1968 El Camino SS 396 Soap Box Derby Racer 1/25 Scale Model Kit How To Build Paint Mask Chrome Trim
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AMT 1968 CHEVY EL CAMINO SS (COCA-COLA) 1:25 SCALE MODEL KIT
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A REFRESHING NEW FEELING FOR AN OLD CLASSIC: AMT’s 1/25 scale 1968 Chevy El Camino SS is a great project for any experienced modeler who likes the Coca-Cola brand. Add it to your collection today!
BIG ON DETAILS: A kit rich in history! Fully paintable, it features an ALL-NEW sheet of colorful Coca-Cola water-slide decals with many classic options. Also included: detailed Chevy SS396 V8 engine, 2-in-1 pad printed tires offering red line pinstripes on one side and Goodyear lettering on the other, bucket seats, optional Torq-thrust mags or rally wheels, BONUS soap box derby racing car, BONUS display base and more! All wrapped up in highly collectible and totally NEW Coca-Cola packaging!
QUICK SPECS: 1/25 Scale, 118 Parts, built size: 8 inches in length. Parts molded in white, clear and transparent red with black vinyl tires. Some parts chrome plated. Plastic model kit paint and cement required. Paint guide included in kit. Skill Level 3.
THE PERFECT PRESENT: Don't know what to get dad for his birthday? Or maybe you have an avid hobbyist or collector in your life. This model kit makes an ideal gift for any occasion!
TRUST AMT: Like you, our AMT team are enthusiastic modelers and collectors of small-scale cars, trucks, trailers and more. We sweat the details to make sure every model kit is top quality with lasting value and enjoyment.
The Chevrolet El Camino is a coupé utility vehicle that was produced by Chevrolet between 1959-60 and 1964-1987. Unlike a standard pickup truck, the El Camino was adapted from the standard two-door Chevrolet station wagon platform and integrated the cab and cargo bed into the body.
Introduced in the 1959 model year in response to the success of the Ford Ranchero coupé utility, its first run, based on the Biscayne's B-body, lasted only two years. Production resumed for the 1964-1977 model years based on the Chevelle platform, and continued for the 1978-1987 model years based on the GM G-body platform.
Although based on corresponding General Motors car lines, the vehicle is classified in the United States as a pickup.[1] GMC's badge engineered El Camino variant, the Sprint, was introduced for the 1971 model year. Renamed Caballero in 1978, it was also produced through the 1987 model year.
Chevrolet introduced a longer El Camino in 1968, based on the Chevelle station wagon/four-door sedan wheelbase (116 in (2,946 mm), overall length: 208 in (5,283 mm)); it also shared Chevelle Malibu exterior and interior trims. The interior was revamped including cloth and vinyl or all-vinyl bench seats and deep twist carpeting. All-vinyl Strato bucket seats and center console were an $111 option. Power front disc brakes and Positraction were optional. A new, high-performance Super Sport SS396 version was launched. The Turbo-Jet 396 was offered in 325 bhp (242 kW) or 350 bhp (260 kW) versions. Returning to the official options list for the first time since late 1966 was the 375 bhp (280 kW) L78. It had solid lifters, big-port heads, and an 800 cfm Holley four-barrel on a low-rise aluminum manifold. In 1968, the SS was a separate model (the "SS-396").
The 1969 models showed only minor changes, led by more-rounded front-end styling. For the first time, the Chevrolet 350 V8 was used in an El Camino. The Super Sport group included a 265 or 325 hp (198 or 242 kW) 396-cubic-inch V8 beneath a double-domed hood, along with a black-out grille displaying an SS emblem. More potent editions of the 396 engine, developing 350 or 375 hp (261 or 280 kW) also made the options list.
The 1970 models received sheet metal revisions that gave the bodies a more squared-up stance, and interiors were also redesigned. The new SS396, which actually displaced 402 cu in (6.6 L) (although all emblems read 396) was available. Chevrolet's largest and most-powerful engine of the time was also put into a select few El Caminos. The LS6 454 CID engine, rated at 450 hp (336 kW) and 500 lb⋅ft (678 N⋅m) of torque, gave the El Camino 1/4-mile times in the upper 13-second range at around 106 mph (171 km/h) - Авто та транспорт
My dad won a 71 SS in black when I was a kid. He bought a raffle ticket at a drag race and his was pulled. We started racing Jr.Dragsters as kids and before we had a trailer we would haul it in the back of the el Camino. This kit and the go cart from the 60 Chevy will help me scratch build the jr. and I’ll be able to keep the memory in 1/25th scale.
A very nice build. Not to detract from your spot on color choices, or excellent detailing and the tight assembly - BUT that soap box racer is too cute. I'm getting this kit for the racer. Yea, I'm 76 Wednesday and I remember my "Derby Days". Thanks, Chris for another great Saturday morning (this is way better than those old black and white TV, Saturday cartoons).
Thanks as always man!
My friend had the 454 el Camino in 1977, I think it was a 72, not positive, I had a 71 cuda, he pulled up next to me at our drinking spot and creased my car down the side, thanks drew,lol, I didn't care, too much, accidents happen, but those were cool cars, thanks for bringing back memories, good and bad. Life's short, try not to sweat the details, life goes on. ☮️
Nice build as usual, thanks for getting this old man building again after 40 yrs
Glad they finally got a Camino
AMT did a killer job on this model. With the inside the heads showing detail and the engine block shows the pistons and cylinders. Would be great for a diorama in a shop getting work done. Me being a Chevy guy makes me like it even more. Love this kit, the possibilities are endless. As always Chris is making it look great.
Very nice. I'm born in 68. Would love to get my hands on an Impala but they're so rare so I'll be building one of these for sure. TY for sharing.
Funny you said that, like that, Chris. I was going to say, you single handedly kept ModPodge in business, you know darn well all of us bought ModPodge because of you, LOL! Funny thing is though, when I first bought my bottle, I didn't think about there being gloss or matte finish, I grabbed a matte one oops, I went back and got gloss, I thru matte bottle away a long time ago! I use the heck out of MODPODGE, THANKS FOR THE VIDEOS!!!!!
LOL, nice! And thanks!
I love them nineteen sixties and seventies corvette rallies
Can't wait to see what's next, great work Chris
Thanks for stopping by!
I really enjoyed building this kit. Fit and finish were excellent with one exception: the hood will not close once the air cleaner is installed. I had to remove the carburetor in order for the hood to close, but otherwise an awesome kit. Oh yeah, and I built it in the same colors as yours.😁
Like everything except the hood stripes. Great job.
You have inspired me to build this. Nice work!
Go for it!
I have to say I have gotten up to1 model every week from watching your channel not 2 a week yet but who knows!!!!!!!!
Awesome work, the El Camino kit turned out better than the picture on the box. Thanks for sharing.
Always!! Excellent!! Work!! Thx!!
Build it your way is right! I sanded the vinyl roof smooth along with the panel lines. turned it into a hard top. Heated the drivers side door and "installed" a large dent. Painted the door blue and the rest of the car red with a coating of dust and grime and voila.... Earls El Camino!
Awesome build Chris! My wife loves El Camino's. I built one for her a few year's back. She wanted hers done inn a hunter green with a black interior. I used a semi gloss black to give it a vinyl look.
Great job Chris keep up the amazing work
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That looks like an excellent kit. You did a great job building. Great color choices. Thank you for sharing.
Built this kit in its original release without the Soap Box Derby racing car in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Still have it on display and I used the hood stripes from the AMT 1970 Chevelle SS454 on it.
Great color choice. I like it when a modeler goes astray from the box art. That shows the artistic ability of the modeler. Most anyone can follow the example of the art. As always a very good build to an excellent model. This one was made with very good detail. The soap box derby car was perfect.
Thank you very much!
Very cool big block in a Ute unheard of here in Oz ,5lt was it as usual you smashed it 👍🇦🇺
Thanks Al!
That El Camino looks very sharp! I’m a sucker for Utes!
One sweet kit
I love El Caminos... especially the mid 60's 🙂
The build looks great and it's always nice when the kit...
comes with extra goodies, in this case the soap box racer & display stand 🙂
Couldn't agree more!
That's when I build a lot of my car's in the winter. I live in North East Iowa. So I know how cold it gets.
Yup, nice to go into the shop during a big snowstorm and come up hours later with the world covered in a big silent blanket of snow.
Awesome👍I love this era of El Caminos! I would love it if Round 2 would consider doing the 69 version of this kit. It would only require a new grill, fan belt assy. and some interior changes. Thanks Chris👍
Beautiful El Camino Chris! Love that blue with black top! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Very cool 👌
This is a great kit. I have built the earlier release from Round 2 and enjoyed the build. Thanks for the video Chris.
Great episode! Thanks for the awesome content .
A sure to get kit to blend one of my AMT 70 Chevelle fronts to. Raise the fender peak of course ...
Always like the coke stuff - nice build again. Thanks
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Nice color combo! Nice kit! Nice build!
Chris, I love your builds, keep them coming!
Thanks!
Another winner Chris!! 🏆
Thanks!
Looks like I may have to buy two. Go Packers!!
Enjoy and thank you!
@@hpiguy I sure will. I'm watching your video while I'm working. LOL Naughty me. I might just have to give a shout out I'm on he air right now
Another fine job
Thanks for stopping by!
I have only seen snow flurries that melt when they hit the ground Here in PHX we have 2 seasons hot and not so hot.
I built the previous non Coke version.. Great one.. Easy on fitment.. I never do any kit twice but I think twice on that with this one..
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Did they tool up new stock rims? That kit came from the tooling binge that AMT had in the late ‘90s before the company was sold. One of the best kits ever though I could’ve done without the vinyl roof.
~what a lot of similarity between this El Camino model and the 1969 Chevelle SS 396 from Revell I am building now~just got it on sale at Hobby Lobby as it was sold out for about a month~but to me as my own preference seems Revell wins hands down~tho I still build AMT, Monogram, MPC and Academy and all still look awesome when completed~thanks for your channel~keep up the good work too~
Great build! These kits are cool. I wonder if they will come out with a DeLorean.
Hey Chris, just finished watching your new review on the quick shine,going to try it tomorrow,thanks for the great video’s
Nice kit, thank you for your channel sir.
Gotta get me this kit.
Brilliant mate👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I remember when you built this kit about 5 to 6 years ago when it was first reissued.
You're thinking of the 65 El Camino Gear Hustler. A fun build.
@@hpiguy Yeah that's the one!also I have an idea that would make a great idea for a screen printed T-shirt that will make people laugh: "Put the kids to bed early;hide the checkbook from the wife so that she doesn't see how much money you are spending on plastic model kits,and make sure that grandma is in the other room".
@@hpiguy
Yup, the '65. This later one has a much better chassis and suspension.
I really wanted to see how you did the vinyl top. Could you possibly do a video on doing vinyl top 🤔???
I masked it and sprayed it flat black. It's honestly that simple.
Nice Kit
Thanks for stopping by!
Beauty.
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like that, gotta get one, too bad it isnt a 70, but close enough
Last week on your new release video I made the comment that the ones I'm not interested in I will probably want after seeing you build it. WELL. Here's one of em. In fact I will get 2 cause I would paint one SBD racer white w/red decals and wheels and the other red w/white decals and wheels.
If there's no white decals for SBD racer I've got plenty of kits with Coke decals.
BTW love the colors you picked for the
El Camino.
Thanks!
It is a nice kit,however the bed looks like it has some warping issues.
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Nice stuff Love your videos!
Glad you like them!
I just picked up this kit yesterday what’s the type of black vinyl paint that you used for the vinyl top ? And did you do A Lowering on it ? Or is that the stock kit ride height ? Thank you for the Video Great Work you do here ! 👍🏼
I have a 69 on order and will detail and paint it up like my real 69 el Camino.
Love your build videos but what happened to the top of the car. You spent lots of video on masking for the top vynal roof paint but then it skipped over to painting the motor. What paint did you use?
Just a spritz of flat black once masked.
Still hoping to see the Coca-Cola starship Enterprise. 😊
LOL, heck yeah!
Boxed with those cool Coke machines they make.
@@hpiguy lol
I saw you mask the body and detail the trim, but what did you paint the roof with? The finished car is spectacular!
A quick spritz of flat black for the roof.
Question on Rustoleum paint cans: What causes the spray can to lose pressure and no paint sprays out? I have cans that have much paint left in them but are wasted now.
No idea my man, that's a better question for their customer service line.
@@hpiguy Surely. Just thought you may have run into that issue. Thanks
Buddy of mine had a 68 in high school with a 396 I have to get me one of these now thanks for the build. By the way what kind of glue do you use ?
Thanks, I prefer Plastruct Bondene myself, it works fast.
Lovely work on one of my favourite 1:1 vehicles! I have the last release of this kit, the c.2015 improved-reissue (no more sink marques on B pillars).
I must enquire: How in the devil did you get the interior to cooperate? I boxed - & - shelved mine, as that interior assembly was sending me to an early grave! Seats and console fit perfectly, and the dashboard, etc., went together flawlessly, but those flippin' door cards refused to stay in place; the rear 'header' panels refused to stay seated long enough for a 'cold weld', and; the dashboard has too much slack at it mounting points at the door cards' slots.
I couldn't get that hot mess to align, and stay aligned, long enough for any adhesive/cold weld to set-up!
CA glue, Tamiya Green ('Extra Thin'), Bondene [sp], clear RTV silicone on conspicuous surfaces... nothing!
What's your secret?
I guess I didn't know there was supposed to be an issue with how it all fit together. I get lucky that way a lot of the time. I don't know there is supposed to be a problem so it just works out.
I use CA glue and activator for final assemblies.
Everything fit really nice. I did forget to shove that box up into the body far enough for the pics, which many have pointed out, but I show in the sub assembly process that it fits perfectly.
@@hpiguy , Thanks for your quick reply and the information therein.
I didn't notice any flaws in *your* final assembly (even if I did, I *wouldn't* bust your chops about it).
I thoroughly enjoy watching you and your channel, and have for about 4 years now.
Quite looking forward to watching your buildup of the 1/8 scale T/A tonight.
Hey Chris, I gotta question ❓ What do you do when you start to get burnt out on building? I got to like 75 complete models having a blast and then I just kinda hit a wall. Any suggestions brother? Keep up all the amazing work and videos. You have been my inspiration so any advice will be amazing!!! Thanks again.
I have to get them done for the show, but I do get a bit bleh sometimes.
I'll take a break, usually work to get myself ahead for a week or so and then not touch models for that entire next week.
Nice job and very cool model. Just one question - at the end when you show everything build there seems to be quite big gap on one side between body and the box at the back of the car - also quite visible when looking at the car straight from the behind (like at 56:07). Were you able to straighten this little bit or maybe you have not glued it yet ? Cheers
Simply didn't shove it up all the way. No biggie.
I showed how perfectly it fit in the sub assembly part of the video.
The kit looks very cool. I got the urge to get me this because of this video. What about that bed box, it seems to be a bit off on the passengers side?
I showed how nice it fits during the sub assembly part....but people usually only watch the last few seconds of a video.
I simply didn't shove it in tight enough at the end, that's all.
@@hpiguy K. I might have dozed off yesterday. I watched the video in two parts because I fell asleep. Not because of the content tho 😂
I raced the soap box Derby, I really don’t think the kits Soap Box Derby car is the same scale and the model Kit. In comparison in size to my parents cars, my SBD car was much bigger.
Hi, I have a question about acrylic paint. I bought some testors acrylic paint. And it's very thin, like water. How do I fix it?
No idea, make sure it's stirred well, other than that I'm not sure you can thicken paints already in a jar.
I don't know if anyone realizes that you pay more for Tamaya tape then you do for 3M tape for auto bodies. 3m makes the Tamaya tape. I bought a 60 yard roll of 3M tape at my local Napa for $35.00 Tamaya tape is about $6.00 per 10 yard roll.
I don't use Tamiya tape or 3M tape. Thanks for the tip though. :)
how did u come up with HPIGUYS as ur name? and is it Hippie guys? and its plural where's the 2nd person? this is coming from a discussion my dad and i had. i was just curious
'Happy Guy's Workshop'
@@hpiguy thats cool!!! thanks bud
OK how did you get that engine enamel to spray
LOL, grabbed a new can.