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Great model. I really like the back end treatment and the tucked in front bumpers. I am going to have to google to see if any one has tried something remotely similar in 1 to 1.
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Excellent post of an absolutely excellent model.
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Mike - I did not pick up on the fact that I think you were inferring that the AMT '87 I am working on is based on an MPC kit but I found an article Tim Boyd did many years ago which confirms this. I have since done some detail painting on the wheels and I am pretty happy with how they look. I have also tried to correct other MPC deficiencies with parts from the AMT '83
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I have done some painting assembly. As a result of looking at these photos I have modified and installed the catalytic converter from the '83, made longer exhaust tips, got the wheels to fit inside the fenders a little deeper and put the overflow tank and windshield washer reservoir on the correct sides. I am next going to finish the interior.
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Awesome looking Super Car. Love the color combination.
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I have always been a Falcon fan and had a very 1/1 '65 V-8 4-speed for a few years of which I built a model of how it looked when I first got it using a Modelhaus resin body This a a phantom Lotus-Falcon based on a Trumpeter kit I also did a diecast conversion of a first generation Falcon a long the same theme using parts from a GT350 This diecast conversion just has GMP Mini-Lites wheels
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You really captured the era of show rods I remember well from looking at car mags and going to car shows as a kid in the sixties
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The longer I work on this AMT "87 Camaro, the more I think the AMT '83 Camaro is a better kit and wonder why AMT did not up date the '83 for later configurations. I was not pleased how the '87 engine compartment looked from both above and below. I grafted in the '83 hood latch area and top of the forward bulkhead as well as the shock mount tops into the upper engine compartment. The angle of the shock mounts should have been more horizontal but they look closer to reality than the protrusions that were there before. The forward end of the '87 chassis ended abruptly so the '83 provided the appropriate assembly to which the bottom of the radiator was securely attached.
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Thanks guys. I have done some more work on the interior - The no back seat and cargo area from the ’83 was grafted to the ’87 interior - The separate arm rests from the ’83 have been attached to the inner door panels - I was initially very pleased when I discovered that a roll cage was supplied in the ’87 kit but it required extensive modifications to more closely resemble that used in the Challenge cars and to fit the ’83 roof and windshield. - The racing style driver’s seat came from the ’83 kit but the engraved racing harness was ground off so after market harnesses can be added
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For my my last model car project of 2020 I chose to build a close replica of a 1987 Camaro that participated in the Canadian Player’s GM Challenge Series which ran for seven years from 1986 to 1992 with large fields of fabulous looking big cars that sounded wonderful. I picked an ’87 because a number of years ago I did a 1/18 scale diecast conversion for one of my favourite local race car drivers in the mid-sixties who came out of retirement to race a Camaro in the Challenge Series twenty years later so I already had the decal artwork that just needs to be scaled down. I also had an AMT ’87 Camaro in my stash albeit a T-top. - An AMT ’83 Camaro was cut up for its solid roof and no back seat rear interior section. Also, from the ’83 will be the rear window with simulated defrost lines’, side rear-view mirrors and headlights. Interestingly the ’83 headlights are clear while the ’87 are chrome pieces. The ’83 also supplied its taillights as the ‘87’s went missing. - The ’87 kit has solid wheel backs and the wheels were not open between the spokes which I opened, used ’83 inner wheel rims and adapted ’83 disc brakes to mounting hubs - The suspension on the Challenge cars was not lowered but I did lower the model about a scale 2 ½ inches by cutting the rear coils and lowering the spindles up front. Stock models usually look better lowered. I wonder if it is because models do not have the scale weight or compressible suspension or tires to settle lower. The front wheels can be posed. - The exhaust system was modified for side exit aluminum tube straight pipes which in reality could be opened up for racing or capped off for the street - Driveshaft converted to aluminum tubing - Cut away forward part of engine compartment between the headlight housings to allow better expose of the air cleaner
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Thanks everyone for your comments - I am really blown away by how many of those comments related to Firebird kits. I am not sure what the sales ratio for Firebirds versus Camaros was over the years but in the Players GM Challenge Series the ratio was 75% Camaros vs 25% Firebirds. Now that I am well into my 87 Camaro project, I am planning to do a On The Workbench post in the near future.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate your feedback. I thought this was going to a quick and simple project but the more I learn about the Players Challenge cars the more involved it is getting. I assume that because it was an essentially showroom stock series and at the end of the year the cars were converted back for pure street use and sold to the general public; that the cars would have been equipped with torque tubes although I have read that aluminum drive shafts were installed. The '87 Camaro kit I am using does not have a torque tube but the '83 does.
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Very nice 85 you have. Because I decided to build an 87 Camaro I grafted the roof from from the AMT 83 onto the AMT 87. I am also using other preferred parts from the ‘83. I had a friend looking for a ‘90 Firebird but could not find a reference. Recommended he try an 89 which looked pretty close to me.
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My current project started off with the aim to build a car representative of a car that would have raced in the Canadian Players GM Challenge Series that ran from 1986 to 1992 for Camaros and Firebirds. I am most interested in Camaros which made up 75% of the cars that competed. I bought all the appropriate kits I could find at swap meets and have done some research online for others kits that were issued over the years. These are the ones I bought 1- AMT 1/25 Kelly Challenge IMSA Camaro with racing parts and separate back seat. Has disc brakes and differential torque arm. Interior has separate arm rests 2- AMT 1/25 ’83 Camaro Z-28 with all the same parts as the IMSA Camaro although no reference is made to the racing parts in the directions 3- Revell 1/25 ASA Camaro is a pure tube frame race car 4- AMT 1/25 ’87 Camaro IROC-Z T-top is a 2 in 1 including a roll cage and tuned port injection engine as well as two other engine configurations – Webers or twin turbo. It appears that the ’87 kit was a completely new tool and not related to the ’83 kit in any way. It does not have torque arm and has simple wheel backs with no brake detail. Once I got into building this kit I think the ’83 was the better third generation Camaro kit. 5- Monogram 1/24 ’85 Camaro Z-28 may be based on a snap kit but is still a pretty nice rendition of a third generation Camaro 6- Revell 1/24 ’91 Firebird which I bought to possibly supply a tuned port injection engine and slightly better chassis for the 1/24 ’85 Camaro I am really curious to read your opinions. You do not see many third generation GM Pony Cars posted on the forum.
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Coolvair !!
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Revell 1/25 289 Cobra--1st look, (I think)
Phildaupho replied to Ralph Henderson's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
This is how you can fix it and end up with a pretty close FIA version using body parts from the AMT 289. This was based on an Academy issue. -
The Revell Deuce kits are for the most part very good and I am very happy the have them but they do have a few challenges. I always find it challenging to get a perfect fit of the rear fenders to the body. With the Sedan kit [which I hope will be reissued] getting the interior to fit just right can also be tricky. I look forward to your next Deuce build.
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my 3 year cobra project
Phildaupho replied to 65slotcar's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
An absolutely amazing collection of Cobra builds - each uniquely distinctive and all very well done. My grand total of Cobra builds is a minuscule 3, all 289's. Looking forward to your Grandsport collection. -
56 Ford FD-100 Hover Truck
Phildaupho replied to Daxman's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
WOW - I did not know what I was going to see when I opened the post. This is so unusual but also exceptionally well done. I am glad I had a look.