M2 '69 Camaro Rally Sport 327, Snakified

[Snake45]

Bought an M2 '65 Mustang cheap at a local toy show and and was pretty impressed with it. Decided to see what else they offered and turned up this '69 Camaro Rally Sport 327, which looked interesting, so I bought one off eBay.

It's not bad for what it is. There wasn't much to do to improve and Snakify it. I normally take the bodies off diecasts so I can paint the base of the headlight stems white to get rid of the googly-eye look, but I wasn't able to get the body off this one, so the parking lights are still googly. I was just barely able to snake the paintbrush between body and chassis and take care of the stems of the backup lights, though.

Aside from that, I painted the grille black, and touched up the headlight doors with black as well. Yes, I know, '69 Camaros in Black and Fathom Green came through with Argent grilles, not black, but I liked the way the grille looked black so I just left it. I can always “argent-ize” the egg crates with a silver Sharpie in about five minutes if the mood ever strikes me.

Painted the wheels Testor Steel with black slots. Not 100% happy with how those turned out and I might try to improve those a little someday if I'm ever hit with a Fit of Patience. Also painted the backup light bezels “chrome” with Testor Silver and silver Sharpie.

Not necessarily my favorite '69 Camaro model, but for @ $25 (shipped) and a couple hours of model-fu time, it'll look okay on my shelf at work. (I never take any of my good plastic stuff to work.)

[1930fordpickup]

I like this car Snake. What I like about most it is that it has a flat hood and no rear spoiler. Many of these cars left the lot that way as it was an option many did not pay for. Yet when you go to a show they all have them.

[Snake45]

I like this car Snake. What I like about most it is that it has a flat hood and no rear spoiler. Many of these cars left the lot that way as it was an option many did not pay for. Yet when you go to a show they all have them.

Yeah, and did you notice it has front and rear bumper guards, too?

The representation of the RS front end is actually a LOT more accurate than the Revell Z/28 (or snapper) kit. I've been playing around with one of those for almost a year and I'm about to give up and just use the non-RS front end on it.

[AzTom]

Looks good. I painted my Z-28 grill flat black back in the day, I thought it just looked better.

[GrumpyGrowly]

Have really enjoyed looking at your Camaro, thanks

[oldscool]

Looks good Snake. I had a 1:1 like that one - same color with trunk spoiler and no stripe. Mine had the full wheel covers that look like fake mags.