49 Mercury Woody surf wagon (Lowered a bit)

[carrucha]

Cool build. Nice job on the wood graining. The wheel/tire combo works well on this car.  Good job.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

When I spoke to Revell back when this kit was new, they said that the budget to modify the chopped Merc into this kit was so small that it wouldn't allow for the engine swap to the correct flatty,  In these cases it's either we get the kit or we don't.   Most everyone who cares will just swap in a flathead from another kit.

That's kind of Revell's problem isn't it? Big corporation selling kits for a profit and cutting corners to do so because people would buy half assed kits. 

Not my problem or anyone else's. I for sure won't take the engine from one of my AMT Mercury kits to fix their half ass work, or go trough the work of making a resin replica of the engine, to equip a kit I paid a lot of money for. Here in Brasil, those kits are imported from the U.S., and not from China directly, so we have to pay about 180 Reais a kit. That is more than double what you have to pay in the U.S. And for something missing a small detail, like the engine and transmission.

Imagine the amount of money Revell dropped into a new tool Mercedes AMG GT, or the also new McLaren 570 S, or the huge London Buss, just to mention three of their newly tooled kits. Can't tool a '49 Mercury V8? Really? Revell? 

I buy their kits that can be built into factory stock cars with what's is in the box. Have multiples of their '57 Ford Custom Tudor (not a fan of wagons, so I don't have the wagon '57) have the '48 Ford Convertible, and just past week bought four units of their 1948 Ford Sedan Coupe with the police car big on the cover, and the factory stock car small, and in secondary place hiding on the corner of the cover. Personally I'm thankful I can build a stock '48 without having to build another Testors - IMC kit. Even tough, if one takes closer look on the floor pan of the '48, it's possible to read "48 Ford Convertible", and Copyright Revell INC 1998". They didn't even change the lettering on the reused parts from their 1998 kit. 

If it weren't by the police stuff, there wouldn't be a stock '48 Ford Sedan Coupe from Revell. They have no respect for the factory stock builder, the guy that is not into hot rods or customs. If it's not a Muscle Car, or a European car, they just release hot rods, customs, or whatever is popular with the crowd watching reality TV car ruining shows.

AMT also did this. 

I really love the AMT Ranchero, but it has no stock engine. I won't buy one. And my favorite kits are all AMT. 

[crazyrichard]

love it !