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• Was Stevie also a drag racer back in the day ? ............... *PIC* .......
• Started a new project over the weekend , , , [PICS]
  • Rebuilds are sometimes more fun that starting with something new! Will check out your progress! *NM*
    • I agree! *NM*
  • As far as I know the 1:1 car shared the actual body shell with the 66-70 Olds Toronado,just checked AMT's new(circa 1999?) 66 Riviera windows in a Johan 70 Toro body & they are a perfect fit if that helps the resto,the Johan Toro & AMT 66 Riv windows more easy to find maybe. *NM*
  • Begging for the mild custom parts.... rrrrwarrr *NM*
  • You will do it justice! *NM*
• I have 2 large, probably rear, tires that the tread says AMT. What kit(s) would they be from?? Thanks. *NM*
  • AMT "Rod Rageous" Slammer was the only one I know of that had those but other slammer kits may have also had them. *NM* *PIC*
• What's going on with Motor City Resin,is it closing down? *NM*
  • Unfortunately, like so many others, he's a victim of his own success... *NM* *LINK*
  • I've talked to Jeff many times on PSAB chat, he's had many health issues and being a 1 man operation is way behind on casting resin, when and if he can, he wants to fill the orders but doubt he will be able to
    • If the business isn't dead yet the thread on it on the MCM forum will kill it for sure. *NM*
    • Tell him he needs to refund the orders he can't/won't fill *NM*
• I have never color sanded a model before, can someone clue me in on the grits to use?? Grits, as in sandpaper, not breakfast food.Thanks. *NM*
  • If you have one of the polishing kits, if the paint is pretty smooth, I start with 3200 grit and proceed through the 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 grits. If I'm lucky, I can stop at 6 or 8000. That will smooth out the color for the clear or polish.
  • Do you mean cut and buff operations? Or planing the surface for following coats?
• Has there ever been a board list of all the up-tops in annual kits?
  • You have the perfect handle to start one Mr. Ragtop... LOL *NM*
    • Why do you think I'm asking? (grins) *NM*
      • Usually someone asks about a specific car, and people offer suggestions...
        • , , even from new tools compared to annuals. No way will the top from the newer AMT '62 Thunderbird fit the '62 or '63 Thunderbird annuals I have. *NM*
          • Even things you'd expect to fit, won't fit. Reworking a top is difficult due to the molded-in texture *NM*
• A celebrity in our midst - Tim Boyd take a bow!
  • Congrats Tim. I always appreciate your contributions to this forum. Your builds, photography and informative verbiage. Thanks for all you do. *NM*
• Oldscamino or Oldscameo... *PIC*
  • Beautiful, thanks for posting that. I can see it done with 56 or 57 Chevy quarters too. *NM*
    • Using Tri-five rear quarters would be very close to the production Cameo but these Oldsmobile quarters sure give it a touch of elegance. *NM*
      • Re: Using Tri-five rear quarters would be very close to the production Cameo but these Oldsmobile quarters sure give it a touch of elegance.
        • You're right about that Ken... Great color choice. *NM*
      • I'd bet those quarters are fiberglass, reworked Cameo pieces (original or reproduction). I'm surprised the builder went with the small back window instead of the full-width one *NM*
        • What with all the work that appears to have been done, making the rear window into a pseudo 3 piece Olds/Buick rear window would have also added to the intrique, but nice work however/whoever did it. *NM*
  • It looks right. All in the family *NM*
  • Oh man, does that ever look cool! I love it, hope it has an Olds engine and Olds grille! *NM*
    • Nope. *NM*
  • That is jaw-droppin' gorgeous! *NM*
  • Very cool...is there something embossed on the tailgate, or is that light reflections?? *NM*
    • Ridges like the chrome "bananas" on the tail gate of a tri-five Nomad. *NM*
  • Here's a pic of the front and a link to an article with more pics,,, *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
• Thinking of all the Californios on here. Hope all are safe and sound. *NM*
  • From the latest reports I've seen Vegas wasn't in the clear either... Hope you're not affected... *NM*
    • I live about 1000 feet higher elevation than the Strip. Just lots of rain up here and in all flows east toward the Strip and eventually to Lake Mead. All good here. *NM*
      • Hoping the lake fills a bit from the rain - get at least some benefit from the inconvenience *NM*
  • It really wasn't a big deal at my house. Mainly just a steady rain for a whole day. Did get a bit windy in the early evening. Had to go out and clean up the blown over garbage containers. *NM*
    • About the same here...I think it was overblown, but perhaps it's safer that way. *NM*
      • Pretty much the same in North County San Diego, 2-1/2 inches of rain total, maybe 40 mph wind gusts, but mainly just a stiff breeze. Palm Springs and Joshua Tree areas got pummeled, though... *NM*
  • Vegas update: Mount Charleston and Kyle Canyon remained under a flash flood warning Monday morning after heavy rains tore roads apart and left residents sheltering in place with no power. *NM*
• Recent Builds - Axles and Tires Abound. *LINK*
  • Tim....really, really great work! Thanks for sharing....TB *NM*
  • I remember the "wiggle wagons" from my daily trips on the interstate when I was still a "working stiff". *NM*
    • When I was travelling the Ohio Turnpike I remember seeing tripples that really had the wiggles! *NM*
      • Coincidentally Charlie, the interstate I referenced was also in Ohio. *NM*
  • WOW! Would not have wanted to pay the tire bill! They must have been really hard to turn. Great capture of some Michigan history! *NM*
  • #jot - Jaw On Table is my new abbreviation for builds like these
    • There was on of the pups up in Cedarville, parked for years. Another set is still being used downstate by a road commission for water. Not many left of a once proud breed roaming the mitten. *NM*
  • Great modeling Tim! I have only seen logging trucks in the UP with lots of axles and not that many. *NM*
    • The Doubles never made it into the UP - they weren't allowed to cross the Mackinac Bridge (if I remember correctly),but the multi-axle units are still seen, mostly 6 axle. In the grand scheme....
  • Holy Moly...I didn't know tankers came that big! *NM*
  • Your trucks are fabulous. Very realistic. Great job. *NM*
  • Gives new meaning to "The rubber hitting the road". Nice builds. *NM*
  • Wow! Awesome builds! Also, sent you an email. *NM*
  • WOW!! *NM*
  • Very cool stuff! *NM*
• 2023 Pebble Beach Winner *NM* *LINK*
  • Beautiful design, Johan did the 35/36 version, Monograms was the 37/38 I think..........tho' those stock wheels don't do anything for the car....I'd throw some Borrani's on it when I own it....lol...yeh right. *NM*
  • Germans were doing the "Murdered Out" look years ago! *NM*
  • here's a walk through. doesn't show everything but a good selection. The #16 he doesn't know is a Locomobile at the Henry Ford now. The Fagoni cars make me drool. The D Jag at the end is awesome, especially when they lift the front to show off the engine. *NM* *LINK*
    • Lordy, Wayne, that D takes your breath away... *NM*
• Autocar Trailer #3
  • Shaping up real good! *NM*
  • This is gonna' be Super Cool. Keep on keepin' on my man. *NM*
  • That's looking great! *NM*
    • Your trailers above make mine look pretty tiny!! *NM*
• My new car has finally arrived at the vehicle service center... *PIC*
  • Cool ride!! *NM*
  • Nice, my son Mark has a 2024 Mustang Dark Horse on order, hopefully it'll arrive this year.........lol *NM*
    • Congrats Andy to you and your son. Hope he really enjoys it! TB *NM*
      • Thanks Tim, he's always been a bit of a Frod guy, I keep telling him to take the tablets to help him return to the Mopar fold.......lol. *NM*
    • I heard (not saying it's a fact) that Ford is having issues with getting enough black paint. *NM*
  • Yow! That thing is Gorgeous! I wish you nothing but Good Luck and Happy Motoring! *NM*
  • Re: My new car has finally arrived at the vehicle service center...
    • The color is called "Vapor Blue" and it is new. Really wanted Grabber Blue Metallic but this was a compromise with my wife. Thanks for asking...TIM *NM*
  • Might want to go down there and claim it as soon as you can. There have episodes of particularly desirable special order cars being sold from under the person who ordered it due to dealers claiming so called "paperwork mixup" excuses. "So sorry, will order you another one." *NM*
    • *There have been * Doh. *NM*
  • Looks great - the identical twin at the Ford "Mustang Alley" on 9-Mile stopped me in my tracks ...
  • Beautiful Mustang! *NM*
  • Sweeeet! *NM*
  • Tim that sure is nice. I like the subtle changes they made to the looks. *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Tim!! *NM*
  • Love it! *NM*
• PIF...Revell Willys PE grill. *NM*
  • I could use that, please. *NM*
    • Ok Marty, you know the drill, and I'll get it out in the next day or so......after the flood waters subside!! hehe *NM*
• Last night got to the point were I was back semi-functional enough tp work on the computer. After a week of CT scans, x-rays, laying out on the porch overnight until I get a neighbor's attention, trip in a paramedic's van, day in emergency and so much meds I was a zombie for
  • What happened? *NM*
    • Hey Vic, I tweaked my back like a year ago and did a bunch of physical therapy that didn't really help. So now its really affecting my legs to the point of where I can barely walk with a cane and sometimes they just go completely out from under me. Had a CT scan last Monday
      • Sorry to hear that. Hope they can do something to help. Backs are the worst. *NM*
  • Sorry to hear that. I've gone through all that myself. I credit a Chiropractor with helping greatly with recovery. *NM*
• I purchased this rubber car, manufactured in Canada 1955. Thinking of repainting. Not sure if I should try to remove the existing paint or not. Mine does not have wheels/tires. This photo from ebay.
  • Maybe bead blasting, the beads should bounce off. *NM*
• Rubbery 3D printed bodies.
  • So far, I've bought mainly wheels/tires, engines, and one body. I haven't come across anything rubbery, yet.
    • Many cheap printers made for kids often use a soft, almost rubbery material. *NM*
      • 3d printers... for kids? I'm gonna go look now. *NM*
  • I've gotten parts that were rubbery, but they did get harder after several months. Sunlight didn't work for me, either. *NM*
  • I know of two things that can cause rubbery prints.
• What am I doing wrong. After painting and polishing a car, then applying bare metal trim, then I try to clean or wax the body the bare metal leaves black streaks in the paint. I can get most of it off but in some cases seems to permanently stain the paint. Frustrated! *NM*
  • Sounds like maybe the paint was too soft to do the polishing. I'd wait a bit and see if it cures a bit more. Maybe some additional polishing will remove the stains. *NM*
  • What jumped out at me is the word polishing... If you are just smoothing out the paint and not using any polish compound I am not sure why that is happening unless there is foil adhesive outside of the trim on the paint you are applying. *NM*
    • You are polishing aluminum. It always leaves a black residue. Do not polish the BMF. Only wax. Or better yet, clear over the BMF. *NM*
      • Yeah what Bill said. I always clear over my BMF. *NM*
• Were these the only 2 Ford Drag Teams? They didn't use any other year cars? *NM* *PIC*
  • That pic would be a great subject for a diorama... Any Ford Fanatic out there considering taking that (or at least half of that) on? *NM*
  • Here's an article on them with a lot of photos, *NM* *LINK*
  • a nice video of when you had to know how to shift. *NM* *LINK*
  • Check this out..... *PIC*
    • Oh man, if R2 did that for real I'll take 2 right now! *NM*
      • Me too!!! *NM*
      • That would be a cool kit. However the price.... pretty much 4 kits in one... betcha it would be a steep price *NM*
    • That is so cool! *NM*
• On another site, they're saying Revell is coming out with RMX-4552 1/25 1976 Chevy Street Pickup Truck. Anyone know which variant this might be? *NM*
  • It's the old Revell Stepside, possibly best known from the Hot Rod Series reissue with the black monochomatic truck on the box. Appears it's been reissued at least a couple times since then. *NM*
    • I forgot about that kit. Doesn't/didn't that kit have 2 piece tires? *NM*
      • I had the set with that truck, a racing boat, and a trailer. I recall that one having solid, one-piece tires *NM*
        • I forgot about that kit, too. That's one I wish I had gotten. Revell, would you mind.... *NM*
          • That kit was originally tooled up as Jimmy Carter's brother's service station truck so that tells you about how long it's been in production. LOL *PIC*
            • Here's a link that might be entertaining. "When Embarrassing Presidential Relatives Got Model Kits: Billy Carter's Redneck Power Pickup!" *NM* *LINK*
              • Don't forget AMT's Jimmy Carter funny car kit 'Quarter Mile Smile'[ *NM*
    • Ya know, , IF Revell stuck a set of stock bumpers and front suspension in there and filled that hole in the roof it wouldn't be a 1/2 bad kit. , , Oh and a set of stock rear fenders, the ones in the kit are aftermarket. *NM*
      • Revell sure got a lot of mileage from those rear fenders. Here's one example from the internet....PIC
        • Here's another example from Revell's Custom Parts for Pickups...PIC
  • Revell was in something of a swoon at the time - how good is the kit?
    • I was put off by the kit's dropped tube front zxle and the quick change rear end. sur, if I wanted stock parts, there was the MPC kit, but the MPC kit was rarer than hen's teeth in my little nook & cranny of the world.
      • MPC kit was rarer than hen's teeth in my little nook & cranny of the world. , I never even seen one [2 wheel drive] in person until the mid '00s. Kinda hoping that mystery kit they announced that has never been reissued in the original version will be a 2 wheel drive '78. *NM*
  • Here's a good overview of all the kits associated with that particular tooling... *NM* *LINK*
• I'd like to see that. Sounds like it would really snap the looks up *NM*
• Congrats, rural wv internet is no fun... *NM*
• Autocar Trailer #2
  • Looking great! *NM*
  • Nice *NM*
  • Re: Autocar Trailer #2
• Thanks Bill!! *NM*
• You did good! Marty! *NM*
• Looking good! *NM*
• New Mustang GTD I have been a Chevy enthusiast and
  • I'm a Mustang guy......but $300K is A LOT!!!
    • Re: I'm a Mustang guy......but $300K is A LOT!!!
      • You can spend $50k less and get a Lucid Air Saphirre that will run circles around it. And, I’m no EV fan boy either. *NM*
  • Re:It's very impressive to say the least.i wonder how many will be scooped up by collectors and spend their life in a climate controlled garage,never to see the light of day again?. *NM*
    • That dependsid Gen X,Y, and Z will spend on cars like Boomers.. *NM*
      • Not likely, but they will spend a lot on the lastest i-Phone gadget. *NM*
        • According to a post on the Hemmings blog some time ago, the younger generations were indeed collecting cars, just perhaps a little differently from Boomers. *NM*
    • Re:It's very impressive to say the least.i wonder how many will be scooped up by collectors and spend their life in a climate controlled garage,never to see the light of day again?.
  • Must be very nice to be able to think about spending almost 3 times what I paid for my house on a car. , , I wish you well convincing the hubby to let you buy it. ;-)). *NM*
  • Kinda nice looking...is that going into production, or just a tease??? *NM*
    • IMSA car with a license plate, really -
      • Re: IMSA car with a license plate, really -
      • Ya ain't wrong......... *NM*
      • You want to see how screwed up Ford is, just look at the launch of the new Bronco, and more recently the Maverick truck. People still waiting for Mavericks ordered in 2022, that they may or may not ever see.
        • Re: You want to see how screwed up Ford is, just look at the launch of the new Bronco, and more recently the Maverick truck. People still waiting for Mavericks ordered in 2022, that they may or may not ever see.
          • I was not implying that Fords are cheaply/poorly made. What I'm saying is that they have had well over two years to get Maverick production up to where it meets denand,. Why can't they? Go try to find one at/below MSRP. Or try to order one, and get some estimate of when you
            • You get one shot at a launch, period. Imagine it's your honeymoon, but you lose the key to the room and the trunk with the luggage....
        • On my third Focus now, a 2016. Figure it will last me as long as I'll be able to drive. If not will have to look at a Kia or Hyundai (which just sent my dad spinning in his grave). *NM*
          • Had a 2013 Focus, which was a great little car, that I really liked, but that automatic transmission drove me out of it. *NM* *LINK*
            • The 2000 and 2008 were 5 speeds. The 2016 is the dual-clutch auto but by then had most of the bugs worked out. Would still rather have a 5 speed manual, but not sure how I'd stand up to using the clutch now.. *NM*
              • A 5-speed would have been nice, but my wife doesn't like them. At least she knows how to drive a manual, just doesn't want to. And I've probably had my last manual car due to knee, hip, back, etc. *NM*
• Shout out to our hosts, kits just arrived, still the best packaging and shipping costs out there. Thanks! *NM*
• Great things for those who wait for it... *NM*
• Salvinos JR Indy kits........
  • 😳
  • Wow! *NM*
  • Lots of kits cost more than $ 54.00. Tamiya, NuNu, Belkits, Beemax, some Hasegawa, etc.
    • Well,,,,,,,,,,,,
    • Here in Oz, new Tamigawa kits are around $100, which is $65US, Revell/AMT 1/25 car kits are $65-95 Oz. *NM*
      • Down under prices are pretty high.....otherwise I'd have some of those Ford die cast Falcons..... *NM*
        • Dave........email me direct I maybe able to help there........the exchange rate is in the US favour, postage costs is the issue now but who knows......lol. *NM*
    • 30-40 yrs ago you were lucky if a kit had decals....now "we" expect & get decals, metal transfers, photo etch, masks, vinyl parts & more so I suppose price increases should be expected....expected but not necessarily liked......lol. *NM*
  • 1:20 scale...not for me. *NM*
  • Tamiya kits are high priced but they fall together. Salvino's not so much. If I spend that much I don't want to fight it all the way. *NM*
• I now use triple A for all battery issues. Takes them about 40 minutes to show up, 15 minutes to check and install, and you're on your way. Simple. *NM*
  • I'm not sure a triple A battery would have solved Marty's issue. LOL. Someone had to say it. *NM*
    • Jeez Ken, it took me about two days to get that. I'm really slowing down. Loved it. *NM*
• Ha ha, yes those are amazing to watch, and then try to model, makes me feel somewhat inadequate! Somewhat, I mean a LOT! LOL *NM*
• Who you callin OLD?
• Very cruise-worthy! Two thumbs up from a Ford Brat! *NM*
• It always amazes me - how scratchbuilds that seem impossible to me are a series of smaller simple items put together. Great work, very inspiring *NM*
• That tank engine was somethin' different. *NM*
• A great mixture of cars....and that Salt Flat car! Wow! *NM*
• "Artistry in motion". Again!! Morning, Charlie! *NM*
  • Top o' the mornin' to ya, Boomer. Finally got a nice sunny start, low humidity and temps in low 70's. *NM*
• That is taking shape very nicely! *NM*
• Marty, you brought back a ton of memories. My girlfriend(now wife), November 1960, had her dad's '53 Buick as I didn't have a car.Her mom had a '54 Olds Holiday that I eventually bought. 1954, I was a Junior in high school, riding around in a '46 Cheby coupe. Thanks, Marty! *NM*
• Watching with great interest! *NM*
• Re: Thanks Guys I have two more of these to do *NM*
• Nice! *NM*
• Working on my various model projects. *NM*
• Very cool. Some great looking Mopars there. Thanks for post. *NM*
• Thanks for another episode of Great photography and pics of some beautiful cars and trucks. And some great models as well. *NM*
• I was looking at doing that a while back, and the front suspension from the later tool Revell 55 looks like it could work. *NM*
• The guy knows his way around a 289. But one glaring omission...
• Looks nice. Pretty thesable as well. Good work. *NM*
• Incredible of course. You're off to a great start. Thanks for the update. *NM*
• Ahhhhh......photos all loaded w/o having to click each one......amazing what decent ISP will do. Thx Marty *NM*
• That gold Bonneville Streamliner model is impressive, the 1st pic made me think it was a solid resin curbside...then I sat with my mouth open looking at the 2nd pic....lol....amazing work. *NM*