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Great looking build. I like the two tone paint treatment.

This Camaro looks great. I'm not familiar with this kit so I wonder how much if any paint work you had to do or if it's a polish and go type build ?

I love the Ice Cubes. Were they in the kit ? We're with you on the down size move on your home. The housing market is in the "Pull Chain Facility" now so we're going to have to wait on any moves at this time.

I have often gotten in what I call the "hardly wait" state of mind and get the body in color before I figure out how to stuff everything else inside it.

Great idea for the Hood. This makes it an even more interesting way to display it with the Hood open .

I agree with everyone on the look of the Tail Gate. Good idea to hide the Frame Rails from the side view. Ford products from that era had the same problem with the Frame being visible from the side. Have you come up with a color scheme yet ?

You my be correct on the Garnet Red. I had to look at some suppliers as to what they had listed for '69 colors. I had a new '68 Bel Air that I ordered with Matador Red which is "Fire Engine Red" for lack of a better description. No metallic and very bright. I'm thinking that if the Garnet Red you mention fits that description it was a name change is all. Should that color be a metallic shade and somewhat darker say on the order of the Maroons of old. As mentioned before about the '69 HO full-size Chevrolet, I remember looking on line at a '69 Biscayne up for auction. The car was presented as a special ordered car in HO. The consigner claimed to have Build Sheets and other documents to support the claims of a 425/427 4-speed car. For some reason I have always been drawn to oddball drive train and color combination vehicles. A full size HO Chevrolet would have been a lot of Orange and I think I would have remembered such a car if I had seen it. Enough with colors, have a great day and I always enjoy comparing notes with you on some of the technical stuff that most people really don't care about.

I must be missing something with your back up electrical system. You paid aprox. $1000.00 for an electrical back up ? Many area Home Supply places around here offer an eze to install electrical back up using a car battery or some of the newer Lithium Ion battery systems for about $200.00 or less. They're just "plug and play" systems. Plug it in and walk away. We had one of the old style car battery types in a house about 25 years ago and when we lost power for a couple of days during a bad storm the Sump would run when ever it was needed.

I'll bet they were trying to figure out if you were one of theirs at first.

While the Lindberg '61 Impala may be a better choice at this time, when the SMP issue came out it was as up to date as anything on the market at that time.

Beautiful looking paint work and the Red interior just looks right with the Black exterior. Great wheel choice also. The Soap Box car looks neat.

Great looking Supra, I like the seat upholstery.

Great looking paint work and I like the wheels.

Beautiful looking build and I like the color and the paint finish. Looks Showroom fresh.

As impressive as the body work and the interior is, the chassis and engine detailing is the most impressive to me.

Great looking interior and the paint really looks good, nice and smooth. The track ? may be a little narrow, but that's the kits issue. I would like to see this in the bright sunlight so you can see the metallic in the paint.

Thanks for the info. I really do need to try this.

I think you are correct on the Hugger Orange full size and Corvairs. While seen often on Camaros I don't really remember any Chevelles, but this was still a time when you could special order just about any GM color on any GM car. The HG Chevelles would make since I remember more than one El Camino in that color. I think the color came available after the first of the year for Pontiac Judges. I knew a guy who ordered a '69 Judge and he had to wait till the new year, calendar 1969, before they would release it to build. Something about the Monaco Orange makes me think the color is slightly different shade. You mention the Red color on Chevrolets, in addition to the Garnet Red they did in fact have a bright non metallic Red also.

I agree with all the others on your body work. You were also able to get the nose of the '41 to set right without the upturned look.

How do you accomplish paint effect on the center section and the two triangles on the rear of the roof ? I like it but not sure how it is done.

Which kits are you using for parts ? Are you by chance using the rear axle and suspension from the early AMT '57 Chevrolet ? This is the only kit I know of with a chrome rear end set up. I think any of the Revell '56 or '57 Chevrolet kits would provide a better level of detail.

I remember years ago that someone put forward the idea of doing much the same thing but with the use of one of those orbital head electric tooth brushes. As I recall they suggested using a large hole punch to cutout sanding disks from sand paper that could be used for the sanding.

You mention the color scheme, and I guess for some it may be a little garish but the colors combinations at the time were pretty bold compared to today. The revers of this color setup would be the body painted a bright Hugger Orange (as mine was) and White stripes that could even be optional. That was a very popular color at the time and not just on Camaros. Sounds as if you just want to build a nice looking Camaro Convertible. I would look for a color you like if this is the case and build it the way you would like.

Nice looking color, I have a question about the "Chrome Spiders" for your wheels. I'm thinking they are placed on the wheel at this point to just get an idea how it will look. I like this style and wish they were more available. The original design of these were to cover the lug nuts and the mounting bracket was mounted between the wheel and the actual lug nut. The chrome portion was mount to the bracket by small screws.

Good looking color. What are the two end spoons color ?