1/12 Pro Touring 69 Camaro [my other project]

I just wanted to share another project that im working on. Besides working on my Pro Street Camaro i have had this one on the side for a while and decided to share it with you all. Body work is almost done but i dont know if i should open up the doors .I know ill be getting questions on were i got the wheels and tires from and here it goes. I got them of a 1/14 scale R/C Nissan 350Z car i found at "Big Lots". The car was priced at 20.00 but since it had no remote i asked the manager if they were going to price it down and he said Yes. I bougth it for 9.99. I been working on scratch built items for the Pro street but i will try and keep this one more simple. Ill post as i go along.....Enjoy

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looks good and the wheels look like ccw's.

That's gonna be nice! The wheels look good on it.

hot damn hot!!!!!!!!wanna sell it

Good find on the rims ,they look perfect.

Sweet! Love those rims! Here you have some inspiration a '69 Camaro http://www.lateral-g.net/lillard/02.jpg

Keep it up!

AWESOME find on the wheels. They look GREAT on that car

Thanks Gentlemen for the compliments.......

this is gonna be sharp with paint on it. keep up the good work.

Wow! Great find with the wheels, just sweet!!!!!
Did you make the turbos yourself? What is your inspiritation for this Camaro?
I'm excited to see the engine bay :smile:

Wow! Those wheels just makes that car look mean.

I shall be watching this thread very carefully!!
The wheels really set the car off

awsome comaro, love the wheels good luck on this one.

WoW!
Awesome rims!
I need more pics!
The engine, interior, etc.

Thank you everyone! I think i have gotten more replies and request on this project than on any other that i have done so far. I will post more pictures of the Engine and Interior later............

Hi everyone,
I know i havent replyed to this thread in quite some time. I want to get it going again but first i need a few ideas on a paint job. Any ideas?

Here is something that would look nice although, I generally like more graphics. Look at the Max Polic car.

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Black with carbon fiber accents?

^^^^ I'm with him...

nice car though..

Yeh keep it going, get it finished. :thumbsup:

I still have the wheels previously mention and pictured. I decided to change those in favor of some 18inch wheels and tires. heck with it a new car too. Im also doing it Rally sport option. Ill post as i go along. Im very slow. I mean slow and since im also working on a pro street you can imagine. Check in once in a while...

Standard front end....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/Ralphlovs1969cars/model003.jpg


Rally Sport front end...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/Ralphlovs1969cars/model018.jpg

looking good ralph. Where did those wheels come from?

the wheels are from R/C car. The tires are Tamiya wich i had to modify to fit the wheels. I also had to modify the wheels to work with the tires...:shakehead

the wheels are from R/C car. The tires are Tamiya wich i had to modify to fit the wheels. I also had to modify the wheels to work with the tires...:shakehead

That sucks about these big kits, not many options for wheels. I've been asking around for some time trying to find someone who is willing to fully machine a set

I hear you. I looked around alot over the years and have always kept my eyes out for anything that will work. If you find the wheels you cant find the tires and if you find the tires you cant find the wheels. Its always a back and forth game. I belive alot of people out there who know how to machine a set dont want to because they are afraid of the out come for the reasons i just mentioned but if you send them a set of tires i belive they can work with us. Its just hard finding someone who is willing to work with us so they can also take the credit for their work. I know theres alot of people out there who would not mind paying a few extra bucks for wheels.. Anyways i been working on the rally sport grill and heres my progress. Its not as easy as i thougth. Im a little farder along than these pictures and ill post those as soon as im done.

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Tires aren't a big issue, as I plan to make and cast my own tires. I've pretty much got the process figured out. I've been willing to pay upwards of $100 or more for wheels, That is a big thing that my project has been waiting on. I can't go any further with the suspension until I get the wheels to make sure I get the geometry right. I'm hoping to find someone willing to help out with 2 sets of wheels, either machined aluminum sleeves to hold resin wheel centers, or fully machined wheels. I should be taking some CAD classes over the next year and that might get me the use of some CNC machines or rapid prototyping...time will tell

OK im finished with my first rally sport grill. Took me one whole week to complete:rofl: Told you i was slow. Anyways guys Comments are welcome and now i will try another before starting the car. I ordered many parts from R&B motion to help me move along....

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Its been a while. ........ But just recently came back and started again. I went away because of life and doing restirations on real 1:1 cars including my real 69 Camaro. During my time away i put away my things but now im back and dusted things off and since being back i scratched built an LS1 and bought wheels from Micro Nitro and also everything i could from TDR.

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This is what it looks like today...

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Are those HRE replica's? They are SWEET! If you don't mind me asking, how much did those wheels cost? It seems as though I had a quote from them some time ago, but I can't find it.

Hey Russell the wheels are Fiske copies. They came from Micro Nitro.(Jim Litteken). I paid 140.00 for all..The problem is not the wheels now but tires.. i had to do alot of serching and then finally shipped them to Jim so he could make the wheels work with them.. its been fun so far.. need to post more pic..

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Hey Russell the wheels are Fiske copies. They came from Micro Nitro.(Jim Litteken). I paid 140.00 for all..The problem is not the wheels now but tires.. i had to do alot of serching and then finally shipped them to Jim so he could make the wheels work with them.. its been fun so far.. need to post more pic..

Hmmm....I liked the thought of making as much of my 69 from scratch as possible, however, there are many more options for parts than when I was working on it several years ago. Looks like I am going to have him do up some wheels for mine! I will probably make my own tires.

Yeah Russell theres alot more suppliers out now.. would be great to have you back.. during my absence i lost my hobbie room.. :-( i got kicked into a small corner of the house..not fun.. always struggling to keep it clean.. also hit up Jim and see what he can do for you.. i have bought 5 pairs from him since i been back.. he also did some pullies disc brakes and coil overs..