Steve_L Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 These are pictures of the model I built for the Revell Gearz Model Car Contest. My build theme was "A muscle car with custom features." I started with the Revell 1966 El Camino kit and made a lot of changes to suit the vision I had for the completed project. I changed the 396 375 H.P. motor and 4-speed transmission for a 505 H.P. Z06 motor and 6-Speed gearbox. I scratch built the exhaust system and used mufflers and exhaust tips from a 1996 Corvette ZR-1 kit. I lowered the car front and rear and it rides on deep chrome reverse "smoothie" wheels. I used custom parts from two 1961 Ford kits to create matching custom front and rear ends. I reshaped a lot of body panels to get a smoother look. I airbrushed Duplicolor Corvette Torch Red paint and covered that with Kilz Clear Coat. I polished the body with 3200, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 grade polishing pads. I further polished the paint with Novus 3, 2 and 1 polish. It was a fun project. Enjoy!
Jantrix Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 How about a close up of the front and rear so we can get a real idea of those excellent mods.
Draggon Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Holy cow, what a great idea and a great looking Kustom. I would never have thought of putting those custom parts on the El camino, but it really works. I dig it!
Steve_L Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 How about a close up of the front and rear so we can get a real idea of those excellent mods. Here are the pictures you asked for, taken with my own camera. The quality of these is not quite as good as the professional camera used for the other five pictures.
oldscool Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Oh son! That is fantastic! Great concept and from what I can see some flawless body work and paint. Jose approves.
JasonFL Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 WOW! Really nice job, that thing is sweet. The front and rear end are killer, great work.
crazyjim Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 Wow - that Camino looks really nice. SHINY :) RULES!
hotrod59f100 Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 I love it . Vary nice looking . I love the custom body mods.
sjordan2 Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 Very nice, artistic and tasteful. I really like the headlights and taillights.
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