Midnight Z Camaro....

[epi4561]

Some time ago, my brother gave me several boxes of model cars and one of them was the Midnight Z.

I got it out the other day and saw that he had already glued the entire thing together. nothing was painted, just glued(heavily) together. So I decided I was going to dismantle it and try to start from scratch.

** soap residue from sitting in the suds for a couple of days**

I was able to carefully remove all of the Head lights, taillights windows, etc.. except for the rear windshield. The connector tabs broke off (still on the car) and the rear windshield itself snapped in two.

I guess will glue it for the time being until I figure out a more permanent solution..

Anyway, my son wants to fill in the t-tops to make it a solid roof. Shouldn't be too hard to do as my first "customizing project". He also wants it painted his favorite color, which is green. So I'm thinking maybe a lime-green pearl with a few layers of duplicolor green metal cast over the top of it along with some traditional looking black racing stripes.

It should be fun.

thanks-epi

[jamesG]

saw some acitate at hobby lobby that might work for your rear window it's by the metal tubing and xacto knives. comes in smoke clear red and green. cool model btw I love those street machines.

[Brizio]

Nice I built the same model probably 12 years ago! And I still have it!

[epi4561]

Ok, been doing some work on this glue bomb.. And I finally got some better pics. Keep in mind it's still a WIP...

First off, My boy didn't want the T-Tops, so I filled them in:

There's quite a bit of progress missing between these shots, but here is the body with filled in T-Tops and paint. Lime green pearl covered with a couple layers of Pthalo green (both Auto Air) and a light clear.. Still need to apply homemade decals and finsh clear and buff etc...

More to come.....

[epi4561]

On to the interior. Nothing much here, just painted and detailed a bit, but the floor area was messed up . I wanted to try flocking, but I didn't have any. So I improvised. Here is my "not-so-good" attempt at flocking using my homemade dried "wood putty" powder:

Ok, the engine was just a mess, and terribly frustrating to take apart and reassemble with the parts I wanted to use. Again, nothing spectacular, not plummed or anything, I just wanted to get something semi-decent looking using the parts I had available:

And finally, a shot of the undercarriage:

Well, I hope you guys like it. I know its not up to most of your abilities, but, considering all of the glue that this thing had on it, I'm rather happy with it so far.

thanks-epi

[martinfan5]

Good job so far