AMT 49 Mercury

[foxbat426]

I Finally finished this one to my liking. Paint is Testors Gloss Black enamel. had a good time doing this build and I learned a lot.  Thought I would share some  quick pics. Thanks for looking and thanks to all the great builders on this forum who always help with questions I inevitably have.

P.S. the fender skirts on this one were a real PITA! Haha

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[berr13]

Good lookin' Merc!  Nice work!!

[foxbat426]

Thanks berr!!

[Phildaupho]

Always great to see a stock build of this venerable kit of an iconic car

[StevenGuthmiller]

It's nice to see a '49 Merc the way it looked from the factory on occasion.

Nice work John!

I'm guessing that your issue with the skirts has something to do with the rear wheels sticking out too far.

My solution would be to either shorten the wheel backs or the rear axle itself to draw the wheels in a bit.

Another tip worth trying to avoid any problems with gluing on the skirts is to apply them with a piece of standard masking tape on the inside of the body.

This will not only eliminate any chance of getting glue where it will be seen, but will also make it a simple operation to remove the skirts later on if you should decide.

I used tape to install the skirts on my '62 Ford.

 

Steve

 

 

Edited November 13, 2018 by StevenGuthmiller

[moparfarmer]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

It's nice to see a '49 Merc the way it looked from the factory on occasion.

Nice work John!

I'm guessing that your issue with the skirts has something to do with the rear wheels sticking out too far.

My solution would be to either shorten the wheel backs or the rear axle itself to draw the wheels in a bit.

Another tip worth trying to avoid any problems with gluing on the skirts is to apply them with a piece of standard masking tape on the inside of the body.

This will not only eliminate any chance of getting glue where it will be seen, but will also make it a simple operation to remove the skirts later on if you should decide.

I used tape to install the skirts on my '62 Ford.

 

Steve

 

 

 

Winner of Winnipeg Model Car Club award for Most Roadworthy Car at NNL North a few years ago..This model has to be seen live to see how nice and cleanly built it is..Fantastic cannot describe the build..

[ChrisR]

NICE!!

[1930fordpickup]

Very nice Mercury! 

[Classicgas]

Nice. Great to see one built stock,

[TooOld]

Very sharp in black , nice work John ! 

[donb]

Sharp car!

[slusher]

Sweet Mercury!

[blackbeard]

very nice merc clean build great color on the merc

[Dominik]

ohhhh....my alltime favorite model near the amazing 58 Impala.  I like the 49 Mercury since i built it as a kid.

Your's looking beautiful. Stock, clean, shiny! Like it!

[peekay]

Nice to see a stock one again. Are there any 1.1 originals left on the road?

[David G.]

Beautiful paintwork, looks great!

David G.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

It looks great!!

Refreshing to see a unmolested '49 Mercury. 

[ewetwo]

Nice build.

[Red318]

Great build, I can almost hear that one gliding along!

[Bainford]

Nice build. It's good to see a 49 Merc that is not full of lead. Black suits it really well. Well done.

[Scalper]

nice work..looks good stock 

[foxbat426]

Thanks everyone for the great comments on the Mercury. This is a fantastic forum, I learn so much here. Modelers are a great bunch of people and I’ve never felt so welcome than on this forum.

Yes the biggest problem on this build was the fender skirts. Thanks StevenGuthmiller for the suggestion on shorteneing the axel and also on the masking tape trick. I’m going to do it as it was the one thing that was really bothering me, it just doesn’t look right.  John

[carmad1957]

How can anyone not love the 49 Merc I ask?! Clean build you have there! Curious....did you use the Molotow chrome pen on some of your chrome? 

[Deuces]

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[Bucky]

So cool! Very well done, sir!