Jonathan

Wow! This may be the best this kit has ever looked! Beautiful work!

Nice - you hardly see these built. It really looks great. I have one - started 17 years ago. Unfinished.

Absolutely stunning!

Very nicely done.

I just picked up one of these a couple of weeks ago. A guy on our hall in college had one and it was such a cool/weird car (truck? ute?). My kit has major warpage issues with the body, however. Hopefully, I can get that worked out when I build it. Nice work, by the way.

I love this build. I never knew about the car, or that race really. Really cool build.

Very clever! I like it!

Tangent to the topic at hand, but how did you do the leaves?

Even so, I'll pickup a couple of copies of this kit. (pickup! haha)

Very nicely done!

Along those lines, I'd like something that looks more "solid" in terms of wheels (the Packard pictured is being built out-of-box; I'm planning/thinking about the second one that I have that I'd like to do something different for...) Something like this poor screen grab ...

It's not RED! Awesome - it really looks sharp in silver.

This is why I love this board - post a question and the creativity just happens. Still not sure if I'll try this, though.

Oh, man that is crazy! I love it!

So, I've been working on the old (and I think well done) Monogram Packard Boattail Speedster. Looking at the lines - two seater, long hood, short tail - got me to thinking, what would this look like if it were hotrodded? Using a second kit, I'm thinking of ditching the fenders (think High Boy); leave the hood off. Can I find any parts to dress up / hop up the Straight 8? What could I use for wheels - these are 19" or 20" wheels, and pretty narrow, as one would expect. Any thoughts? Creative ideas? (is this a dumb idea?) thanks

Would love to progress pics. Here's mine, straight from the box. Well, I worked up some sorry plaid decals for the seats. But, yeah, completely improbably engine, wheels, etc. - so it seems like a blank canvas to me.

These look great, Joe!

That really looks great! Nice work.

As others have said, this is a beautiful build!

I'm still looking forward to this rerelease. Any thoughts as to where to source the ol' 4-banger, Iron Duke motor?

I remember seeing this when it was published. Very cool!

I'm definitely in for this. And, I think HPIGuy, and of course Tim Boyd - among others - are great contributors to our hobby. I look forward to reviews by both of them. Tim - for his history and beautiful builds; Chris for showing what's in the current release and quickly pointing out things to look for. Anywho ... I'm glad to see this classic reissued, especially with Tim's input and the updates.

Nice - the model and the reference pictures

Very nice work - as it should have been built.

Retrofuture - so very cool!