Monogram 1969 Camaro SS-PROJECT COMPLETED-07/20

Cool it's just that Mazda? pic some time ago nice cyan .

That is really amazing Joe. All that elbow grease you put into sanding and polishing truly paid off in spades. Absolutely gorgeous.

Oh Boy !

 I know I haven't commented for a while . I have to say these three things . I paint with a Badger that NOAH ( In the form of my wife ) Gave me over fifty five years ago !

 Never have had a problem .

 Now come on ! I know you are smart enough to figure you have to use primer under real automotive lacquer on a model , Because it's " Hotter " .

 I finally got my Molotow pens . My LHS got some , and didn't tell me until I went down there looking for a paint set for figures . He had all the sizes available . Well , he did have ! I bought them all . Plus some refill fluid . 

 This pen system is great on boats , ships and planes too ! Hey Like the stance on the car and the engine , but where is the wood grain in the interior and the wood wheel ? LOL. I like the wood accents if done right . Chevy just NEVER got it right .

 Have you ever seen the dash on a 65 Corvair ? I duplicated the dash panels with " Bird's Eye Maple " . Steamed to fit the original shape . The top of the doors and quarters inside recieved this treatment too .

 LOL, when I traveled to Georgia in late 65 , a gas station attendant ( remember them ? ) Wanted to know what kind of furrin car it was . She wore NO Chevy Logos of any kind nor door handles either !

 I asked him why he thought it was " furrin " . He replied " omly them furriners bend and shape wood that nice , Plus that fancy wood ain't on no Merican Car ". I have put real wood on my cars if it looked right . Ever since .

 I love what you did with the car and you are right , No one is aware , really , of the size and detail difference in the kits . Darned good job my friend !  T.B.     P.S. Sorry I got so long winded !

Thanks Nick, Joe and TB

Those Molotow chrome pens are da bomb aint they? Still on this one fellas. Just on a bunch of fiddly stuff right now like sanding those stupid locating pins/ pegs from the back side of the headlights and front turn signal lenses. You know the ones that give SCREAM "toy car" look by having dots in the middle of the lenses much UNLIKE real cars have. Yeah.....those. I also sawed the front grille in half and since I had two grilles with the "Z/28" badges molded into the grilles I ditched the sides with the emblems on them and joined both blank halves to give me a complete "blank" grille in which to neatly install a PE "SS" emblem into the middle of the grille. I'll try to post progress pics this weekend when I have an outcome.

Basically we'll be going from this:



To this:

 Another grand tour of modeling artistry.  The impressive thing is if “they” give you a lemon you make lemon aid with it.   

An' its looks good too. 

Thanks Steve. I appreciate that.

 I managed to get the master cylinder, brake lines and fittings completed a couple of days ago:



and I got the obnoxious rear license plate under way. I'll install a couple of license plate retaining screws at the top of the license plate to top it all off.



I've got most of the kinks knocked out of the grille after making some cuts and sanding back to the join areas. I've got the section all glued in and ready for paint. The headlight lenses are spare pieces and are being used for masking devices. See those stupid dots in the middle of the headlamp lenses? Yeah.............those! They'll be gone by the time I'm done with the grille.




Here's a quick mock up of the engine compartment. Still have to mark the heater hoses for the clamps I'll be installing on them at the firewall connection, radiator hose fabrication and install and I'll be adding a windshield washer bottle on the radiator core support. I'll also be lifting the heater hose that has a little too much sag to it so that both heater hoses are routing closer together.

That master cylinder is going to look spectacular in that engine compartment.

Thanks Nick! I'm hoping it turns out ok.

Well, you darn sure are not losing your touch. Magnificent detail work. The engine is especially looking masterful. Now to knock out that punch list. Lovin' it Bro.

I'm on it Joe and thanks.

Sneak peek shot. Still got a lot of work left to do. I've gotta figure out what's keeping the "real" car body sitting up in the front some and have to level things out a bit in the rear due to being a little high on the drivers side but we're getting there.........

and with the completed SS grille and lower air deflector( from the more accurate Revell release) glued in place. Keep in mind that the whole front end is NOT glued onto the body yet hence the large gaps between the facia and body in front of the wheel wells and at the sides of the grill to body. Still working on correcting the stance at the front and still gotta bumper to go but that'll be one of the last things that gets installed.

It's all looking absolutely terrific Joe. Wow! Your work on the grill came out fantastic. Superb workmanship there my friend.

Thanks Joe. I've still got a ways to go but it's getting there one step at a time.

That's the exact same color as the stock 69 I owned when I graduated HS Austin in 79, awsome. It had a 250 in it LOL

looking awesome . wow 79 

Thanks Steve and Nick!! 

Steve: I think I know what color you are talking about for a color back then. Has kind of a dark green tint to it. The color that I'm using on this car is from the late 90's / early 2000's and is called Mystic Teal Metallic. It is a color changer from teal to blue to purple at different angles.

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Thanks Steve and Nick!! 

Steve: I think I know what color you are talking about for a color back then. Has kind of a dark green tint to it. The color that I'm using on this car is from the late 90's / early 2000's and is called Mystic Teal Metallic. It is a color changer from teal to blue to purple at different angles.

 

Sounds like a familiar kind of story on my end. I owned some form of musclecar from when I was 16 years old all the way until I turned about 41 years old. Sometimes I still miss driving them but I don't miss working on/ tinkering with them every day and I sure as hell don't miss throwing money at 'em left and right. lol 

Ok folks....................been out for the last 5 days on vacation up to north Texas at good ol' Lake Texoma. Had a blast but it's now time to get back to buildin' on this one so I'll be seeing you all around here with this thing.

Pretty color!

Thanks podna! It's Mystic Teal Metallic. GM paint code 79U

well I hope you had a good vac. I here the bass fishing is good in Texas. The the car looks great .I in plastic stew with different builds lol. 

Thanks Nick. Had a good time for sure. Thanks for the comments on the car. Ya know.......I just realized..............I'm almost done with this one and have absolutely no clue what my next auto build will be.

Well folks I've got the engine compartment finished. There are some things that are wrong and more things I could've added to the actual bay itself but hey, ya gotta know when to say "when" at some point. I chose to do a simple "fill in" at the passenger side rear of the engine bay where Monogram placed the battery initially and install it in the correct location. You'll see that the two rectangular holes for the hood hinges have been filled in and the molded in crappy wire details were removed from the firewall, the original master cylinder was overhauled and detailed along with the added brake lines and a windshield washer bottle was added (along with the battery) from the newer Revell Camaro release. Radiator hoses were constructed out of 16 gauge electrical wire and a dullcoat applied over both. Hose clamps were made from spare PE frets. All of the molded in detail on both fender wells was removed which instantly improved the engine bay appearance to me.

That engine is looking good Mustang. Did you get the washer fluid container out of the newer box as well?

Thanks Steve. Yessir I did. It started off as a clear part.

Well it looks like the real thing 

Completely dynamite detail. I really love what you have done under the hood. Looks every bit the part of realistic. Yet again your patience and attention to detail has paid off immensely.

'Preciate that Joe and Steve! 

I finished up with the chassis as of this morning. The base chassis is all original down to paint and detailing through much younger eyes. I did do some repair painting here and there and applied a light wash on the fuel tank to bring out some of the detail.I think I touched the chassis up when I was around 16 or so with all the details. The front suspension, rear differential and leaf springs are all replacement parts and I had to make a custom driveshaft using the end pieces and some aluminum tubing. The mufflers are from the newer Revell Camaro release and the lead and tailpipes are silver solder. And with that......we're off to emblems and bumpers and a few touch ups here and there.

Looking really good.

Very nice, indeed.