Revell snap Concept Camaro

[ismaelg]

Hello,

The '33 Chrysler is almost done. The big show is one month away so I'll coast to finish it. I needed a break from its intensity and this just fits the bill: a snap curbside. I love this car and I want one in 1:1.

The stars just happened to be properly aligned and I just got my first Scalefinishes paint and I need an excuse to try them.

So......... inspired in this let's see what happens

I have already promised in our local forum that I WILL NOT CUT, OPEN, or MODIFY anything on the body or chassis of this car.

They made me promise no engine either

First coat of primer reveals a very straight body.

This body is so far ahead of the AMT ######! The Revell curbside snapper beats the heck out of the glue AMT POS. The AMT concept Camaro made me hate AMT for the rest of my life, or at least in the foreseeable future.

Did I mention I did not like the AMT version?

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Edited September 25, 2008 by ismaelg

[ismaelg]

The Scalefinishes paint flows very nicely. I thinned it a little bit more with PPG acrylic lacquer thinner because the temp in my workroom is easily approaching triple digits! (that's 100 F or 38C)

This is only after a light and a medium coat.

after it dries I'll check and do one more coat if needed, then allow it to dry for masking and eventual blue.

I admt it is tempting to paint it all yellow....

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[Mr. Can Am Garage]

This does not bode well my fellow Padawan.

Finish the Imperial project you must!

[ismaelg]

Hello,

Light color sanding, one more color coat and let it dry for the long weekend. Then masked using Tamiya tape to add the main color. Note that all lines will be done with paint. No decals for the stripes.

Thanks,

[ismaelg]

Hello,

First coat of second color. Again, the Scalefinishes paint flows nicely. I'll treat this as a colored primer coat. I'll carefully sand it smooth before subsequent color coats.

Thanks,

[Joe Handley]

I have already promised in our local forum that I WILL NOT CUT, OPEN, or MODIFY anything on the body or chassis of this car.

Good thing it's not a Smokey Yunick car then

[ismaelg]

I did today the nail biting process of removing the tape strips. Once again, the Tamiya tape performance is unsurpassed.

If I get a chance, I'll clear it before Friday. If this were a Tamiya tape commercial I'd close appearing with a roll and say:

Tamiya Tape: I can't live without it!

Thanks,

[Brett Barrow]

Cool! I immediatly thought of this scheme when I saw the retro-Sunoco article in SAE a few issues back. I'll do mine with raw metal side-pipes and unpolished five-spoke mags, I like that better than the yellow-painted ones.

We had the Revell Make 'n Take event at the hobby shop I work in earlier this year, I got to help build several of these, what's there really does blow AMT's out of the water, the interior is beautiful and it even has brake discs, unheard of for a snap-kit. Just enlarge all the holes for the locator pins and it goes together well. Plus the metal axles are a couple millimeters too long(that or they don't go all the way into their holes).

Ditto on the Tamiya tape comments, lots of folks get the full-on sales pitch from me!

I think the Revell snap-kits make great paint-test subjects, the last model I finished was a '34 Ford I painted just to try out a particular Tamiya color combination - I needed to see it on something larger than a plastic spoon!

[ismaelg]

Hello,

I polished the roof to see how it would look. Note the rest of the car has not been polished yet. What's in front of it is a REALLY BIG BLOCK

Next week I hope to finish polishing and start assembly. This week is quite busy and we are going camping with the cub scouts this weekend.

Thanks,

[cruz]

Looking good Iz!!!!

[Peter Lombardo]

The Penske Sunoco Camaro from the Trans Am series is such a natural to update into the new Camaro. I have on my “someday to build†list, one of these along with the original and the Mustang Trans Am along with an update to the 2006 Mustang. We’ll see, I have the kits set aside, just need the time. Anyway, yours is sure looking good. Nice stripe job. I love how a painted on stripe looks vs. decals.

[ismaelg]

And there goes the box stock part of the build

Brass full roll cage. It fits so nice and tight there is no need to hold it with anything. Too bad it has to be painted. Why the upper bars go inwards? The roof is a tight fit and this is more of a quick build. I don't expect this car to roll over very often anyways

Thanks,

[ismaelg]

Mock up with the body:

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[wdcav]

Love this project. Keep going!

I only wish I had the nerve to learn to stripe like that. Just don't think I can make it look like that.

[ismaelg]

Metal plates where the seats go (alum foil) parts box racing seat (Perry's resin), fire extinguisher machined in my lathe just for fun, (yeah it's big. I want to flood the car in a fire) riveted aluminum door panels (more alum foil) door pull straps (more on that later), Carbon fiber racing dash plate with racing computer and toggle switches.

Thanks,

[ismaelg]

Hello again,

Interior is done! Not exactly 100% factory stock or box stock for that matter

Recycling? The seatbelts and the door pulls were made using the tape used for masking the yellow stripes

Added Motorola radio / data logger transponder

Photoetch seatbelt hardware pieces are leftovers from the blue Porsche

Toggle switches are just painted wire.

Bare metal parts are alum foil

Carbon fiber dash panel is alum foil covered with leftover carbon fiber decals from the Cadillac project.

What do you think?

Thanks,

[ismaelg]

These are the wheels I'm going to use. I can't think of any better choice. They'll be painted yellow as well.

Perry's Resin Minilites. I think he will have them in Toledo...

Thanks,

[miatamadman]

YOWZA! Thats looking great!!

[Tonioseven]

Terrific work so far!! I have some of the Scale Finishes paint as well but have no time to try it out yet. Keep upthe greatr work!!!

[Gray Smith]

Thats spiffy...I MUST have a set of those wheels...

anyone wanna help me out since he doesn't do small part orders?

Good luck with the rest of the build, i'll be keeping an eye on it.

Gray

[ismaelg]

This model has been finished and it is now posted in the Under Glass section.

Thanks,