MarkJ

If you use a revell Dodge engine it would not fit between the frame rails or allow enough room for a radiator. It is just too big at 1/24 scale to fit in this 1/25 scale model.

Lanny, I could see where it could be done but I do not know where to find a 1/25 scale engine. If you used an engine from a 2007 1/24 scale Revell kit it would not look right. It would be way too big. AMT could have sold a lot more of these kits if they had just made them 1/24 scale. It would not have been that much more plastic in each kit to have done it. Pretty bad decision on their part.

Fabbed and installed beginnings of fuel filler. drilled and then cut out exhaust.

Just need to putty the quarter extensions and enlarge the fuel intake hole and add a fuel filler. After that I should be able to prime the body

Thanks guys.

Another excellent Labonte build.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the comments.

Excellent job.

Excellent job.

Added putty to the quarter glasses and installed the quarter panel extensions.

Started working on the quarter glasses.

Here are some more rear spoiler wips Need to do some more sanding.

Niko, I will use some of the contengencie decals that come in the kit but the rest I will have to create on my computer and print out on testors paper. I did a test decal to see how it would look and it turned out pretty good.

You can see the gap on the right side between braces is greater than on the left side.

The nose is ready for some two color priming to get rid of scratches, dips and pin holes. I made some diamond shaped pieces of styrene to splt but not break for the spoiler braces. After installing I added some putty to make them more uniform. It looks like the braces are not symetrical side to side and the reason being is that the real cars braces are not symetrical side to side.

I needed to make the splitter lip to add to the bottom of the nose. I just used the nose as a template.

Bruce, Thanks for the reply. Tony's Chevy will be easier because I believe the kit nose decals will also work for the 2011 nose.

Did some more sanding but still not quite right. Added some more putty . Hopefully just one more sanding and I can move on to finish the rear spoiler.

Added the Squadron white putty where needed for now. Added the lower strip, leaving just the edge of the old splitter showing. Will have to wait till Thanksgiving to proceed.

Tried 95% denatured alchohol and got much better results. Ready for sanding and putty and styrene modifications to add a front and rear spoiler and change the nose a little. I also have to change the quarter glasses.

Tried superclean with not very good results

Here is the kit. The price tag is a little misleading. I actually paid $8.99 for the kit with a 40% off coupon printed out from Hobby Lobby's web site.

More pics in the Nascar section, if interested.

Thanks to all that replied to this topic. I really appreciated the input.