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And by the way..., It's spelled Hugger Orange, not Huggar. You should only use Huggar Orange on Cameros.

The orange on my (real) Koni's are a darker orange than the Chevy Orange on my (real) Chevy engine...

More progress on the interior… Here’s the trusty scale to give an idea of the size of this one… The front tires were missing from the kit, so I machined replacements from rubber vacuum line. (On the left is a kit supplied rear, on the right is one of the replaced fronts.) The wheels are dual layer PE with machined spindles and rims, knock offs will be added after they are installed on the car. Body was painted with Tamiya red I have printed the decals and hope to apply them tonight...

White metal kit that builds another livery, (I will make the decals to do a car Shelby drove). Here is the body casting after clean up. I painted a pink base coat to make the red color a bit brighter due to its diminutive size. Here is the interior so far…

The second of a pair (1972 and 1973 LeMans winners), this one is the 1972 LeMans Winner. Built from another old Provence Moulage 1/43rd resin kit.

Thanks, yes 1/43. The decals on these old kits are somewhat challenging...

Provence Moulage resin kit.

Those parts look great Steve! Don't listen to Mr. Taylor, I don't think he knows what he's looking at... or more likely his tongue is firmly planted in his cheek.

Thanks. Yes, it is the 1/43rd PM. The tires split between the time they were put on the rims and put on the car. Brings back memories... That was the least of its issues. And Mr. Taylor, it is French, not finish...

Old resin kit.

I have to respectfully disagree. As an owner of a real one, that revamped annual version kit is not even good enough for a simple curbside.

That is one very clean build. "no polishing required" - Good one!

Well Done Phil! As usual!

Thanks very much everyone! It is a figment of my imagination. The story is as fabricated as the model... Although the designation does fit within the time line of GM Experimental Projects (XP). I could not find any documentation of what XP-881 was, only that it appears that it would have been assigned to a project in the latter half of 1969, between XP-800, the Chevy Astro and XP-802, a mid engine Corvette. The scripts are chromed, (the SS and the 396 even have the correct white inlays) they don't show well in the photos, but are visible if you look.

Built in 1969 as a possible interim design for the Camaro between what we know as the first and second generation Camaros, it utilized the first generation platform and much of the bodywork from 1969 and as such would have been consider the last of the first generation Camaros. The 1970 Camaro roof and rear section was added to make a fastback design sharing styling cues from the (at the time) delayed 1970 Camaro. Chevrolet produced a similar clash of generations before in 1961 and 1962 with the Corvette. Badged as an Super Sport it was powered by the 375 HP 396 Big Block from '69, backed with a Muncie 4 speed trans. The chambered exhaust was used to help promote the performance aspect of the first fastback Camaro, a cowl induction hood was used for the same reason. It had the Rally Sport grille from '69, although it was blacked out for aggressive look, and to tie it into the blacked out tail light panel offered only on Big Block cars; clearly an attempt to differentiate it from a 1969 Camaro at a glance. No stripe packages were applied to draw attention to the new design. The interior made use of the very popular 1969 Indy Pace Camaro's orange hounds tooth seat surfaces toned down with gray (carpet and headliner) and black. Wheels were unique to the XP-881, but looked very similar to the production wheels for the 1970 Z/28. It was listed as a 1970 model since the 1969 Camaro was already in production and was only considered as an in case of emergency mock up, and not likely to be produced, but the XP-881 Camaro was a fully functioning driver. Reports of it being seen in public during shows in late 1969 are sparse and wholly unsubstantiated. The model was built from mostly the Revell 1969 Indy Pace Camaro kit with the roof and rear end parts being donated by an older AMT 1970 Camaro. The engine was wired and plumbed, the wheels were modified from the AMT units and finished with machined aluminum beauty rings and plastic hex stock lug nuts. All of the body work was done by cutting with a scriber and a PE saw and cementing the parts together with CA, no body filler was was used. Paint is Tamiya Mica Silver.

Now that would be a challenge Jairus, the two platforms are so different in size. Maybe if you used a 1/24 scale Mustang II and a 1/25 scale '73 Mustang...? The cool part is you can make whatever you want... Have you sketched that out yet?

The dash received some gauge decals I made, the hounds tooth inserts are from the Revell kit's (Scale-Master Art) sheet. The rear of the interior bucket was extended to fit the new rear window. The carpet is a gunmetal gray to tie it into the body color.

"I like the idea you're using, but I think it would've worked better with the '67-8's more rounded, smooth lines, rather than the '69 more linear, sharper lines. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out." Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I have to disagree. First of all, using an existing design (1969) combined with a future design (1970) severely negates the likelihood of a '67-'68 Camaro body being used after the '69 Camaro was being produced. It simply would not be a step forward for one of the most popular cars in GM's line up to use an earlier year's design and therefore is not an option in this excersize. In addition, the front fenders of the '67-'68 Camaro's are still way too "peaky" to properly balance with the soft shape of the '70. And an added benefit of using a '69 is the shape of the wheel wells are closer to the shape of the '70's. Using a '67-'68 front clip would look much more unbalanced due to that fact. The chassis is pretty much done on the bottom side. The bell housing has intentional overspray to replicate the way factory motors were assembled.

I did a little wiring and plumbing last night. I was only going to add the ignition wires, but then I decided to add the bypass and heater lines, then a dip stick, a vacuum line, a temp sensor, fuel line, alternator bracket, throttle linkage... you know how it goes...

Be that as it may, since the second generation Camaro was actually produced without a wrap around rear window through 1974, it still would not work on this model in the scenario described. Thanks for playing!

Silver was the only color in my mind for this car. Not a big fan of silver for body color, but it fits with the history of Chevy’s concept cars… Mica Silver with Pearl Clear…

Thanks! The tire lettering is done with the (Scale-Master art) decals that came in the Revell kit.

BMF stretches, just start in the center and "massage" it outward. If you see a wrinkle stating to form, lift the loose part of the foil and continue smoothing outward. The wheels from the AMT kit were the 2nd gen z/28 style I wanted to use, but needed some modifications to be used with the Revell tires, and they were not 100% correct, so thinned them out on the lathe… And machined a set of beauty rings… I was able to reuse the center caps after I cut some discs from aluminum to close off the open center portions of the wheels. And some hex rod was sliced up for the lug nuts… Dark gunmetal with some silver accents and they are ready to install…

The rear bumper was too narrow, I don’t know if it is a problem with the AMT ’70 Camaro or something I did during the body modification since I did not test fit it until the body was re-worked, but it needed about 1/8th of an inch added. BMF to re-plate it… The rear corners of the body also had to be tweaked and built up to meet the bumper, the corners were a bit “softâ€.

Thanks!. No quarter windows, like a second gen. And I have reshaped the door and fitted the door windows before establishing that door line. With the proper regulator,the window could roll up.