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Thanks John. I'm not sure about the color, I couldn't find the bottle but it could be Dusty Rose or maybe Candy Scarlett. I have both of those in stock but I don't recall using either one. They are both full but I had more than one of some colors. The mystery deepens.?

Thanks for your interest, Mario and Steve. Some of the work was already done by Revell. I just finished it for them. Steve, the kit is not currently available in stores mostly. This is what it looks like (below).

Thank you all for your compliments. The paint is Boyd's (MM), I'm pretty sure but the color name ? maybe purple pearl ? I looked for the bottle with no luck.

Everyone, thank you! I've got the hardtop in queue and I want to go totally stock, with 2 tone paint, but can't settle on the colors.

I like this kit a whole lot. The subject is a big favorite of mine. This one was kept simple with some very minor changes. The feeling is that the car belongs to a High Scool senior with an "A" in shop class and a girl named "Sandy" and the year is 1964.

This is certainly one of the best kits from Revell. Lots of nice kustom options. The cammer came out of the '46, 7, 8 convertible kit bearing the Union label ( Testor's) which met with a sad fate. Thanks for looking ?on

Yes, Rusty, they were a good choice, if I do say so myself ☺️

We saw a lot of these 1:1s on the street back in it's day but none that looked this good! GREAT COLOR, DUDE !! Real nice build ?

Had to remove material from the highly modified rear body/chassis area to make the two assemblies fit together, but I still have to deal with the interior. I got a good fit and I'll need to disguise the work done with flat black ?. Now it's foil, trim, glass, and then I gotta re-paint the stupid hood. It's going great!? The wheels/tires are from the '56 Chrysler 300B.

This is rubbed out and polished with Novus. I mocked it up a little to get an idea if I wasted my time or not ?. I'm not sure yet if I like it or not. I've got to see it with wheels.the hood didn't survive?

Yeah, the high temp stuff would be great on a day like yesterday or today (I shot a car or two) but I use the cheap stuff because it's a bit kinder to whatever you spray it on. And it's cheap! ? anyway, that's what I learned from an old man. But I hear you, Rusty ? But rattle cans, it's a moot point.

The weather here is sorta paradoxical in the context of painting; when it's cold it's dry, when it warms up, like today( and yesterday), the humidity goes up. In the airbrush, I use cheap hardware store lacquer thinner. It slows the drying enough sometimes but yesterday, with the rattle can, I used a hair dryer to speed things up without ? thinking. Oops! Oh well, it'll polish out but I may use clear on this one.

Yeah, I might be able to polish it out. I'll see what it looks like at 6000 grit. I ain't skeerd ?

Well, I dunno...that just might be, Dave, but the blush is just on the surface. While doing this today, I recalled another car I painted with this can. I remember using clear over it and I accepted a little orange peel thinking "good enough" but this build will get more attention to the finish. I have a lot of time in this one. Below is the other car I painted with this can. The Victoria has got to be slick? by the way, where are my tail lights?

The weather broke warm today so I rushed out to the garage, a can of Duplicolor "Electron Blue Pearl" under my arm, a handful of styrene and Bondo covered with Handi-wrap ( it had rained a little) and got 'er done! But it's going to be more work after it cures. I'm told this paint is acrylic lacquer but I'm not totally convinced. At this point, it doesn't matter. This is a done deal. I believe Duplicolor is formulated as a two part system. Gotta cover with Clear coat. Maybe not. I don't know yet. Here's what it looks like now, blushed to the max.

Thank you, Crazyjim!

That's because I'm not showing you the bad side ?

Nope, never had that one, Alan, what about the "Heavy Chevy?" I know I robbed that one. For all I know, the rocker covers were in my parts box (translate that to "mess") It could be just about anything under those covers. I should probably write this stuff down. ?

Yeah, I do that too. ?

Well thanks, Alan....it wasn't terribly difficult regardless of the do-overs. I didn't think to photograph it, it was hard enough without that getting in the way. I was lucky to survive it ? I'm still picking CA off my fingers.

That's what they are,Alan, paint brush ferrules. Thanks for your interest ?

IMHO, this car looks better in a single color ( colour, for you Canadians) so as not to break up those great lines, right?

Beautiful work on your Mercury! Can't distinguish it from a real one. I had a '66 Monterey convertible back in '84 that I had big plans for. It didn't work out ? It's a great body style and you have done it justice! Great job, Tom!

Oh, he was certainly right about that!

Thanks for your comments! My chop differs from the 1:1 shown here by virtue of the front to back angle. It just came out that way with a lower chop at the A post. I must be sure to keep this in mind when chopping a sloping roofline. On the 1:1 it looks lower in the rear and I think that looks better. The quarter window is smaller and I like it that way.