MarkJ

I have found two parts on the trees that are not in the instructions anywhere. One part is number 17 and it looks like a hose. The other part is number 72. It's a white part and it kind of looks like a milk bottle. If any of you guys know what they are for or just extras not used on the model let us know here please. Thanks.

Instruction box 23. I'm not going to glue the air cleaner down so I can take pictures of what's left to see of the engine in my final photos of the build. I'm also not going to glue the window net on for the same reason. Both parts stay put just with gravity to take pictures of them. When they are in the case, I will just let gravity hold them on too. I'm also going to see if I can get away without gluing the body to the chassis. Looks like it might be a possibility

Instruction box 22

Instruction box 21. Too bad they didn't mold the diamond shaped support in white. I will try to paint it without messing up everything around it.

Instruction box 20. Too bad they didn't mold the hoses in black

Steve, I just happened to be at that point now in the build and will surely take your advice on installing, before painting, and using the plastic welder. The kind I'm using has a little lag time on it of about a minute before it gets firm. I'm just too slow to use that stuff you and Clay Kemp use. I will keep Jay's parts in mind for my next build. They look like some very nice items.

Wow, Mack. Thanks for those ref pics. They are just what I have been looking for. I have definitely made that a favorite for future builds.

Thanks, David. The problem is finding a ref picture of the switch plate for the car I'm building has turned up with nothing. I guess these teams are very secretive about the way they do things that are allowed by Nascar.

Instruction box 19

Instruction box 18.

Thanks David and Mack. I learned something new today. So, are the switch plates the same or are they also left up to the individual teams? I promised myself this would be an oob build but there are three things on the body I have to fix so I don't know if I want to do a dash pad and a switch plate.

Thanks, David for the feedback. It looks like the original dash pad was white also. That must have really been a glare inducer.

Thanks, Mack and Steve for clearing that up for me. It would have been a lot easier if they had just molded it in black. I guess I need to go ahead and paint the piece between it and the rear firewall as well. Thanks again, and Mack, if you have any more ref pictures you would like to share, like the dash and switch plate, those would be great to see as well, and feel free to post them here.

Thanks Steve. I have a question for you or anybody else reading this. The rear deck that goes over the fuel tank is molded in white, but the instructions say to paint it black. I wonder if anybody has a picture of the rear deck in an actual NextGen car. Finding ref pictures for these cars is very hard. Thanks, if anybody can post a picture here.

Instruction box 17

Instruction box 16

This is what the model looks like, halfway through the build, 15 of 29 instructions have been completed.

Here are the pictures for instruction box 15.

I got instruction box 15 done yesterday. I forgot to take a picture of the parts involved in that box, but they were the Petty and Earnhardt bars along with the fire extinguisher bottles and the top part of the cage. I ran out of time to take pictures of the finished instruction box but will try to do it today. that one was a little challenging to say the least. There are so many glue points, and some are hard to see much less get glue on them. I had to start with the rear of the cage and move forward. The two bars coming up from the floor are hard to do because you can't see the holes they go into. I finally got it done after much cussing and discussing with myself about how much finger dexterity I have lost over the years. I previewed the instructions ahead and they look a lot easier then these first 15 have been. So, I'm hoping to coast easy to the finish of the chassis and then go onto the body. Overall this kit has proved not to be as daunting as I thought it would be and the next one, I do depending on my memory, should be a lot easier. Well, you'd think it should. I will find out.

This covers the 14th instruction box. the fire extinguishers are in this box but just for the paint instructions. They are installed in the 15th box. I had removed the 2 items you see painted during this part of the build. Clay Kemp had recommended removing them with a razor saw painting them and then installing them back. I think on future builds I will just paint them without removing them. If you get some red on the rear bulkhead you can scrape it off easily with an exacto blade because I see no reason to paint the white bulkhead white. I might hit it with some clear.

This is the 13th instruction box. I also painted and assembled the wheels and tires. I also did some touch up around the chassis that I have been putting off. Some of the stuff was hard to get to. A picture showing that will be in the next entry.

I believe this is the one Childress and Trackhouse cars use.

Thanks, Bruce. Glad Im not the only one having trouble deciphering the instrutions.

So true, Jason. I did too. Anybody who wants to do one of these kits should watch it first.

I found a really good video that covers the Nextgen car pretty well. Click on the graphic below