AMT 59 Chevy El Camino

[Yeah Nah]

Supposed to be original factory Snowcrest White over Gothic Gold but the gold seems a little too 'coppery' so we'll call it a custom colour! Chrome trim is a combination of Molotow and kitchen foil stuck down with craft PVA, then trimmed like BMF.

Tried a little experiment with this: though a recent issue (Original Box Art Series) it surprisingly has no instrument dials on the decal sheet. Not a problem with the smaller ones, but that big speedo on the 59 is really obvious if you mess it up. So I photoshopped a photo of the full size down to 1/25, printed it, cut it out and stuck it on with PVA. Turned out much better than I hoped.  

Another AMT kit that faults aside, gives me all the reasons to be one of their biggest fans.

BTW, that tailgate does open, I just forgot to take a pic of it! 

Edited October 7, 2023 by Yeah Nah

[Street Rod]

Beautiful build! Love the color and all the foil work is excellent. Lots of great details.

[bondo bill]

nice build

[XYHARRY]

Gorgeous colour combo and excellent work on lining up the tailgate and front grills. A real looker. Well done Garry. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Mittagskind]

That looks very good, well done.

[Darbo]

Wow that colour!

[Slotto]

Super clean. Great color

[KWT]

Man that's nice... paint and chrome... very nicely done

[bobss396]

Another great kit that has held up over the decades. Back on the 1st issue, it was revolutionary with steerable wheels and a tail gate that worked. I have built a few over the years and it was always a nice build at the end. Lots of foil on yours... whew... looks mint.

[PappyD340]

Super nice!

[charger74]

Beautiful !!!

[Jim B]

Great looking El Camino.  Nice idea with the speedo.

[Nacho Z]

Wow, Garry, she is a beauty!  The paint job is great and your foil work is absolutely fantastic!

[papajohn97]

Fabulous job on this El Camino, the two-tone paint, foil work, brightwork script, black wash on the wheel covers, everything about this build is just about perfect! Hard to believe you built this one from an old tooled (1964?) AMT kit, came out looking like a more modern Monogram/ Revell tooled kit.

The Gothic Gold gold paint you used came out looking like a good match for  “suntan copper metallic” - a ‘60 factory color which I think looks awesome on this car. I have this kit in my queue which I’m hoping to build into an early super stock drag car, your build inspires me to start it soon.

[Hi-Po]

Beautiful build and great color choice.

[Supernurd]

That's a beautiful automobile!  Great color combo!  ?

[espo]

Beautiful looking color combination and smooth finish. The copper color here is very much like one of the colors Chevrolet offered at the time. The chrome and body trim all look great. 

[TransAmMike]

Man thats a great looking '59.  Color looks perfect on it?

[athlon]

Very nice work, looks great

[karbuildr]

Excellent build Garry. The color choice, especially the Gothic Gold, is perfect for this vehicle. Beautiful job on the foil.

[Yeah Nah]

Thanks for the positive comments all.

Actually had a near disaster with this model: when it was about 90% complete butter-fingers me dropped it on a hard tile floor and guess how it landed? Square on the right hand tail fin. Flattened it like I'd taken to it with a hammer! Aaagh! Fortunately was able to straighten it out without a total repaint but it is a bit less square than it should be and of course I had to reshape the left tail fin to match.......

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very well done, and I do like the color! Your gauge trick worked well too.

[Zippi]

Great looking color on your 59.  Nice build.

[Kah puts]

That’s a pearl ?

[ChrisR]

Awesome!