echoxrayniner Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I've had this one finished for a while, just collecting dust again despite it all as I'm off on a short holiday taking a break from it all. I once saw one of those magazine ads for the El Camino Royal Knight from like, 1979 I think, in this gloriously dark metallic red with the bright red stripe treatment. Even though it was a '79, I took the next best available choice; the Revell/Monogram '78 El Camino, which I wanna say for the money is easily the best one to work with. I'd like a MPC one but yeah, too expensive and I hate chrome plated headlights. The only thing I royally ****ed up on was forgetting about the notch in the stripe design right after the doors when I designed the decal sheet, but ah well... The rest of it came through pretty well, even though the hood won't shut properly, the engine bay is barren and the interior is four slabs of flat-ness with over sized seats. Love me some Elcy's, I still got a '74 lying around to work on next. And the decal design for those interested(changed out the GT Radials for some General Grabber HPs, liked 'em more): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWT Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Awesome job, bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Looks really fine NJ. Do you do the decals in 1/25 to for the MPC kits too? I'd like to do my '79 about the same but a darker burgundy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Nice build. I had a company car just like that one, but it was an '81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I really like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Nice! Reminds me of the royal knight a neighbor once had, in a different color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffs Fan Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks great... I'm an ElCo fan myself and remember these from my youth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoxrayniner Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 5:35 PM, Can-Con said: Looks really fine NJ. Do you do the decals in 1/25 to for the MPC kits too? I'd like to do my '79 about the same but a darker burgundy. I could, I reckon a MPC '86 El Camino makes for a reasonable template to size them down to get 'em looking accurate. And thanks y'all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 This looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Super nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Nicely done. My dad had one this exact color (not a Royal Knight however). Thanks for the memory jog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camino man Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Really nice job on the Royal Knight! I used to have a blue one. Do you offer these decals for sale (for Monogram kit)? Also, what paint did you use on the model? Thanks, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 nice Elky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Looks really nice. Lovely looking build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 love it its great looking, great color, great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoxrayniner Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/19/2020 at 6:05 PM, camino man said: Really nice job on the Royal Knight! I used to have a blue one. Do you offer these decals for sale (for Monogram kit)? Also, what paint did you use on the model? Thanks, Steve I do, infact! And I believe the paint was some BMW color, cant remember the name for the life of me but I remember buying it specifically for a '05 X5 >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorLarry Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Looks great! You back to doin decals yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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