Snake45

Very cool and very nice. Your friend Ed would be proud.

Well THAT's different. And you have given me several ideas (and I bet I'm not the only one).

These all used to be actual medical terms. And then at some point, it was decided to replace them all with a much kinder, gentler term--"retarded," meaning, literally, late or delayed. I am not making this up.

I see you are completely clear on the concept. Thanks for "getting it!" After reading your description again, I think it might be a '69 devolving back into a '68.

I thought it was some kind of blue. Ah, now I see the gray! Thanks!

We used to have a lot MORE "leftover" parts back when every kit was a 3-in-1. I am STILL using some of those leftover parts, 50 years later!

Merry Christmas, everybody, and Happy Holidays of every kind!

Model Roundup is my go-to mail order model car place. Great Selection, good prices, fast service. Been using them for years. "I don't order model cars online often, but when I do, it's from Model Roundup. Keep building, my friends."

Most millennials are idiots, but not all. My son is one of the exceptions. He's 28, has a beautiful wife, a new son, a house and three paid-for cars. Here he is making a special guest appearance at his alma mater last month. He shows up at about 1:10 in, if you're looking for him (you won't be able to miss him). I couldn't possibly be any prouder.

Hasn't Ron Hamilton done one or more?

Moderators! Move this to the Big Boyz forum, please!

I like it! Very clean and tasteful. Kind makes me wish I'd bought one of these. (Maybe I will yet.)

Yeah. It kinda screams "DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!", don't it?

But that hasn't stopped a couple others from posting their YIR non-accomplishments anyway.

I don't remember exactly, but I don't have that kit. Pretty sure they were from one of the AMT "Restomod" reissues, maybe '66 or '69 Mustang.

Very nice, a real clean build! Dark metallic green w/tan interior is a combination I've used several times and will again as it "works" for so many cars and as you show it works for this one. Well done and model on!

Have never seen a whole show, but I've walked in on The Lovely Mrs. Snake watching it a few times. I don't think she's that big on predicting the future; she seems to be into communicating with the Dear Departed. Two different psychic specialties, I believe.

Absolutely fabulous! You are making me want to build one just like it, which is about the highest compliment I can think of!

Very nice! What's the paint?

Here it is next to my Revell '69 Yenko, which is painted with authentic Model Car World '69 Chevy Rally Green. Here you can see how much wider the Revell '69 Camaro body is than the MPC. I think the Revell might be just a touch wide. In fact, the original AMT '67 annual, and the “new” AMT '67-'68, and the new Revell '67, and the Revell '68 Firebird bodies are all virtually the same width. The Revell '69s (both snapper and full kit) are a bit wider, and the MPC '68-'69 Camaro is notably the narrowest of them all. And here you can see the difference in the body side character line between the MPC body and the Revell. The Revell body has it right; the MPC...not.

This build is the result of a happy confluence of a number of factors that crossed my bench about the same time. 1. I found some cool looking “modern” 17 or 18 inch wheels and tires, and wanted to use them on some sort of restomod. But I'd have to find something with smallish wheel openings so they wouldn't “get lost” or otherwise look silly. 2. I remembered I had one more MPC '69 Camaro in the stash, and was able to find it. I thought the thing had small wheel openings and I was right—and I figured out why. When MPC tooled this kit from the molds of their fairly nice '68, they didn't raise the body side character line a couple inches, as Chevy had done. They just squared off the tops of the wheel arches and left that character line running down the center of the body sides, where it doesn't belong. 3. I found an extra resin repro of the MPC '68 Rally Sport/SS grille, which can't really be used on any other '67-'68 Camaro body (AMT, Revell) because the whole MPC body is noticeably narrower than it should be. Interestingly, it fit the MPC '69 body just fine (as you'd expect once you realized that the '69 body was made out of the '68). 4. I had a can of Testor Mystic Emerald lacquer I wanted to use on something. The color is very close to '68-'69 Camaro Rally Green but of course is much too sparkly/flaky to use on any kind of factory stock build. It's a great color but it doesn't look good on just anything. But we ARE used to seeing this color on '68 and '69 Camaros. Mix these four elements together and I thought they'd make a perfect “1968 1/2” Camaro restomod. It's somewhere between a '68 and a '69—not an accurate model of either, but with recognizable elements of both. I made the disk brakes from some random metal washers from my Dad's giant junk drawer in his wood shop, with the calipers from red plastic. The interior is kit-stock (I didn't even paint the black plastic), except for the seats. I forget what they're from, but thought it would interesting to paint the inserts red to match the brakes. Too much? I can always paint them black later. (I think the interior bucket and console might actually be from a Firebird. MPC put some Pontiac parts in some reissues of the '69 Camaro, including the engine.) So there you have it, my “1968 1/2” SS/RS Camaro restomod.

You'd win. Mine's just got a lo-po 327, a daily driver. Yours also looks great!

Almost didn't click on this thread because I'm not a fan of track noses, which of course I assumed. Wow, am I glad I did! Fantastic job and I don't think I've ever seen anything like it, either real or model. VERY nicely done, and I especially like the low-viz "stealth" color scheme. Fabulous!

That could turn out quite interesting!

Rocky & Bullwinkle definitely fit into this conversation.