Post by mustang1989 on Jul 26, 2018 5:01:39 GMT -8
When I started this project in January of 2017 I thought I was looking at a 3 month project. What followed was a seven month venture to pump some life into my first ever auto build which dates back 36 years. All in all the old build was in decent shape as I'd managed to keep it encased since first building it at age 13. When I left home at age 19 for the Army I left this build and several others behind where it stayed all this time until I finally picked it up from my parents house and put it in my display case here at home where it's spent the last 5 years. When I started on it 7 months ago there was no engine and the interior was.......well ........you know ...........very "Monogram" basic. I had alot of work ahead of me which I found out throughout the course of the re-build. I ended up using a total of five other kits to piece some of the missing pieces together (one of which was a newer Revell Camaro release kit to "update" this old dog of a kit with some of the parts that Monogram had failed to put in their kit) , hood and wheels were donations from good friends here on the forums (thanks be to Dee Cee and Paul). Powertrain/ drive train was from the AMT Chevelle SS396 kit. I ended up spending ALOT of time in the interior as well as the engine compartment. All badging is from PE fret for the Revell Camaro kits and the paint is GM paint code 79U--Mystic Teal Metallic, a paint that was used in the late 90's/ early 2000's on GM vehicles (Camaro's / Firebirds being in that line up). I also opted to transform this into an SS which took a little fancy foot work with the grille but I managed to pull it all off okay. Lastly, while I am definitely a fan of Pro Street cars with the rear tires tucked up nice n' neatly up under the rear fenders(and build most of my auto builds as such), I wanted to keep the 80's stance as well as the tire/ wheel approach. I'm pretty happy with the results although the kit had it's limitations.
With that.......here's the shots.
The original 36 Year Old Build:
Restoration/ Upgrade Shots:
