Check it out for yourself! And of course, inside the Original Art Series reissue, you’ll find a sweet bonus print of the original painting. It’s much different and much more fun than the one which came in the Street Rods series kit all those years ago. I would have loved to have been sitting by the artist’s desk when this gorgeous rendering was created! But, I can tell you it was a total blast to be the one who laid out all the artwork for the Original Art Series reissue!įor the decal sheet, I honored my friend and his brother with some special decals related to the types of work they do today. Needless to say, the day I saw it in person for the first time was quite a thrill! Here is a scan of the full painting, for your enjoyment! During my mad collecting years, I had found a very nice factory sealed example of the kit, but when the opportunity arose to acquire the actual original painting, the world stopped spinning for a moment. Now fast forward, oh, about 30 or 35 years. The colorful orange and purple background really set the car off and I wished that kit with its wild flaked body was mine! I just gawked at the beautiful illustration of the white car with the chrome scoop sticking out from the hood. The kit was barely started and was in the box. It inspired me to no end and is probably what started my love of “flaked” paint, whether on model cars or real cars! The body was painted with amazing rainbow metal flake and glittered like no model I’d never seen! It didn’t matter that the flake was a wee bit too big for a scale model car body. He did amazing work and had access to some really cool paints! When we walked into the kitchen at my friend’s place, sitting on the table, there just happened to be an in-progress build of, you guessed it, the Street Rods ’59 El Camino! However, what I saw made my eyes bug out and stuck a memory in my mind that I’ll never forget. He had an older brother who happened to have a body shop in town. We were going over to his place to build model cars. Gather ’round the workbench for a cool story: I remember walking home after school with a buddy in the late 1970s. But, if you’re like me, specific kits from certain times in your childhood created special memories, and this is one of those kits for me! Now, I can hear some of you commenting about this issue of the kit, having changes and fewer parts than prior issues. Specifically, the 1970s “Street Rods” issue of the 1959 Chevrolet El Camino. I happen to own the original vintage AMT painting for one of my all-time favorite kits. We both do agree that it should have been black though.I’m a lucky guy. I figured maroon was as neutral as it gets for me and I also had to contend with all the bare metal foil that I used on this car so I didn't want to compound issues with a difficult color to show as well. When you mentioned black I had to chuckle a little bit because I LOVE black and I paint a lot of my builds that color. The boy I was building it for didn't like that theme so I went for one that he wanted instead but compromised with him on the engine and used the 348 out of the Revell '58 Impala kit which was a much nicer option. My original intent was to build it as a street machine with Chevrolet Rallye wheels from the late 60's that were used on Camaros and to put a 350 in it instead of either one of the terrible engine choices from the kit. I had a couple of ways to go with it color wise and actually theme wise. Series 1YZ Sport Coupe 1974 Chevrolet El Camino Classic Series 1AD Malibu. The paint looks superb and a great finish, although I'm not a fan of the colour, but that's just me, I would like it in high gloss black with the chrome, but that would be my choice, nothing wrong with your paint job , 1963-1979 Corvette, 3 Series Find 1974 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Exhaust. Now, I can hear some of you commenting about this issue of the kit, having changes and fewer parts than prior issues. Specifically, the 1970s Street Rods issue of the 1959 Chevrolet El Camino. 8669 Scale: 1:25 Type: Full kit Released: 1997 New parts Topic: Chevrolet El Camino Cars (Vehicles) Box contents Plastic sprue, Decalsheet (waterslide), Vinyl Product timeline Full history Instructions Download 0Kb (.pdf) Marketplace None of our partner shops or mates has this currently for sale. You've got to admit it, the '50s had some nice looking cars with all the wings and curves, and this is a really well done interpretation of one of them I happen to own the original vintage AMT painting for one of my all-time favorite kits.
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