After 3 months I've finished this puppy up. I'm going to put together a small re-cap of the trouble points with this kit in my build thread for anyone that wants to build one of these. I will say that in the kit reviews that I watched along with what I read before starting on this build it says to build up the subframe up front separately and install it after the base chassis has been installed into the body (which was no small feat on this model-At several points I thought I was going to break something big trying to get the body and chassis together.
I've had this model in the stash for around 8 years and have always wanted to build one because I like them so much. I was gonna have one of these for my first car to drive before dad saw the well-built 350 in it with a 4-speed and put a stop to that. He used to tell me, "If you're gonna kill yourself....you aint gonna do it under my roof."
The kit is one that's all too familiar to us and if you've ever been to Hobby Lobby you'll know the one that I'm talking about.
Most of the cars that I saw were yellow, green, brown and black but I wanted something different. I wanted red .....but not just any red....something that is out of the ordinary and magnetic to the eyes. My choice ended up being Raspberry Red. I fell in love with this car the second I saw it................
Now for the look I was after. The stock wheels and tires look alright but I wanted something a bit more aggressive and with those and I wanted to drop the front stance in the front and raise the rear just enough to get the "meats" I had in mind to look how I wanted. I had the parts from three different kits to make the wheel & tire choices.
Other parts used throughout the build were the PE fret from Model Car Garage for the engine, interior and exterior details. Magazine in the seat from a supplier on ebay years ago and decals from Speedway for the license plate. MCW supplied the Rasberry Red and Testors Wet Look was used for the clear coat. A light coat of Tamiya Smoke goes on the wheels to give them a more realistic look and bring out the details. The kit fought me some but wasn't too bad to build after reading reviews and looking over build threads from other folks who have built this same car. Thanks go out to all who looked in on and encouraged me along the way.
1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
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Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
That is a real masterpiece! Wow! Shazamm! OOOHHH Baby! Man o Man!
a real beauty!
a real beauty!
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Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
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Just eye-candy awesome
And yes I have this in the stash
And yes I have this in the stash
Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
Zoom zoom! Looks great Joe - love that finish.
Thanks,
John
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Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
Your best yet sir.
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Ask me about Speedway Decals.
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That’s a great looking build!
You really nailed it on this beauty!
You really nailed it on this beauty!
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Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
Outstanding, Joe, I love it.
Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
Awesome work as ever Joe - loving the stance and the colour, it's probably the nicest Z28 I've seen!
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Re: 1970-1/2 Camaro Z/28-Completed Build
Beautiful Z28, Joe!
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn