Grumpy's early 67 Camaro

[TheBEAUMONTGURU]

Here is my other Grumpy Jenkins model.  I tried to recreate his Indy winner.

Again lots of mods needed.  This time i did the engine all black as he would have done.  I scratch built the track bars,  guages, shifter, and added a woodgrain wheel(he always seemed to use a factory woodgrain one). I used a slixx decal pack,  some parts bin cragars and some blue streak tires,  altered the stance quite a bit.  made up some window decals, added some quarter glass.  fully wired and plumbed the engine.  fixed up the grill trim a bit.   I left the SS emblem in the grill because it was too hard to make it invisible.  I also scratch built some rear bumper pieces that were not with the kit.   Paint is Duplicolor lacquer spraybomb, polished out.

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[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[TarheelRick]

That is some mighty fine work, great attention to detail.

[catpack68]

Very nice work!? I built the same car a few years back

Edited December 25, 2023 by catpack68

[Snake45]

That is a fine, fine model that I would have been proud to have built. VERY well done!

One detail that I mention only because you could still fix it if you want to: Grump was famous for painting his gas tanks white to reflect heat and keep the fuel cool. I'm not 100% sure that GTIII had that at this time; I'll have to check my books and see. But as I said, he was noted for doing that and it's visible in many pictures. 

But it's a FINE model that really does the Grump justice! Well done and model on! 

[Khils]

 

Very righteous build-up!! 

Well Done indeed.

(pic)....Just exactly as I wish to remember him!!

[Yeah Nah]

Amazing job on this! 

[Zippi]

Nice looking Drag car.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[dust collectors]

That thing came out great. Well executed build of a very cool car.

[papajohn97]

Fabulous recreation of Grump’s first Camaro. The detailing and realism of the engine bay is an A+. I have the Slixx decal set for this one and am hoping that Revell re-pops this kit before I get too old to build and paint model cars, the ones on eBay are crazy $$$ ($80 - $100 with tax & shipping).

[Scott8950]

Very well done ?

[Hemifever]

Very sharp looking build.

[Bills72sj]

That is pretty awesome!