Willimo joins the pro touring party.

Ok, so I was planning on holding out until I was done but the influx of others has made me want to post this really badly. I hope that posting a progress thread doesn't make me lose interest like I think has happened in the past. Anyway, I've got a bitchin' Camaro in the works. And here is the progress so far:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/DSC01963.jpg
302 -> Banks twin turbo setup. The intake manifold will be color matched to the body, as will the engine and transmission.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro02.jpg
Had to rework the chassis to fit the big wheels that ya'll are gonna hate.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro03.jpg
Which, of course, means I had to redo the rear end. Leaf springs are in my rage cage anyway, so to hell with them!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro07.jpg
Body work done. I shaved the door handles, all the "Camaro" scripts, the little trim under the door, deleted the foglamps on the front air dam, and redid some panel lines. I also modified the bumpers, not pictured.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro11.jpg
No pics after the first coat, but this is it masked off for two tone. Simple trick - cut a very narrow strip of tape (2mm or so) and do the contour with that, and then mask the rest. Hit it with the original color, let it dry a bit, then hit it with the second color. Magic!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro15.jpg
Don't ya'll just hate those wheels? Colors are from Cobra Colors, Silverstone Metallic (Honda S2000) and Copperhead Orange Pearl (for the Viper, I think, is also the orange on my Fit paint experiment)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro17.jpg
Interior. I originally intended to make it modern, high tech with CF trim and all that jazz, but then decided to go more luxurious with a leather interior. The steering wheel is from a Tamiya S2000 (go figure) and the dash is modified 'cause I hated the stock instrument cluster. I smoothed it, added instrument decals from a rat rod, and trimmed the bottom edge of the dash on the passenger side for good measure. The seats from a Fujimi Evo VII because SAS seats just don't work in 1:25. No shifter because it's gonna be orange like the body. Also, I forgot armrests.

The only other thing complete and not pictured is the grill, which is gloss black. I used the healight lenses from the Lotus 7 because they had crisper and more interesting lens pattern in the glass. I will use the Lotus' chrome headlight buckets with the Camaro lenses behind the grill to make up for the deleted air-dam lamps. They are, thank goodness, the exact same size.

Finals are this week, so there won't be much to see until next week. I plan to finish it by the 19th. Comments and criticisms welcome, especially since I am pretty ignorant as far as domestics come.

Awesome paintwork & those rims look the business too.......!!!

Mike :sunglasse

woooooooow! Absolutly beautiful! Im inlove with that motor progress pic! I love progress pics! Looks killer!

that is one wicked paint job, it seems to me like you could build anything flawlessly and i like the rims

Sweeet sweet sweet. Rims look nice too.

motor. that banks set up looks awesome. turbos and fittings and pipes are top notch

paint. that paint is killer. i love the contour and the colors compliment it nicely

interior. awesome. color and seats and dash mods. great work

finally..those wheels. not digging them for the muscle car. but its your build. and you build to suit. all in all. it is coming along VERY nicely and can't wait to see it complete

OMG! That looks awesome. You had a similar project as i have. But my Camaro will be Convertible. Twin-Turbo of course. Even the colours will be similar.

Awesome build Willimo. The two-tone paint combination looks excellent. Love the engine buildup. :bigthumb: :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

Don't ya'll just hate those wheels?

Yes...yes I do.

Beautiful paint. Beautiful motor. Awesome rearend setup. Nice work on the interior.

But not Pro-Touring.

Wow, this is excellent engine....
Nice paint too! Great job!

Very clean paintjob there. Looks stunning. Interior is cool as well.

Great work Willmo, nice trick with masking, so simple but never crossed my mind ;)
Wheels.....no comment :D

Damn that’s sweet! The engine and paint looks awesome! But the wheels does not fit the rest of the car.. but that’s my opinion, and it's not my car. :P

Awesome paintwork & those rims look the business too.......!!!

:iagree:

Looks sic!

Woa! That's one sick Camaro! Love the painjob and rims (the tech ain't bad either). I've got the 67 Chevelle waiting in my closet for a Pro touring treatment (yep U guessed it: a twinturbo setup with IC)! Paint will be two tone also. I can't wait to see this Camaro finished! :icon16:

Wow, just wow!!:sunglasse

Man.. what is this.. This is a perfect Car!!!

That is fanstically beautifull wonderfull magical thing you created out of plastic...

How did you do those turbos and piping? are they soldered?? Please oh please master teach me your ways!

Hey,

Everything looks great man! Keep up the awsome work!

Frank X.

That is fanstically beautifull wonderfull magical thing you created out of plastic...


:iagree:
Nice colors and I like the big wheels

Man that is ill Will! lol.

Looks like its from the dirrty south, lol. No, but seriously it looks like it could be in a ludacris or ciara video, lol. The engine is soo sexy:)

How did you do those turbos and piping? are they soldered?? Please oh please master teach me your ways!
I want to know too! I really like what you've done...like something that they would do on Overhaulin'.
BTW-I thought that the Revell Camaro is 1/24?

Great job so far.
The two tone colors work well together. Your interior is very nice. Those seats work well in there.
I look forward to seeing you finish this one soon! :)

Truly bitchin´ Willimo, could´nt have done it better myself :p
Keep it up dude!

Nice model. Grea skills now used in different area

it looks like it could be in a ludacris or ciara video, lol.

That's why it's a WHIP and not a Pro-Tourer :p

Looking super already!!

Awesome!

Thanks everyone! Thank you for the very generous words for this car. I'm pleased with it, too, which is probably why I've gotten so much done for it. Dukeman, I hope my motor looks as good as yours! What did you use for the shroud around the exhaust turbines? The wheels are stirring less controversey than I expected, but to the detractors - too bad! These wheels pretty much inspired me to get to work on this thing. I'll refer to this car as a whip from now on, if it makes you happy....

The turbos are made with the same method that this guy (http://www.imbalancechemical.com/lucky13/default.asp) uses for his centrifugal superchargers, except I stopped after he made the turbine portion and just punched a peice of styrene out with a hole punch to back the turbo with.

Thanks everybody!

i can see somebody driving that on a road coarse comin off a corner floorin it and burnin the tires off! man that would be sick! somebody needs to build a magic wond so we can drive it! :lol:

:thumbsup: Kickass :smokin: . What a breath of fresh air on what is one of the most stale and completely over-popular subjects...'69 Camaros...like bellybuttons, everyone's got one. It's the Nissan Skyline for old pharts. :evillol:

Sometimes I worry when I open up a thread on A/F listed as "Pro Touring" because some guys obviously don't get the concept...if I see another 70's-era street machine model w/big and little Centerlines and a huge blower poking through a hole in the hood w/o any scoop, and labeled "Pro-Touring" ...:shakehead

Sometimes I worry when I open up a thread on A/F listed as "Pro Touring" because some guys obviously don't get the concept...if I see another 70's-era street machine model w/big and little Centerlines and a huge blower poking through a hole in the hood w/o any scoop, and labeled "Pro-Touring" ...:shakehead

Or, what's worse, a 70's era street machine model with 26 inch wheels labeled "Pro-Touring" :p But, willimo is cool about it. This model is definately awesome, even if the wheels are a little...odd.

Very stunning!!

It's looking AWESOME! Nice color combination. And the wheels aren't too bad :grinno: Keep working at it!

Very nice!

Got any more pictures?

Man that look's sweet so far :smokin:

Been doing some motor work this weekend, sinc my last final was Saturday (School's out for the summer!! School's out forever!!)(Really, it is, graduation time!). Not a lot of work done, and I still have a lot of plumbing and wiring to do, but it's mostly there. Two turbos, color matched plenum, fuel rails, some fuel and oil piping, alternator and idler all modified and attached. I still have to do the wastegates, I might go lazy and do internal wastegates, but I really should do it right. Air filters, too. About halfway with the motor. Anyway, enough jibba-jabba.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro18.jpg

I wish my camera had a macro. My girl is gonna lend me her camera when it's done so I can take some good pictures.

holy crap!

Oooh that engine looks great!!

Oooh that engine looks great!!

So does the stand! I need to make one.

i think i just nutted my pants...........

Damn that engine looks awesome! Keep it up Willimo!

Killer engine. I love it! Awesome work...my engine will look plain compared to yours.

great work on that engine

That engine alone is better than any of my whole models!!:eek::sunglasse

It's coming along.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro19.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro21.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro22.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Camaro23.jpg

See ya'll in a week!

One Word :AWESOME :bigthumb: x10

Rice...Oh...It's not a honduh this time!!! More then 4 cylendars....but..oh..there's the turbo. Turbos!!!! WOW!! lol...Comin along really cool man. Piant looks great! Engine looks liek it could kill dozens of H's at a time. Might require a rollbar tho. Keep up the great work man!

Frank X.

ultimate "pro-touring" coolness!! :naughty:

That engine is just pure sickness. Awesome work!

ultimate "pro-touring" coolness!! :naughty:
I couldn't have said it better myself!! :lol: :smokin:

Only one Word!! PERFECT!!!

sweeeet

so when does the burnout contest start? :lol:

Very nice work, love that engine.

Im lovin it.

Awesome work on the engine, Just Perfect :sunglasse

Stunning!