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I started this one near the beginning of Covid19 lockdowns as a quicky (laugh). This was finished recently, and I've been waiting for perfect dry overcast day to photograph it. You can see the build thread Here Here are some of the things I learned along the way... 1. This was my first time using a Tamiya TS aerosol. The paint is lovely, but I did not find it as tough as others. I did not clear coat over the top, but if I had it would not have been an issue. The paint finished seemed to pick up micro scratches very easily during the final stages of the build. 2. All the extra work put into modifying the interior door trim was mostly wasted. You can barely see it and it held up progress a lot. 3. This kit has a lot of trim to add to the body. It’s extremely fiddly and drained the fun out of the build towards the end. If I were building it again, I may be tempted to build as a modded car without the trim, or actually fit the trim before paint and then apply foil afterwards. 4. Although many have had good results with embossing powder for carpet, it did not agree with me. I will be using flocking from now on. 5. The biggest hold-up with this project was figuring out how to do the front and rear window trim. They should be chrome trim and black rubber seals (like most cars of this period). I just could not figure out how to replicate this in an easy way. I could foil it and it would all be chrome, or I could paint it and it would all be black. In the end I used the kit supplied decals, which are okay, but they are silver/black not chrome/black. I’m constantly trying to learn, so your comments, criticisms and advice are welcome. Here is the end result. I hope you like it. Thanks for looking. Overall this kit is a joy. Despite the fiddly bits, things like the self-adhesive chrome badges and multi-piece tail-lights make this kit stand out. You won't be surprised to know that I have now purchased the Turbo version of this kit and it is waiting in my stash for a future build.

This appears to be a very nice kit. I don’t know why I overlooked it before. I had some Hella kits before that weren’t great, but this one does look good. Nice work on the engine. I’ll be watching.

Such a cool project. I love that you shoe-horned the Enzo engine in. With the engine positioned like that, it kinda reminds me of a 288GTO.

Oh this is so cool. The work so far looks great. Where did you find the 3D files for this?

That dash came out so good! Did you just get lucky with old decals still working well, or is there some trick with hot water that I’m unaware of?

This is looking great. Silver with red interior is a timeless classic.

I’ve never been a fan of black wheels, so nice to see you went for silver. I think it’ll contrast nicely against the Ruby paint. What will you do for seats?

Nice work so far Atin. The 2K finish looks great. I’m not familiar with this kit, but it does look good for an old 60s tooling. I love the box art too. Is it 1/25 or 1/24 scale?

Just checked out this amazing thread from the beginning. This must be the best 33 I’ve ever seen in scale. I’m in awe of the attention to detail. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

That’s cool. What printer did you use?

I love the madness of it!! This will certainly fit the 'what the heck' design brief. When I was a kid I built a Tamiya Mini with a 454ci Chevy, and monster truck wheels and tyres. Looking forward to seeing more.

I've purchased a few second-hand kits over the years where only the two engine halves are glued together. I wonder what's going on here? Maybe someone glues the first two bits together and gives up! That is a beautifully built Camaro. Nice colour! Thanks. Thanks. Here's some more progress on my Camaro. The body primered. Zero paint's Bright aluminium. Note - those wheels are from a different project. Tamiya satin black for the underside and Zero Paint's 'Steel' for the fuel tank. I mixed my own 'chevy orange' for the engine block. This was done with Tamiya red and a little yellow. I just did this by eye to match pics I could see from Google. The valve covers a chrome plated in the kit, so I stripped them and did them silver. I added boots to the distributor before painting black. This will help with wiring the engine later. Same satin black as the underside for the interior (because I'm a lazy modeler today). Now it's time for the most important dilemma...

I’m really liking the hot magenta.

I know where you’re coming from. Sometimes it’s easy to get carried away and the cost of a detail kit could just as well have gone on the next kit.

This really does look like an ace kit from AMT - definitely amongst their best. I love the work done so far. The interior door handles and opening centre console are especially nice touches. You probably already know this, but there’s a PE set made by Model Car Garage for this kit.

Beautiful job on the paint ??.

I’m loving those rear arches so far.

I forgot what a nice kit this AMT is. I like what you’ve done with the door hinges and the magnets are a good idea.

The first coat of white primer was just so that everything was the same colour, and I could check the overall finish. I decided that the hood scoop should have a blended in look to depict a glass fibre light weight item, so I added putty along the edges. The firewall gets a little more work. The curve of the trunk lid was not quite right, so this got a little correction. Some kind of horrible reaction where the primer did not like the underside of the bonnet. I have no idea what happened here?? The roof got a few coats of Ford Ermine White. Again, this was with a rattle can. I have the paint left over after some work I did on my own 1:1 car. It's a creamy white that seemed just right for a 60's car. The paint went on far too thick, but that's what you get with an aerosol can I guess. I masked off the roof, ready for primer of the main part of the body Red primer. And at this point, as if I had not gone far enough down the rabbit hole of over detailing, I decided to scratch build the slam panel details. This is not normally what you do after priming! Here's where things took a turn for the worse. I used a Halfords rattle can. I can't remember the name of the red, but it did not work over the red primer. The primer was a very dark red, and the red paint was supposed to be a bright red. I'm sure it doesn’t look too bad in the pictures, but the darkness of the primer just bled through. The red kind of wicked away from the sharp edges and it just looked HORRIBLE! none of this would show on camera. At this stage, disheartened, I put the project back in the box. I vowed to go away and learn how to paint using an airbrush and some better paints. All the pictures so far were from 2013/2014. This brings this thread right up to date now. Nearly 10 years later I think I'm ready to continue. I hope things work out better this time.

I like the white one - especially with those wheels.

The level of detail on this is insane! Keep up the good work - I love it.

Sorry it's been rather a long time since I updated this one. The following is work that was carried out a few years ago - around 2013-2014 (crikey - this project is 10 years old!). The images were 'lost'. I have slowly been finding them, and I think I have them all for the work done so far. Pictures were originally uploaded to Image shack, but when they started charging I did not subscribe. Other pictures were on an old PC, which I've recently been sifting through. Anyway, enough of my waffling - here's some more progress... Scratch made sump (oil pan) in the style of a baffeled after-market item (eg Moroso). I scratch built a semi-roll cage from plastic rod. A little warming with a candle flame to make the bends. This is just a partial cage, as this Galaxie is just meant to be a steet racer - not a competition car. The cross member under the engine is now a removable part. This is the only way I can get the block in/out. The heater box moulded into the firewall does not match any referance pics I can find for the '65 Galaxie, so I scatch built a new one. A coat of white primer from a rattle can. More to follow soon...

Thanks ? Thanks? Thanks - I wish I had the attention span I used to have too! I really need to crack on with this one.

A brilliant start Rico. I will be watching for more on this one.

Great job ??. That engine looks fantastic. The wash makes all the difference. Nice job on the wiring too.