1/12 `69 Camaro Z/28 - Silver w/ Black stripes, red interior, minilite wheels

[Hawk312]

I think this one has been even more challenging then the L-88. The buyer of this one wanted this one to be Sebring Silver with black stripes. The kit only comes with the white ones, so the black ones had to be masked, which was alot of fun. The silver is correct PPG laquer. This person also wanted the special order JL-8 disc brakes all around for this. He had a set that he shipped to me, and yes, these are the brakes from the $600 Franklin mint `67 Corvette! :eek::eek: He actually sacrificed the die cast for me to put them on this model!

He also had a set of mini-lite wheels and tires, which you can see in the chassis pic below. The rear tires were wayyyyy to wide to fit in the stock rear chassis, which meant alot of modification!

The interior had to be red as well, which was even more difficult than the white, but I think it was worth the effort.

The interior was sprayed using interior dye, which I think came out pretty convincing. Again, painted wood grain, flocking, etc....

The engine in the chassis....pretty typical. Notice the cutting that was needed in the rear, now covered with white plastic.

Let`s see...the wheel wells needed to be cut out and widened. The frame rails needed to be cut back around the gas tank and then reformed with styrene strips in order to narrow them. The shocks need to be moved to the inside of the leaf springs to make room. I just switched the right and left leaf springs to get the mount point on the inside. Notice the driver`s side exhaust pipe is shorter than the passenger side. I needed to heat the pipe over an open flame to bend it, and then cut a section out and splice it back together to get the proper length. Notice the minilite wheels, which are resin molds. I am not sure who makes them, but the need a lot of work to get them right.

Here are the JL-8 brakes. Because of the extra weight of the tires (solid resin) and the wheels, I had to use aluminum tubing for axles.

[sjordan2]

Superb.