David G.

Thank you Carl. =D-

Everything looks good. The roof is coming together quite nicely. It does feel good to be making steady progress on a project like this, doesn't it David? Enjoy your holiday, we ourselves are leaving for a week in the mountains on Monday. Safe travels! David G.

Thanks Chris. David G.

Thanks Bob, that's most kind of you to say. =D-

Thank you Greg. I'm glad to know that someone will find the information in this thread useful. Thank you John Thanks Michael. Thank you John @papajohn97. Yeah, I just couldn't live with the red plastic that the kit was cast in; I thought the blue looked good and would be dark enough to sufficiently cover the red. In some form or another, I use all the methods you described for working with chromed parts. Which one I use depends largely on how the chrome looks when I pull it out of the box. For this kit, the chrome looked pretty good so I used my most basic technique wherein I spray the part with Tamiya dull coat, do my detail painting, clean up & repair any casting artifacts, etc. When that's done I hit it with Tamiya clear. This is the only kit of this series that I've had the pleasure to build and it was indeed a pleasure. The only complaint I have is the lack of locater pins for the manifold tubes. Fitting those was without question the most challenging part of the build. But yeah, if I see any other kits of this vintage from this series, I do plan on picking them up. Thank you so much for your comment. Thank you kindly Carl. Thank you Dennis. Thanks Jim, I appreciate that. Thanks Glen, besting (or at least bettering ) the box art is always a goal of mine. Thanks Mathias. Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful comments. David G.

Thanks Dan. =D-

It looks good. David G.

That's a really cool photo Brenton! Doing it in B&W adds a lot of realism. I'm lookin forward to seeing this in the Under Glass section. David G.

Hello Everybody! I managed to bet that clunky looking license plate frame looking a little better. I painted the back half of the frame black on both the front and rear plates. I think it made just enough of a difference. With that, this build thread is completed! Here's a link to the Under Glass posting with some of the final photos. Thanks to all of you who followed along and provided your support with your kind and insightful comments. David G.

Hello Everybody! Here are some photos of my Monogram 1937 Cord 812 build. I was trying to replicate the box art with this photo. I forgot to tap the hood to settle it down into place before I took the photo. Left rear 3/4 view. Oops! I just noticed that the rear bumper is not quite level. I may have to look into that. That's it for this round, I have a couple more sets after this. As always, thanks for taking the time to look. Especially if you took a little extra time to leave a comment. David G.

Thanks Brenton. I'm glad to know that that little bit of information was of use to someone. =D-

Hello everybody! Slow & steady, slow & steady. Here's the next installment. The rear bumper assembly has an extra casting web that I feel needs to be removed. The casting web has been removed and cleaned up. Detail painting is done. All we need now is tail lights and decals. Decals and tail lights in place! I just wish that Revell would have provided some rear license plate decals. As always, thanks for following along and please feel free to post any comments you may wish to share. David G.

Ah, I remember this one! It's nice seeing it back in play again. Nice progress on this, I like the faded aspect you're giving it. David G.

Seeing all this just brings a smile to my face David. You've made excellent progress with the whole roof structure. Sorry to learn of the printer, I hope that there was no harm done other than just its own failure. I'm guessing that the old gent in the photos wearing the cap has become your scale avatar? David G.

It's coming along quite nicely Brenton. David G.

Anything I can say, I've probably already said. Thank you for taking the time to document this build. I'm continually amazed by the level of detail and accuracy you've created here. David G.

It's amazing how a good coat of primer has a way of bringing it all together. David G.

That's quite a cool looking mashup @thatz4u. I really like the Mustang grille piece you added, nice touch. I'm just curious, what engine is that? =D- @Belugawrx You have a really good eye for design, those fenders with the tail lights really give it the visual zoom! Excellent custom work! Thank you both for taking the time to share these with us. David G.

@Michael F Ah, so you are. I stand corrected. If this is the worst mistake I make this year, I'll be doing great! =D-

@Michael F Thank you for posting this! Great color combination, excellent construction and detail, it's a beautiful build! And it's our first long roof Merc! David G.

Thank you so much Carl. Thank you most kindly Bil. It's a great feeling knowing that someone finds inspiration in my work. David G.

Thank you very much Dann. It's great seeing you back on the boards. =D-

Indeed you do, thank you Dann. =D-

You've made some good progress on this David. I've always wanted have a go at building a scale structure like this and I'm finding your posts enlightening, informative and entertaining. A thought about the errors you've related experiencing. One thing I've found in my experience when measuring, cutting and fitting is that I sometimes neglect to take into account the thickness or volume of the material I'm working with. If I find that my results don't seem to match what my measurements and calculations predicted, that's the first error I check for and it's frequently the solution. Please forgive me if that's turned out as an insulting assumption but I believe that you know I do mean well. David G.

Hello Everybody! I finished this one late yesterday, here's my "next the last step" post. I've secured and "re-chromed" the upper header tubes. The lower tubes have been realigned, secured and repainted. They're a little rough but after this, it's likely that nobody will ever see them again anyway. I've installed the bumpers and license plates. At first I thought the red & white would be a nice contrast to the blue and chrome car but now it seems a bit too much red. I'll have to see if I can tone that down a little. I'm also not happy with the rear window alignment. I'll probably do one more posting for this one but other than that, Fin! Thanks to all of you who followed along and helped to keep me inspired and interested through your inspiring and interesting posts. More later. David G.