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Thank you for your kind words. It's very encouraging!

Thank you for your reply. For the roll cage pads, I'm using heat-shrink tubing with a diameter of 1.5mm. I'm thinking of trying a slightly thicker material, such as urethane tubing or silicone tubing with an inner diameter of around 2mm.

Thank you for your reply. It's not such a detailed modification or alteration, but I'm glad to hear you feel that way.

Everyone, thank you so much for always checking out the kits I build!

Following my previous post about Dale Earnhardt's Wrangler Jeans colored Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aero Coupe, I've now built the Wrangler Jeans colored Ford Thunderbird he drove during the 1982 season. The base kit is Revell-Monogram's Thunderbird Legends Combo, and the decals are Power Slide's #208 “1982-84 #15 WRANGLER FORD THUNDERBIRD”. For this build, I assembled the kit almost entirely as-is, with the exception of the additional modifications and changes listed below. ●Body Filled door panel seam lines with putty; enlarged left headlamp cover air inlet and added etched mesh; added vent hose outlet pipe to left rear body panel; added trunk lid seam line; installed homemade rear spoiler made from plastic sheet and embedded 3D-printed rivets; relocated and enlarged fuel filler port; added etched mesh to radiator grille ●Chassis Added safety pads and headrests to the roll cage ●Engine & Drivetrain Added spark plug wires, fuel lines, oil filter, and oil lines ●Suspension & Wheels Added 3D-printed 5-spoke wheels, disc brakes, and air valves ●Cockpit Modified the shape of the kit's window net after detaching it The body was sprayed with Tamiya Super Surfacer (Gray) and Fine Surfacer (White), followed by TS-16 Yellow and TS-93 Pure Blue. After an overcoat with TS-13 Clear, decals were applied. Once the decals were fully dry, another overcoat of TS-13 Clear was applied, then finished by polishing with compound. While the above additions and modifications do not faithfully reproduce the actual car Dale Earnhardt drove, like the previous Aero Coupe, I felt it captured the essence of a NASCAR race car from that era reasonably well. Therefore, I have completed its construction.

Thank you for your kind words. Your replies are a great encouragement to me.

Thanks, Mark W. Images of the NASCAR race cars I currently build can be found abundantly online. While using these images as references to add details and make modifications, I always keep scale and the extent of modifications in mind.

Thank you both for your replies. This AMT kit does such a great job of reproducing the real car's body design that converting it to NASCAR spec was a fun project.

Thank you both for your replies!

There's nothing special about the setup. I just attach it to the roll cage by sticking thin strips of double-sided tape to the top and bottom of the window net. Since it's easy to attach and remove, I've been using this method all the time lately.

I'm always happy to receive your replies.

Thank you all for your replies. I worked hard to build it while looking at many images online.

Thank you for your reply. I worked hard to build it while looking at many images online.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

It's a very beautiful finish !