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Your master cylinder is a great little model in its own right

Great project of a great Deuce

I have found it very interesting and often frustrating finding details on the differences between the Garage 56 Camaro and a regular NASCAR Cup Camaro. I have moved the fuel filler to right side rear window and in doing so wanted to find out more about the fuel tank location. I have scoured the internet for information and photos. I did find this at Car & Driver - Safety regulations required Hendrick Motorsports to mount the fuel tank—normally in the rear of a Cup car—amidships in a horseshoe configuration around the gearbox and encased in carbon fiber. The tank holds 32.0 gallons, 12.0 more than a Cup car. This sounds sort of like the fuel tanks in the rear drive R-Corvettes. I eventually found a video with some views behind the passenger compartment bulkhead but could not make out any real details. The trunk was open in this video and there definitely is not a fuel tank like in a CUP car but there is this interesting looking device which appears to be a cooler probably for the transaxle which ended up being the weak link on the Garage 56. The transaxle had to be replaced during the race and it sure would have been interesting to see how they did it.

Beautiful. Both of your modes brought back memories. I have a relative who had at 37 Packard Coupe for many decades and made numerous road trips in it. In April I stayed at place in Ventura California called Waypoint that has about 20 stationary restored big vintage trailers they rent to overnight guests.

Thanks Ken for the information. It was bound to happen. I was just doing some more work on my model and thought of checking out the Salvino website to see what was new. I have done a number of projects in the past when a kit or conversion was released before I completed my build. Had and am having fun though.

I am attempting to build a model of the NASCAR Camaro that raced at the recent 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. I have a WIP thread under Other Racing [see link below] but I am curious as to your comments regarding the real car and any guidance you can offer in terms of building the Salvinos JR kit. This is a test shot of prototype decals printed on paper and stuck on with Scotch Tape. The conversion requires a number of modifications Open up headlight and grill areas and install 3D grills and headlights Extend front splitter Add front dive planes Add side mirrors Add rear canards Fill fuel filler on left rear fender Add fuel filler to right side rear window Extend rear diffuser and add two more strakes Replace steering wheel with one more rectangular with control buttons Add paddle shifters eliminating stick shift Add tow rings front and rear

I had a very productive day at the bench yesterday so in addition to getting the headlights started I also made modifications to the undertray. I extended the front splitter a scale 2 inches. I n back I extended the rear diffuser a scale three inches and added two additional strakes

The headlights on the Garage 56 Camaro are very cool looking multi element LEDs. My solution to try to represent them was to use the grills from 3 Ala Kart kits I had been using for spare parts. The solid pieces will be painted satin black and only a selected number of the clear bits will be visible backed by chrome foil, The four headlight areas will be covered with clear plastic.

I missed this thread the first time around so here are three of my models based on the AMT kit which was maybe the last kit I started but did not finish as a teenager in the mid-1960's FIA Targa Florio Dan Gurney/Gerry Grant Alan Grant Coventry Motors Cobra Team Cobra #1 Road & Track cover car, long trunk, inboard real brakes, different dash, left side fuel filler, pearlescent yellow And now for something completely different - a Topolino Cobra

Beautifully built Boss.

Always a favorite and yours is especially well done in all respects

Very well done chop and channeling with a great stance

Your Deuce Coupe illustrates what a good looking model can be built directly from the box and enhanced with some personal touches.

Thanks Dan - I knew the livery was going to be a challenge with this model so today I decided to see if I could manipulate the images I downloaded from the internet to work as decals. What you see is my first attempt printed on paper and stuck on with Scotch Tape. Looks promising I think

Thanks. The great thing about camping is that there is time for everything !!

Thanks Claude Yes the body is molded in the sand color.

I am looking really forward especially to your builds of the Lamborghinis and Maserati

I have started the modification and it looks like I will only be using the grills from the diecast although its underbody provides a demo rolling chassis. I have got an idea of how to represent the distinctive multi element LED headlights. Below the photo is a list of additional modifications I will be attempting. Extend front splitter Add front dive planes Add side mirrors Add rear canards Fill fuel filler on left rear fender Add fuel filler to right side rear window Add more strakes to rear diffuser Replace steering wheel with one more rectangular with control buttons Add paddle shifters eliminating stick shift

Thanks guys - Previously I have built two VW vans. Sometime in the 1980’s before I considered myself a car modeller I put together the Revell Vanagon era Westfalia with a minimal amount of painting. More recently the grandkids and I clicked together right out of the box with no painting at all the Airfix Lego-like Split Window which looks a lot like my old 1/1. So, this current build continues my trend of building VW vans with the least amount of painting. I still have three VW van kits in my stash – all split windows. One is the excellent Revell of Germany Camper which I plan to build box stock. I also have Revell and Hasegawa Micro-buses. I can’t make up my mind whether I should build one as a replica of my old 1/1 or as I wished it could have been. Maybe I will do both.

Excellent and interesting build. Years ago I remember seeing a VW pickup with the fold down sides with a tent trailer removed from its frame mounted on the back of the VW which made a very effective fold away camper rig.

Every summer I try to find a model car project that I can work on while camping. This summer I figured what could be better than building a camper while camping - namely the excellent Revell of Germany easy-click bay window VW Westfalia Camper Van. The model was built over 4 days in campsite. I did not keep track of time spent but it must have been at least 6 hours and maybe as much as 8. The 18 pages of instructions are very well produced and need to be followed for a successful build. My supplies consisted of an Exacto knife, a sprue cutter and black, silver, red and orange Sharpie pens. If I had studied the instructions before departing, I would have also taken a brown Sharpie for some of the interior panels. Virtually no glue was used during assembly, although I finally glued a mudflap and licence plate that kept falling off. The click system works exceptionally well. I am extremely impressed with the engineering of this kit and how well everything fits together. There are five opening components – the 2 front doors, the sliding side door, the rear hatch, and the engine compartment door. When closed they stay tight with very realistic gaps. The kit comes with water slide decals and stickers. Both are very high quality printed in Italy. For my campsite build I only used the stickers although I may later add the decal upholstery and mud flap emblems. As suggested by Tim K in his MCM article, I did chrome foil the hubcap on the spare. This was a very pure model car building experience – simple yet satisfying.

Yes bravo. It was a great accomplishment for all involved.

Totally agree. A number of times in the past I have tried doing my own conversions only to have a proper kit become available. Like I said in the opener I am just trying for a reasonable facsimile with my build but it should be a fun challenge

Both of those cars were at Le Mans this year in a Garage 56 museum. Check out the video on Racer.com

I will say it again when you post your creation Under Glass - this is Grade A Number One Primo. I love it. Very well built and so cool.