78 El Camino

[chrmar]

Trying to build a stock-looking G-body El Camino, combining these two kits:


Would be nice if the El Camino was actually 1:24 like the box claims, but alas, its closer to 1:25 scale, which makes incorporating the Monte Carlo bits more difficult. After some hacking to remove the molded-in underbody pieces from the frame itself, I ended up with this:



The Monte's frame had to be stretched about 10 scale inches. I used some styrene c-channel and sheet to reinforce everything, as so:

 

[chrmar]

I have another El Camino kit that I built back in the day that I nabbed the stock hood and grille from.


After stretching the Monte's frame, the driveshaft obviously didn't fit.


I cut the u-joints off, and cut some styrene rod to size...


And voila! A made-to-fit driveshaft.


Stay tuned for updates!

 

[Quaralane]

Some nice chopping work so far.
Interesting project

 

[CTspeedshop]

Great looking project! I'm almost finished building that same kit.

 

[Captain Caveman III]

Now this one is shaping up to be a master build.