Camaro lover

Nice color choice, looks good.

I remember as a kid my mother going to the hobby store with me. After I picked out the kit I wanted I told her I needed paint and glue too. She was in shock when the paints and glue were about the same cost as the kit itself. Back then it was 15 cent bottles of paint. I forget what the glue cost. I suppose adjusted for inflation kits and associated supplies are roughly the same percentage wise.

Picked this up at the Scottsboro AL store

Very creative and well executed. I think the L88 is my favorite but they all are exceptional.

Looks perfect. Love the color.

Looking at the engine bay I can almost smell the oil and grease buildup. Very convincing.

This has to be the most detailed model I’ve ever seen. Beautiful car sir.

My first glue kit was the Monogram green hornet. But I’m fairly certain my first kit overall was a Hubley model A ford.

Ever since hearing about getting good deals on kits at Ollies I’ve wanted to check them out. Yesterday the wife and I took a road trip and I noticed an Ollie’s on our ride. As soon as I saw the store I told my wife we’ll be stopping there on the ay home. They had a small display on an end cap of a toy aisle. I found 3 kits I decided to buy. I wasn’t necessarily looking to buy anything in particular but the 3 pictured caught my eye. And for 12.99 each I couldn’t resist. So know I know what the hype is all about.

I built this two years ago.

This topic is a big help for me. I’m getting ready to convert my 8 x 10 walk in closet into my new hobby room.

Looks great to me. I don’t see any issues at all. And that was a cool thing to do for your BIL.

Small update, but a big one out of the way. I’ve been dreading this part of the build. I bought a photo etch set from MCG. The main piece I wanted was an accurate front grill to replace the original one that was with the kit. As you can see I broke the original grill trying to remove the center section. So I went into my 56 year old original Camaro kit and used the custom grill included in that kit. I was a lot more careful with that one and was able to open it up. Got the new grill pieces in place. This is my first time working with photo etch. It was a bit harder than I thought it would be but I’m glad I did it. The grill is recessed more than on the real car, but I like it. I’ll be using some of the other pieces of photoetch but thankfully they won’t involve the type of work I just got out of the way.

I use screw on bottle caps and caps from prescription bottles.

Thanks for posting this. I’m going to look for those. I need every advantage I can find when using my airbrush.