Gramps46

Great story. Thanks for sharing .

Just received my 156 F1 in the mail and quite frankly I am moved. I was a fan of Phil Hill and the model and pamphlet are very well done. Thank you Helmut for letting us know about them.

Many thanks for sharing.

Wow!

Back on the bench again and plan to finish up the GT40 spyder this week. This will be the last addition to my GT40 collection. O Oops, better fix the toe in.

In 1962 Chevrolet was preparing for the introduction of the new Sting Ray in the 1963 model year and wanted to draw attention with a racing version. Zora Duntov and his team designed and built 5 racing chassis with Sting Ray style body work. Unfortunately for Zora the American Automobile Manufacturers Association, including GM, banned manufactures from racing in 1963. Chevrolet went ahead with finishing their racers but made arrangements with trusted Corvette racers including Gulf Oil's vice president for research Grady Davis. The racers were named Grand Sports and the first race for chassis 004 was April 1963 at Maryland's Marlboro Raceway. This model is based upon 1/25 scale resin body transkit by Cheesecast, Historic Racing Miniature also did one, which could be used on either an MPC or AMT chassis. These transkits were released before Accurate Miniatures released a full kit in 1/24 scale of the 1964 Grand Sport version. This build used an MPC 1964 kit and joins my other Grand Sport Corvettes. There is a WIP post.

Well done indeed.

OK, found them on eBay in 1/24 scale. Gotta get the Phil Hill car at least.

Oh my!! What scale are these two? Very tempting. Thanks for posting them.

The next photos will be Under Glass. I still need to adjust the stance and add mirrors. I wanted to show the model as it raced at Marlboro Raceway in its first race but I do not have the correct numbers so #11 it is. Thanks to all for following along with this build.

More progress. Glass is in, taillights are in, fuel filler cap is in and most of the decals.

I know it looks kind of crude, but the clamp holds the window in place while the glue dries. Oops, like some paint touch up need.

I was ready to install the glass and the glass from the AMT and MPC spare parts kits did not fit, they were too small. I tried other Monogram and Revell 1/25 kits and found the 1/24 Penske '66 Sunoco windshield and rear window did fit with a bit of trimming. So now on to fitting and glueing the glass in.

After a few trials the body has the headlight covers added and the white paint finished. The photos are just mockups as the stance needs to be adjusted, and the windows and decal added.

Kidney Beans 😃 1/24: Strombecker ,Cheesecast, Historic Racing Miniatures, Aardvark

Mark, there is a story behind those Halibrands. I carved a Corvette SS and sent it to Andy Martin, Aardvark Models, who made a kit of it. I used the Strombecker Scarab Halibrands when I sent it to Andy. Andy was good friends with Cheesecast who used the same Halibrands on his Grand Sport transkit.

I am really digging this build. Saw the CROSAL version race in the day.

OK, on to the body. The resin body is pretty nice Cheesecast resin transkit. But there are some missing pieces. Rear brake scopes, taillights, gas cap, windshield and rear window, and the headlight covers. The Corvette C2 parts box came in handy including a front clip which yielded the headlight covers.

The engine compartment and interior are done. Now moving on to the body.

Made some progress in the last few days. After assessing my aged shaking hands, I think the engine compartment is just about done. The interior still needs seat belts, the big fuel tank, and a shifter. I have already shaved off the radio on the dash leg.

I like the Atlantic a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Good point. I tried that before and it worked well.

I checked the Accurate Miniates kit has a simple roll bar hoop and in the early photos one is visible.

The difference in scale between the Accurate Miniatures kit, 1/24 and the transkit 1/25 led me to use the MPC donor kit. Not accurate but easier. One mystery I have not solved yet is a roll bar, or not though it does have the birdcage like the production version. Harold Bradford also made a transkit in 1/25 scale.

I was sorting through my kit stash and came across this Cheescast 1/25 resin transkit of the earliest Corvette Grand Sport. Further searching found a MPC 1964 chassis and interior. One of my favorite kits due to the detail included. I also found a Fred Cady decal sheet which will work. This Corvette was raced in April 1963 driven by Dick Thompson for Grady Davis (Gulf Oil vice president for research) at the Marlboro racetrack in Maryland. the chassis and engine went together well except for the rear trailing arms which had to be removed because of the larger kit tires. A stock engine was used originally except for the aluminum bell housing and transmission case. The body was painted with spray can white. At first I thought the hood was missing the vent inserts but then found the inserts were not used on the real car. A trial fit of the body on the chassis is encouraging.