A visit with Tim Rice...and visual proof of heretofore unknown AMT Treasures....

[tim boyd]

Join us here for a great visit with Tim Rice, formerly of AMT's Modeling Shop at the Maple Road factory in Troy, Michigan.

Check out the photos and PLEASE read the photo captions too for this new and until now unknown news about one of or favorite model car companies suring the late 1960's to late 1970's. T

Thanks Tim, for saving the artifacts and for sharing them now with the world's adult modeling community.

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1. The AMT GarWood Refuse body master....and no, it was not cancelled due to warpage during the AMT strike.  See the real story as relayed by Tim, in the photo captions....

 

2.  Have any of you EVER heard of an AMT bottom dump grain hauler trailer for their 1/25th scale truck and trailer lineup?  I sure hadn''t.  But here's visual proof that not only was such a project underway, but it got much closer to actually happening than anyone would have expected...again, details in the photo captions at the link above....

3. Another unknown project....a foam tank and boom squirter to be added to AMT's American LaFrance Fire Equipment lineup....

  

.  And finally, images of the cancelled 1/25th scale Porsche 911 (also posted at the Car Kits and Reviews section)....and a whole variety of Star Trek projects....

Thanks to Tim Rice for saving these artifacts, and thanks to Tim and the DAAM management team for all their efforts to arrange and show these projects to us now. 

Just wow!!!!   TIM 

Edited March 31, 2019 by tim boyd

[Luc Janssens]

Amazing seeing this, and a stop to all the rumors which were floating for decades, thanks for showing Tim and many thanks to Tim Rice and Ralph Daley for saving these from the dumpster.

Edited March 31, 2019 by Luc Janssens

[Force]

Cool, it's unfortunate they wasn't done.

[redneckrigger]

Thank you Tim for continuing to keep us all in the loop of the history of our hobby. Absolutely awesome work sir!

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Great stuff Tim! Thanks for sharing.

[ChrisBcritter]

Man, you look at these and wonder, "Could they still be produced?"

Tim, would Tim Rice know anything about AMT's aborted Continental Mark III and how far that project got before it was cancelled?

[37 caddy]

The bottom dump trailer looks like the trailer that is behind the IH transtar 2 on the box art?,but that was a ERTL kit so i dont think it was a possibility at that time?,would be neat to get the garbage truck body,have been hearing about it for years. Harvey

[bandit1]

SWEET! Would love to see what they are up to know "Behind the Scenes" sorta

[chuckyr]

Seems the process from concept to full product was a much more laborious process than it is now.  A lot of hand work and error correcting.  There is more reluctance to do make original subjects today than 50 years ago.

[Atmobil]

Thanks for sharing the pictures, really great to see this. I am also wondering if they could be made ready for production today. Could it be done?
One can always dream

[thatz4u]

Maybe Mr. Rice should offer his services to Moebius.......

[Luc Janssens]

On 4/1/2019 at 10:35 PM, Atmobil said:

Thanks for sharing the pictures, really great to see this. I am also wondering if they could be made ready for production today. Could it be done?
One can always dream

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

But sure they can be done, bring a bucket of cash, obtain the licensing and you're in business 

and instead of pantographing the wooden parts, they can be scanned, scaled down and even improved (including more detail) while still in cyberspace, anyway just my 2 cents...

 

 

 

[bigred63]

Wow, what great and interesting pictures! Would have loved to have the Grain Trailer. Who knows, what other interesting kit would have been released?