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1:16 scale, I think this kit came out around 1987

This is an old Testors / Italeri kit, it was a little finicky, lots of test fitting and fine tuning...one of those that you're glad when its done.

like they would say in the movie...looks bitchin'!

very nice! it has the perfect stance

I like the lower fade!

The cloth used started out white, seems like cotton, thin, kind of reminds me of a pillowcase material. I pretty much eye-balled the scale, I looked at pics of Benz' interiors and counted how many rows of plaid there were on a seat. I figured a 6"square would be enough material, shrank down a photo of a sample I found online (red black tartan plaid) and pieced a bunch together in Photoshop to fill the 6" square. Do a search online for "printable fabric for inkjet printers" and Im sure the ready made cloth would be easier to work with...maybe even turn out nicer? I did a quick search on 'Camaro contour fabric' and it looks like its easy to find sample pics that would work.

I believe she just used those 'glue sticks' (kinda like a chapstick type tube of roll-on glue?) the paper peeled of easily

my friend who did the actual printing says she uses natural fibers, and usually the thinnest material she can find, she uses a glue stick to attach a paper backing, but she said there are companies that make cloth suitable for printing which probably turn out better than hers (with a peel-off backing already attached)...but we dont have a craft or hobby store in this area so she improvises.

Im not really up on technology, but an artsy friend of mine told me about using an inkjet printer to print on cloth?! I found the pattern I wanted online, in photoshop I scaled it down and pieced together the size i needed, she glued the cloth to a sheet of paper and ran it thru her printer...came out nice! I used spray adhesive and glued it to the seats, and think it turned out pretty cool. Not sure if this is old technology you've been doing for years... but new to me, thought I would share. I included a 'before' shot and a picture of the 'guinea pig'

yup, 1/12

Thank you, I looked at your car before I started mine, and can appreciate all the work you put into it. It did take a bit of filing on the doors and body seams to get them nicer...maybe thats why I got lazy and didnt cut up the body XD. I decided to 'pin' the front bumper, so holes have been drilled and glue is drying, (it seemed like the bumper really had no support if I just glued it to the body as the kit suggested). It does look 'sportier' without the bumper, but they look nice on the car.

Just a few minor details left, but took pics because today is such a nice day outside. This is an old Revell Kit from 1977, took a little TLC get stuff to fit, one thing that was really disappointing about this kit is the split body with an upper and lower half...which creates unsightly seams. I give props to those who properly fix this by cutting the lower body section from the pan, then attach it to the upper body section and fill the seams...but I just didn't have it in me to put that much work into this kit. I 'made' some custom 'benz wheels' from my parts stash, and other than that pretty much box stock. enjoy~ EDIT: I added a couple pics with the front bumper, and an engine shot~

From what I've read it was originally tooled by Renwal in the 60s, re-issue by Revell 1977. It's getting close, should be posting some pics soon.

Nice gasser stance...and the SOHC 427 'cammer engine gets two thumbs up!