TransAmMike Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Mark, is your build gonna have stripes (or a stripe) front to back. If so, decals or painted on. I'm thinking a single stripe down the middle of my '63. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 On 3/7/2021 at 7:06 PM, TransAmMike said: Mark, is your build gonna have stripes (or a stripe) front to back. If so, decals or painted on. I'm thinking a single stripe down the middle of my '63. Mike , This was probably one of the most plain jane looking grand sports to ever race. So no on the stripes. But if I did have to do them, they would have been decals. I'm not really good at masking and painting stripes or even two tone paint jobs for that matter. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) On 3/6/2021 at 9:31 AM, MarkJ said: Thanks , Josh. I have no idea what that thing is or what function it serves. It kinda looks like a periscope but I'm thinking it might be something for cooling something. But I really haven't got a clue .Its facing the wrong way to be a fuel tank vent. Not sure either but here are larger photos. It is present in period photos as well. Edited March 9, 2021 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) That #2 car is sure a beautiful race car. That picture for reference is pretty awesome. I didn't realize those rear brake cooling scoops (if that's what they are) were so big. Edited March 9, 2021 by TransAmMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, afx said: Not sure either .... It is present in period photos as well. It looks almost like a Schraeder valve, but what would it go too?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Venom said: It looks almost like a Schraeder valve, but what would it go too?? The Grand Sports had hydraulic jacking systems, but they were behind that plate in the front fender. You could hook up compressed air at a fitting like you see for an air tool . I guess the side pipes would have been crushed if they tried to use a regular floor jack. A shrader valve there makes no sense to me either. I'm thinking that blue Grand Sport pictured above might be a reproduction. There are a few things like the fuel filler that are not like the cars from 57 years ago. But they did an awesome job on it. Edited March 10, 2021 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Holy Smoke!!! Just found this and went through all 5 pages in detail. I could not 10% of what you can do Mark! One of 2 things will happen here, you make it through and get the trophy for builder of the year or this project makes you go Howard Hughes mad! 🤪 Courage my friend. You'll get through this immense challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Wow, Pierre. I thought you could never find this thread buried down here. I'd say your 53 Ford with all the things in the bed and the weathered Black widow are more in line for recieving Builder of the Year, then this hacked up puttied up creation. I have 32 more steps to do, to finish . So at 2 days a step, I'm probably looking at 2 more months till completion, if i don't go Howard Hughes crazy first. Thanks for the props and the new ideas about painting, which i hope I can figure out to some degree of success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Some more stuff done. I have to do some more work on the pipes clamps , and the dash has to have the hoods removed and also the glove box door . the interior needs a deck installed behind the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 The seats and door trim are not right but that's looking like too much work to get that done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Venom Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Mark, I’m learning a lot as I watch this thread... at first when I saw you hack up that undercarriage I thought, “what in the world?”, and then saw how nice it came out after you did your thing. I’m new to watching these WIP’s and yours is helping me to see how the process works ... you got to get ugly and just get down to it, and that’s what you do, gradually morphing this thing into an awesome race car. Cool stuff, keep it up!👍 Those headers look great! ... dash too. Edited March 15, 2021 by Venom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Venom said: Mark, I’m learning a lot as I watch this thread... at first when I saw you hack up that undercarriage I thought, “what in the world?”, and then saw how nice it came out after you did your thing. I’m new to watching these WIP’s and yours is helping me to see how the process works ... you got to get ugly and just get down to it, and that’s what you do, gradually morphing this thing into an awesome race car. Cool stuff, keep it up!👍 Those headers look great! ... dash too. Thanks , Josh. These amt kits always seem to have the molded in stock exhaust and suspensions so you have to remove at least some of it or you can go crazy and remove all of it' but that isnt really worth it. So I just try to remove the obvious stuff that would look ridiculous if you kept it. Like the exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 I'm going to say the engine is done. I wanted to dull it down some and wanted to by the vallejo matt varnish , but h.l. was out of it ,so I bought the satin varnish, but it did not dull it down enough. I will try the other h.l. in the area and see if they have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 The engine looks good Mark👍 One time, with silvery parts like those, I got cool results by spraying very light misting of black paint through the airbrush ... just super light passes and not getting too close with it ... mostly it just dirties the surface appearance to whatever extent you want to go, and I suppose that using matte black would also dull out the sheen a bit, but if you were to do it you might want to remove the headers so they could be done separately, or not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Venom said: The engine looks good Mark👍 One time, with silvery parts like those, I got cool results by spraying very light misting of black paint through the airbrush ... just super light passes and not getting too close with it ... mostly it just dirties the surface appearance to whatever extent you want to go, and I suppose that using matte black would also dull out the sheen a bit, but if you were to do it you might want to remove the headers so they could be done separately, or not at all. Thanks, Josh, but whatever I do from now on will not involve spraying . I'm all in with just using a brush from now on. I think if I can get the matt varnish it will give me the results I want. Thanks again for the comment.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, MarkJ said: Thanks, Josh, but whatever I do from now on will not involve spraying . I'm all in with just using a brush from now on. I think if I can get the matt varnish it will give me the results I want. Thanks again for the comment.. Oh that’s right ... I forgot that you had mentioned that you were going to be trying new methods with brushes only..👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 14 hours ago, Venom said: Oh that’s right ... I forgot that you had mentioned that you were going to be trying new methods with brushes only..👍👍 Yup, I'm still on board with it. One thing I have realized is the masking for a two tone paint job will be a lot easier because there is no overspray. Also i will never have to clean my airbrush again and I can wash my brushes in the sink with Dawn. No toxic chemicals involved at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Another option for the engine, following up on Josh’s suggestion, would be to use the premixed washes from Tamiya (enamel based) or the range of Vellejo washes (acrylic based) that are applied with a brush. It would deepen the recesses and create greater depth to the engine. Cheers Misha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) . Edited March 25, 2021 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Mark, it looks even better with the extra details ... I was just noticing the Venturi tubes for the first time. What did you make those out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 11 hours ago, Venom said: Mark, it looks even better with the extra details ... I was just noticing the Venturi tubes for the first time. What did you make those out of? I had to cheat a little on those . The 1/25 scale amt webers had to be drilled out first and then there was not much room for any kind of tubing that I had. I did not want to go through the side of the chrome intake part of the weber. I had to use a solid piece of styrene rod paint it bronze and then put a touch of black paint at the end of the rod to simulate a hollow tube. They dont make a drill bit small enough to drill out that size rod. I wanted to do what you did to your webers but they just weren't big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 5 hours ago, MarkJ said: I had to cheat a little on those . The 1/25 scale amt webers had to be drilled out first and then there was not much room for any kind of tubing that I had. I did not want to go through the side of the chrome intake part of the weber. I had to use a solid piece of styrene rod paint it bronze and then put a touch of black paint at the end of the rod to simulate a hollow tube. They dont make a drill bit small enough to drill out that size rod. I wanted to do what you did to your webers but they just weren't big enough. Looks convincing in the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TransAmMike Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Nice start on the interior Mark, the dash and seats look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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