AMT '70-1/2 Camaro

[my80malibu]

Just an FYI. My Hood warped after Priming.

[NOBLNG]

My hood wobbled on the body also, I managed to get it to sit nice. Now I notice the body wobbles when I set it down on the work table so... until I get it mounted to the chassis? 

[Dann Tier]

Lovin how this is turning out, bud!!...keep up the great work!!!

[NOBLNG]

I cleared it with Testors Gloss Lacquer and completed the Foiling. I attempted to foil the headlight buckets, but I found it tough to trim it nicely. I wound up coating them with Molotow instead. I hope I can get glue to hold the headlight lens into the buckets now.

[espo]

The paint and trim turned out very nice. 

[NOBLNG]

On 1/20/2019 at 2:45 PM, espo said:

The paint and trim turned out very nice. 

Thanks!

I made a big mistake in assembling this particular model. I glued the front and rear lower body panels on so that I could fill the seams and do a nice paintjob. However... once that is done, it is impossible to fish the floor-pan/front sub-frame into place. I determined at this point, that the best solution would be to remove the front sub-frame from the floor-pan and install it after the floor-pan was in place. It came apart with minimal glue points. Whew! 

Now, I go to install the floor pan, which is no longer easy, since the rear body panel (that holds the tail lights) is in place. It was a process of: fish the floor-pan in so that the rear wheel wells are inside the body, pull it forward and stick a finger in through the side window and pry the floor pan downward so the two locating tabs would mate up while pushing the floor-pan rearward again. I thought the first attempt was a little tedious... and then the front of the floor-pan would NOT meet up with the fire wall like it was supposed to!

Well to make long story short...there is a huge fitment problem between the dash/inner door panels and the grossly thick wind shield. after 20-30 repetitions of trimming and fishing the floor-pan/tub in and out, I got it to fit. Some pre-fitting would have saved me a lot of work.?

Edited January 22, 2023 by NOBLNG
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[NOBLNG]

After all that mucking around I finally got the floor pan to meet up nicely with the firewall. Then the front sub-frame c/w engine and radiator support just slid nicely into place as if it was supposed to be installed last! Big sigh of relief!!

[bisc63]

Good save! Really like that color.

[espo]

Thanks for the heads up on the chassis/body assembly since I would have probably built it much as you did. I have always liked the 1:1 Camaro's and this body style only after the '69 models. 

[NOBLNG]

This one is pretty much done. I still have to fix the door panels so the orange plastic doesn't show, re-coat the side mirrors with molotow and raise the exhaust tips some as I think they are hanging to low. I am not thrilled with how the paint came out, but good enough for this one. I will try to do better on the next one. Baby steps...

[Dann Tier]

I think it has a great look to it!!!!

[AMT68]

This is going to be a helpful thread when I get around to building mine since I've heard there are fitment issues with this kit. You obviously overcame the kits issues and it resulted in a beautiful build. Thanks for posting the link to this one.

[slusher]

Very sharp Camaro!

[slusher]

On 1/13/2019 at 2:00 AM, Richard Bartrop said:

I always thought this generation of Camaro was by far the best looking of the bunch.  I like what you're doing with it.

I agree!

[Dave72]

Very nice job! Looks great! 

[FLHCAHZ]

Nice work!  Looks sharp

[NOBLNG]

Thanks Guys. This is an old thread that I posted a link to in another thread. I was hoping to give a fellow modeller a heads up on the issues I encountered.

Edited March 5, 2021 by NOBLNG

[David G.]

Great looking build-up! 

Well worth all the trouble you had.

David G.

[TransAmMike]

A lotta work on that, great outcome?