59 El Camino

[mikelo]

I am another member in the club that is doing a one month build (MrMike and his Ranger is another). Here is my entry. Some of you may have seen this at Toledo. It was freshly painted, had the basic motor in it and was just sitting on the wheels. There has been a lot of progress so far. Since then, I added BM, finished the interior, wheels, engine and now have the suspension on. Here are the latest pics. Sorry i didn't post any earlier, but that would have doubled the ammount of time I have in it so far.

This has been a fun project that has helped get back into modeling. I am glad I picked this kit. Even with how it looks, I didn't have to add or modify it very much. This kit comes with a lot of custom parts and i was pleasently surprised at the amount of engineering that went into this kit remembering how old it is. Pieces fit together pretty well, with a couple of exceptions (like the tail gate). It was interesting to see how when I changed one thing, the impact it had on other parts (like when I lowered it lower than the kit provides). I will try to post more later.

Mike

Edited February 20, 2009 by mikelo

[GOTH KUSTOMS]

Nice color, I had the same problem on mine, plus the hood fit real tight, but over all this Is a kick butt kit to build, nice work keep It up...

[62SS]

Looks great so far. Love the color combination.

Good choice on the wheels.

Cant wait to see it finished.

Ed

[Quanah]

I am another member in the club that is doing a one month build (MrMike and his Ranger is another). Here is my entry. Some of you may have seen this at Toledo. It was freshly painted, had the basic motor in it and was just sitting on the wheels. There has been a lot of progress so far. Since then, I added BM, finished the interior, wheels, engine and now have the suspension on. Here are the latest pics. Sorry i didn't post any earlier, but that would have doubled the ammount of time I have in it so far.

This has been a fun project that has helped get back into modeling. I am glad I picked this kit. Even with how it looks, I didn't have to add or modify it very much. This kit comes with a lot of custom parts and i was pleasently surprised at the amount of engineering that went into this kit remembering how old it is. Pieces fit together pretty well, with a couple of exceptions (like the tail gate). It was interesting to see how when I changed one thing, the impact it had on other parts (like when I lowered it lower than the kit provides). I will try to post more later.

Mike

I have an old '59 El Camino model too, that I built about 38 years ago. Makes me want to dig it out and redo it. Good job! Keep up the good work.

[prostreeter69]

Hey!

Love the build, can you tell me what wheels you used?

Jon

[mikelo]

Thanks everyone. I think I got it done. Somehow I lost a rear shock. Does anyone have an extra one? I'll try to get some pictures of it up.

Quanah- You should get it out. It is a very fun kit to build. Just a couple of little problems. Be carefull with the tail gate and how it fits (very tight & a little crooked.), exhaust manifolds seam to hit the front cross member, but that could be just me since I swapped motors and used the headers from the kit. Other than that, it has been fun.

prostreeter69- The wheels are actually a game that my local Meijers had. They were called "Hubs" I think. They had switchable spinning centers and was to be played like marbles. I had to cut down the center shaft, flooded the center with Testors white and dropped the center caps from AMT's 50's PU truck in the center. An example of the switchable wheel centers are on my 69 Camaro.

Thanks for the comments,

Mike

[mikelo]

I guess I should have updated this. I have been pretty busy lately with work. Here it is all finished. I am not sure where the "in progress" pics went. Any way, it is done and it was a lot of fun.

I think I fixed the old links.

Edited February 20, 2009 by mikelo