1968 Camaro Z/28

Got this as a Christmas present from my little brother a year ago; not fond of the Camaro (always liked the Firebirds better..). But when your brother thinks enough about you ..... As I remember, the only real problem I had with the kit was the stripe decals. Brittle, and wouldn't lay down. (I hadn't discovered setting solutions yet..) Lessons learned - I used craft acrylic, and didn't know I needed to thin it first (brushed on) - I wasn't happy with the results.... I hadn't yet learned about gloss coats either. Take your time - it does come out to be a nice addition.

The kit I got has tons of extra plastic on all the parts. It's a lot of work trimming and sanding all the parts except the body and the chrome. I put it to the side and will do a little at a time while I work on another model

I rated this kit as good because it is old but it’s a good foundation. I built this kit twice, once stock and the as a street custom. To start out you get eight very nice pad printed white letter tires and the wheels are good. The body is molded very nicely and the fit of the front and rear floor pans (valances) were so good one I didn’t bother sanding one and the other got minor sanding. The parts do have some flash, one of my kits was pretty clean and the other had quite a bit more but cleaned up well. The interior is a bit soft on details but with some brush or marker detailing comes out pretty respectable. I’d say the engine is the weakest link of the kit, built as stock it’s not terrible but going the custom route it looks more Toyish. The headers are multi piece so good luck getting them to align perfectly. The dual carbs are little more than plastic bumps and the velocity stacks don’t look too realistic. I decided not to use the side pipes because I felt CA glue would fail with the slightest bump as there’s no real attachment slots or pins for them. The decals in this kit were too fragile. They easily flaked apart and just flat out broke making the bend on the spoiler. My final take on this kit is as a stock version it builds into a nice representation but would benefit from after market decals. As a custom street version it would benefit from a resin engine and whatever else you could add to detail up.