Kmb0319 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 So, I built the AMT 70 Camaro Z28 a year or so ago. It came out OK, but I felt it could be better. When we moved, a few pieces of it broke, so I set it aside, and decided to redo it over the Holidays. After stripping the body of parts and paint, I repainted my interior. I don't really like white usually, but thought it might look good on this car, so I tried painting it as such. My paint was old, and it cracked and bubbled... so it went back into the brake fluid. I repainted it deep jewel green metallic... a color that always gives me a great finish. It came out OK, but I lost the rear spoiler, both mirrors, and attempts to get things back together or adjusted caused more broken pieces and frustration. I decided to throw it in the garbage and build a new one. I bought a new kit, and was figuring out what I wanted to do to make this one come out the way I wanted. I knew I wanted a camel interior. In testing wheel/tire combos for the car, something happened: I had seen a couple research pictures of Camaros with torque thrusts, and really liked that look, but also found a set of slightly larger diameter Chevy rally wheels in my parts box that really fit this model perfectly. I dedided those rally wheels were the choice for the new build, but when I held up one of my torque thrusts from the Moebius Belvedere kit to the old "trash" Camaro, I thought "wow, that looks good.. maybe I'll save this one after all." I still need to find a mirror in the parts box... the rear spoiler came from a 68 Camaro. There is one other oops in this... I debated between Testors Mystic Emerald and Tamiya Gunmetal Gray for body color on the new build. In the end, I chose the emerald thinking I'd be throwing the other kit away. I really didn't intend to have two green ones, but oh well. I didn't want to use the stripes on the new car, but did use them on the old one for contrast. Same with the front spoiler, that I'm generally not a fan of. The 1970 Camaro was a great car, and while it was the height of the muscle car era, it really had a very European sports car look. I tried to make them (especially the new build) reflect that, hence the slightly smaller tires, tan interior, and lack of stripes... a little cleaner look to me. Anyway, I hope you like them. I wired both engines and added a couple extra vacuum and heater hoses. I flipped the front wheel spindles on the new build, as the stance needed to be lowered significantly. This was the first build of the kit. It came out well, but the wheels in this pic wouldn't stay in, so I had to replace them with the kit wheels, which I'm not a big fan of. Also, the decals split in several places, wouldn't lay right over the rear, and the rear stance sat too low. In the move, the paint got scuffed in a couple places and a few parts were broken loose. After a couple attempts, I'm happy with the redo: A couple details on the new build... dash: My 350 The wheels and tires are Revell units from a 69 Camaro kit, and the tire decals are from Fireball. The twins: If only they were real.... I'd love to take them out and race.
bogger44 Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) Nice work on those, they are sharp! I've always liked the looks of the rally's on them too, but man I'm a sucker for Torque Thrusts! Edited March 1, 2017 by bogger44
Hmann68 Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Cool stuff! My uncle bought a new 70 1/2 z28 and I remember it
Peter Lombardo Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Very nice pair there..... I owned a '73 with the Rally Sport option ( the big open grille, ) and I can tell you, I wish I still owned it now ( traded in for a Mustang Mach 1 ). I have a couple kits to build of that car one of these days.... yours are very well done. The Z28 looks really nice with the darker green paint..
espo Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 They are both beautiful. The green RS looks like the Rally Green color. Like so many others who have owned Camaros, these cars bring back many good memories.
donb Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Like them both a lot. Nice color combo's and wheel selection for each. Sharp
DumpyDan Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Looks real good, I built this one a couple years back
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