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Had to make a cooling fan powered by the engine. I had made an electric fan to use but the ref picture I used was from Dodge Avenger that was used in IROC in 1994. The Camaro in 1989 still used the engine 4 blade fan like was used in the cup series that year. I recently found a ref picture showing that. The rest of the cars are basically the same except for the body and engine. It was the same banjo chassis for both makes.

Wow, Pierre. The exhaust looks like you made it from metal tubing. Great use of the paint mix you came up with.

Added two bars to the chassis from the truck arm support rail to the outside frame rails. No good ref photos so I had to guess again.

Thank you, Helmut, for sharing this beautiful rendition of a car that never was as successful as it looked. Your build is truly magnificent and a joy to look at, at any angle. You checked all the boxes on this one. Attention to detail, paint, decals, stance and overall cleanliness of build. Thanks again. It is an awesome piece of modeling for sure.

Make sure you post a link. I don't want to miss out on this fine wine served under glass instead of in it. Really looks fabulous right here, Andrew. But go ahead and put it in the final forum so folks who haven't been following along can enjoy it as well.

When I get semi close to the end of a build, I make check lists, so I don't forget anything. First one is for things that still need to be made. Second one is for priming and painting everything and the third is to assemble everything hopefully in the right order. Plus, with every check of the list you get some reassurance that your almost there. I started this build in September of 2023 and really looking forward to finally finishing it. Please pardon the poor penmanship.

Thanks, Anton and Pierre. This part of the build has been more fun than other parts of it.

Oh yeah. That flame thrower looks just perfect, and those ducts look very real.

Thank you, MM that is good, to know.

Wow, Bruce. Somehow, I missed this one 8 months ago. Thank you, German, for resurrecting it. Excellent build in every way possible. Paint, decal work, cleanliness of build, and stance. You've got it all here. Sorry for the late kudos. This one surely deserves it.

Another most Excellent build, Anton. you have a knack for making scale builds look exactly like the real car they are representing. And isn't that what it's all about anyway. you have figured it out for sure. Again, Awesome build.

Wow, Anton. I can hardly tell the difference between the real car and your build except for a few spots of different colors here and there and the number of course. Very excellent and clean build. You should definitely be proud about this one for sure.

Wow, Excellent build, Dale. Super clean and everything looks exactly right about it. Thanks for sharing it.

Wow, Gary. Carved from wood. This is truly amazing work. Nobody would know if you did not tell them. I must ask one question though, what about those amazing wheels and tires? How did you create them?

Great weathering on this build. Looks exactly the way it should after that long journey. Thats one thing I have never been good at, so I have stopped trying.

Be watching with great anticipation. That Vallejo air brush paint looks like it goes on very smoothly. Did you have to thin it at all or was it premixed just right for use?

Roll cage looking perfect, Pierre. I bet you're glad you found those excellent ref pictures.

Keep on keeping on, Andrew. This build has so many interesting points of interest. I will kind of be sad when its finished, but so looking forward to the final photos in the under-glass forum.

Thats great news, Helmut. I hope you will post us a link here to direct us there when it happens. Those roundels look perfect and no bleed through of the red through them which can happen sometimes if they are not opaque enough. Yours are perfect.

Thank you, Helmut. I really appreciate your input.

Got the track bar installed without glue so far, as well as the axel assembly itself just to make sure it will install properly. I will glue it in as an assembly after I get it painted and hopefully plumbed. Also want to install some chains on each truck arm that they used to limit travel of the axle.

Got the 2 rear shocks installed and removed the tire locating saddles. I just need to add a track bar, and the rear suspension will be finished, and I can get into the priming process for the chassis and all the parts that go on it. Then I can paint the individual parts and assemble them to the chassis. This model will be poseable with body on or off for the final photos just like a lot of Nascar kits are set up to do, which this is not. I still need to repaint the body because I messed it up from all the handling of it during mockups with the chassis. I guess I should have worn plastic gloves. It's surprising how much damage can be done with uncovered hands. Thats okay because I wasn't really happy with it in certain areas like the roof. Too much grit and some brush marks that I knew I would burn through if I tried to sand them too much.

Thanks, Pierre. I kinda surprised myself on this one. Coming out better than I thought it would on the rear end. finding those tiny ref pictures that I blew up really helped. There is really not a lot of info, especially pictures of IROC cars from under the hood or underneath. I had the same problem when I did this Gen2 Camaro a few years ago.

I can already tell this is going to be an awesome one to follow. You guys make resin look like child's play but for me it's a definite no, no.

Started on the shocks. I was able to figure out a way to put 2 shocks in front of the axle housing instead of 4 behind the axle housing. The real car had them split, 2 to the front and 2 to the rear. Tight fit but it will work.