#8 Kyle Busch Rebel Bourbon Chevy Camaro COTA 2025

[Alby Moore]

Hi All,

This will be my build thread for Kyle Busch's #8 Rebel Bourbon Chevy Camaro ZL1 that he drove in the Cup Series race from Circuit of the Americas in 2025. The base kit is a Salvinos JR Ross Chastain JOCKEY Camaro with decals from both Powerslide and 3 Amigos Decals. I've been sitting on a multitude of 3D printed parts from Jaye's Model Garage as well as other NASCAR-specific aftermarket parts I'll be throwing into this build.

The real car. Busch dominated the race by leading 42 laps, but faded in the end and had to settle for a 5th place finish.

The base kit and Powerslide decal set-

Graphics layout-

Thanks for following along.

 

[Alby Moore]

One of my favorite upgrades to do on these Salvinos JR NASCAR 7th Gen kits is replacing the fuel filler inlet molded into the body with a significantly superior 3D printed inlet from Jaye's Model Garage. The filler inlet molded to the body lacks detail and the port is way too shallow in depth.

I drilled out the molded-in inlet and cleaned up the area with a rounded sanding stick. To replicate the fuel filler neck, I cut a small section of 5.56mm x .355mm aluminum tubing and superglue it roughly into the opening. After sanding the aluminum tubing flush with the quarter panel, I fill any gaps around the tubing. Once satisfied with the installation of the filler neck, I punched a circle of sheet styrene and glued it into the tubing at the desired depth for the inlet itself.

Here's how the fuel filler looks installed from the exterior-

And from inside the body-

The modified fuel filler inlet versus the body out of box-

Thanks for looking.