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That would be...Peoplescale.com. They have a good selection of figures.

Not on Revell's projected release schedule just yet. Could be sometime in the summer of 2014.

Not too shabby!

I just bought the Loren Sorenson book, and Art's right! It's a fabulous book, loaded with great woody information. Also expect to pay more for it, since it's out of print.

The woody kit offers stock height suspension already. One less thing to do.

This one! Whooohooo!

Could be.

How do you like the kit?

I don't know if I'll be the first, but a surf style wagon is what I'm seeing for my build.

Just a heads up for you Merc Woody fanatics! Revell has shipped the Merc woody (and other kits) to hobby shops participating in Revell's Preferred Partner program. The woody just arrived in my local hobby shop. Will I get one? You bet! The "Slingster" is also in the shipment. I'll be nabbing one of those as well.

You guys are the best, and thanks for all of the info!

Hmmmm. That'll be a challenge. Look at the doors on The Merc woody, and at the doors on your Ford posted above.

" For what it is worth: Ford's Iron Mountain wood-product factory used two types of wood on 49-51 Ford and Mercury woodie station wagon body panels: Hard maple for the framing, and Honduran Mahogany for the molded plywood "panels". The Mahogany has a fairly straight grain, typical of most tropical hardwoods, that is fairly visible even in 1/25 scale. The maple used for the framing, on the other hand, is a very close-grained wood, meaning that the grain isn't all that visible even in 1:1 scale." I've noticed that, and it'll make life easier when I start to "woodgrain" the framed portion of the wagon. Thanks for your observations on the woody's!

This might be a stupid question. Are the oil pans able to be reversed front to back? I've noticed that AMT's (ancient) '57 T-Bird kit uses the oil pan with the flatter portion of the pan to the front of the engine, while passenger car '56 and '57 kits use the taller portion of the sump in the front. Crossmember clearance? I'm not any kind of Ford engine expert, obviously. Nor am I a mechanic.

Many will. It's the wood grain panels that are troublesome for a few of us. Those pics will help me with my project.

Your images are extraordinary, as usual!

Exactly right! That's been my plan all along.

Very, very cool build!

As Bernard said, too soon to tell. Regardless, this little gem will also be in hobby shops in the next week or two, along with the '49 Merc woody. December is going to be a very good Revell kit month!

It's the built kit, but very "photoshopped".

Mine arrived this morning! Nice looking wagon!

The '49 Merc wagon (woody) is very close now. Some hobby stores will have it in about two weeks.

Never. Sometimes things fall off, and they get repaired. I had a street rod '29 Ford roadster featured in an early issue of SAE, and I did try to disassemble it. Bad idea. The model never went back together again, and I'm sorry I ever did that.

Thanks!

Same here. Great service!