Tommy Iv o's Showboat wip

[Farmboy]

Don't see many of these Revell 1/25 kits built or in the process.  This is just a mockup of my build (no seat, body panels, chute etc) still have to do the 16 outside pipes, add a few additional fuel lines/return to fuel tank, line tee's, throttle linkage rod with actuators, brake lines and stuff.  

Thanx for looking.  Comments and observations welcome. 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Farmboy

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice work so far on a great but not-easy kit of a very special car.  

[Farmboy]

I agree, a unique vehicle fer shur.  Its an old kit where building/detailing experience and some research

really pay off but it's a jewel right out of the box too!  

[cobraman]

Yours is looking good.

[Farmboy]

Thanks much cobraman.should be done soon.

[Revin]

Awesome job! Tommy Ivo would be proud.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Just to get to see a built one in person would be a treat. A rare kit today. Thanks for posting.

[1930fordpickup]

Very cool car. Nice work. 

[Farmboy]

Thanks for the shout outs guys.  I'm sure the reissue (this is one of them) sold quite quickly and I'm sure there are plenty of modelers that have at least one in their stash, but like you rrb, I've never seen one built in person either.  Again, its a jewel right out of the box after a bit of attention and cleanup, even though the kit supplied  headers are quite troublesome.  

[Farmboy]

A quick detail.  Rather than a simple black seat, I added a piece of round styrene around the rear edge. Painted silver it's an easy representation of an upholstered aluminum bucket

Comments and observations welcome

[Bainford]

Fantastic! Looking forward to this build. I have one in my stash, and have spent a lot of time lately planning its construction, and how to deal with the various idiosyncrasies of a four-engine model. Your is looking great. Very nice work so far.

[Farmboy]

Next to constantly knocking injector stacks and header pipes off or out of alignment during the build there's not a whole lot of frustration packaged with the kit.  I believe the biggest hurdle to most is dealing with 4 like engines. See them as one  b i g  unit and you're halfway home.  The rest is parts cleanup and as much detail as you want to add.

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Just got this kit a few weeks ago, it's a buildup and i'm planning to restored, you are doing a great job on yours

[David G.]

It looks like you have a great start on this.

Such an unusual kit. I can't recall that I've seen one in the box let alone built up.

David G.

[Farmboy]

Thanks David.  Lots left to do but it's mostly big stuff like headers and body parts, nothing like building the fuel injection set ups and engine wiring again.

 

[Farmboy]

Throttle linkages.  Hard to pick out but they're there.  This photo is for the right side

This is for the left.  Note the pivot arm on the throttle rod is mounted facing down.  This is due to the two downpointing headers getting in the way.  I ended up mounting the throttle rod up higher on the unused engine starter mount to get the job done believably.  I don't know how many people I'll meet that will know the difference, but it's easier to beg forgiveness....

Comments and observations welcome.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Epic impact. Props for all of this. Just keeping track of the next step. Unable to identify the engines. Buick?

A diecast for my desk would be fun if one was ever made.

[Farmboy]

THANKS RRB.  Buicks for sure.  There is a diecast out there by GMP 1/18 SCALE but don't know what you'd pay if you found one.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Farmboy

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Awesome work so far, you need to work every single part at the same time for every engine, i can't imagen how much work you have to do to get them make look a like

[Farmboy]

Marcos, a lot depended on that single throttle rod and linkage to activate the four fuel distribution blocks.  I'm surprised it's not part of the kit and that's not even mentioning simplified inkage and very obvious hard fuel lines going between the engines though they do include four one piece fuel injector line assemblies.  I simply chose to make my own.  The frustrating part of the build for me is what I call 'Detail Progression Syndrome' lol.  Adding a new detail to the first engine sometimes needs re-doing cause the fourth unit - in whatever oder you do them - looks cleaner built because one becomes accustomed to doing the mod.  Despite that I think it's turning out ok.

Comments and observations welcome

[Farmboy]

IMHO if only one other modification is done to the kit beyond spark plug wires one should consider fabricating the hard lines on top of the engine.  They easily add reality and complexity to the kit's presentation with only a small amount of attention.

This is what I'm referring to.  I've since replaced the line and tee with a better rendering.  Note that there are 3 pieces of solder, 2 brass elbows and a brass tee.  Even if just one piece of solder was used with the ends painted brass and no tee it would be an extra detail that is quite noticeable.

The photo below shows the larger piece.  Note it's backwards to what's presented in the previous photo as it was to go on the other engine bank, but thems the breaks. ☹️

A piece of solder leaves a brass elbow on top of the fuel distribution block, a small hump is created to clear an actuator bar connecting to the other row of injectors.  Following that, a number of sharp angle bends make the line circumvent the magneto to join up to the tee.  As seen in the previous photo a separate piece of solder is bent, leaving the opposite side of the tee to meet up with the distribution block on the second engine and capped with a brass elbow.  The tee itself is joined to a length of solder that connects to the fuel pump.  

Be careful not to cover a part of the injector base where a velocity stack will go.

Comments and observations welcome.

[iBorg]

Nice build so far of what may be the number one kit for modelers to either take a hammer to or stomp on. Seriously, I wonder how many of these were M-80 bait in the 60's?

 

[Joe Nunes]

A bit of an engineering marvel there and you are doing a really nice model build of this not-so-easy to construct kit. 

Joe

[Farmboy]

Thanks for the kind words guys! 

Joe, a marvellous beast it is, hope I do it some credit when it's finished.  And Mike, dispatch method of choice was .177 cal at 25 feet.  Silent and selective lol!

[Joe Nunes]

1 hour ago, Farmboy said:

adispatch method of choice was .177 cal at 25 feet.  Silent and selective lol!

Ha Ha!  I remember taking those four motors, hanging each one on a string from a tree branch,and using them for BB gun practice! An M-80 took care of the rest of that diabolical thang!

Joe