69 Camaro 427 Green Machine (engine pics update)

[cderekw]

So during a mix up while ordering a donor kit for another project from ebay I received the 69 Camaro Baldwin Motion Kit.

I can't leave things the way they're supposed to be, so here is my go at this kit. Haven't done too much other than paint the body on this.

It's also my first time masking off and striping/ 2 toning.

Base color was Dark Army Green then mixed the same color with Testor's Graphite Dust to get a metallic flake going, then I masked off the body and painted a stripe from the hood vent all the way back with the plain Dark Army Green. I did too many layers on the stripe so it kind of has an edge over the rest of the body, not sure how to get it to go away, also has just 1 coat of clear on it right now. Also did a black wash on the grill, gonna leave it flat black and probably gonna do the tailight panel in flat black, too.

In this shot you can see the 2-tone attempt from the body lines off of the wheel openings in the same color as the center stripe.

Thanks for looking, I'm always open to any suggestions or tips. I am always open to criticism and I'll always take it in a constructive way.

Edited April 28, 2012 by cderekw

[Badluck 13]

If you would have posted about that color you used and had no pics of it,I would thought no way would that look good but WOW!!!! that color scheme looks SWEET!!!

[cderekw]

Thanks, I was sketchy about it at first, but I wanted something that was almost not noticeable at first glance, but didn't just want a tint difference so that's what I came up with and I'm pretty happy with it as well.

[crazyjim]

Look pretty good and it's SHINY :)

[rctruk]

That looks real nice. I always have trouble with build up along the tape

[cobraman]

Looks good. You can get rid of the ridge buy doing some careful wet sanding with wet or dry sandpaper. Just use a fine grit and watch your progress.

[cderekw]

Thanks.

[Bartster]

Ooooh. Ghost stripes! Very interesting. You know what wheels you're gonna use?

[Guest JamesDE]

Wow! That's nice!

[cderekw]

Ooooh. Ghost stripes! Very interesting. You know what wheels you're gonna use?

No, not yet. Not gonna use the kit wheels though, I'm thinking maybe the Iroc's from Pegasus.

[TooOld]

That's going to look good . Don't think I've ever seen an L88 hood on a '69 Camaro before .

[TooOld]

Oh yea , the Baldwin Camaro's had that hood ! Just a Brain Fart.

[race06]

Green bein my fav color, I'M diggin it!

[cderekw]

Got the engine wired on this thing today, had a little trouble with the distributor so it looks kind of crappy, I bought some 30 gauge wire instead of buying wire and wired distributors from scale dreams or something. I'll get pics up later tonight.

[cderekw]

Here are the engine pics as promised, I didn't make plug boots on this one, in both of these pics you can see my poorly set up distributor, I need to work on that. Looking back, I should've made boots...

Thanks for looking!