Sport Suburban Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Here is another one of my previously stalled projects I finished in 2018. 69 Camaro RS SS 396. It is also supposed to represent a rare L89 aluminum head 396/375 HP engine although I was not sure if the heads are raw aluminum or painted orange. This one was a tougher build as it seamed everything I changed would fight me. Hood is from the AMT 69 Camaro. It was trimmed to fit as it is bigger and also needed to be thinned. The hood hit the air cleaner and also the core support braces. I painted this one twice as I didn't like the fathom green from Testors spray can. It is now Testors British Racing Green met from a jar. It looks closer and I like it better. Then I added photo etch SS emblems and the lower rocker grills. And last up was the exhaust from the Revell 69 Nova COPO kit. Actual exhaust fit the chassis real nice but the manifolds did fit the crossmember so I clearanced the crossmember. Last thing I did was modify the bumper guards on the rear bumper and rechrome it. I'm now rear happy with this green machine!
1972coronet Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Nice Camaro ! The L-89 heads were indeed left "raw" , just like the intake manifold (of the L-78) , but was sans engine colour overspray (as the heads weren't painted) .
jefropas Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 So clean...a really nice build and great color! Jeff
mikemodeler Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Very nice, love the color and nicely detailed!
Snake45 Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) Very very nice, one of my favorite builds of yours ever, and I like ALL your work! You and I must think alike--I built something VERY similar a few years ago on the old MPC kit. Same color (MM BRG from the jar), same hood (I actually painted both hoods and have the CI on it most of the time), same RS front end. I made mine "day two" on Cragars with bigger tires on the rear. Yours looks great! Well done and model on! Edited January 5, 2019 by Snake45
kelson Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Great looking Camaro!!,i'm building a 69'Z28 using the 69'nova exhaust but I had to do some mods for it to fit.
Sport Suburban Posted January 6, 2019 Author Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks everyone. I love how this one came out but man. It’s a great kit out of the box but as soon as you start modifying it you better check the fit!
donb Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 2:29 AM, jefropas said: So clean...a really nice build and great color! Jeff I agree!
Tommy124 Posted January 9, 2019 Posted January 9, 2019 That Camaro is just lovely. One of those cars that can "wear" any color!
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