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WIP - 2001 Dale Earnhardt Daytona 500 NASCAR **FINISHED**


TheCat

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This is going to be my first NASCAR build ever. I always wanted to build Dale Earnhardt's last race car for the last two years. It was not until my friend told me about Mike's Decals website that I finally found the decal markings for Dale's 2001 Daytona 500 Race car.

This is going to be a Tribute build for Dale Earnhardt Sr. I'm planning to build a few of his race cars. Plus I'm going to build Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr's 2001 Rolex 24 hours race car.

Ok, enough talk and lets go to the WIP pictures:

Here's the picture of the actual car in Daytona 500 2001

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Here's what I've done so far:

Primed and painted the body:

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After waiting a week for the black paint to dry. I painted the Silver on the rocker panels, front and rear. This was not as bad as I thought it may be. In fact, I'm enjoying building this NASCAR car.

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After a day to let the Silver paint dry. I started to place the decals. Was not sure where to start, so I just started by applying the headlight decals. I have to say, those Mike's Decals go on very smoothly.

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Thanks everyone for your awesome comments!! It's coming out pretty nice so far.

Well, here's more update pictures:

After putting the front fender sponsor decals, I applied the rear sponsor decals to give me a guide on how the rest of the decals will go on.

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Then I applied the Goodwrench decal to set up for the rest of the decals.

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Then applied the "PLUS" decal.

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Then the "SONIC" decal.

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Then I applied the "SERVICE" and "SNAP-ON" decals. This will help me to properly place the #3 Decal.

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While I was at it, I also applied the rocker panel decals

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Then came the big moment... placing the # 3 Decal on the side. Using the decals and the actual picture of Dale's race car, I applied the decal. After I applied the decal I took a moment and admired it.

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After admiring it for a moment, I carefully applied the other sponsor decals.

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More to come very soon... ;)

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Did some more work on this build during the long weekend. Not as much as I wanted, but I don't want to rush this build.

Here's what I've done:

Detailed the dashboard

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attached the engine onto the chassis and the tires as well

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attached the muffler system, rear axle and suspension

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