Scale-Master Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 This is going to be a model of my third car. It was a 325 HP 327 with a Muncie 4 speed still in original paint. But it was not a pretty or even well maintained car when I got it. I started by painting and weathering the chassis and engine bay.
Scale-Master Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Thanks guys. The engine was filthy. The Chevy Orange was barely visible under the grunge. I still need to work the weathering and grime as I build more on the engine. The wiring was special too. (This is how I got it.) There were “insulators” made of foil tape to protect the #2 and #4 wires from the (rusty) exhaust manifolds. It had stock ignition wires, and I think the ones on the model are in a lot better condition… It had nice aluminum valve covers, I sourced them for the model from the AMT ’70 Z/28.
Scale-Master Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys. I used the kit provided steel wheels but I used the tires from the Revell ’67 Camaro since they looked closer to what was on the car. Edited June 17, 2015 by Scale-Master
Scale-Master Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 The rear suspension has been installed. And the engine bay is ready for the motor. I added an upper bracket for the alternator, made out of aluminum.
Harry P. Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Beautiful work so far. But of course, at this point I expect that from you...
Scale-Master Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks guys. I actually started cleaning up the body first, but once I started assembling and painting the dirty bits I got caught up in it. The engine is in. Still more fine-tuning of the sheen is required. And the exhaust has been installed. The exhaust on the real car was cheesy. Original and rusty pipes ran from the manifolds and were cut off mid-car and metallic blue glass packs were sloppily welded on. No muffler hangers were used. (I think there were some welding rods or coat hangers wrapped around the cross-member; Ill add them later.) The car smoked a bit so I figured there was probably some soot around the outlets. I made the glass packs from brass and aluminum. The pipes are from the kit cut short.
John Pol Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 would like to know how to weather a motor I build drag cars from the 60`s and 70`s and I think it would be great if I knew to weather it a little great job so far on your model so far. John Pol
Scale-Master Posted June 19, 2015 Author Posted June 19, 2015 Jon, 95% of the weathering on this is done by brush as washes using rust, light earth and flat black acrylics. Build and paint like you would if it were going to be clean and shiny. Then grunge it up. Thanks Carl! The front suspension is installed and I added the muffler hangers to the cross-member. The radiator and core support are installed too. I test fitted the body and I can see Ill have some minor adjustments to do to get the front wheels aligned a bit better. I primed the body along the mold seams and will use that as a guide when I prep the body.
Scale-Master Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 Thank you John. The real car had some nasty worn out and stinky carpet. I used black flocking for the carpet, but tinted it with dirt. I purposely did not go for a nice uniform texture since a lot of the padding was gone, and there were cracks all over the carpet. The interior that “junkyard smell”. (I don’t recall ever vacuuming it.)
cobraman Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Looking great ! Surely you had some McDonalds or Jack in the Box wrappers tossed in there. : )
Scale-Master Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Actually, the car was full of trash and junk when I got it. We took everything out that wasn't fastened down. I put the spare and jack in the trunk. The rest that wasn't trash was stuffed into a corner of the garage. I am having a lot of fun with it now, and no worries about speeding tickets... Since the back seat had been removed from the real car I made a panel to represent the stamped steel detail of the rear bulkhead. Edited June 20, 2015 by Scale-Master
slusher Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Love this build. I remember so many cars with exhaust that was crappy in the 70's. Coat hangers holding the muffler up...
Mike Kucaba Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Interesting build (for me) as I had a Chevy II (nova) SS L-79 optioned car. I have a 1/18th build on the 'way back burner. I'll visit this thread often. Nice work so far.
Scale-Master Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 Thanks Guys! The top of the driver’s door had the paint worn through (from resting an arm on it I’m sure) and was rusting a bit too. The bottoms of doors had red and black furry carpet glued to them. The kit comes with a bench seat and two custom buckets. I used resin copies I cast for the ’68 Camaro and cut the headrests off.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now