Finished a “Lovable Loser”

[Billschneider64]

Inspired by the fine work of Adam Rehorn, I completed my own addition to the “Lovable Loser” pantheon. This is the 1971 Mercury Comet, constructed from an unpainted MotoMax Fresh Cherries kit. I used Dupli Color paint, foiled the trim, and added white walls, wire antenna, aluminum tube exhaust, and various other details. Chassis is typical die cast primitive, but engine compartment is more detailed than many  die cast engine plates. I don’t know how big a market MotoMax was serving when they produced models of 1970s economy cars, but it sure won’t be available any other way. 

[peter31a]

Very cool little Comet. I think they were nice looking cars. Kudos!

[DumpyDan]

Cool build, as a matter a fact I just pulled one out I started rebuilding years back.  Great looking Comet.

[Richard Bartrop]

I thought the Maverick and Comet were handsome little machines.  Ford's styling department was definitely on a roll in the late '60s and early '70s

[NYLIBUD]

Nice job,good little cars too.

[ChrisR]

Neat!

[Classicgas]

Very cool!

[1930fordpickup]

Nice work on the Comet. 

[Geno]

I like it, I've been debating on picking one up to convert into a muscle car. I wish they would have done the Maverick of this vintage instead of doing the ones with the ugly 5 MPH bumpers.

Edited November 28, 2018 by Geno

[donb]

Great looking car. Nicely done.

[Snake45]

Nice diecast! 

[peekay]

I like that!

[ewetwo]

Looks great.

[mustang1989]

Looks great. I always had an eye for the Comet/ Maverick cars.

[OldTrucker]

19 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

I thought the Maverick and Comet were handsome little machines.  Ford's styling department was definitely on a roll in the late '60s and early '70s

There were! Had a Yellow with black stripes Grabber with 302 4 speed! Quick little car if you could get it to hook up but they had a terribly weak rear end.

[bbowser]

Great looking model!  These things were everywhere back in the day, now rare as hen's teeth.

[Robberbaron]

Very nice!

Most of those Motor Max diecasts have at least some of the proportions incorrect, but this one looks spot on.

Might need to get one or two of these to play with. I have one of the Johan Pro Stockers, but I'd be less guilty modifying one of these.

Edited November 30, 2018 by Robberbaron

[vintagercr]

Nice looking Comet

[Tom99]

Looking good.

[<profile removed>]

That is neat! Motor Max did/does have some interesting subjects. As Robberbaron noted, most were a bit off, which is a shame since a lot of their products were never available in any other form (seriously? Who else did a Chrysler Le Baron wagon?? ?). This Comet looks to be the best of the bunch and you did a great job with it! Wish they'd do it as a 4-door.

[Eric Macleod]

This just makes me smile. Very nice model of a worthy topic. Well done.

[oldcarfan]

That looks great! I have the Maverick version, I wonder if the bumpers from the Comet would be usable on the Maverick?

[Billschneider64]

I don’t have the Maverick to verify, but based on pictures the bumpers on the Comet model look identical to those on the Maverick

[Robberbaron]

Comet front bumper is different - center section extends forward to match the protruding grille.  Maverick bumpers/grilles/hoods are flat front.

 

[aurfalien]

Hi,

Wow, looks great and very real.

My mom had one, biggest piece of sh$t ever.  Well almost ever, I'm sure there were bigger POS's, but still.

It's a miracle domestic car companies survived.