Harry Joy Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Fun kit. Wife pulled it out of the stash after the Plymouth and said she wanted a race car. Right kit to pick. I did a couple of things different on this one, the biggest of which was that I minimized the BMF, using it only on the rockers. The other was that I used MIG washes, not that you can really tell. Painted Tamiya X-34 Metallic Brown (Vallejo Metallic Acrylic Chrome for the trim in place of BMF). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) One big bugaboo - after the side marking decals settled good and hard, I realized the one on the left side had broke. I had a devil of a time getting it back in place. From three feet you can't see it, but in the pics above you can. The even bigger bugaboo were the side exhausts. Next time I do something like this kit, I'm going to strip the chrome off those parts so I can work with bare plastic. I didn't do that this time because I originally visualized this as a quick vacation build, since I'm really not the hugest Camaro fan. But it took me longer than a week. About four total. Edited June 17, 2016 by Harry Joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Very cool.Not 100% absolutely sure, but I believe the door handles need to be foiled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 looks great nice color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Very cool.Not 100% absolutely sure, but I believe the door handles need to be foiled.I looked at a bunch of pics but could not decide. Easier to add than to take away, as the finish was not easy, but I will add the chrome if folks says I should. I did put a dab of silver on the key locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I looked at a bunch of pics but could not decide. Easier to add than to take away, as the finish was not easy, but I will add the chrome if folks says I should. I did put a dab of silver on the key locks. I looked at a bunch too & most of the photos that I saw showed them chrome with a body colored insert in the center. Some were also solid chrome. Seems to me that you could go either way. Nice work Harry! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks Steven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Harry your car in real life would have had body colored inserts in the door handles. They were part of options Z21 Style Trim package and Z22 Rally Sport package. Your model depicts a car with the Z22 Rally Sport package. So it should have body color inserts. But.... It's your model, so you can build it any way you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks Scott. Looking at pictures of exactly that style trim now. Seems like that handle chrome would be the thinnest of lines in 25th scale. I think I'll leave it be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Yeah , leave the door handles alone . No sense taking a chance on messing something up ! I think it looks great overall and the MIG washes are very subtle like they should be , too many go overboard with their wash and it doesn't look realistic . Congrats on a very nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestoModGuy Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 nice work on this kit, looks the part of a muscle car, like the color too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanof69 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Very sharp build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Rollins Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Cool Camaro- this is a kit I'd love to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 That really pops! Nice work, the subtle washes really make it stand apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Very nice. I love the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Really looks good. I just bought my second of this kit because I ruined the hood stripe on mine.The chrome that you used, did you brush or spray it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Thanks Keith. I whipped out a paint brush for this one. I like Vallejo paints now and then, but in general I find them difficult to airbrush. And hand-brushing was much simpler that masking and airbrushing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmaracing Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Great job. The engine is killer {wash} I think that there is some sort of production flaw with those decals. The white ones I wanted to use just cracked apart. The black ones also cracked. But like you I saved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Fine looking model, you done good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Cool looking color ....................... I'm just now starting to like these motion car,nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Thanks guys, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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