Pete J. Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 Very very nicely done. If I may pick one nit, and this is almost always overlooked by builders of "junked" cars. Too much tread left on the tires. A car is this shape would almost always have bald or near bald tires. It is a very small detail but as a contest judge I don't know how many "weathered" car I have seen and when you look at the tires, they are either bright and shiny(which you did not leave that way) or fully inflated(which you also did not do). Looks very realistic. Great job.
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 I have never seen better, more realistic rusting. Amazing! Dr. Cranky would be proud of this!
Piero Posted May 5, 2015 Author Posted May 5, 2015 No, look at the license plate, it comes from Georgia
W-409 Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Excellent work on this Mercury. Rusting is much harder than doing a shiny paint job so I have to give you a big credit for doing so good job on it. Looks just like many cars are seen on eBay auctions... "Pretty solid project car. It has some rust on quarter panels and on rear floors. Engine is not running" My favorite parts are those brakes. They look super realistic, especially the one without a brake drum. Did you scratchbuild the brake shoes or where are they from?
Piero Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 The brakes are resin parts. I just added the nuts on the drum.
kilrathy10 Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Oh, that's beautiful, Man....Great job on the weathering and the junkyard dio looks cool, too....Great job....
Dominik Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 that is cool. your weathering is perfect. Are ther more Pictures from your Diorama?
Piero Posted May 28, 2015 Author Posted May 28, 2015 You can watch this video of the diorama https://youtu.be/KRO_bzlwQzs
Metalbeast Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 If it were all the red color of the right fender, and had the back tires, it would look an awful lot like one I used to see in my high school parking lot! Oh it would need a Misfits skull sticker on the back too.
peteski Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 How did you guys find this thread from 2015? Last time the guy who built this model visited here was February 23, 2018 . He won't see your praises.
Oldcarfan27 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Then I guess his car has probably rusted a LOT more since then! 5 years later and it's still great to see. I'm glad it was brought back up. Edited January 30, 2020 by Oldcarfan27
Piero Posted May 5, 2023 Author Posted May 5, 2023 On 1/30/2020 at 6:03 AM, peteski said: How did you guys find this thread from 2015? Last time the guy who built this model visited here was February 23, 2018 . He won't see your praises. I'm still there ! ? I didn't work on model cars a lot these last years, 1
Rattlecan Dan Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 Very nice attention to detail. Great rust and weathering. Thanks for posting.
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