OldNYJim

That's interesting - I didn't know that. I assume Boyd didn't want any non-Boyd wheels included in the kits. Figures, I think the largest chunk of his business was from wheel sales...

Yep - and in the case of the Boyd '57 Chevy kit (not sure about the '55) it had a rear axle where shafts on the housing angled upwards and had molded-in CV boots to get the ride height lower - it was like a cross between a conventional axle and independent suspension. They did some weird things to get those huge wheels under these kits... ? EDIT: Haha, Mark and I both posted about those weird axles at the same time. Great minds...

I'm gonna go ahead and predict we don't see those Boyd parts back again, although I don't think it looked as bad as some of the other Boyd kits that AMT put out Better than this thing, anyway...

Is that Nomad the same kit that became the Boyd kit at one point? It had big ol' 24" wheels and rubber band tires and whatnot

I HATE that - have they got CCTV?

Those Woodlites look AMAZING! Nice job!

Back 10 years ago or so I was designing plastic components for a company making aftermarket parts for 1:1 cars. My job, loosely put, was to take existing plastic components, reverse engineer them, see what improvements could be made (and identify if there was a viable market for an upgrade part if we weren't making a straight bolt-on replacement) and then design the part. I must've seen 50 different times a case where a part would be run out of nice high-quality material (new virgin plastic pellets, no color added or recycled material) and the piece would be fine - and then they'd run the production pieces on a lower quality material or start mixing color into it and it would cause issues. And I'm pretty sure that's what happened with those E-type bodies too, with the warps and sink marks...they get the part figured out in CAD, cut tooling, make test pieces, adjust...and then somewhere down the line someone comes up with the idea of using colored material or something cheaper and you start seeing weird issues like this. Sink marks where there weren't any before, parts warping when they come out of the machine, brittle or fragile material etc. etc. If I was Revell first thing I'd try on these (and the E-types) is ditch the colored plastic and try regular old white. I'm sure they don't care what I think tho, and I don't claim to be an expert in their processes...just recounting some of my experiences with this stuff... ?

I like the stuff those Hoonigan guys make, but I can never make it through a whole video of theirs. It’s like they all drank too many energy drinks and they’re excited that someone’s filming them…and then when they edit the video it’s so jittery and weirdly-edited that I can’t sit through an entire one. Maybe that’s how you keep people’s attention on YouTube or something - and I guess it works for them ?‍♂️

I would like to see someone build that version! Cool! A little bit of progress today… Started layering washes onto the tires to dull down that shine and make them look more gray-rubber than black-vinyl: Added some detail to the intake - used some photoetch added fuel lines and that larger line at the top replicates the hydraulic throttle setup that the real car has: Started some assembly on the engine and made a magneto on the lathe: …and then got the plug wires installed: Gave a very light wash to the frame - not going for ‘dirty’ on any of these parts, just trying to add a little depth and realism: And a quick mock-up for my own amusement: I REALLY want to get the front and rear axles installed, but I know that’s asking for trouble without having the engine locked down first…patience grasshopper! More soon!

That’s a healthy list! I’m looking forward to seeing those short track oval cars especially - love stuff like that!

This is gonna be a great looking build - way cool!

Love these threads! Thanks for posting one of these again Snake! I started to make my 2022 list yesterday…I got these as an early Christmas present from a buddy, so they’ll be fairly high up the list: Im working on my Mooneyes dragster build - would like to wrap that up this month: I’ve been working on a 34 truck that got put aside so I could finish up some of my ‘21 builds, so that’s on the list for this year too, and on top of those I’d like to build the following: - A replica of the 1:1 Mooneyes ramp truck - A kustom Impala - A gasser of some sort - maybe a Henry J or the new Mobius Nova - A funny car - probably the recently re-issued Atlantis Tom McEwan car - A dirt modified - A couple more hot rods - Whatever the NNL East web theme project is (even if I don’t end up making the show…but I HOPE I do) - Maybe a Beetle? I’ve had a couple of VW ideas bouncing around my brain lately. I have a dune buggy T idea in my head too… - A dirt oval car - I did one last year and I’d like to build something for it to race against Lower on my priority list, if I get to them are… - A 70s rail dragster - An AMC Gremlin with an aircraft engine - A Bonneville streamliner Catch you guys in 364 days and we’ll see if I managed any of these! ?

Thanks fellas! Here’s a cool thing - an early version of the 1:1 with a more conventional blower setup and a cool Mooneyes parachute! I can see myself falling down a rabbit hole and doing like five versions of this thing just to have all the variations… Did a little light weathering to some of the mechanical parts today getting ready to assemble the engine - I drilled a drain plug hole in that oil pan and added a little Titchy Trains bolt, and then added some light washes just to give some depth and interest: Shot some of my favorite black enamel on a bunch of pieces and got them in Spaz Stix chrome ready for a light buff and some washes tomorrow before starting to assemble the engine - plus I shot the trans and some other little parts in some metal shades too, whilst I was at it… The Quickchange in the 1:1 is a regular old steel Quickchange with a chrome cover over top, so I shot that in chrome first and then thinned down Vallejo steel acrylic with Createx thinner and gave it multiple brushed-on coats to give a subtly different tone to the metal of the axle compared to the chrome accents - came out ok I think! As some others have noted about this kit, the new real tires are nice but they have some pretty decent sink marks in the center of the tires - I spun those down on my lathe today and managed to fix that and tomorrow I’m going to start laying down some washes of gray and black to make them look a little more realistic…more soon!

Outstanding work!

Sounds like my daily commute through rural Indiana I miss the days of the subway being to blame for my tardiness…

Hope we get to see some more progress posted on this site too - I’ve been enjoying watching this one come together (and am too disorganized to remember to go check elsewhere ?)

If people don’t know if they just put a car in forward or reverse they really shouldn’t be driving one…

Thanks fellas! Had a busy couple of weeks what with Christmas and work and having the flu and about twenty other things - but I’m excited to get back to the bench and make some progress on this thing! Did a coupla little bits today to get rolling again… Picked up these tubing benders so I could remake the kit headers - the kit ones are SUPER skinny and would only be, maybe 1” tubing or so if scaled up, so I made some meatier ones: I’ll be Aclading them so that the chrome matches everything else on the car and giving them a little heat-staining for some visual interest. Meanwhile, this car either did or didn’t run a parachute, depending on which photo you look at and which year it was taken - I wanted to run one so I painted a resin one that I had in my parts stash, added medical-tape straps and some photoetch washers to represent eyelets, and added the cord to the frame ready for when I mount it (via that aluminum plate that attaches to the back of the frame). I’ll add that and the pull-cord and whatnot fairly late in the build so it doesn’t get knocked off twenty times in the meantime… I’ve been prepping engine parts so I can assemble that soon too, but the trans in the kit doesn’t match the in-out box in the real car so I scratchbuilt one this evening ready for painting tomorrow: I’ll need to make a driveshaft once I’ve got the engine in place, but easier to do than further down the line… Getting a little pile of dragster-looking parts now - more soon! More soon!

Turns out our store (Valparaiso, IN) had them - still a few there on the end of one of the aisles:

Started one - had an idea on how to do the paint to look like the original box art but I wasn’t happy with it…needs another go-round!

I never managed to get those Stynlyrez primers primers to stick properly, even with textbook-perfect surface preparation. They're fine if you aren't doing any subsequent masking, but they peel off super easy if you have to mask anything over top. Your mileage may vary, of course...

Either works fine, in my experience - I've used airbrushable primers, Tamiya primers...my current favorite is the $1-a-can stuff that you can pick up in Meijer (if you have one of those nearby) or Walmart....works just fine!

Createx black needs some heat for it to set properly - just a few minutes with a hairdrier, or in a dehydrator. It's some peculiarity with that Createx color in particular - none of the other colors NEED heat to set correctly, but the black stays rubbery, like you say, without being force-dried. I like to prime all my stuff too, but that's not causing the problem in this case...

Merry Christmas!

Model on brother!