" years, and an occasional contributor in recent years under the new Editors there. Rick was also a regular winner in the old MPC Customizing Championship from 1969-79, and in recent years was the new product ideas manager for the Danbury Mints line of automotive diecast replicas. Beyond being one of the hobby's most creative and imaginative model builders, Rick is also a great guy and friend. Congrats on your appearance in Classic Cars, Rick, and for yet another positive exposure to our hobby in the mainstream auto magazines....TIM

Tom....while this style of hot rod is not my cup of tea, I SALUTE you on 1) your creativity 2) your continued persistence to move the project forward 3) your weathering and "patina" skills, and 4) your presentation above along with the step by step photos you took. This is a totally inspiring post and I think the resulting model is terrific. I also really appreciate the photos at the end with the comparisons of factory stock pickups. I'd have to say this is probably my favorite model you've ever built to this date. Congrats my friend!!! TIM