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My 1st foray into 1:24 building in a LONG time.
Dug out an old kit I had in the bottom of a drawer.
Who'da thought it'd be the same one Tusco is building......
Oh well it'll make a good comparison.
Ordered an RTR H&R chassis from SCC & some PG tires, that's about it so far.
got the body mounted about where it should be, so we'll move on from here.

Great choice brew! Theres bound to be a few camaros in the mix. They are cool cars.
Yours is looking pretty meen already!

Bob

Ok maybe my body’s not low enough yet? Dang it another hot shoe to compete against. I have a feeling there’s going to be some gorgeous cars turn up for this race. Looking mighty fine already there Brew :clap:

Alright! Looking fast already Brew!

Sweet looking start sir! Look forward to seeing it in person!
:handgestures-thumbup:

Lots of great work being done on this proxy............
I haven't had much time to build....lots of family stuff to attend to.
Don't see a lot more time this month. Hope I can finish in time. :violin:

I did manage to get the small block Chevy installed today. :roll:

Looking good. And the engine is a cool touch!

Looking good so far SB...looks like a lot of us are going with that Camaro model :banana-dance: :banana-dance:

Getting ready to box up the Camaro & send it on it's way to do battle..........
Decided to just go with the original box color orange.
Looked like just the right color for an early 70's Z-Car.
Used some of the AMT kit decals along with some home-brewed ones.
Finished the body off with a chrome pen & a coat of "Pledge Floor Care".
Left the H&R chassis stock. Swapped the Motor for a Jaws.
Used the H&R wheels with the original foams on the front.
Put Paul Gage tires on the H&R wheels for the rear.
Made a styrene half-tray interior with the kit dash & Professor Motor driver figure
& the kit seat back......
1/8 styrene rods for the roll cage.

Gotta' admit I don't do 1:24 & don't know much about the Trans-Am series.
Hope this is a reasonable representation. :? :?




Got a 1:24 engine from Shapeways & figured a way to get it into the chassis
without too much grinding & cutting.
Used the kit firewall & radiator also.
Mounted the hood with straight pins poked through the body work into some dense foam glued underneath.
Made quite a few laps on my track & nothing came loose.



Found some wheels to use as inserts from my antique parts pile in the basement that
closely resemble the stuff used in TA I hope.

strangebrew,
That Camaro looks great, nice putting in the engine.

Nice car Brew , good color choice with the hugger orange

I like it. I agree about the engine, pretty cool idea to hold the hood on also. The Ajax Liquor store should be proud to be the sponsor.

Brew, I think it looks the part just fine! And I agree , that orange says Camaro all day. Looks like a good handling car too. cant wait to give her a spin! (no pun intended).

Bob

Ditto. You did it just right sir. The detail level is outstanding.

Super sweet SB!!! Just put mine away cause it can’t touch that!! :auto-layrubber: :auto-layrubber: