MarkJ

Thanks, Pierre. I always appreciate your kind words about my builds. I'm getting antsy about not seeing you post lately. I need some Pierre work to look at for inspiration and just sheer pleasure. Let me know when you get something going again or post some finished work.

Steve, Thanks for visiting the rabbit hole. I really appreciate you dropping by and saying the nice words about the Fryer build and the one I have going on right now. Freddie used to come to Meyer Speedway in Houston back in the day and always went home with all the trophies that were available the nights he visited the track. It's like his cars were in a different class from the local cars that competed there. He usually lapped the field every race he ran there. Thanks again and visit and comment any time you would like.

Got the tank finished. Started on the cap for the brake reservoir. Even though this is not a Nascar kit I am trying to make it like the Nascar kits that you can pose the model with the body on or off. That's why the front of the chassis is a little different then the actual car was. The next to final pic is a reference pic to the Dodge Avenger IROC car that basically had the same chassis as the Camaro. The only ref picture I could find of the Camaro was just an engine compartment shot and it was taken before completion of the car.

Agree. I'm through. Sorry bout that Bob. Please continue with your wip. I will hijack no longer. Can't wait to see more of your wip and completion of your project.

They can keep the chassis because there is a lot of safety built into it. Just set some 1960 or seventy body's on top of it. If I could find a 1/24 scale 1960's or seventy's chevy or ford model kit, I might try it myself. I made my next gens where I could remove the body from the chassis so I wouldn't have to make a next gen car just borrow the chassis from one I already built.

Nascar should consider going back to the sixtys for their next, next gen cars. The Camaro and Mustang are going away so the present next gen car doesn't represent anything the manufacturers are making, so why not fabricate bodies for the car they are racing now with bodies from the sixtys. All the aero problems they are having now would go away and they probably wouldn't need to use spoilers or maybe just a small one and no air dams in the front of the cars. Plus they would really look cool.

Will look something like this with a different cap.

Started on the expansion tank for the radiator. Goes on the right side of the firewall.

Finished the oil cooler added some bars to the front of the chassis. Based them on a later version of the Dodge IROC car so they are different because the Camaro nose is a little different then the Dodge. I have no reference pics of the Camaro chassis so it's all a guess. But I figure it probably did not change much from Camaro to Dodge.

Almost through with the oil cooler radiator. I used tubes cut in half to make the top and bottom tanks for it.

Your right. The tires in those kits are way too big and look clownish on the car if used.

Looks great. I like what you did to the wheels. The air cleaner might be on backwards. I never install mine on these kits because they usually keep the hood from being flush. Just store it inside the model. Place it on for pictures.

I took the radiator I found in my parts box and took off all the extra tanks to make it into a simple square. I then determined how big I needed the oil radiator to be and made two squares the same size and glued them together, and then sealed off the 4 sides with strip styrene. I will fashion new tanks for the top and bottom of the radiator and make mounts on the chassis to install it. I will also add ports to it for if I decide to plumb it.

Hard to believe it is 1/43 scale for as detailed and cleanly built that it is. Superb work as always. Your handle fits you to a T, Scale-Master.

Pretty much done on the radiator and fan. I forgot that I now need to make the oil cooler radiator that sits to the left of the radiator. I found a radiator in my parts stash and think I can cut it in half to have the proper cross hatch for the radiator core for this smaller radiator.