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No problem for you Pierre. But black would be the toughest paint to brush on.

Wow, you finished this one quickly, Pierre, but with the same perfect results. Paint is smooth as ever and not a hint of a brush mark. Love the details you added like the driver. The chapparal gave chevy fans something to root for back in the sixtys when they were pretty much out of the game in Nascar.

Excellent job as always, Randy. Mr. September Oldsmobile. Probably the most important car Gant drove. I don't know why more of these models are not built. Yours is the best I've seen.

Excellent work on both builds, Dan. Especially the Rex White build who happens to be my favorite all time Nascar driver. I saw him race at Richmond in 1961 when it was still dirt. We actually got to come into the pit area after the race and touch the actual cars. I rubbed some dust off of Rex's car with a kleenex my mom gave me. I kept that kleenex forever but somehow in the transition of growing up and moving out to start my own life a lot of my old stuff got lost in the shuffle. I was 10 years old when we attended that race, my first ever live Nascar race.

Excellent build of an Iconic car. Really like your photo setup as well. Makes the model look 1:1.

Thanks, Steve, and thanks for your help on the build. I really appreciate it.

Thanks, Jim, Bob and Scott for your positive comments they are much appreciated.

Thanks, Terry. Just take your time and don't rush and it should go together okay for you. I watched a video of a guy putting one of these together very quickly and picked up a few mistakes that he would of had to deal with later when he realized he put the part in upside down. That can happen on this build.

Thanks, Steve, Tony, Bruce and Mathias. I really appreciate the kind words. And now its safely in its case on the shelf, right above its sister model. Now back to the sixty's where I belong.

Thanks, John. That really means so much coming from you, and I really appreciate it. I think you have probably seen the last of my new Nascar builds. I'm heading back to the really old stuff, fifty's, sixty's and seventy's now that Salvino's is resurrecting some seventy's stuff.

Thanks, Martin. I think if they would make the instructions a little clearer, it would be a lot more fun to build and a lot less chance of making a mistake. Sometimes the part numbers did not jive with what you're building so you had to figure out what they were talking about before you could do anything.

Here is the photo from COTA I used to model the melon. During my research I found out that Ross was 5 foot 9 inches. The melon turned out being 15 inches long. Must be a special tossing melon. A standard Florida watermelon is 20 to 24 inches long when ripe. That is according to google.

Thanks, Pierre. Don't think I will try that trick again because the microsol leaves a white residue if you don't get it off before it dries. you can use more microsol as a solvent to remove it, but it just adds another step in the finishing process. I'll be painting with real paint from now on. the microsol does not leave a residue on paint but it bites into the future. Yes, I did come very close to going mad with all those decals. I can see why some guys are making fantasy versions of these cars instead of using the big panel decals. These powerslide decals are very thick and take a lot of microsol to make them conform to curved surfaces like the fenders and nose.

Thanks, Jason. No, I don't want to do that one because I would have to destroy the right side of the car and I know nothing about making a model look damaged and make it look real. That takes some real talent that I have no clue how to do.

Thanks, Pierre.

Here is how the watermelon came together. the final pictures are in the Nascar underglass forum. link is below.

On March 27, 2022, Ross Chastain won his first cup race at COTA in Austin Texas. He battled with A.J. Allmendinger until dinger knocked him out of the way Then Alex Bowman Knocked him out of the way allowing Ross to take back the lead and win. The build took 94 hours to complete and I added the missing left roof rib cut down the rear spoiler to a 4 inch spoiler and added a wiper blade. i also did a dash and a switch plate on this build.

I did not know these we're available yet. Where did you get yours from? Super nice build. Was this your first nextgen model, and if not, did you notice any changes to the instructions? Thanks

Thanks, Jason. You gave me a lot of good info on these models when I was building both of them and I really appreciated it.

Thanks, Bob and Pierre. Bob you are right, the last coat of future did the trick, and the finish looks better than any paint job I ever did. But I won't be doing anymore just future paint jobs. I will post the finished build pictures for sure. It came out just as good as the first build. I might take a picture with both builds side by side just for grins. Another thing Salvino's needs to think about is how they package the parts. I had to use my wife's hair dryer to unwarp the hood, the body, and the chassis floor. The first kit did not have this bad warpage problem. I think that might be where some of the extra 6 hours came from. I also spent some time making a bonus part for the build that the first model did not have. and I added some stuff to the interior, the switch plate, that I did not do on the first one.

Wow, Pierre. you have done it again. The paint is deep and beautiful and the attention to detail is again through the roof. Such enjoyment it is to view this model. The design team at Jaguar were way ahead of their time coming up with this beautiful car and you certainly did it justice with your stunning build of it.

Finally finished and I'm really glad. This was not an enjoyable build at all. I kept making mistakes and it actually took me 6 hours longer to complete this one compared to the first one which is almost identical. I even lost a small decal but I'm not buying a whole new sheet just to get it. Needless to say, this is my last nextgen build. Looking forward to getting back to the old stuff. It's much more enjoyable.

That does look like it would be almost impossible to get that chassis to body on this model, but you did a fabulous job as always and the beauty of brush painting is that you will be able to fix the dash with nobody the wiser. I'm really looking forward to the major unveiling of this awesome build.

Two more things to do before I can do the final future coat. One is to get the rear body to chassis to snap together. I already did my little trick to get the front body to slide in under the radiator shroud. The other is to finish a part that has nothing to do with the model but has some significance to the back story of the project.

Fabulous work on the interior. Dash looks so real. Looks like you're pretty close to wrapping this baby up.