My current build. Not Nascar but very close

[MarkJ]

Got the track bar installed without glue so far, as well as the axel assembly itself just to make sure it will install properly. I will glue it in as an assembly after I get it painted and hopefully plumbed. Also want to install some chains on each truck arm that they used to limit travel of the axle.

[Volzfan59]

Your attention to detail and scratch building skills are nothing short of amazing to me.

[MarkJ]

Thank you, Steve. I always appreciate your kind words.

[MarkJ]

When I get semi close to the end of a build, I make check lists, so I don't forget anything. First one is for things that still need to be made. Second one is for priming and painting everything and the third is to assemble everything hopefully in the right order. Plus, with every check of the list you get some reassurance that your almost there. I started this build in September of 2023 and really looking forward to finally finishing it. Please pardon the poor penmanship.

[MarkJ]

Added two bars from the support for the truck arms to right in front of the rear wheel openings.

[MarkJ]

Had to make a cooling fan powered by the engine. I had made an electric fan to use but the ref picture I used was from Dodge Avenger that was used in IROC in 1994. The Camaro in 1989 still used the engine 4 blade fan like was used in the cup series that year. I recently found a ref picture showing that. The rest of the cars are basically the same except for the body and engine. It was the same banjo chassis for both makes.

[MarkJ]

Had to paint some jewelry twine for hoses on the engine and to plumb from the fuel filter in the trunk to the engine and some jewelry bead cord for spark plug wires. I used Revell chrome to paint the twine and roughed up the bead cord with some 3200 polishing pad and then primed and painted it with a mix of Vallejo acrylic paint. I need light blue wires. Also finished and installed the fan to the engine.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Man, you've gone way "over the top" on this detailing. Super job!

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Donato. I made the spark plug wire too thick and had to redo them at .5 mm. I made a battery box and need to make a differential cooler but have no good ref photos.  At least I will have one and nobody knows what it actually looks like but Ray Evernham. The seats is in the way of seeing the battery box so I will just have to guess.

[MarkJ]

I had to fix the floor on the model underneath so there would be a place to put the exhaust screen for the differential cooler. I also started on the cooler.

[MarkJ]

Got the rear end cooler done and the screen under the car where the heat leaves.

[MarkJ]

Some genius at Revell thought it would be cool to mold the wipers into the windshield. Anybody got an idea how I can remove them without ruining the windshield? Also, I added the windshield support straps. I left the bottoms loose so I can remove the dash till final chassis assembly. the straps flex out of the way.

[jh63fan]

For the wipers, I would tape right above them to protect the rest of the glass, and file them off. I imagine those cars had a black border around the edge of the windshield.

[MarkJ]

For the wipers, I would tape right above them to protect the rest of the glass, and file them off. I imagine those cars had a black border around the edge of the windshield.

Thanks JH. I will give that a try and check to see if there was a black border under where the wipers sit on this kind of Camaro.

[MarkJ]

As it turns out these cars did have a black border all the way around the windshield and the wipers actually sat on the black border at the bottom. This made it easy to remove the wipers because I had to add the black border. I also finished the windshield supports that were oddly put mostly in the drivers view. I guess they were also meant as protection for the driver. I fixed the small radiator brackets that I keep breaking off while working on the chassis. They are very tiny and break off easily. I will probably break them off again before final assembly of the chassis.