new build #1 of 2...a very traditional hot rod with a couple of unusual twists....

[tim boyd]

For those that do not read Model Cars magazine, here are some photos of a recently completed fairly major kitbash project. 

It was inspired by the discovery of a very, very cool set of tall/n/taller post-WWI racing tires in an old Heller Talbot Lago Grand Prix racer kit, as well as a fairly similar 1/1 scale build featured in Rod and Custom magazine before it stopped publishing. 

I started with the Round 2 AMT "mod rod" reissue of a few year ago of most (but not quite all) of the original c.1962 AMT Ala-Kart/'29 Model A Roadster Trophy Series Double Kit.  Much of the engine came from the Navarro Flathead in the Revell 1948 Ford Chopped Custom Coupe with headers from VCG Resins by Reese.  The front and rear suspension are from the new Moebius Keeler's Kustom Model T and Fiat Altered kits.  The paint is a matte finish aerosol from the Tamiya TS paint catalog.  

The complete buildup with more info on the overall inspiration for the project as well is in the current Model Cars Magazine Issue #226. 

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For those that have seen the magazine issue, below are some of the unused/cutting room floor images from the article submission (MCM Art Director Tim K. had already devoted eight pages of the mag to the subject so there just wasn't room in the mag for any more images of the finished model). 

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Hope you like it...or....more importantly, that you might be inspired to try one of your own along somewhat similar lines...

Happy to have answer any questions you might have...TIM     

PS - will be posting images of the new build #2 in the Pickups section of Under Glass...

BTW I fixed the white resin inside the exhaust headers visible in the images below....many of the photos here are of the car before its last-minute refinements for the final MCM photo session....

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Edited Sunday at 09:50 PM by tim boyd

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Tim! 

Very nice piece, everything fits perfectly, bravo! The simple fact of leaving the splash aprons on makes it look like it is on its way to the nearest TROG beach race... maybe in Santa-Barbara?

CT

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great-looking build. Rugged stance and paint. Nice job!

[Calb56]

[Calb56]

Couldn't post response so tried adding s screenshot.

 

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[tim boyd]

17 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Tim! 

Very nice piece, everything fits perfectly, bravo! The simple fact of leaving the splash aprons on makes it look like it is on its way to the nearest TROG beach race... maybe in Santa-Barbara?

CT

Hi Claude....thanks for the comments.  As for Santa Barbara and a TROG PG....don't I just wish!!!   TB

PS - my original thought was to use the aprons but during final assembly I almost dropped them.   IIRC the MCM article shows the mockup in both forms....if not, I will find and post a picture of that stage in the build.  The original R&C feature car that partially inspired this one had the aprons, and in the end, I decided to keep them.  But it was a close call as which way to go....TB 

Edited Saturday at 06:11 PM by tim boyd

[tim boyd]

7 hours ago, Calb56 said:

Couldn't post response so tried adding s screenshot.

 

Charles...a comparison to a Don Mongomery book is very high praise in my book....thanks for that.  Mr. Montgomery once wrote me a very nice note after reading one of my Gasser Kit History articles in (I think it was) SA,  A real gentleman and incredibly influential author, it turns out....TB   

[tim boyd]

Dan and Larry...thanks for the comments!   Cheers....TIM 

[Phildaupho]

Fantastic looking traditional hot rod. I especially like seeing the Navarro lettering on the speed equipment

[espo]

Beautiful looking build and remember seeing the mentioned article in Model Cars. I'm mixed on the aprons, but that is sort of someone's personal ideas of the look they like best. Excellent detailing everywhere you look on this. 

[Droptop 66]

Outstanding work as always, Tim! After the demise of Scale Auto, I was really concerned, but now that we have two model car mags up and running, all is right in the world again. Cheers....:)

[FoMoCo66]

Wow! This is what I think of when someone says "traditional hot rod truck". Amazing work, this is everything I think of and more with a Tim Boyd build.

[bill-e-boy]

Tim a kool old timey build. Right on the money and off to TRoG we go

The Ala Kart again gives up some very useful parts to your build.

[Calb56]

See...straight out of a Don Montgomery book.

[tim boyd]

5 hours ago, Calb56 said:

See...straight out of a Don Montgomery book.

Wow....just wow!   Thx for this post!  TB 

[ea0863]

Absolute beauty Tim! And I agree with Claude; the splash aprons look quite the part on this build IMO.

[tim boyd]

On the bottom right of page 17 of the new (#226) issue of Model Cars mag are two side view (profile) shots of the car in nearly completed form, with and without the splash aprons....TB 

[slusher]

Man, that looks great , Tim!

[alan barton]

Enticingly simple but as we all know, getting the formula right is rarely as simple as it looks.  Glad you left the aprons on - to me they speak volumes to the character of the car. Not every traditional Model A needs them but this one did!

Cheers

Alan

[Oliver77]

The wood in the bed looks great too!

[Lobo2me]

Very cool Tim. Classic, with a twist. Very well done! I just posted a crazy '34 that I got in way over my head on...as I often do because of my wandering mind.