ANOTHER ’49 Merc? Why not….

[Intmd8r]

Figured since the box was open for my Battlewagon kit bash, I might as well do some work to it.

Never liked the kit stock tail lights, so work has started to change that....

[Intmd8r]

Pulled this one off the shelf to resume the build….

 

Not much to report – fill/sand/primer, repeat..

[espo]

I haven't seen one of these in a while. I also never cared for the big round Lincoln tail lights. The factory wraparound tail lights always looked good. They were compact and followed the flow of the body lines. Remember some who would put tail lights in the bumper guards or even in the bumper it's self.

[Intmd8r]

Couldn't agree more David.   I've seen too many of these kits built with the kit stock (Lincoln) tail lights.  I like my builds to reflect how I would build the 1:1.

The plan is to use stock style tail lights for a more classic look. Ironically, my Merc tail lights were sourced from the AMT Ford pick up kit. 

[Intmd8r]

Here we are with the Krylon Satin Black base coat:

…45 minutes of masking for the two tone…

[Intmd8r]

Now a quick mock up after some Testors Lime Ice.

Clearly I needed to spend more time on the masking with all of the bleed thru.  I’ll be busy cleaning things up, but you get the idea of where things are going.

[espo]

What you doing with the roof ?? Metal Flake, Vinyl ??  

[Intmd8r]

Here is another body mock up – all cleaned up and polished

[espo]

Your color combo looks great. I really like the way it sits.