gjorenby Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Building Revell's 1967 Camaro SS out as Buddy Repperton's ill-fated ride from the movie Christine. This will involving eliminating the SS related items as his car was not an SS (or a Z/28 or the RS with the hideaway headlights). To do this I found a standard hood to replace the kits hood with the vents. Also have a Z/28 grill coming to replace the kit's grill with the very prominent SS emblem. I will use photo etch to get the correct grill emblem. Interior was build stock with the addition of flocking for carpet and a photo etch steering wheel. Although Buddy's car did not have an engine size emblem, I am going with the stock 396 with the addition of plug wires. Now I know that the 67' 396 had the alternator on the driver's side. The kit has the later passenger side alternator. I didn't feel like messing with redesigning the entire belt system and besides, Buddy was a gear head, maybe he updated it? Now here's a question for you all...was his car gray, silver, or light metallic blue??? I have seen it described all three ways. On screen it appears gray or silver but it was only ever shown at night under street lighting. I'm leaning to a light metallic blue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Really. Looks great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I went with silver when I did my Buddy Camaro. In hindsight, I think officially the car is more of a light blue. I've since done a wash on the wheels. Should take some new pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBradKeselowski Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 As many times as I've seen Christine, Buddy's Camaro is silver/blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Like the the other "star" cars in this movie, that Camaro was soooo drool worthy. Sad what happened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjorenby Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Tamiya SkyBlue Anodized Aluminum (PS-49) over a base of Tamiya Bare Metal Silver (AS-12) with a generous layer of Tamiya Clear (TS-13). Why the blue? Well Buddy Repperton was a bully and probably insecure and not very smart. Most likely he bought the base model Camaro from a little old lady who liked the blue color really cheap. Remember, this is not a Z/28, SS or RS model. And he then probably tried to compensate by putting in the 396 (hence the alternator on the wrong side for a true 1967 Camaro), turbine rims and the stripes. Easy things to do to make it look tougher/cooler that it originally was, but still not quite the real deal of a Z/28 RS/SS. Just a theory....anyway, I like the way the color turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 12:01 PM, gjorenby said: Why the blue? Well Buddy Repperton was a bully and probably insecure and not very smart. Most likely he bought the base model Camaro from a little old lady who liked the blue color really cheap. Remember, this is not a Z/28, SS or RS model. And he then probably tried to compensate by putting in the 396 (hence the alternator on the wrong side for a true 1967 Camaro), turbine rims and the stripes. Easy things to do to make it look tougher/cooler that it originally was, but still not quite the real deal of a Z/28 RS/SS. Still, he had good taste in cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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