Camaro lover

You can stand proud, you did a wonderful job on that one.

I know all that and I agree 100%. To me it’s the same as saying bread used to be 25 cents a loaf, or cigarettes costing 45 cents… I get it. As more innovations come along in the modeling world we tend to justify the expenses. Believe me I can spend money when I want to, but I do try to be frugal as much as possible. Now that I’m retired I have more disposable income than at any other point in my life. But at my age if I want to yell at clouds I will. Just ignore me 😂

Thanks for the advice. I think I’ll forget the whole idea. As I’m trying to keep my modeling budget from getting out of control I try to use what I have on hand instead of buying more and more. Funny how as a kid I was able to build a model with a partial tube of glue, maybe 1/2 dozen bottles of paint and a can of spray paint. 😂

I’m thinking of spraying a lacquer top coat over an enamel base coat. Has anyone done this ? Any special precautions I should be aware of or do I need to stick to all lacquer based paints. ETA specifically I’m thinking of using a testors enamel base and a testors extreme lacquer top coat.

You nailed the look.

Beautiful build. Some of those pictures look like a real car.

This is welcome news to me. Definitely grabbing at least one.

Your perseverance paid off. Look fantastic.

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.

For me I think of The Red Baron, The Badman Chevy, Ala Kart, Lil Coffin, Any AMT T buckets, 49 Mercury, 57 Fairlane, Orange Crate, any of the C2 corvettes, Dodge Deora and a few more that I can’t think of right now.

Well it looks like I’m taking one step forward and two steps back. And I’m not very fast at building as it is. Some days I spend more time looking for parts that hit the floor. I finally have the new rear leaf springs and rear axle in place. Just need to mount the shocks. I’ve got the front and rear tires and wheels sorted out. Not quite sure about the stance. The body is stripped of the old paint, scripts and side marker lights sanded off and ready for paint. I had the engine just about done but when I went to do a final fit I found out the headers were hitting the front sub frame and would not sit right. The air intake was hitting the fan shroud and the bell housing is too tight against the fire wall. It’s time to break out the dremel tool and make some adjustments. Once I get the engine mounted I’ll decide which hood I’m going to use. As long as it sits properly I’m leaning towards the stinger hood. I’ve got the new rear back up lights made. My front grill is about half way cut out for the new PE grill. Now for a few pictures I’ve got something sort of unique in mind for the painting of the body. I’ll save the details of that until the end An interesting fun fact I found out was that the first generation Camaros shared the same frame and undercarriage as the Nova. I’m sure glad I’ve got until November to get this done