RoR Review 20110209 – 1967 Chevelle SS 396 85-4285
RoR Review 20110209 – 1967 Chevelle SS 396 85-4285
Review and Photos by Mike Phelps
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This popular Street Burner™ model was previously released three other times by Revell®. The original Chevelle™ was produced starting with 1964 model year. It was GM’s® answer to the Ford® Fairlane. The 1967 Chevelle™ was the last year of the big body. With this model you can bring back a part of the muscle car era in your own way.
According to Revell® this skill level 2 kit features 113 pieces with an opening hood with a detailed 396 cu. in. V-8 engine, a choice of a stock or lowered suspension, optional stock rally wheels or large-diameter custom wheels with disc brake detail, soft black tires, chrome-plated parts and decals with stock and custom graphics.
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The body in gray primer.
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The motor shown here was painted with Plasti-Kote® in an actual Chevy™  engine orange  paint.
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Here’s the completed engine assembly.
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The top and bottom radiator hoses need to be put in with tweezers. The carburetor was put into Drano® and stripped of the chrome plating and painted gold.
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Here’s a word of caution regarding the lower radiator hose. This should be installed before the front suspension is put in place, if not, the lower radiator hose will be difficult to install.
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The exhaust tip was painted flat black to simulate a pipe.
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As shown here the beauty ring to center cap needs to be painted silver to dull it so that it looks like an actual rim.
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The door panels need to be drilled out so that the arm rests can be put in.
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The instrument panel was painted to match the original auto’s instrument panel. The gages are decals that come with the kit and the black was done with Krylon® Satin Black to give it an authentic look.
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This is the completed interior which was done in Krylon® Satin Burgundy to match the leather look in the original car. It also goes well with the black on the body and 
itwould have been an actual exterior/ interior order item.
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The body was painted with Color Place® gloss black to match one of the colors that would have come on the original car. The grill, hood vents and side molding were painted with Tamiya Color X-18 semi gloss black acrylic paint to fill in the vents and a toothpick was used to scrape away the black that was on the chrome to bring out the chrome again leaving the inside of the vents black. Additionally, the headlights, windshield, side glass, and back glass were assembled using Testors clear parts cement & window maker. The window trim was painted with a fine tipped brush and a toothpick using a bottle of Testors 1146 silver enamel.
 This was a fun kit to build and brought back the memories from those muscle car era glory days.
