'69 Camaro Z28 RS

[beefheart22]

I'm a Mustang person my self, but this is a nice kit of a classic muscle car that rivaled my favorite BOSS 302 Mustang.

So far, I just had time to work on painting the body.

Light coat of grey TS primer just to fill in the body work which was minimal. Very clean kit. Then a healthy even coat of TS white primer. Two coats of TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. Then I gave it a single coat of TS-13 clear. I was going for the Le Mans Blue look, but I'm not sure how close it is. Still have yet to look at it in daylight. I am pretty happy how it turned out non-the-less.

Before I laid my base coat, I wet sanded the primer coat from 3600 - 12000 to make it nice and shiny and the metallic TS went over it nice and smooth. There is some minor orange peel under the clear, but I plan to rub it out, lay my decals (the white racing stripes of course!) and then give it another coat of clear.

Suggestions and constructive criticism always welcomed.

Nathan

Edited November 19, 2009 by beefheart22

[Terror]

Nice paint I like that color.Chics are only worth dying for if you own an egg farm.LOL

Edited October 24, 2009 by Terror

[george 53]

Nathan, that color looks a little closer to Marina Blue,a Camaro color in 69.Le Mans blue was JUST a TAD lighter if I remember correctly.(or was it the other way around?) Anywal, yours is comin out GREAT Don't stop now Daddy-O, iz lookeen Goood!!!!

[Space Cowboy]

Great color and it's looking cool.

[JayC]

I love Camaros. That is a great color. This is a kit I want to get, so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. I'll eventually want to build one in hugger orange.

[beefheart22]

Thanks for the comments everybody.

Not much of an update, but just finishing off the body work.

First polished using some Tamiya compound to make it smooth n' shiny for the decals to suck right on there good. Too good... had some issues with one stripe that didn't want to budge. More water on the surface next time.

Then I misted and wet one more coat of TS-13 Clear to seal it all off the decals and give the paint job a bit more depth. I think it sets it off nicely.

Decals before final clear coat.

Decals after final clear coat.

Final clear coat went on smooth, but has some peel that needs to be rubbed out. Should be dry enough today. I'm just going to try the Fine - Finish Tamiya compounds. Don't want to burn through the single coat of clear with the course.

After I finish the final polishing, gonna get to work on the actual building and let the body gas out completely. Some front suspension and the engine next.

Nathan

Edited November 19, 2009 by beefheart22

[beefheart22]

Haven't had much time to get around to building lately, but I did finally get around to finishing the engine. Also finished polishing and detailed the chrome trim.

[Tony T]

Nice build! The Revell '69 Camaro is a real nice kit, it seems, in any of the releases I've seen (I've got an older Baldwin/Motion version on my bench). Great colour!

[Custom Hearse]

The paint looks great! very nice. The engine looks good also. Keep up the great work!

[walt francis]

Super great job on a super great kit.

[juergen]

hi !!!

whow !!! beautiful color and great paint job !!! it looks like perfect for me !!!

but one thing i don´t know - are the decals correct between hood and windshield?

greets juergen

[beefheart22]

hi !!!

whow !!! beautiful color and great paint job !!! it looks like perfect for me !!!

but one thing i don´t know - are the decals correct between hood and windshield?

greets juergen

Thanks Juergen. Good eye: the decals between the hood and windshield are correct, but it is the hood stripes that are too close together. I made the mistake of applying the hood stripes first, forgetting they have to line up with the other decals.

Edited November 26, 2009 by beefheart22

[juergen]

hi !

oh - i´m sorry about this but your paint is by far outshines that !!!!

greets juergen

[Salvo]

The paint job looks sweet! Good luck with the rest of the build!

[beefheart22]

Thanks for the good words everybody. Got some more progress. Getting close to the end with the interior tub and the body details that need gluing left to be done. Then I have a '78 Firebird that needs to get started for the community muscle car build.

Some stock rims going on:

Got some legs to stand on:

It's not in the picture, but I finally found the tree the washer fluid reservoir which was added after this photo.

It's starting to take shape. After these two photos were taken, the windshield + mirror and back window has been added with the turn signals painted on.

Edited December 8, 2009 by beefheart22

[vizio93]

Nice job man !!! That paint job is absolutely amazing. Can't wait to see this one Under Glass

[charlie8575]

Nice job with this. Sorry about the decals, it's one of the reasons I try to avoid them whenever I can, but the overall build is spectacular and definitely something to be happy with.

Charlie Larkin

[87 Grand]

Man your paint job is fantastic as mentioned. Don't worry about the stripes. All of my builds are shelved with the hood up anyway, so if there is a mis-allignment, you'll never catch it. This is one kit that I don't have, and I must build one for my collection. Beautiful car and beauty of a build so far. Can't wait to see it all wrapped up. Keep us posted. Sweet!!!

[voljeepx]

Nathan, you Ford boys can sure build a sweet lookin' Chevy! Great work, the paint is awesome! Can't wait to see it finished!

[MikeMc]

Great job on a fun kit!!

when its done we can go out by the farm and run.........

notice the hood......it started out body color..........looks good in black!

[kyledr330]

Great looking Camaro! I love the blue color.