This is the regular 2000 #8 Budweiser Monte Carlo driven by Dale
Earnhardt Jr. The kit was a 2000 Revell Jeff Gordon Monte Carlo and
the decals are again from JWTBM! This is the body I painted and
decalled last year and posted on my modeling forum along with those 3 #6
bodies and finally with the completion of this one they are up on the
site!
Painting and decals:
The chassis is standard light gray. The body interior was also
airbrushed with standard light gray. I then masked the body from the
inside and applied the testors model master guards red to the exterior
with my airbrush. After waiting the recommended 2 days I masked the
roof/pillar areas and applied the gloss black with my airbrush and flat
black on the skirts. Next came the decals! I started with the roof
number, the hood bud and bowtie and the trunk remington arms decals. I
then applied the white roof pinstripe and the white stripe under the
side windows and rear glass. Next to go on were the nose black/white
stripes, the side stripe/door number and the rear stripe decals. Then
the nose MONTE CARLO, the fender contingencies, the associate decals
behind the door numbers and the associate decals over the stripes on the
rear quarters. Lastly I applied the rear quarter Budweiser, the rear
panel Bud logo and the head and tail lights with the small #8's.
Over all of this I applied a coat of testors model master clear top coat
enamel with my airbrush. I then painted the center caps, the
hood/trunk pins and the fuel filler and applied the tire decals. The
same techniques used to pull the body down on my 2000 #8 Olympic and the
2001 #8 that I am currently working on (Tabs and trimming the raised
stiffening rails inside the body to allow the chassis to fit up into the
body more) were used here. Also the same technique used to narrow the
rear track on those two were used here as well.
Complete instructions for painting and assembly of chassis, clear
parts, and construction of slab sides can be found at the bottom of the main page!