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Hm. Well I did some digging around and found some pics of a few completed kits that used the early 2000's re-tooling that the 2014 re-issue is based off of. What little was said didn't mention these problems. What I would say is that there was a 90s tooling of both the 70 1/2 Motion and Z28 that people have said to avoid like the plague because the body was warped right out of the box. Here are a couple of pictures of the real life Forest Green Baldwin Motion Phase III.... Then here is one of the completed kits... I don't know what to make of it. But either way I have the kit....not so sure I will be rushing to get it done anytime soon now lol.

What type of fitment issues? What I've seen out there about the AMT 70 1/2 Baldwin Motion Camaro has been positive as it was retooled in the early 2000's. The only complaint about the kit back then was it did not come with the Baldwin Motion decals needed to finish the kit, and some people wanted the single piece front bumper, instead of the split bumper which was period correct if you were building it as the Forest Green Metallic Phase III. This being a reissue of that kit with all of the decals shouldn't be an issue.

Looks good to me!

It wouldn't be a Lambo if the color wasn't outrageous! Good job on the build.

That is a great looking car! Good job!

Grabbed this the other day.... Loved the 70 1/2 Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro, and when I saw the sticker on the box in the hobby shop said all of the decals were issued with this kit, I had to grab it. I probably should get around to grabbing an airbrush now since that's the only way I'm going to get the Forest Green Metallic onto the car.

Thanks for posting about this! Looks like it is pretty solid stuff.

I used the Model Master Custom Lacquer System Ultra Gloss Clear as a clear coat. I've only built one finished model with it, but I put it over the Tamiya TS-12 orange spray. Came out pretty decent. Used it again on the Revell '69 Z/28 I'm building where I cleared it over the Daytona Yellow basecoat. I might have gotten a little heavy with it in some spots as even after polishing it feels ever so slightly tacky in some spots. Live and learn since I have no idea what I am doing at times LOL. I definitely want to check the Tamiya TS-13 clear out because Tamiya spray cans work exceptionally well in my opinion when compared to Testors/MM.

Very sharp looking build! This is the Fujimi kit right?

I'm not sure if I am the only one who is disturbed by the collector car scene in general these days? When I see what cars --not necessarily the ultra-rare cars like the 250 GTO-- are going for if it is older than 25-30 years, has become so outrageous that it defies logic. Sure these buyers have the money for this stuff, and I know the saying goes, "the value is whatever someone is willing to pay for it"...yet it seems to be bordering on criminal now. What I also cannot figure out, is how do people have the money to blow even on the vintage muscle cars? Watching any Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auction, you see car prices creeping upward continually. Is this even sustainable long-term? But on the note of this 250 GTO, it's a beautiful car, but beautiful enough to justify north of $50 million USD, even with rarity factored in? No. There's far more valuable things in life than buying a vintage Ferrari [or insert any other car here] that's just going to sit in another private collection, and never driven.

LOL, that's the same problem I have. I look at the one can, and I think every time, "That's really all I bought? Why?"

I don't think the pricing of model kits is bad per say if you are buying Revell kits. What model kit pricing is bad are any of the Japanese manufacturer kits. I'd rather buy from Hobby Link Japan than spend the money some shops charge for the Tamiya kits. I just plan out a purchase so I'm not shipping just one item for $10 by standard air...I try to get more for the money. Certain decal and photo-etch sets come in handy this way. The other thing that adds up far quicker than any kit price, are the costs of paints and other supplies. How many times do you go into a shop with the intention of only spending $10, then you wind up spending $30-$40 on supplies?

I don't think words alone can effectively convey how gorgeous the model looks. Incredible job you did! I also love knowing that the 156 was the car Ricardo Rodriguez made his debut in at Monza at 19 years old, youngest person to ever sit on the front row of a F1 grid.

I love how Colin Kolles is behind this. As if fleecing HRT was not enough, this might be another con job. I'd love to know where the money is coming from.

Back in February, I was in the process of building the Fujimi Brabham BT46B F1 kit, but I never finished it after a problem I had with part of the body. Fujimi's coloring uses Mr. Color paints so I was unable to figure out what to use for the red of the body since my hobby shop only carries Mr. Color jar paints, not their spray paints. I used Tamiya Bright Red but did not like how it came out. Wound up switching to Italian Red. Long story short, I became too ambitious with what I was doing and I needed to strip the entire kit, but due to how much detail they put into the moldings, I was never able to get it stripped completely, and wound up sanding out many of the fine details in my lost effort. At some point I do plan on rebuying the kit and redoing the body. The Alfa Romeo flat 12 looked very similar to the real life pictures I had, and I was amazed at how awesome it looked when completed. With that said, as mentioned, Fujimi does an ace job with details on their kits. It's incredible. It's very much because of their details that I will rebuy the kit since I wound up sanding off riveting work on the body, and I did not want to lose that. The one problem I had with the their kit (I'm not sure if this was just this kit or is the case with others) is that pieces fit very tightly. Priming parts, and then painting over them will affect the fit more than any car kit I've tried to date. Tamiya doesn't fit as tightly as Fujimi, nor does Revell and Ertl. I had to sand back to the bare plastic in order for some small parts to fit flush in the joints whereas I didn't have to bother doing that with other kits. Here are a few pictures of the engine from the kit just to give an idea about the details. All of the intake trumpets are individual pieces.

Nice looking build! What color did you spray the body with?

Beautiful!

Fantastic build!! What is your opinion of the Aoshima kits? They have quite a few nice looking kits, but I'm not sure what the build quality of the cars are. In their instructions, do their paint codes refer to Tamiya, Mr. Color, something else..?

Insane Tom. Good thing you were not sitting there when that happened!

Which part of the 70s? Once the government cracked down on emissions, most of the styling and pleasure went out of the American automobile. This is just a personal opinion, but the mid to late 1970s, thru the early 1980s was absolutely painful to look at from an automotive standpoint. Even the so-called performance cars were outright anemic. Who can forget stuff like the 1981 Corvette Stingray with the L-81 V8 producing 190HP? The Stingray though was probably the only nice looking American built car at that time for me.

It's still going to be awhile before one of those self-driving cars is a practical option for the every day roads we commute on. What I do think is a more practical scenario in the interim, is the prevalence of hybrid and electric vehicles. I can't imagine too many people will be fans of what constitutes as the modern automobile in another 15 years, but who knows. Personally, it will be hard for me to have true passion about the hybrid vehicles that we already see. They're amazing creations no doubt, but there's something soulless even in creations like the McLaren P1. Fast as it may be, it doesn't quite invoke the visceral feeling I get when looking at the McLaren F1. There's something to be said for sitting in a 1969 Camaro Z/28 in comparison to any modern "muscle" car. It might not be as fast, or technologically advanced, but the engaging of the senses is far greater than in many modern cars. It kills me to watch motor sports moving in the direction of economy engines and hybrid systems.

As someone who is new to modeling myself, the best advice that I was told was to work within your means. Of course I'm still trying to learn that because when I see the job people on here, or elsewhere do, it seems daunting. One of the guys in the local hobby shop said to me the main thing is to have fun with whatever the model is that you're building. Going into exquisite detail is all well and good, but if you're not having fun with it, what's the point? It has to be fun at the end of the day, otherwise it'll feel like work...and I've already got a job.

Love the build, great job! Very glad you opted for the Ronnie Peterson build.

Very nice build! Did your friend enjoy it?

Great job, I saw this kit in the local hobby store, and was curious as to how it would look when finished. Now I know!