1970 Z-28 Camaro-Completed-Glamour Shots 09/13

WOW! That is an incredible build. I am currently building the same kit. It's been about 40 years between builds for me. As I'm recently retired I thought I might get back into the hobby. I chose this kit because my very first car was a RED 1970 Camaro. Not a Z-28 though. Mine had a 307. I was a junior in HS in 1975. I had many great memories in that car. I just hope my build is half as good as yours.

Cheers

Thanks G! Aw dang it....I forgot about that!! 

Gene: 'Preciate the comments bud.

Did a really great job on it looks real!

Beautiful ride!  Just make sure you get it inspected before driving it on the street!  

Back to the bench

Truly an outstanding build of a car that I have always dreamt of owning, right down to the color.

For lack of better words this has to be one of the cleanest and most precise builds I have seen in a very long time. I have learned over time that if I think I've "got it right" all I have to do is take a few close up photos. Then when looked at on the monitor the mold lines, sink marks, paint goobers, dust etc. just stick out like a sore thumb. I see none of that in your photos (which are excellent by the way) and that is tough to achieve. Thanks for sharing your build process and the outstanding result, and apologees for being so late with a comment.

 

Sorry for the late response. Thanks again.  

Truly an outstanding build of a car that I have always dreamt of owning, right down to the color.

For lack of better words this has to be one of the cleanest and most precise builds I have seen in a very long time. I have learned over time that if I think I've "got it right" all I have to do is take a few close up photos. Then when looked at on the monitor the mold lines, sink marks, paint goobers, dust etc. just stick out like a sore thumb. I see none of that in your photos (which are excellent by the way) and that is tough to achieve. Thanks for sharing your build process and the outstanding result, and apologees for being so late with a comment.

LOL! Thanks Steve! I appreciate the very kind (and funny) comments ol' buddy.

Thanks alot John and Omar! 

I think it was the 307 Omar. A 327 would've been nice though.....frickin' screamers.

Love it! My first car was a 70 split-bumper 327 (Or was it a 307?) RS. I have AMT's 70 Camaro that I want to build up like my old pony. Hopefully it will come out half as nice as yours. Great work!

-O

How did I miss the reveal???  Looks awesome Joe.  Love the details and finish and the big meats out back.  Well done.

Thank you so much Andy and DM! Really appreciate the very kind comments.

GODAWESOME!

That is REALLY nice! That first pic looks like the real thing

Thanks fellas for the comments. Circle track racers gobbled up most of these cars so there aren't many left out there and those that are still out there are priced very high. Hopefully one day I'll have one.

MR TOM SCHRY

SWEET ride!  Every teen age boy's dream car!  The split bumper Camaro, in my opinion, was the best looking Camaro.

tjs

 

Same here.

Fantastic work, especially on the paint. I have one or two of these in the stash myself, will have to try some MCW paint. Great interior, too. The floor mats and scaled down magazine are great touches. Thanks for showing this.

SWEET ride!  Every teen age boy's dream car!  The split bumper Camaro, in my opinion, was the best looking Camaro.

tjs

Thanks oldermodeler guy, Jim and Pat. {y}

Superb mustang1989.

O U T S T A N D I N G work Joe!   

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Looking good !!

Thanks you guys. I really do appreciate all the comments. 

Awesome sauce!! Beautiful build again. You nailed the look and stance. Perfect.

BK

Geez!

           I went to a car show Saturday.  There wasn't one Camaro of that year there, that was a beautiful as this one! Darned fine job , my Friend!! I like the subtle touches in the passenger seat!

WOW that lookd fantastic. Great color choice. The mag on the seat is a great feature as well.

That is one beautiful and amazing Camaro Joe. What an absolute tribute to your fantastic skills. It has, as always, been a thrill to watch you you build this. Not only do you have this auto building down to a fine art I'm impressed that you knocked this out in 3 months. 

Well done My Friend and Thank You forr yet another wonderful journey.

She's a beauty, Joe.

Well gang....after 3 months I've finished this puppy up. I'm going to put together a small re-cap of the trouble points with this kit in a separate thread for anyone that wnats to build one of these. I will say that in the kit reviews that I watched along with what I read before starting on this build, it says to build the subframe up front separately and install it after the base chassis has been installed into the body (which was no small feat onthis model. At several points I thought I was going to break something big trying to get the body and chassis together. 

  I've had this model in my stash for around 8 years and have always wanted to build one because I like this body style so much. I was gonna have one of these for my first car to drive before dad saw the well-built 350 in it with a 4-speed and put a stop to that. He used to tell me, "If you're gonna kill yourself .....you aint gonna do it under my roof". 

If you've been in Hobby Lobby, you've seen this kit a thousand times on the shelves.

Most of the cars that I saw were yellow, green, brown, black...etc. I wanted something different. I wanted red.....but not just any red...something that was out of the ordinary and magnetic to the eyes. My choice ended up being Raspberry Red. I fell in love with this car the second that I saw it.....

Now for the look that I was after. The stock wheels and tires look alright but I wanted something a bit more aggressive in regards to wheels/ tires and wanted to drop the front stance and raise the rear just enought to get the "meats" I had in mind to look how I wanted. I had parts from 3 different kits to make the wheel & tire choices.

Other parts used throughout the build were the 1970-1/2 Z/28 PE fret from Model Car Garage for the engine, interior and exterior details. Magazine in the front seat was from a supplier on Ebay years ago and decals are from Speedway for the license plate. MCW supplied the Raspberry Red and Testors Wet Look was used for the clear coat. A light coat of Tamiya Smoke went on the wheels to give them a more realistic look and to bring out the details. The kit fought me some but wasn't too bad to build thanks to reading reviews and looking over build threads from other folks who have built this same car. Thanks go out to all who looked in on and encouraged me along the way.