Force Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Daddyfink said: Ok Revell, time to bring back the Merc! Yes...and make it a 1950. I saw that car at Bill Papke's shop in Huntington Beach, Ca in 2012, under restoration when a friend of mine bought some parts for a 1950 Merc 4-door hi just bought...But Papke died from cancer very soon after so I don't know what happened to the car after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 4 hours ago, echoxrayniner said: So after what, 5 pages of hating on the Ford, can someone explain to me whats the problem with it? There are no problems. It's a great kit, and I'd say one of the best released during the Revell-Monogram era. The optional flathead hop-up parts are more modern than vintage, so that could be viewed as a negative by some? Buy it, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Yes, Casey, but you can use the Hop Up Parts from the Chopped '48 Coupe, and they are all vintage. I'll be getting one of these, when they arrive. And, I must be the only one, who wishes that somebody would do the Red Car in resin. There was one cast in the 1990's but I never got it. I LIKE the Red Car. Over the Top Goofy, but unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 hours ago, unclescott58 said: It's been a while since I've seen Grease. The above photo shows the Mercury from the movie, and it has white lettered tires? Somehow that doesn't seem very "50's" to me. And those wheel covers? American Graffiti always feels true to the time period it represents, to me. Grease is a fun movie, but IMO it really did not do a good job representing the 50's. Back to the Future does a much better of capturing the feel of the 1950's. And again, don't get me wrong, I like the movie Grease. The automotive scenes in that movie have always turned me off. White lettered tires are probably a paid product placement. Back in the 90s Paramount Studios rented my 72 Montego wagon to use in "The Brady Bunch Movie" Along with painting my white car metallic brown, they replaced my whitewall tires with white-lettered Goodyear tires. The picture car company said it was a product placement, that Goodyear was paying for the tires to be seen in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Grease was made 40 years ago, set 60 years ago...used whatever tires they had on hand, I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, sfhess said: White lettered tires are probably a paid product placement. Back in the 90s Paramount Studios rented my 72 Montego wagon to use in "The Brady Bunch Movie" Along with painting my white car metallic brown, they replaced my whitewall tires with white-lettered Goodyear tires. The picture car company said it was a product placement, that Goodyear was paying for the tires to be seen in the movie. To be fair, I do think it looks pretty awesome with the white letter tires and pedestrian wheel covers and brown paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Jordan White said: To be fair, I do think it looks pretty awesome with the white letter tires and pedestrian wheel covers and brown paint. I liked it better in white with the whitewalls. Picture car company took off my factory bumper guards and lost them. Front ones were hard to find. Cleaning up the body for paint was a real pain. This was originally a Villager, with the vinyl fake wood. Not easy to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 And now back to wherever the original thread was going...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 8 hours ago, Force said: 18 hours ago, Daddyfink said: Ok Revell, time to bring back the Merc! Actually a 1950 would be easy to build from Revell’s 1949. How about instead Revell put out a 1951 Mercury, that would really sell since a 1951 has never been produced in plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, sfhess said: And now back to wherever the original thread was going...... Oh yeah, sorry! New kits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 8 hours ago, sfhess said: White lettered tires are probably a paid product placement. Back in the 90s Paramount Studios rented my 72 Montego wagon to use in "The Brady Bunch Movie" Along with painting my white car metallic brown, they replaced my whitewall tires with white-lettered Goodyear tires. The picture car company said it was a product placement, that Goodyear was paying for the tires to be seen in the movie. One Rare and fantastic car.....still own it???? First car I bought my son was a Mercury wagon so I am bias!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 55 minutes ago, Daddyfink said: Oh yeah, sorry! New kits! Way to ruin it, Jesse. Maybe Revell saw some nice returns on the Starsky & Hutch kit and they are going after that sweet TV/Movie collector market fan money again with the Greased Lightning. Sure help that it's a nice kit in and of itself, even without the (very) mild few new custom parts. Hard to tell on the flyer if those are in fact newly created baby moon hubcaps of the stock hubcaps, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 My brother owned a 72 Mercury Montego GT once...Id love to build a replica of it. Thanks for the kit updates gents...any word from Round2 yet..??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, disabled modeler said: .any word from Round2 yet..??? Round 2 releases covered in the other thread linked above..and this thread http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/126911-some-current-round-2-info-today/?page=6 Edited January 18, 2018 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 18 hours ago, sfhess said: Back in the 90s Paramount Studios rented my 72 Montego wagon to use in "The Brady Bunch Movie" Too bad they don't release a kit of it, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 14 hours ago, carnut said: Actually a 1950 would be easy to build from Revell’s 1949. How about instead Revell put out a 1951 Mercury, that would really sell since a 1951 has never been produced in plastic. There is not that many 1950 Mercs done either (one or two), no coupe and none recently. It's relatively easy to do a '50 from a '49 but the grille with parking lights, the dash, the rear window,, the side trim, the hood and trunk trim, the hubcaps and the rear bumper guard and some other small things is different from the '49 so you have to get that from somewhere...and The Modelhaus is no more for parts. To do a '51 from the '49 tool involves more work as the differences are a lot more. I think the '50 is cleaner looking than the '51 because I don't really like grille, the rear window opening and welded on rear quarter panel extensions on the '51. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 44 minutes ago, Force said: There is not that many 1950 Mercs done either (one or two), no coupe and none recently. It's relatively easy to do a '50 from a '49 but the grille with parking lights, the dash, the rear window,, the side trim, the hood and trunk trim, the hubcaps and the rear bumper guard and some other small things is different from the '49 so you have to get that from somewhere...and The Modelhaus is no more for parts. To do a '51 from the '49 tool involves more work as the differences are a lot more. I think the '50 is cleaner looking than the '51 because I don't really like grille, the rear window opening and welded on rear quarter panel extensions on the '51. Revell need to totally start with a new tool for their Mercury body. My dream car is a chopped Merc, the kit was a blessing til I opened it. I have purchased 2 for parts and pitched the bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, Dave Van said: One Rare and fantastic car.....still own it???? First car I bought my son was a Mercury wagon so I am bias!!! We rented it to Paramount for the first movie then sold it to them for the second. Sometimes I wish I still had it. It was our family hauler (4 kids) for a few years. My parents bought one new and I bought mine in 1986. Both had the same drivetrain - 400/2V with a C6 trans. Edited January 18, 2018 by sfhess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Junkman said: Too bad they don't release a kit of it, huh? That would be cool. I wish Revell would do a 72 Montego GT based on the 75 Torino tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 6 hours ago, disabled modeler said: My brother owned a 72 Mercury Montego GT once...Id love to build a replica of it. Thanks for the kit updates gents...any word from Round2 yet..??? I still have a Montego GT grille emblem I bolted to the grille of the wagon. Always wanted to get the matching scooped hood too. Interesting that the plastic insert for the Montego GT emblem is the same as the one on a 66 Fairlane GT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, sfhess said: We rented it to Paramount for the first movie then sold it to them for the second. Sometimes I wish I still had it. It was our family hauler (4 kids) for a few years. My parents bought one new and I bought mine in 1986. Both had the same drivetrain - 400/2V with a C6 trans. Hope you got LOTS of cash for it.....I like the orphan, unloved and odd cars...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Dave Van said: Hope you got LOTS of cash for it.....I like the orphan, unloved and odd cars...... We got a pretty good amount for it. Should have got more, the engine was freshly rebuilt shortly before the sale. Bought a GMC Safari as a replacement family hauler. I still have my 69 Cougar. I got that in 1986 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 If the front end of that '69 Mustang is as good as it looks in the pics, Hats Off to Revell for getting that right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MrObsessive said: If the front end of that '69 Mustang is as good as it looks in the pics, Hats Off to Revell for getting that right! I take it you didnt see this posted on this page Edited January 18, 2018 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Nice to see the 80's Pro Stock (and even Pro Street livery in some instances) kits coming back . The 1994 Impala ... I'll have to get one to bash with the 1991 9C1 so that I can get the more-desirable round rear wheel well arches . I hope that the '69 Boss is satisfactory . Edited January 19, 2018 by 1972coronet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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