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[rvec]

As a teenager growing up in the car crazy 60s, I was a big fan of the Trans-Am series and attended races at Mid-Ohio and Bridgehampton almost every year. As a big Chevy fan I was disappointed when the Penske Camaro team was dissolved as a result of Penske moving to AMC to race Javelins. GM factory backing then got behind Jim Hall fielding two 1970 Camaros for the series. Some time ago I build a 70 Camaro for our True Scale Trans Am series but was not happy with its performance for a number of reasons. Anyway, I felt it was time to try again. I began with the Baldwin Motion AMT kit. On the plus side it has the tall real spoiler used by Hall. Unfortunately it had a funky hood. My other choice would have been AMTs Z-28 model but it did not have the tall rear spoiler. I had a set of Fred Cady decals and plan to use them. I used a Scholer chassis powered by a ProSlot sealed 16D. After priming I did some testing and tuning and was very happy with the results. I hope to have the car finished before our next Triathlon in a few weeks. Below are some images of progress and an image of the car in 1/32 I got off the internet
 

[MattD]

Going to be a nice build.

[rvec]

Going to be a nice build.

Finished gloss white paint. Now we just have to wait until it dries completely before applying decals and then Future finish. I can't wait!

[rvec]

Here are a few images after decals and another shot or the actual car

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[rvec]

Finally finished. Below some images. The car runs quite will, at least as fast as my 69 Trans-Am Camaro. I can't wait to race it at our next Triathlon at Electron Raceway

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[James Wendel]

Lookin' good, Rich....

Wash the front grill with some dilute flat black enamel, wipe off the excess with a paper towel, and it will look even better.