Fish_65 Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Just finished this one up this morning. This project started out as a paint experiment and I'm pretty happy with the results. It's not a show winner by any means, but it served its purpose...it will look good on my shelf and it has the look I was after. I wanted a used, but not abused hot rodded parts-hauler that you'd see cruising around on any street in America in the late 70's, 80s or even into the 90s. I did use the silver box art kit and was somewhat disappointed in the fact that this version has a custom wood bed floor, but I guess it works. So, I needed a guinea pig for the paint I wanted to try out. The El Camino was found on quick search through my stash. I had robbed the big block/automatic from it for another project a while back and figured it would be a great candidate for this project...if it went bad it would not be a big loss. I thought since I pilfered the big block from it, I'd have a little fun with it. I decided to build a standard, non-SS small block truck. I removed all the SS emblems as well as the 396 font marker lights/emblem. I used the 350 callout marker light decal from the Revell '69 Nova kit even though a 350 was not an option on El Caminos in '68. I also removed the SS emblem from the grill and added a non-SS grill bar/emblem....on my second and final attempt, I ended up carving the emblem from the real tail panel of an AMT '66 Nova kit. It still wears its SS hood, but I figured that is a common owner "upgrade". The color is '68 Chevy Ash Gold from a rattle can with Testors One-Coat clear. I used a section of AMT '65 Lincoln decal sheet on the tailgate for the faux wood treatment. Not sure if that's correct for a '68, but I really like it. I found a small block from an AMT NASCAR kit that fit well. Added a MAD distributor, some parts box headers and also converted it to a 4 speed. The Centerline Auto Drags came from the AMT '55 Chevy kit, parts box front tires and rear tires from the AMT '70 1/2 Baldwin Motion Camaro. Thanks for looking and comments are welcome. Edited July 20, 2019 by Fish_65 1
espo Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 Looks great to me. The hood thing would be common and the Wood Grained Tail Gate would be part of the Malibu trim package and the Bucket Seats would have been optional. The yellow ACCEL plug wires were considered a standard up grade. Very nice looking parts chaser.
Plowboy Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 I really like the "look" this model has along with the stance and wheels/tires. I especially like the color on it! Nice work!
Fish_65 Posted July 22, 2019 Author Posted July 22, 2019 Thanks for the very nice comments Ray, Oliver, Larry, Keith, Lee, Chris, David & Roger. I really like the look & stance too Roger. That's the area of model building I like to dwell in. Some guys are all about the last detail, for some it's perfect paint...that's not me. I'm all about the rattle can paintjob and maybe some spark plug wires , but It has to look like an "everyday/realistic" car and sit right with good tires & wheels.
Plowboy Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 12 hours ago, Fish_65 said: I really like the look & stance too Roger. That's the area of model building I like to dwell in. I'm the same way. If the stance is right, it doesn't matter what wheels you put on it. It'll look right. Wrong stance, right wheels, it won't look right. You got both on this one. Is the paint auto or hobby?
Fish_65 Posted July 22, 2019 Author Posted July 22, 2019 52 minutes ago, Plowboy said: Is the paint auto or hobby? It's automotive single stage in a rattle can. Mixed at the local parts/auto body supply store. I prefer factory correct colors on most of my models and I'm a rattle can man so I wanted to give it a try.
Fairfax Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 A very nice 68 ' ! I've got it, too, but I'm picking a draft for now.
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