revell '79 Z-28 camaro

[diymirage]

hey guys

this is a car i build several years ago and rebuild about one year ago

when i first build it i misplaced the glass so the glass that is in there right now is part of a plastic strawberrie container supergleud to the body

it also started out as a T-top which i filled in just to make it look different

the idea of the car is just a piece of junk camaro owned by a highschool kid who would rather spend the money on a set of cams then on replacing the busted up quarter panels

not my most prized build but it was fun nevertheless

[B_rad88]

nice camaro!!!!!

[greenday]

That is a very nice Camaro, you really can't tell the difference in the windows, had I not read that I wouldn't have known. The filled in T-Tops look unique. The dents look pretty cool, very convincing. I like it, very neat car!

[diymirage]

thanks guys

this car really was a practice piece

the dents were made by heating up the side of the car with a lighter

then, when the styrene was soft i pressed the tail end of the lighter into it

(the same plastic was used on the T-tops as on the windows)

i then filled it with spackle and sanded it down some

its not as great as it could be but every car is a step on the way to perfection rigt

[greenday]

thanks guys

this car really was a practice piece

the dents were made by heating up the side of the car with a lighter

then, when the styrene was soft i pressed the tail end of the lighter into it

(the same plastic was used on the T-tops as on the windows)

i then filled it with spackle and sanded it down some

its not as great as it could be but every car is a step on the way to perfection rigt

Exactly. cool techniques, I use a soldering iron, but I think your way is better, I'll have to try it.

[diymirage]

Exactly. cool techniques, I use a soldering iron, but I think your way is better, I'll have to try it.

thanks

i think the soldering iron would work on small dings, like the kind you get in a parkinglot when someone opens their door into your car

but the lighter method works better for the larger damage

next time i might just heat the body panel i want to damage with the lighter and then physically run another scale model into it to actually simulate the impact