1966 chev el camino

well heres the first ute in my collection and im proud of the progress so far altho i did break the front window putting it in so this el camino has full frontal air conditioning and comes complete with clear safety glasses and mouth guard to stop bugs its a fun kit to put together and the green is awesome i do have plans of using some aluminum pipe for the exhaust pipes i have em cut just gotta fit them on and i got to cut the tonneau cover to fit yet and im goin to attempt a little more engine bay detail as i did the battery i was goin to have a go at doin some dizzy cables and battery cables and maybe fuel lines i got all the bits i need just never tried super detailing one before well heres the pics so far for this project

Nice work mte, colour suits and those wheel look awesome, good job

yeah deciding whether or not to put the flame decals on and maybe lowering it

Nice work!

green.........green is nice.Looking good, hope you're wearing earmuffs when you turn thos subs up tho

Looks wicked mate!

i was thinking maybe i wont do the cover with the subs cos every bloke that has a ute has a saying dont they " me, me dog an me ute" so i might find a plastic dog to put in the back instead lol

I'd leave the flames off it mate, it looks nice and clean how it is. What brand/shade is that green? Its got a nice gloss about it.

its export lime green checkmate from supercheap auto sive still got a full can so im looking for things to spray with it cos it is a real nice gloss green i was thinking of maybe spraying the cats and dog if i can catch em they seem to be hiding on me...

Yep, that's green.

Lookin good mate!

hey again guys sorry i havent been on for a while been doin some model boat building for our boat club up here, i was rearanging my wall unit with all my car models in, and decided i needed a bit more room to put my dora railway gun in so i thought well ill make a display up for some maybe, so as the 66 el camino is in my eyes my best model yet i thought well ill do something for it, it was my first ute model and its my fav color lime green so i went to work in my dads shed to make a nice flat cyprus display stand then i thought well if i'm guna do a stand i might as well go all out and thanks to the awesome inspiration i got from clutch and his project " illuminator" i thought ill emancipate some green neons from under the dash of my car that i dont use anymore use some pine left over from my fish tank stand and make a stand up for all my friends to see when they come over and maybe a new entry for next years model show and to my surprise i got it all done in one day and im quite proud of it ill be doin a few more in the future for some of my other cars, the only thing i have left to do is some fill over the screws and stain it and whalla all done, well here they are

this is the rear of the stand i had to use the dremel to engrave a trench for the wires of one neon stick


the front side with the back drop ready to be nailed on i wanted a vintage type garage but pics are hard to find on google images (sigh) but the backdrop is easy enuff to remove and replace the pic if in the future i come across a suitable pic, dont be suprised to see that set square lol


heres another pic of the rear wit the neon stick in place



heres the finished product the front piece hides another green neon stick i made up some car ramps out of some cut offs to lift the car up so u can see the undercarriage detail with the mirror in place like some proper show cars do



heres the right corner with some crates i bought off dv8v8 and a pile of logs i found in an old box and one of the standard rims and tyre from the el camino kit...(thinks) it could be from my studebaker...umm well its now a spare wheel anyway



heres left side with the bonnet up i got the rims in the background from the 64 ford fairlane thunderbolt kit (which will have a stand aswell)



here it is in utter darkness it really sets the lime green off


this was the alternative background i might still use it on another stand or something in the future

cool colour on this one,like the back ground ideas too.

looking good mate well done on the paint job too sweet colour
so when we gonna see ya at the thursday meet

cheers boothy, mate once i get a few projects outta the way and free up some time ill be right to go in been meaning to go last few weeks now but keep getting tied up with stuff

been meaning to go last few weeks now but keep getting tied up with stuff

We dont need to know about your personal habits there Deadly (but you could pm me about ...............) oh never mind .That base looks cool as dude! such a simple idea yet so effective

Great idea for a diorama, love the lights! The ute looks great on it's own but with the lights on it looks even better.