2022 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

[thebavarian]

While waiting for my aluminum parts, I started my first NASCAR kit from Salvino's JR Models. 
I'm a bit nervous about all the decals and whether they'll fit into all the joints and recesses without any problems. 
I'm especially thinking about the ventilation slots on the hood...

How the choice and desire to build the model came about:
My daughter lived since 6 years in South Florida. During our visit in fall 2022, I watched the playoff of the professional NASCAR series with her and her boyfriend 
at the NASCAR Speedway Homestaed/Florida, which took place on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022. The winner of the race was Kyle Larson in a 2022 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 
with number 5. I found this model at the homepage of Salvinos and I want to built this car.

Abaout my first kit from this producer: It is not always immediately clear where a part belong to. The molding ist not perect(always a joy with round pieces). 
I painted the engine according to the instructions with 5 different metal tones. You should be able to remove the body at the end to look at the interior, 
but I don't trust to this option. The biggest setback for me was that when assembling the interior, the hole for 2 pins on the first part 
(which was actually a good assembly specification) was wrong by almost 2 millimeters. Thank God all the parts were "only" fixed with superglue 
and I was able to break them apart again. After assembling the engine, I was able to test the 6 fixed points on the floor plate 
that were intended for assembling the whole interieur... and it fit exactly.

I hope you understand my explanations in English. I write it in parts with the help of Google translator to practice the language for my next visit in Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Toast]

Great start! That's a perfect reason to build the car. It will be a cool memory attached to your finished kit.

I also have one of these kits and have yet to start it. There are lots of in progress builds in this forum so scroll through the pages and you'll find some valuable info for building these kits.

[thebavarian]

Thak you for the tip Ryan. There is a link to a good video on YouTube.

I printed the wheels with a photoetched mask. It`s not perfect, but for me better than the decals. And I continued the rollcage and the exhaust of the motor.

 

 

 

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Coming along nicely. You're doing a good job.

[MarkJ]

Great start, Thomas. I can tell it will be a fine-looking build.