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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 7:46 am Post subject: 1963 Roger Penske Grand Sport Corvette |
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Finally finished after 231.5 hours . I always wanted to do this build since I was a 13 year old kid. I was into auto racing big time, and about the only source I had for news and pictures were magazines. I had a subscription to Sports Car Graphic, Motor Trend and Car and Driver. Whenever there was anything in a magazine about racing , I would cut it out and put the pictures and story in 2 scrap books. One for Stock car racing and one for Sports car racing and Indy cars. I still have the scrap books today but they are falling apart from age. I just happened to be thumbing through the sports car scrap book and spotted the story about Roger Penske's victory at the Nassau Tourist Trophy race in the Bahamas in 1964. His Grand Sport looked so awesome, I knew I had to finally build a replica of it. Turns out the race was a battle between him and Ken Miles of "Ford vs. Ferrari" fame. Mile's 390 Cobra could pull away from Penske in the straights but Penske's Grand sport would catch up in the turns. Miles Cobra finally blew up trying to stay ahead of the powerful and nimble Corvette. I learned alot about the car. It had a 377 cubic inch all aluminum engine with 4 weber side draft carbs and hemi heads . It basically was a 327 stroked a quarter of an inch to get to 377. it pumped out 485 horsepower. This is an amt kit because I did not know there was a much better kit, until I started the build and was informed of this, so I had to do a lot of scratch building. The wip link is at the bottom of this page.
If you want to see the wip check out the link below
http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/159051-1964-scca-corvette-wip/ |
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Bill J
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 393
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Mark, always love your work and this COrvette is about as nice as a model gets. Plus you went the hard route to get there. A winner all around.
I always learn from your buildiing, thanks for sharing |
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hemiman_1999
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 296
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 8:50 am Post subject: |
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WOW what a great build FANTASTIC |
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1983 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Very nicely done!!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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sentsat71
Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Posts: 1237 Location: Fenton, IA
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 10:37 am Post subject: |
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All I can say is...
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
_________________ Ed. K |
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Tom M. Board Moderator
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 606
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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That's a fantastic job on converting that AMT!
The 377 is a half inch stroker in the 327 block, 3.75" stroke and 4" bore. My brother ran one (but not aluminum, just a normal cast iron 327 block) in a Supermodified in the mid '60s before the factory ever made a 350 engine. |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Tom M. wrote: | That's a fantastic job on converting that AMT!
The 377 is a half inch stroker in the 327 block, 3.75" stroke and 4" bore. My brother ran one (but not aluminum, just a normal cast iron 327 block) in a Supermodified in the mid '60s before the factory ever made a 350 engine. |
actually I read that a 327 was 3.5" stroke. that's why I said they stroked it a quarter of an inch. Must have been bogus info. |
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spooker
Joined: 11 Feb 2018 Posts: 446
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Mark - Great job on the AMT kit, not the easiest to build this well!
FYI - 327 (both small and large journal) had a 3.25" stroke, 350 (up until 2001) is 3.48" |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys . I really appreciate the replys. |
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Old Coyote
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 249 Location: High Point, NC
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Another gorgeous build Mark ... so typical of everything you build ... so impressive _________________ I may have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Old Coyote wrote: | Another gorgeous build Mark ... so typical of everything you build ... so impressive |
Thanks, John. I saw your 1970 Camaro post yesterday, somewhere, but was too tired to respond and now I cant find it, so kudos on that beautiful build. Paint is outstanding as always. |
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Pierre Rivard
Joined: 25 Feb 2021 Posts: 378 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Mark, If you took away all the mods and extensive scratch building there might only be a handful of parts left.
The WIP on the MCM site is a tutorial on how to make something great out of nothing.
I don't have the skills to do something like that so watching a master sharing his work methods is a pure delight and very inspirational
I salute you sir!
_________________ "When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it" - Yogi Berra |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Pierre Rivard wrote: | Mark, If you took away all the mods and extensive scratch building there might only be a handful of parts left.
The WIP on the MCM site is a tutorial on how to make something great out of nothing.
I don't have the skills to do something like that so watching a master sharing his work methods is a pure delight and very inspirational
I salute you sir!
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Thanks, Pierre. If I had been able to get a real Grand Sport kit , I would have, and I knew once I started, I would have been shown a way to get one , but once I start something I feel like I have to finish it. Then again its hard to believe I could have gotten a Historical Racing Miniatures kit for ten bucks from ebay when I saw what they were going for on the internet. Its kinda fun to try to create a few parts here and there even though their not quite right . But you get the idea what they're suppose to be. My next build will be changing a 70 and a half Camaro into a 74, And I have to make the wheels for it too. I've already created the decals for it. Thanks again for the kind words. |
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Firefly
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 815 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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This one made me go 'WHOA!' when I saw it. Beautiful model. _________________ Bill Jobson is my real name. |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Firefly wrote: | This one made me go 'WHOA!' when I saw it. Beautiful model. |
Thanks , Bill. I just realized I hadn't posted a rear shot of the model and I forgot to go over the rubber with dullcote. two senior moments.
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Mark...your at it AGAIN! What a great build. Your fab work is second to none for sure! This car is so cool! Good Job my friend!!!!! _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
I've been a member since 2006 |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Gary Davis wrote: | Mark...your at it AGAIN! What a great build. Your fab work is second to none for sure! This car is so cool! Good Job my friend!!!!! |
Thanks, Gary. I really appreciate the great feedback. |
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Jim N
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 651
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Great job Mark! Really outstanding. |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Jim N wrote: | Great job Mark! Really outstanding. |
Thanks, Jim . It was a fun and educational build. |
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