Hollywood Jim

Super !! Looks great !!! . .

LOL !! . .

My greatest DUH moment was reading your post................ LOL (Just kidding) One time I glued the body on the frame and forgot to install the windows !! YIKES !! . .

Beautiful work !! . . . .

I like it !!!! Too cool................ . . .

Beautiful job my friend !!! This car design is very interesting, over the top, overdone and creepy all at the same time. Now I know why you decided to build it in scale. It's a real attention getter !! . .

OK, here it is as it stands today. Now I start weathering the body. Wish me luck.................. . . .

Beautiful !!!

Super !! Great work !! . .

Very cool. Great work !! . .

OK, after some experimentation on this test body I finally got the weathering look I wanted. And the rub-on lettering weathers' really easily with some light sanding. Now, I'm off to work on the real body................ . . .

Thanks ! Yeah, the first time I saw the new Revell 49 Merc, chopped and with that louvered hood I thought it needed to be a salt flats racer………. . . . .

Both Merc's look great !!

Oh yeah !! I like this one !

Cool ! Very interesting !! By "Donn Yost method", do you mean thinning the enamel paint with lacquer thinner? . .

Welcome !

Yeah, I like it ! . . . . .

Super cool Doctor !! Love it. (I'll bet you can build that kit blindfolded... LOL )

Thank you all so much for your kind comments. I will be testing some weathering ideas on this test body. I decided to put the finished model on a trailer. This adds to the story that very little repair was done to the car after it was found. (For instance it won't have a battery.) While the paint was drying on the test body, I built this trailer from some old trailer parts I had. I scratchbuilt most of it. . . . .

Super !!! . .

Rust, dirt and grime. You bring up a really good point. First have fun, everything else should be in second place. Have you ever built a really good looking model that you hated building? . ..

Rust, dirt and grime.

Yeah, OK. I thought the stock muffler that was still mounted in place looked a little strange too. So I removed it and threw it in the back seat............................ for a few years. . . .

John, you are amazing ! It's amazing how you can take something that looks like this: And make it look like this: I would have given up, because it looks like too much work. . . . .

Yeah, I knew most of this. I was just pullin' your chain.... LOL . . .