Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Build #3 for the year is the Revell 1969 Camaro Z28 1/25 scale. My wife picked the color combo and chose this front end over the RS front, and I think she chose pretty well. Color is Tamiya TS-12 Orange over their white primer with the kit stripe decals, then cleared with TS-13, wet sanded and polished with Novus #2 and then #1. I added plug wires and used BMF for the trim. Most of the build was fairly straight-forward and went together well. I did have some problems with both the front suspension (contact points were a little iffy) and rear suspension (I much prefer the one piece rears with leaf springs molded to the axle/differential housing for stability), but that patience thing won out in the end. I also would have preferred for the Z28 emblems be decals rather than the fairly fragile chromed emblems as two of them broke even though I felt I was pretty careful with them. Gauge decals for the dash would have been nice too, but you really can't see the gauges when interior is complete anyways. All in all this was a pretty good kit and I am very happy with the final result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Great job Craig ! It looks great in orange with the white stripes ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Nice job of the white stripes on the cowl vents. That's a detail that many ignore or overlook because it's not easy to do, especially in white. Good to see it taken care of for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Looks amazing, great build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 2 hours ago, TooOld said: Great job Craig ! It looks great in orange with the white stripes ! My thoughts too! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Nice camaro ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carcrazy19 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Your Camaro looks awesome! Nice build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmaracing Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Sharp looking Camaro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Great looking build. Your paint job looks perfect for the Hugger Orange that was so popular on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 22 hours ago, TooOld said: Great job Craig ! It looks great in orange with the white stripes ! Thank you sir, I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 22 hours ago, Snake45 said: Nice job of the white stripes on the cowl vents. That's a detail that many ignore or overlook because it's not easy to do, especially in white. Good to see it taken care of for a change. Thanks, I knew I couldn't leave just the decal outline around the vents, I just needed to get the right shade of white to get close enough to the decal color. That's not as easy as most would assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 5 hours ago, espo said: Great looking build. Your paint job looks perfect for the Hugger Orange that was so popular on these. Thank you, but I gotta say the color match was a pretty happy coincidence. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thanks guys for the compliments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 A beautiful build of my favorite year Camaro! NICE WORK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 That's sweet !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 On 6/11/2018 at 4:02 PM, Snake45 said: Nice job of the white stripes on the cowl vents. That's a detail that many ignore or overlook because it's not easy to do, especially in white. Good to see it taken care of for a change. Also getting the stripes around the spoiler, great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 great job Craig, love it , looks good in orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Nice build. Very clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Super nice model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Well done Craig, Hugger Orange fits this car so well. 2 thumbs up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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