MarkJ

Excellent build to go along with the other excellent builds. What kit did you use for the Stott build?

Started on my next Nextgen kit but no need for a wip. Things are going much smoother on this one so I'm going to keep my own record of the build just to see if I can beat the 88.5 hours it took me on this build.

Don't know how I missed this. Excellent job, Randy. Looks flawless.

I could not find the wip pictures, but I basically took thin strips of .010 styrene sheets and glued them together and then added a wiper insert right down the middle of the narrow box, added a mounting deal and thats about it.

Neil, I think I took some wip pictures of making it so I will post them here if I can find them.

Forgot the front

More refs.

Thanks, Bruce. Make sure when you do the decals that you do all the big decals first. if there are any that border the grille opening, they will overlap the opening just a little bit so you have to put the grille decal on after you do those. I found that out the hard way.

Here is what the real car looked like.

It's free. But you have to buy a bunch of paint in dropper bottles sold by Vallejo and some high-quality artist brushes to get the paint to flow on properly. But you never have to worry abought orange peel or grainy paint or any of the other things that can happen when you are spraying. Thats why Pierre's paint jobs are always perfect. He has figured it out completely. i'm still working on it.

Thanks, John. They are not all that hard to build. You just have to make sure you put the parts in correctly. Some parts can be installed upside down, but if you do, then you cannot proceed because the next part has no place to go. I have to blame Trackhouse racing for giving me the incentive to build a couple of these. They came on the scene this year with two drivers that have really added a lot of excitement to the sport. I will eventually get back to the vintage cars after I get through with my next new one. Plus, they are kind of expensive.

Andrew, join the brush painter's society and you will never have a hair in the paint problem again.

I forgot to mention I had to make a wiper blade for it and a 4-inch half clear half black rear spoiler.

Thanks, Jason and also for checking in from time to time on the wip.

Thanks, Bruce. Now I know the things I won't have to paint on my next one because you can't see them. My next one is also a black car and the body comes black so I'm thinking about just futuring it instead of painting a black car black. I just wonder if the future will stick to unpainted styrene or if it might flake off. That would sure save a lot of time not having to paint the body.

Thanks, Steve. I appreciate you weighing in on the wip while it was going on.

Bob, actually there were three sheets. One was bigger than the other two. And they were excellent sheets. After I ordered the Elliot kit they made a Suarez kit but it wasnt the first win car.

I put the tip in the tips and tricks but it's about 10 posts down from the top and it's not in bold print.

You just need to make the parts below from styrene sheet material. I had to use 2 pieces of .020 sheet because it has to be .040 thick to work. What you're doing is getting the part you make to slide under the radiator extension duct. You install the body a smidge in front to allow this to happen and then slide it backwards into the correct position. there is enough leeway between front fender tire opening and tires to do this.

Finally finished. More pictures in the finished Nascar forum, Daniel Suárez

Finished my first Nextgen Camaro and I really enjoyed it. It took 88.5 hours, roughly about 2 months. This was Daniels first cup win car. He pretty much dominated the field for Trackhouse Racing at Sears Point. I came up with a way to hold the body to the chassis without gluing it. I will post the process in the tips and tricks forum. It's a pretty easy deal and it's not visible, except when you remove the body.

Wow, Andrew. You have some real master modeling going on here. At first, I had my doubts about this project, but it's going to be through the roof Awesome for sure.

Jed, I can describe it to you but it's better to show you with a picture. It works very well though. You will be surprised how simple the fix is.

Well, my first NextGen model is complete. I will try to take the final photos tomorrow. I really enjoyed building it. It took 88.5 hours to complete. I only had to make two scratch-built parts and device a system to hold the body to the chassis without gluing it. I will post it in the tips and tricks section after I post the final photos. Its a pretty easy solution . Its seems a shame to glue the body to the chassis hiding all the neat stuff some of you guys add to the chassis .

I hope you have better luck than I had. It did not turn out well on the model and I had to end up using future after all. I thought the test with the red truck body was good but not so much. It was more of a flat finish than a satin one.