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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!

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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) .

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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! B)

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On 1/5/2019 at 2:29 AM, jefropas said:

So clean...a really nice build and great color!

Jeff

I agree!

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