Bring Out Your Dead... Long Stalled Models

[Tom Geiger]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

I've never made any secret of the fact that this thread was the inspiration and the seed of idea for the BOYD build thread. You truly set off something great here, Tom! 

And you brought it to life!  That's why I'm curious as to how many of these maybe got finished... 

[Snake45]

I just did a quick scroll through this thread. The only two models I definitely recognize from the BOYD Build thread are Straightliner59's Junior Fueler and my own '66 Skylark. There might be a few others; I think maybe that '67 Lemans was in BOYD a while back. 

I think maybe a few other models from this thread eventually got finished, but not as part of the BOYD Build project. In the last few months I've seen a few "Under Glass" models where the builder stated they were started long ago, but they didn't participate in BOYD even though they'd have definitely been eligible. 

Last time I counted, I think over 80 models had been completed in BOYD so far, and IIRC we're on the 11th round. I've completed at least one in every round, and I think a couple others have, too. 

[Tom Geiger]

My own success has been mixed.. some I finished, some I finished in two rounds and others just crashed and burned!  
 

I thought I was going there with the Studebaker but decided I couldn’t stand the personal shame so I pushed through it!

[JohnnyK]

I haven't worked on this one in a long, long time:

The problem is the exhaust headers. They have these huge depressions in them. Keep in mind that this kit has four engines, so I would need to either fix, or replace, 32 headers. 

[Big John]

6 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

My own success has been mixed.. some I finished, some I finished in two rounds and others just crashed and burned!  
 

I thought I was going there with the Studebaker but decided I couldn’t stand the personal shame so I pushed through it!

Yes here are some problems but what a Wonderful concept!  Gullwing Study! Beautiful paint job too.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Big John
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[Tabbysdaddy]

13 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

So folks… post what you have completed in this thread!

I thought the point of this thread was to post what isn't completed and hasn't been touched in a long time. 

[Tom Geiger]

17 minutes ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

I thought the point of this thread was to post what isn't completed and hasn't been touched in a long time. 

It is.. but since time has gone by and we have a group build on the subject I was curious to see if any of these poor models actually got completed!

[Straightliner59]

5 hours ago, JohnnyK said:

I haven't worked on this one in a long, long time:

The problem is the exhaust headers. They have these huge depressions in them. Keep in mind that this kit has four engines, so I would need to either fix, or replace, 32 headers. 

Honestly,  I would make a jig and start bending and cutting. Once you get that figured out, you can make them from aluminium tubing as fast, or faster than filling all those pin marks and sanding all those seams!

Edited August 31, 2021 by Straightliner59

[Mike C.]

Okay. I think I resurrected the right thread this time. Almost all of my stalled projects are the result of the subject coming out in 1/18 diecast. I like these mainly because I don't have the opportunity to mess up the paint job. Also I've been making resin mags in 1/18 and such for a long time. This is the case with the Myers Manx. Classic dune buggy. In a rare occasion,  I was quite pleased with how the paint job turned out. It would be a shame to let it sit on the shelf after I got this far on the build. I'm pretty set on these tires and I'm leaning heavily towards the Torq Thrusts. I think it may be time to resurrect this project.

 

[Sledsel]

On 8/30/2021 at 8:43 PM, JohnnyK said:

I haven't worked on this one in a long, long time:

The problem is the exhaust headers. They have these huge depressions in them. Keep in mind that this kit has four engines, so I would need to either fix, or replace, 32 headers. 

Sure something is not missing? All the marks seem to line up.

Seems with the length they would need to be supported as in this pic... 

[Mike C.]

Another one that I got pretty far on is this 1970 Challenger T/A. Pretty much everything is painted except for the 340 short block.  

[64SS350]

So I will join in here. I started this in 2017 for the Cannonball Run Comm. Build, and just got busy...or...??

This is the '67 Camaro Bumble Bee. Conversion parts are from C1 Models, and scratch building the rest.

I made a jig to etch in the side detail that is missing from the kit body and removed the front seam lines.

[64SS350]

Current progress

[64SS350]

Interior is done, made some shocks, reworking wheels, investigating color application.

[Modlbldr]

Thinking about making this one of my next projects to work on. The thing with this is that it was one of my Buddy's projects that he had started years ago. It sat on his bench for several years and every time I went to visit I would beg him to finish it. I always thought that it was such a beautiful paintjob. Unfortunately,  he never finished it before he passed away last year. It has suffered a bit of damage since then. I just purchased a 69 Nova kit from David (ewetwo) so that I could try to get it done.

Later-

[Bullybeef]

12 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Thinking about making this one of my next projects to work on. The thing with this is that it was one of my Buddy's projects that he had started years ago. It sat on his bench for several years and every time I went to visit I would beg him to finish it. I always thought that it was such a beautiful paintjob. Unfortunately,  he never finished it before he passed away last year. It has suffered a bit of damage since then. I just purchased a 69 Nova kit from David (ewetwo) so that I could try to get it done.

Later-

Tom Please do this justice and finish it!

[Mike C.]

This started out as the Jolly Green gasser that I planed to build as a period street racer but it stalled after I wasn't happy with the paint. It's soaking in the purple pond now.

[#1 model citizen]

On 8/31/2021 at 12:15 AM, Tom Geiger said:

It is.. but since time has gone by and we have a group build on the subject I was curious to see if any of these poor models actually got completed!

Finally resurrected! Began in the Spring of 2006 and completed June 30, 2022More pictures in Under Glass section 

Edited September 5, 2022 by #1 model citizen

[Big John]

Perseverance pays off! Very nice New Yorker.  I wonder how may pink cars they sold.  My 64 GMC Had a similar pink color.

[#1 model citizen]

1 hour ago, Big John said:

Perseverance pays off! Very nice New Yorker.  I wonder how may pink cars they sold.  My 64 GMC Had a similar pink color.

Thanks John! Pink was a popular color in the mid fifties. This model was painted to match my dad’s Chrysler. He also had a coral pink ‘57 Imperial. Elvis was known to have a pink Cadillac and I still have my first car, a white over pink ‘56 Dodge. 

[Slotto]

I've completely lost interest in these three. I doubt I'll ever be able to finish them. I've done extensive body work on the first two and I dont have the confidence to pull them across the finish line. The 3rd? I'm not into drag cars anymore. 

[SpikeSchumacher]

Here's one I have "waiting in the wings"... ?

[drifterdon]

2 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

Here's one I have "waiting in the wings"... ?

Wow.   Love the two-toned paint on this one Spike.

[slusher]

6 hours ago, drifterdon said:

Wow.   Love the two-toned paint on this one Spike.

I agree!

[espo]

The colors work well together. Looks like about all you have left would be interikor and some chassis work.