1967 Chevelle SS 396 Revell Kit .

[rob1957]

Hello.  Picked this kit up second hand . Box had seen better days. Found a date of 1989 underside body .

            This was a nice kit to build . Plastic was a metallic blue, which was different . No nasty surprises , minimal flash to deal with .

            Any mistakes at final build were mine .

[rob1957]

Our colour is: Tru-Color Metallic Goldenrod Yellow , TCP-724 . Thinned with Tamiya Lacquer thinner . Nice paint to work with .

 Interior was a mixture of Tamiya Nato Brown and some white . I forgot to take photo before tub was inserted .

I had a Molotov Chrome stick that dried out so we dumped it into small jar , it's applied to Chev logo on front/rear quarter panels on this build.

[rob1957]

We experimented with tinted windows effect here . Airbrushed on inside of windows : Tamiya LP-67 Smoke Lacquer , thinned down . This will require a bit more practice .

It left a bit of a cloudy effect , but it doesn't detract from final appearance . Nice fit up with windows .

[rob1957]

The black area above bumper was chrome so we tried a few layers of black Tamiya panel liner . That didn't work too good so we thinned out some Vallejo black , 2 coats

 seemed to do the trick .

[rob1957]

A bit of extra detail under hood . Snug fit between fan and rad . We applied rubber casing from wire for dist. cap boots , glued them right on the cap which had prominent tabs

that we could work with .

Pay attention to rad placement , make sure it's down far enough so as not to interfere with hood . Just a little heads-up there .

 

[rob1957]

Straight forward underneath .

No struggles down here .

[rob1957]

Chrome strip on front of hood is delicate , this one broke coming off sprue .

Black Tamiya Panel liner on grille .

Final verdict : nice kit to work with , ease of assembly . No compaints about this one .

 Thank You for viewing our build .

[AMT68]

Great looking build and I've heard this is a nice kit to build. I have one unbuilt that I'm looking forward to completing eventually and thanks for the helpful tips. And nice job wiring the engine. 

[bisc63]

Eye-catching color! Nicely done.

[rob1957]

Thanks for the feedback , much appreciated . Unfortunately the wiring doesn't show up well in photos .  Steering rod was a little tricky to get in place

I was looking on-line for some ," under the hood ," photos or schematics to try and wire up the battery , alternator , starter . Any suggestions ?

Very happy with this colour . I don't think it's a true factory GM colour . I'm sure a better painter than myself could really get this colour to pop .

Tru-Color has quite a product line . We ordered this from hobby shop in Toronto .

[rob1957]

Any hints for decal application on chrome parts , ie; our breather cover . Impossible to get rid of decal outline , even with MicroSol , Micro Set .

Very noticeable in engine photo .

Maybe this happens when decals get to be a certain age ?

[Dragonhawk1066]

That turned out very nice, and yes it is a very good kit!

[PappyD340]

Looks great, well done!

[slusher]

Very nice!

[Snake45]

Weird color on a Chevelle, but still a very nice, very clean build. Well done and model on! 

[TransAmMike]

Ditto the color "Snake", but it sure "stands out" LOL.  Nice job Rob?

[ewetwo]

Looks great.