Earnhardt Jr. isnt going to be #8 for very much longer, Hes leaving his fathers company (Dale Earnhardt Encorporated) and hes going to Hendrek Motor Sports and will be Jeff Gordons and Jimmie Johnsons team mates along with all the other Hendrick Drivers.
We will know his new number in the next couple weeks, it will most likely be #81 but Earnhardt Jr. has yet to decide if he wants that number for sure or not. Dale Earnhardt Encorporated has yet to sign a new driver for the #8 car, we should also know who that will be in the next coming few weeks.
One thing is for sure, all this changing teams is going to throw everything off, especially Earnhardt Jr.'s merchendise stuff as he will no longer be #8 therefor his old stuff with his old # will no longer be of value. All of Earnhardt Jr.'s Merchendise is currently half price right now so if your a collector and you like Nascar and Earnhardt Jr., now is your time to buy lol.
Just thought I would throw this out there, I know we have a few Nascar fans here on the Gauge and we have the Nascar Fantacy Poll too.
Sorry I couldnt be more of a help with finding 1/43 scale models