Jo-Han Mercury Comet Twin Engine

[Gumball]

This is another kit i picked up at the beginning of this year. I couldn't get my hands on the Maverick, but this is just as cool regardless. i swear this kit was complete, but seems to be missing one of the cylinder heads. So what do you do with a relatively rare kit (from what i hear)  missing a detrimental part? My answer is to replace the original with something better, in this case putting two engines side by side, between the front wheels. Im not sure yet if Im going to completely scratch build the two engines from polystyrene, or use some of my old miscellaneous engines, however im unsure if id be able to find anything ford related. 

[Gumball]

Small update. These engines happen to be Chevy engines out of a AMT dragster kit, however these engines are poorly detailed and in this case should pass as ford blocks.

Edited September 15, 2020 by Gumball

[cobraman]

Interesting project. I will be watching.

[Gumball]

Still needs a whole heck of alot of work, and paint touch ups, far from what i would like to see as the final product. However it is starting to take some shape. hopefully i can find some matching superchargers, or matching tunnel ram intakes and really start to get this show on the road!

[Gumball]

another small update

[Gumball]

just some updates, found some matching superchargers, and the engine still needs alot of work.

[Gumball]

Im going to start calling this "cant see squat" and yes still needs work, paint still drying as of posting this.

Edited September 18, 2020 by Gumball

[John Pol]

Wow huge spark plug wires

[Gumball]

18 hours ago, John Pol said:

Wow huge spark plug wires

Yeah im considering cutting them out and using something thinner, i just dont have any wires thinner then that right now.

Edited September 18, 2020 by Gumball

[DonW]

I'm interested to see how you tackle the headers.

[crazyjim]

Interesting build.

[Gumball]

7 hours ago, DonW said:

I'm interested to see how you tackle the headers.

Im interested too!

[Gumball]

Some small progress, mostly paint. Got rid of the 3" dia spark plug wires. Engine still needs alot of work, hopefully soon I can get my hands on some proper Moroso decals for the cylinder head covers.

[Gumball]

I know the fake Moroso on the cylinder heads, as well as the cylinder heads looks cheap, but I'm planning on adding enough detail (with exhaust and engine bay stuff) to kinda hide the fact that the engines are low on detail. In my defense I had to make the cylender heads the way they are due to the limited size in the engine bay. The cheap looking Moroso was done with a fine tip sharpie, as I am super low on 1/24-25th scale sponsor decals. I think the "Moroso" at least looks adequate for now, but weel have to see how I feel about it in the future.

[Gumball]

Probably a far easier way of doing this  but I'm committed

[Gumball]

This is a pain, I'm just going to make my own decal and put one on. 

[Gumball]

Engine and radiator fitment update

[John Pol]

The fuel lines are huge

[Gumball]

On 9/29/2020 at 9:51 PM, John Pol said:

The fuel lines are huge

You've never seen 3 1/2" fuel lines before? But in all honesty I do agree they are far too big. I seem to do this alot, look at some random wire hanging around and think "eh looks about right" only to be wildly off later on. I actually did the same with the ignition wires. But hopefully if I find any smaller, more realistic wires lying around I'll cut those fuel hoses out and replace them with something better, but as of right now those wires is all I got.

[John Pol]

you can also use solder for the fuel lines

[Gumball]

On 10/2/2020 at 9:07 AM, John Pol said:

you can also use solder for the fuel lines

That's a good idea! I'll have to do some work on it when I get the chance

[John Pol]

and if you want the fuel lines like braided all you do is run the solder over the file

[Gumball]

On 10/4/2020 at 4:57 PM, John Pol said:

and if you want the fuel lines like braided all you do is run the solder over the file

Absolutely genius, it would work quite well

[Gumball]

Update, fixes fuel lines, repainted the car, got the roll cage started, and even made some goofy hood hinges. And before you ask, yes I did manage to catch the rollcage on fire briefly... some days I suprise myself! The rollcage may look slightly large but I'll argue that it's not only the size I want it to be, but the size someone would want it to be taking such a tiny twin engine car down the track. I also managed to fit an electric fan from my parts bin 94 vette. I'll be figuring out soon how I'd go about making the big "can't see squat" decals.

[Gumball]