BlackSheep214

A little update and a change... First, the chassis is complete but not without a glitch. The driveshaft was too short to connect with the tranny - 3/16th of an inch too short. Right away, I knew this was going to be an easy fix. I cannibalized a stock driveshaft from a '37 Chevy kit, attach to the engine, let dry and snipped off what I need to fit. Top photo, you can see where the cut and extension from driveshaft I used. From underneath, you won't see the cut. Bonus points for me.

Very nice!!!

Butter.. Parkay.. Awesome job on the "32!!

The hood photo as well as the rest of the car body and undercarriage don't do justice under lamp light. Here she is under natural sunlight just a few minutes ago. You can see the true color of Deja Blue lacquer she has. Leaving her outdoors for a couple hours to dry and cure in sunlight. Oh yeah, she's gonna be a looker for sure...

Mainor updates.. Primer slapped on a couple days ago and Deja Blue lacquer is on!! 3 light coats was all it needed. The hood, undercarriage and body were done. The hood under lamp light:

Oops, I may have misunderstood the OP's inquiry. Apologies....

Rust Valley Restorer... The old guy is an idiot. Heck, I'm surprised he hasn't gone belly up with his business. I wouldn't even want to buy any of his restored cars. It never fails when they take it for a yest drive. It always never restarts the second time, something goes wrong with the engine or the car itself. Entertaining if you can put up with his crazy antics.

Try straight up bleach. I use Easy -off Oven cleaner for stripping paint. Never had luck with stripping chrome off. At least bleach will strip it off in minutes.

Coincidently, I just watched an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage that featured the Rockford Files Firebird with Dirty Job’s host Mike Rowe. “The Roweford Files” LOL!

Oh man, I remember the Volare kit. I remember it was Orange with black half vinyl top on box cover. That is a cool way to muscle up a Volare kit. Well done!

Red Sable brushes are the best.

Strip the chrome rims in bleach, rinse in plain water and dry. Repaint them using Molotow Chrome pen. Way quicker than BMF.

I’m in agreement with Ace. You can get replacement parts through their website. Just explain to them you received a sealed kit with missing trees and decals. Take a photo and submit it to them thru their website. Good luck and let us know how it worked out for you.

Side trim moldings sanded off and skirts installed!!

Side moldings sanded off - pics forhtcoming. A decision has been made on body color and rims.. Stopped by my local Hobby Lobby and checked out their paints (no new stock in kits though) and have decided to go with Deja Blue for this lead sled.. Moonies rims is a decision thanks to a suggestion from a member over at at another forum site I am a member of.

These 2 were from the Mercury kit as well. Both are chrome parts. Not too crazy on the Mercury stock chrome rims on the right.

The rims I have chosen are between these two. The one on the right are stock rims from the '55 Chevy Bel Air kit. Te one on the right are the bone stock rims from the Mercury kit. I made my own custom Metallic black color using Testors Graphite Metallic, German Silver, Black and small square bottle silver. The outer rim area are painted by hand using the chrome paint from the Molotow chrome pen. I'm leaning towards the the one on the right. Haven't made up my mind yet.

Haven't decided yet.

After looking at the dash glovebox and the carburator,, I'm going to go ahead and paint the trim around the glove box (I'll admit, that was an oversight on my part.) and pop the carb off , strip the chrome and paint it..

Thank you.

HA! Too late now. LOLOLOL!!!

I've decided to enhance the valve covers a bit. Used Testors Black Detail Wash.

There were 3 rim choices... bone stock, Moonies and kit stock chrome. Didn't care for the kit stock chrome ones so I looked in my spares bin and found a set from the "55 Chevy with knockoff center spinners. Oh yeah... those are nice! The second choice are the bone stock ones I dressed them up. First I wanted to do sort of a black metallic look. So experimenting using Graphite Metallic, Black, German Silver, and the square bottle Silver, I get this. Yeah, that's looking sharp. Molotow chrome painted on by hand on outer rims. Going to hit the center nubs chrome later on tonight. They will be mounted on whitewall tires I happened to come across some time back.

I opted to have the trunk glued shut because the hinges looks to be a real PITA to install. You have to install the interior tub in order to hold the other end of the hinge - see instruction guide image. Nope, not gonna happen...

Next I did a bit of bodywork on the hood. Looking at various custom '49 Mercury sedans, I found a lot of them have no molding on top of the hood, the "MERCURY" as well as the emblem removed. So, I sanded down all those and am liking it so far. Next is to sand down the side trim moldings on the body.