35 Yr. Old Monogram 69 Camaro SS-Now "Under Glass"-07/20

[Bob Ellis]

I got this kit from an Ebay model lot. It had some very interesting features but I sold it because it was 1/24

[mustang1989]

Still on this one guys. Been in the body shop all week having the emblem cavities filled & sanded and the ripples in the plastic body sanded smooth. Will be being more careful the second time around.

[microwheel]

Still on this one guys. Been in the body shop all week having the emblem cavities filled & sanded and the ripples in the plastic body sanded smooth. Will be being more careful the second time around.

Been there done that myself a time or two Joe. But I know you'll get it looking like it should.

[mustang1989]

Thanks for the vote of confidence Jim. Lord knows I need it . lol

I finally got it back in primer this morning:



So far so good there. I'll let it dry for a couple of days and try the base coat again with the airbrush.

While all that's going on I ended up switching out the rocker covers with a set of Baldwin Motion ones. I shot a coat of Tamiya Smoke over 'em and brought out the "Motion" letters. I drilled the holes out for the rocker cover "wing bolts" that I'll be installing at a later point in the engine build. I also switched out the intake manifold and painted that this morning. Belt and alternator are now mounted and I'm fabricating an alternator mount for it so we don't have that mysterious floating alternator out there. I'll be breaking out that Molotow chrome pen to fill in the sprue attachment points on the alternator and clip that pin that's hanging out of the back of the alternator closer and install a terminal end with the ckt going to it and a retaining nut over the terminal end. In short..............there's some work to do.



Still got some detailing to do the rocker covers but that's small stuff.

[microwheel]

Well I knew you would get the body worked out my friend. Hope the paint treats you better this time. Nice start on the engine.

[Randy D]

Glad see your progress one this one Joe.

Look forward to the new paint job

Motors looking good !

 

Randy

[mustang1989]

Well I knew you would get the body worked out my friend. Hope the paint treats you better this time. Nice start on the engine.

 

Glad see your progress one this one Joe.

Look forward to the new paint job

Motors looking good !

 

Randy

Thanks Jim and Randy for both of you guys support.

I've got COLOR!!! I ended up applying another coat of primer and smoothed all the imperfections out (a couple of freekin' dog hairs and some dust particles) and dispensed the paint into a paint jar and shot it through my airbrush. I had ALOT better results this time around fellas, however this paint does not play well with the air brush. Even after thinning the heck out of it I had difficulty in getting a uniform spray pattern to come out. I can't complaint too much as I'll be able to make this work out good in the end. These pics were taken after the results from my Badger 200. After these I decided to break out the much simpler Badger 350 and had a lot better luck with the pattern and a more consistent coat. I'm really going to be very happy with this color on this car is all I've gotta say:

 

Engine is still coming along. Resin Holley test fitted onto the motor complete with throttle shaft and throttle lever.

 

 

Edited March 19, 2017 by mustang1989

[Snake45]

Very nice! Looks passably close to '69 Lemans Blue, if you're going for a factory paint look.

I have four or five airbrushes, but I do 95% or more of my work with a Badger 350. GREAT airbrush for car modelers!

[mustang1989]

Very nice! Looks passably close to '69 Lemans Blue, if you're going for a factory paint look.

I have four or five airbrushes, but I do 95% or more of my work with a Badger 350. GREAT airbrush for car modelers!

Heya Rich! Thanks bud! I'm not going with any kind of original style paint for this one ( no #'s matching Camaro build) . lol .

It's Mystic Teal Metallic from the late 90's/ early 2000's. I just remembered today about watching a video where a guy was using a Badger 350 so I figured, why not give it a try? I wasn't disappointed.

Edited March 18, 2017 by mustang1989

[Snake45]

Wow, beautiful color on that Firebird. But I have to say your Camaro doesn't look much like that color.

My son had a '99 Camaro (or a '94 or something) that was that color, or something darn close to it. I did him a model of it using a rattlecan of the touch-up paint.

 

[mustang1989]

Wow, beautiful color on that Firebird. But I have to say your Camaro doesn't look much like that color.

My son had a '99 Camaro (or a '94 or something) that was that color, or something darn close to it. I did him a model of it using a rattlecan of the touch-up paint.

 

I hear you on not looking like that color much but this stuff really comes alive when the clear is applied to it. I shot some on a roof top about 2 months ago and thought the same thing until I shot the clear. I've always thought this was a cool looking color. 1999 would have been a prime time for that color. I believe that GM started using it in 95 or so and on into the early 90's. I could have swore I saw a later model CK that had that color on it though.

[slusher]

Looking good Joe!!!

[mustang1989]

Thanks Carl.

[taaron76]

Looking good, Joe!  Is the clear that you will be spraying lacquer as well?  Something I always do with my clear coats is to thin each one a little more as I go.  The first coat is just a quick coat, and then build them up as I go, and each coat gets wetter and wetter.  You got this, so let's see some clear coat pics!  

Tim

[microwheel]

I knew you would get the body straightened out Joe. The color is really working on this one. Nice work on  the engine so far.

[mustang1989]

Thanks Tim! I am going with a lacquer based clear. Just gotta smooth the paint out before I "go for it". Thanks for the vote of confidence brutha. 

Jim: Thanks a bunch Jim. Both of you guys builds inspire me. Hopefully I'll get some measureable progress on this one this week.

[microwheel]

Thanks Tim! I am going with a lacquer based clear. Just gotta smooth the paint out before I "go for it". Thanks for the vote of confidence brutha. 

Jim: Thanks a bunch Jim. Both of you guys builds inspire me. Hopefully I'll get some measureable progress on this one this week.

Hi Joe, Im sure you'll make some progress on your build. I look at even the littlest accomplishment as progress. Believe me, i've been working on my interior, and the dash wore me out, mentally, trying to get it right, but even though it took me 2 days to get it done, it was worth it and it allows me to finally tie the whole interior together. So take the time you need to get things the way you want, it will pay off in the end.

[mustang1989]

Thanks Jim and sorry for the delay. I'm still "at it" with this thing. I'll post some pics in the morning.

[microwheel]

Howdy there Joe. I'll be watching buddy.

[mustang1989]

A few days late to the game here folks. Finding time to be on the forums is proving difficult as of late as there's just been so much going on.

 I've been working steady on the engine for the last couple of weeks and have managed to get the carburetor on with the fuel lines and fuel filter as well as the ignition system all taken care of. Looking back I wish I would've included the barrel nut for the fuel line to fuel pump connection but it's installed now so there's no going back now. I'll be coming up with a throttle return spring and bracket soon.

[Intmd8r]

Excellent job. That carb linkage must have been a PITA to assemble 

[KWT]

Awesome work on the engine. Looks like it's coming together nicely.

[mustang1989]

Thanks Steve and Jeremy.

Steve: It's gotten a little easier with the linkage after 3 times now. The first time was a real treat! lol.

I've got the chassis as done as it's gonna get. I spent a lot of time removing seam lines and injector pin marks from the replacement rear leaf springs and axle. I tossed the original rear diff cover in some brake fluid and sanded it to a more realistic scale thickness and Alcladed it and also cleaned up the traction bars and chromed those. I cleaned the replacement front suspension up and outlined the front spring detail with a Molotow chrome pen. The base chassis assy is all original and has only been touched up with paint. I touched up the raised brake line and fuel line details with some Aluminum paint using a detail brush and applied a wash over the original silver painted fuel tank just to bring out some of the details.

 

 

 

While I was on the subject of chassis , I thought I'd mock up the suspension one more time. I've changed the original tire layout up since the beginning and have decided to go with this stance with the rear tire juuuuust even with the upper part of the rear wheel opening. So far............I'm likin' this!

 

Here we are mocked up with the spare body:( the more I look at this thing , the more I wanna put some skinnies on it......)

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by mustang1989

[KWT]

Oh nice job.. you're making this build look awesome. Confucius may have been wrong... Maybe you can polish a turd

[mustang1989]

LOLOLOL!!! Thanks Jeremy. True.......this kit has been known to be horrible build as well as a horrible cartoon example of a Camaro.

Ya know, the more I look at this photo..........the more I do wanna put skinnies on the front. Hey.........it's still streetable............right???!! 

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by mustang1989