A simple “Real Car” Repaint
by Arie Viewer
Modern race cars are elaborate rolling billboards with vivid and complex graphics. Modeling many of them requires painting skills and decals that may not be available to the typical modeler. However, if you go back a few decades into racing history you find that the paint jobs are much more doable and the decals are available and/or easy to make yourself.
Starting with a Scalextric C2451 white Camaro you can quickly and easily turn it into a model of the famous “Sunday Driver” Camaro driven by Brock Yates in the TransAm series of the early 70s.
Start by using a small Phillips screwdriver to remove the 4 body screws from the chassis. Take the body off the chassis and remove the interior tub, windows, bumpers, grille, fuel filler, and taillights from the body. These all come off easily. If you happen to break one of the detail parts, don’t worry. Replacements are cheap and available. Remove the motor, axle assemblies, and guide from the chassis.
The main paint color needed is available in either bottle (for airbrushing) or spray can. The body color is Testor #1127 or 1227 orange. The interior is painted light gray. Almost any paint line has a gray that will work. Painting the interior is optional, depending on what level of detail you want and whether the car is to be a racer or a shelf queen. On white Camaros the interior tub and driver’s seat are black with the driver all white except for a painted face and a black steering wheel with silver spokes. Just painting the driver’s helmet may be enough to satisfy you. Otherwise, add as much color and detail as you like. For our purposes here we’ll concentrate on the body and chassis.
To hold the body for painting, bend up a wire coat hanger as shown below.
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