1965 Chevy El Camino custom with camper

[StanGlover]

Here’s my build of the recent release of AMT’s ‘65 El Camino Camper! I liked the custom fluted glass-looking grill/headlight cover so I decided to go custom with this one. In my mind, the camper manufacturer built this custom show truck to promote their new El Camino Campers! It’s painted Tamiya Light Green with Tamiya Pearl White for the bumpers and interior. The cab carpet is Tamiya Dark Green, and the white paint on the camper shell is Tamiya white primer. The decals came from the recent release AMT ‘65 Bonneville, and the wheels are from the parts box (I believe from the MPC “Bad Company” Dodge Van). I drilled new axle holes in the chassis to lower the stance. This is a very basic promo style kit but it has some cool custom parts, and 10 pad printed tires. I had a lot of fun with this build!

[Zippi]

Pretty nice looking.  That engine in the business end should have no trouble pulling the extra weight.  Nicely done.

[bondo bill]

looks good with or without camper

[ncbuckeye67]

That is absolutely beautiful! I wasn't planning on getting one of these, but you have changed my mind on that. I love what you built!

[carrucha]

Neat build.  Looks good with the camper.  Nice color combo.

[ChrisR]

Looking great!

[stitchdup]

Very cool, i like how the grille sorts matches the camper ribs

[gotnitro?]

Awesome work love the colors 

[Michael F]

Very clean build, great !

[Chuck Most]

Nicely done! One of these days I want to make an interior for that camper.

Looks like Round 2 missed recreating the taillight bezels that have been missing from the last few reissues.

[StanGlover]

@Chuck Most Yeah the taillights are loose in their sockets. It doesn’t look too bad but they definitely need to retool those taillights. 

[Kruzn]

Very nice! Great job. You went low, I went high.