Sebring 12 Hours 1964 Proposed group build thread

[absmiami]

Some more primer on the body - need a smoother transition fr the fender to the deck - where the tail used to be ..

[absmiami]

And some minor tweeks to the surface of the bonnett …

[absmiami]

Model Master beat out Zero paints for the color coat - but I’m impressed w the Zero aluminum paint ….  Looks good under the bonnett - i’ll use it on the interior and the bottom of the car too … similar to alclad - mite be a little easier to use …

[Phildaupho]

Grand Sport #4 - The most distinctive feature of the Hall/Penske Corvette Grand Sport as it raced in the 1964 Sebring race was that it ran two differential oil coolers rather than the usual single center mount. The original Model Car Garage Detail kit came with a single resin oil cooler which was cast by Replicas & Miniatures. This part has not been in the R&M catalogue for a number of years.  These oil coolers were standard GM parts. I did  a fair amount of searching through my stash and on-line but could not come up with anything I could use or acquire. There was a big dump of snow here over night so other than shoveling it was an indoors day. I made two coolers up with 2mm wide Evergreen Styrene flat stock and the most supple wire I had. They still need some finessing but once painted and mounted on brackets I think they will look OK. I did remove the cast on center oil cooler and drilled holes where the mounts would have attached and for the oil lines. I also removed the Grand Sport script which will be replaced with photo-etch.

[absmiami]

Yup

[absmiami]

https://bringatrailer.com/2022/12/02/video-inspiration-target-200-the-early-history-of-the-ford-gt40/

remember that poster car that i posted on an early page ??

here's an excellent video of the early development of the GT40

posted on BaT ...

 

 

 

[absmiami]

Time for some paint - im pleased with the color ….  

[absmiami]

The kit directions specifically said to not leave body hair on the roof when you spray the color coat - but I’m directions-challenged - so i may need a re-do on the roof- we’ll see …

[absmiami]

This is basically two light coats  - the second sprayed within five minutes of the first - very little grain and smooth/consistent - thinned Model Master air brushes very nicely  -  might be able to polish it without sanding. - I don’t have much stock- I’ll miss it - 

[absmiami]

Repeat after me, e n a m e l ….

[absmiami]

No Vikings were harmed in the painting of this Cobra … 

[afx]

Color looks good Andrew.

[MarkJ]

  On 12/22/2022 at 4:43 AM, absmiami said:

The kit directions specifically said to not leave body hair on the roof when you spray the color coat - but I’m directions-challenged - so i may need a re-do on the roof- we’ll see …

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Andrew, join the brush painter's society and you will never have a hair in the paint problem again. 

[absmiami]

  On 12/22/2022 at 2:09 PM, MarkJ said:

Andrew, join the brush painter's society and you will never have a hair in the paint problem again. 

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What are the dues ??

[absmiami]

I noticed that the desk lamp light effects the photo color - when the Cobra was wheeled into the sun light this AM and photographed w the same device - I phone - the blue is much bluer … 

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

The wh base is within an inch …

[absmiami]

https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-718-w-rs-spyder/

link to a very good description of the unique factory Porsche entry - # 41 - the one and only '63 718 WRS spyder  

its sleeker than the 59-60  718 spyders  -  

probably would have to be a scratch-build ...

but what a great looking sports car ...

would love to see some 3 view drawings of this car ...

[Gramps46]

  On 12/22/2022 at 6:45 PM, absmiami said:

The wh base is within an inch …

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Just drop the body in your tote bag and drop it off at my house.  That will open up some bench space for you.

[MarkJ]

  On 12/22/2022 at 6:37 PM, absmiami said:

What are the dues ??

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It's free. But you have to buy a bunch of paint in dropper bottles sold by Vallejo and some high-quality artist brushes to get the paint to flow on properly. But you never have to worry abought orange peel or grainy paint or any of the other things that can happen when you are spraying. Thats why Pierre's paint jobs are always perfect. He has figured it out completely. i'm still working on it.

[Pierre Rivard]

Color looks good Andy. Which of the paint did you end up using. Anyhow it looks mighty good, more grayish blue than the mix I did for Miles' Cobra. I think you got it right!

[absmiami]

 Hard to find/get now - but a small local hobby store had some left over Model Master paint stock - i mixed the interior blue metallic w some aluminum …. Didnt measure but its about 3 to 1 - the blue is close to a Mecom blue - then thinned w enamel thinner - enough to get it out of my Pasche air brush …  still laughing about the roof hair -

i realized that I painted about 6 hours after getting a haircut - note to abs - no haircuts on the days that you paint !!

[Pierre Rivard]

Problem solved!

 

[absmiami]

My favorite pro wrestler! 
watched him play college football back in the eighties - he was a defensive end on the hurricanes ! 

[absmiami]

Gramps - did Shelby ever prep a GT40 in Viking Blue ? … ??

cobra cooper 

Cobra roadster

daytona coupe

GT40 ??