Quick Interim Build: 67 Chevelle SS

Kmb0319 · January 6, 2016

As we came into the Holidays, I wanted to spend some time with a few fun plastic projects I've been waiting to do. I had three main cars I wanted to do: The new '70 Cuda, the re-release of the '72 Cutlass convertible, and a holy grail for both myself and my wife (her all-time dream car): the 67 Camaro from "Better Off Dead."

I needed lots of detail parts for these, and for my Camaro, I needed larger diameter Chevy SS wheels, but they had to be the short center caps of the 67 Camaro. The only kit I could find with the wheels I was after was the Revell 67 Chevelle SS, so I bought the kit to use the wheels for my Camaro. I worked on the Camaro after finishing my Hemi Cuda (already posted here)... I'm very close to completion on it, but have a couple issues I'm working out. In the meantime, I went ahead and got to work on the Chevelle.

I did this one box stock, except wheels and tires. I'm wiring everything in my other builds, so this one was a simple one. One interesting note... the wheels were perfect for my Camaro, but so were the tires.. they seemed strangely low-profile and small for this model. I used two of this kit's tires as my fronts for the "BOD" Camaro. I also purchased the Revell COPO '69 Camaro... I'm doing a little "his/hers dream rides... her BOD Camaro and mine a '69 COPO... and that kit came with a set of the SS wheels as well as the steelies/dog dishes, so I had a replacement set for this build. As for tires, while they were a tougher fit, the kit tires from the '70 Cuda had a taller sidewall that filled out the fenders better and gave the car a better look. A few other details:

Duplicolor paint, Testors Ultra-Gloss Clear
mixed Krylon Fusion pepper red, Testors Flat Red and Testors Gloss Dark Red to detail and vary things in the interior
My one mistake that really annoys me: I slapped the interior together, glued it into the body, and realized an hour later I forgot to install the armrests
Nice kit. Simple, more molded detail than separate pieces, but sharply molded and fits together nicely. I just got back into the hobby after not having built a model in 28 yrs in 2015, so I know I'm building a lot of stuff others built years ago, but I hope you enjoy.