’73 Camaro

I made copies of the Kicker 6X9 speakers for the rear…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06714_zpsbkfvytr9.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06714_zpsbkfvytr9.jpg.html)
Rubber Heartbeat floor mats for the front…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06715_zpss4rjqbej.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06715_zpss4rjqbej.jpg.html)
And the velour dot pattern for the three factory seats…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06718_zpsx7e5hrie.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06718_zpsx7e5hrie.jpg.html)
The dash still needs the gauges, but most of the painted details are done. The stereo is a Kenwood KRC2008 and the face is a custom decal. The burl wood trim is hand painted.
The silver paint had worn through the dash trim on my car so I repainted it blue (and the Camaro script) to go with the exterior. I also added the A/C vents and made a non-manual transmission brake pedal.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06717_zpscporakb1.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06717_zpscporakb1.jpg.html)

I made decals for the gauges; the lighting isn’t the best so the shadows are blocking the small ones, (fuel, amps, temp and clock gauges).
I didn’t make a decal for the tach. Seemed like a waste of time drawing it and then putting the AutoMeter tach in front of it. I can’t see the factory tach in the real car. (I don’t even know if it still works.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06726_zpsa4iyjrhk.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06726_zpsa4iyjrhk.jpg.html)

Shot the base color (Admiral/Cloisonné) blue from the original touch up paint I had for the real car, with a coat of intra-clear to seal it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06800_zpsgs1l9o97.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06800_zpsgs1l9o97.jpg.html)

The sealer-clear coat was sanded out but not polished or waxed. Custom made stripe decals have been applied.
On the real car I chose to paint the stripes with hard point corners on the inboard edges (like a Chevelle) instead of the factory stock round radiuses. I think it accents the pointy nose better.
Still a few more decals to add before clearing it…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06805_zps8tprxef8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06805_zps8tprxef8.jpg.html)
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All the decals were applied a week or two ago and since I was shooting my Corvette, I shot the clear on this too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06891_zpslwzr5rfj.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06891_zpslwzr5rfj.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06890_zpsmxc3ny0x.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06890_zpsmxc3ny0x.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1998%20Corvette/DSC06892_zpsncigiqgp.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1998%20Corvette/DSC06892_zpsncigiqgp.jpg.html)

I machined a set of aftermarket Auto Meter gauges from aluminum.
A vacuum gauge, tach, and oil press & water temp.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06970_zpss3nnaeny.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06970_zpss3nnaeny.jpg.html)
I made decals for the faces and installed the tach and vacuum gauge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06972_zpswydezbgc.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06972_zpswydezbgc.jpg.html)

Originally I planned to make the exhaust pipes out of solder, so I filled in the mounting holes in the chassis. But after looking at the kit’s pipes, even though it is for the single crossover style muffler, I saw it would be much easier to modify those parts into what my car has.
I used the left over turbo mufflers from the AMT ’66 Nova (I used to build another one of my cars) and chopped and spliced the Camaro pipes to fit sans the single muffler. The cross-over pipe was made from a piece of one of the headers that didn’t work. It is all pinned together with aluminum rod.
Base coat of silver ready for proper coloring…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06995_zpsgqsj6m6q.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06995_zpsgqsj6m6q.jpg.html)

Exhaust system has been colored and weathered and dry installed with the suspension sub-assemblies.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06996_zps64yzdgrd.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06996_zps64yzdgrd.jpg.html)

The water temp and oil pressure gauges I machined a couple weeks ago have been installed in their little under dash panel. The switch for the driving lights has been added to where the cigarette lighter used to be. A crush sleeve was machined from aluminum and added between the steering wheel and column. I’m calling the dash done for now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC06999_zpsehuv7uhz.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC06999_zpsehuv7uhz.jpg.html)

Looking Awesome!!!

I made the Wink mirror by milling some smoke colored plexiglass to make the base for the mirror panels. Then boxed them with some 0.010 sheet styrene.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07001_zpspz2pytbk.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07001_zpspz2pytbk.jpg.html)
The mirror faces are made of Mylar.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07006_zpsv5efqpn0.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07006_zpsv5efqpn0.jpg.html)
And a custom decal to replicate the stickers on the front side…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07007_zpsenrb9nsm.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07007_zpsenrb9nsm.jpg.html)

I finally got around to polishing some of the body parts. First I sanded the hood stripes smooth then hit it with some Tamiya wax.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07043_zpsa3wzetja.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07043_zpsa3wzetja.jpg.html)

Now that looks better than a real bonnet.

Finally got the chrome trim done and waxed the body.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07062_zpstgm3e6zb.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07062_zpstgm3e6zb.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07061_zpspbt8vmmb.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07061_zpspbt8vmmb.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07059_zpswnejyxpp.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07059_zpswnejyxpp.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/1973%20Camaro/DSC07058_zpsyuxmrala.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Scale-Master/media/1973%20Camaro/DSC07058_zpsyuxmrala.jpg.html)

Good lord, that looks fantastic!

Leaves me speechless! WOW!

Amazing work as always!

Really nice work.Congrats.

beautiful work is an inspiration.

I made the harness for the driver's seat. A couple different kinds of tape, some hand cut Mylar and some custom made decals.
They are Schroth ASM (Anti-Submarining) so there is an electronic inertia reel that mounts into the back seat. I just took off the Momo pads on the real car, but since they were on it for 20-some years I thought I'd put them on the model.
https://i.imgur.com/uwzFrUP.jpg

Looks real nice in blue, such a classic color.

Harness installed on the seat. The fabric is velour and was replicated by adding talc to the paint. I misplaced the head rest I already made so I made a new one thus guaranteeing the lost one will appear soon. The headrest knob was machined from aluminum with the proper 9 notches in it.
https://i.imgur.com/rnJHqDs.jpg

And now installed in the interior.
https://i.imgur.com/kP0ppMI.jpg
Also could now install the console with Hurst shifter and graphic equalizer…
https://i.imgur.com/Wpg8dHT.jpg

I forgot the fire extinguisher when I was finishing up the interior. So I made one. The bottle is aluminum turned on the lathe; the handle is carved from styrene with a stretched sprue nozzle and a piece of tubing for the gauge. I used the art I already drew for a 1/12 scale extinguisher and reduced it and printed it. The strap on the real car is Velcro; I used electrical tape on the model.
https://i.imgur.com/3NI9S7r.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xZ5s4Kw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Kob9sKF.jpg

Both door panels installed and the dash…
https://i.imgur.com/GZcNAoG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qh1Bgte.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tZiyFfn.jpg

Dome light, machined from aluminum.
https://i.imgur.com/Bk0tvFm.jpg

Something solvent based apparently leaked (probably over two years ago) and the corner of the box soaked some of it up and the windshield just happened to be in that part of the box and was damaged. It also has some scratches I knew I'd have to remove so it's just a little more work than planned now…
https://i.imgur.com/XOqOkcG.jpg

Fixed it… But now I have to polish the rear window up to match.
https://i.imgur.com/R7n3igH.jpg

Good save!

Thanks! Seems like everything at this stage needs more work than I expected...

The chrome on the bumpers wasn't the greatest and the rear was pretty bad on one side. And that isn't even considering the inherent mold lines.
https://i.imgur.com/tGqL8nJ.jpg
Rather than strip the chrome I sanded them smooth down to the plastic and BMF'ed them.
https://i.imgur.com/HDFXGbR.jpg

Much better. Pretty good result with BMF.

Looking great as always

I got the core support installed along with the battery and scratch-built terminals and custom made decals. (Ironically just put new battery in the real one too.) I also detailed the radiator cap. Machining the 5/16 terminal screws was fun, they came out smaller than the shavings around the mill.
https://i.imgur.com/VdlkoxK.jpg

The refinished glass has been installed. Still one more decal to apply to the inside of the rear window. I couldn't add it until the glass was installed and I could see how to line it up.
https://i.imgur.com/TgAL6zP.jpg

Looks great. Love the little decals everywhere, makes the model alive.

Machined the breathers and the five point air cleaner hold-down nut.
https://i.imgur.com/spXJ4sc.jpg

Tasty bits!

The molded trim for the chrome on the taillights was pretty soft so I made a pair of brass compound punches and cut the chrome rings from the new Warbird Decals chrome stripe decals.
https://i.imgur.com/yVGgg38.jpg

Custom drawn plate and frame and the rear bumper installed…
https://i.imgur.com/dZbNURO.jpg

When I had the headliner reupholstered on the real car I didn't reinstall the driver's side shoulder harness/holder since it has a four point harness. I also did not use the sun visors; instead I made adapter plates that mount where the visors would to accept the brackets for the Wink mirror.
Today I made the passenger side shoulder harness and holder then installed the scratch-built Wink mirror I made almost exactly two years ago to the day.
https://i.imgur.com/6pPkQlb.jpg

Making some serious progress on it today. Interior /chassis installed. Engine/trans/front sub frame installed…
https://i.imgur.com/a7ofYv1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZZyCUo8.jpg

Sub frame connectors are installed as is the rear suspension. I machined the nuts, bolts & washers for the traction bars this morning.
https://i.imgur.com/fBxBWEm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fI7EuBx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WKMStQw.jpg

I put a set of driving lights from my first car (the Vega Kammback) on the Camaro; they were OEM Mercedes Benz units for a 450 SL. I sourced a pair from the Monogram MB 450 kit and cast copies.
Got the front wheels on it now too…

https://i.imgur.com/AeMxkwS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tLGofdE.jpg

I didn't have any aluminum tubing the right size to make the exhaust tips so I turned them out of 6061 stock.
https://i.imgur.com/N8kZfdd.jpg

I'm not a fan of the door protector trim, but I hate door dings more. And since they are on the real car I had to make them for the model from scratch…
I also made reflective mirror faces for the rear side view mirrors from Mylar.
https://i.imgur.com/8jEcjwR.jpg
You can expect to see this in the Finished section soon. I think I just ran out of parts...

Home stretch!
Looking great.

It is finished. That was fun.
Here's a link to the final product:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=7212684#post7212684