1969 Camaro Z/28

[kendallcschm]

love this project and i love the Eleanor even more..

Thanks guys...but I'm suddenly not thinking that this color is going to work anymore. The more I look at it, the more it seems to be taking on a brownish purple appearance. I don't know if it's me or if that's the way the paint is curing. Either way, in low light, it looks purple. I don't like purple.

[FloydfanYodaman]

looks alot like the firebird color...maybe a transparent red over the purple???...looks great ...its been cool to watch its/your progress

Thanks, Floydfan.' I have decided to change the color altogether, though. This paint turned out to be pretty low quality. I wet-sanded it and lost a lot of the red metallic flakes, and I can't seem to shine it back up right. I'm not sure what kind of color to go with, though. I may keep a dark red, but I'm not sure.

[BulletsRain]

That's one sharp xmod, no matter the paint color.

[xmodkidd33]

I say light metallic blue.

[nw~hummer]

you cant go wrong with dark green

[kendallcschm]

paint it black.. it is the safest color..

Eh....I don't know...black shows every little flaw. Besides, I'd want silver stripes on a black car, and all I have are white. If all else fails though, I just might do black, anyway.

I'm starting to lean toward the trademark hugger orange/white stripes scheme...pretty popular with 1st gen Camaro's. It's also what's on the model kit box...

[texan_idiot25]

Originally Posted by Camaro98

Eh....I don't know...black shows every little flaw. Besides, I'd want silver stripes on a black car, and all I have are white. If all else fails though, I just might do black, anyway.

I'm starting to lean toward the trademark hugger orange/white stripes scheme...pretty popular with 1st gen Camaro's. It's also what's on the model kit box...

Black and silver always wins.

Nice car, texan....realllllllly makes me wish I had the silver stripes to make it work....

[FloydfanYodaman]

there are the ones from the mustang gt kits, i think i have some if you need

I just got done looking up some pics of '69 Camaro's that are black with white stripes, and they're all right. I like the silver stripes better, by far; but the white stripes don't suck, either. So I guess I'm doing black with the white SS stripes.

Thanks for the offer on the Mustang stripes, though. I'll let you know if I change my mind.

Car is done...just about. I would still like to do the stripes, but that will have to be at a later date. My decals turned out to be stained, so I'll have to make a new set. This is the way I'm going to submit it for the COTM, though.




For those who recognize them, I swiped the wheels off my Corvair. I put the Bumblebee wheels on the Corvair in the meantime.

[BulletsRain]

Looks nice! I like the detail in the z/28 badges.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

It looks pretty real to me... what brand of paint did tou use, dupli color on this one too like the corvair, and did you use primer under the paint?

[TripleXmodder(akaXXX)]

Yes, I knew it would turn out BA. I love it, just simply a georgeous car.

Thanks, guys.

It looks pretty real to me... what brand of paint did tou use, dupli color on this one too like the corvair, and did you use primer under the paint?

Yes and no. It's dupli color paint, but I didn't use a real primer underneath...just wet sanded the "failed" dark red coat so it would act as a primer.

I may try to clean the stripes tonight. The more I look at the pic that Texan_Idiot25 posted, the more I think this car needs to have them.

Oh, and I'm also going to do something to mask that ugly battery enclosure. The hood still opens, so I may also try at putting a mock engine in there, too...if I have the time before the COTM ends...

[firebird999]

pretty car. me likey. looks better than the actual xmod camaro.

[kendallcschm]

nice job dude :-)