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Thanks man! I'm a huge fan of the 'golden era' style of customs and I stayed before the 1960 dateline for picking subject matter. But before this build I ventured into the early 60's custom style for the first time by customizing a 62 Belair. It was alot of fun so I thought I'd try another one! ?

Thank you! It has it's problems but my idea and vision did come to fruition with this build ?

Thanks! I don't think scallops need to be complex to make an impact. Good design goes a long way ?

Thanks! Much appreciated?I need to add a personalized license plate....'wowzers' just might work ?

Thank you! I always wanted to try my hand at building a 59 Impala or Camino custom. So many ideas....so little time lol

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Thanks! The half rounds are a bit tricky to line up! I cut them all to length the best I can first. I sand/file all the ends so that they have that 'sewn down' look before gluing them into place. Inevitably, they are not all exactly the same and the edges need some finetuning with an xacto and file after they're all glued down. Once that is done and the interior pieces are painted, the spark plug wire is then glued down along the edge which hides some of the inconsistency. It's still not perfect lol but I find that it's tough to see everything clearly inside the car anyway so it usually works out ok to my eyes ?

Thank you! On to the next one.... ?

Thanks for the kind words! My posts are usually far and few between because my builds are usually pretty involved......and the fact that I'm such a slow builder certainly doesn't help! lol

Thank you! I have no shortage of ideas/concepts, and I put my best effort into each build. But things rarely go as planned or as smoothly as I'd like so execution is usually hit or miss lol

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Thanks! Early customs are my favorite subject matter. I had not planned on having those scallops. They were added to hide a painting flaw on the right fender lol ?

Thanks! It's got it's problems trust me! lol You just can't see them in these pics ?

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Thanks! In my opinion the 59 El Camino and Impala are already so space age-y they only need the right 'nip and tucks' here and there to make them really slick ?

Thanks man! I love all types of cars, but traditional customs are my favorite. I have tons of ideas that I'd like to make in scale.......if I only had the time to make them! lol Customs take a long time to build at least for me ?

Thanks! It all started when I discovered Paul Cepeda's 1:1 59 El Camino. Beautiful car with a chopped top and Impala tailgate/bed cover. I thought it was so cool it inspired me to build my own scale custom. (pic grabbed from the internet):

Here is my latest completed build: This AMT 59 El Camino was chopped, the body was shaved, the bed was filled with sheet styrene and a Revell 59 Impala tailgate was grafted in. The Revell Impala rear bumper and continental kit was also added. Out front the hood nostrils were molded in and the hood was pancaked with rounded corners. Frosted headlight panels were scratch built and a Chezoom grill bar was added. The Revell 59 Impala front gravel pan was grafted on in order to mount the Impala front bumper. One small but impactful mod is that the front fender character lines were extended into the doors. (Why the Chevy factory stopped them at the door gap puzzles me) ? Bubble skirts from the old AMT 49 Ford were used to good effect at the rear quarters. Interior seat/panel detail was sanded smooth and tuck and roll was made made from quarter round rod, and black piping was made using plug wire. Paint is blue nail polish blends over light blue lacquer base with straight black lacquer on the top. The front wheel opening scallops are made using black BMF. Progress pics and comments are documented in the WIP forum:

Love this! Bodywork is super clean and paint is superb! Would love to see how you scratch built that interior ?

Thank you! It's not without it's hiccups (like most of my builds lol) but it's a build that actually translated pretty well from how I imagined it in my head ?

Nicely done! Super clean bodywork and modifications. Where did that rear window come from?

Ha! Thanks! I have a few builds that have made it into the magazines, but they will be older builds during the days I lived in CA and attended the many model shows out there ?

I absolutely love everything about this build! Simply bitchin'......! ?