‘49 Mercury snap\ curbside

[FLHCAHZ]

Hello all.   I am in awe of some the skills people on this site have.  Typically I like to build 60’s muscle cars, but when I came across this kit at Ollie’s for about $7, I thought I’d give it a go to try some basic body work and modifications.   This is a police car snap kit that was to me very cartoonish. I had a few different ideas on ways to build it, but settled on the typical low rider look (kind of like the car form the movie Cobra). I used stretched sprue to fill all of the holes in the body for the light bar, spot lights and antenna. I cut the vent windows out to give it a longer, lower appearance and darkened the chrome to fit the overall look.  It’s lowered about as much as I could.  I smoothed out the body the best I could, tons of seams and I got rid of the drip rails.   The body is airbrushed with craft paint and cleared with Future floor polish. The wheels came from a 57 Chevy donor.   For a snap kit, the fit was awful, but I still had a good time customizing it  

here is the kit

here is what I made it into

[espo]

Turned out great. I have never bought this kit for all the reasons you listed. I liked following your build on this and the way it turned out is amazing considering what you had to work with. Very clean looking finishes. 

[Zippi]

Nice build.  Gangster looking ride.

[FLHCAHZ]

29 minutes ago, espo said:

Turned out great. I have never bought this kit for all the reasons you listed. I liked following your build on this and the way it turned out is amazing considering what you had to work with. Very clean looking finishes. 

Thanks for the kind words David. Very much appreciated!

[FLHCAHZ]

7 minutes ago, Zippi said:

Nice build.  Gangster looking ride.

Thanks Bob!  

[bogger44]

I've always wondered about this kit and have thought about picking one up as a quick slam-together build.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts and encounters with it.  Yours turned out great, and those wheels were a great choice. 

[FLHCAHZ]

Thanks Tony!  I am pleased with the wheels. If u can pick this kit up on the cheap, I’d recommend it, but not for full price 

[slusher]

Very nice Chaz..

[FLHCAHZ]

2 minutes ago, slusher said:

Very nice Chaz..

Thanks! Carl

[ewetwo]

Pretty sharp.

 

[Dann Tier]

NICE!!, love the color, and those wheels!

[TransAmMike]

Another very cool Merc....nice job Chaz?

[FLHCAHZ]

3 hours ago, ewetwo said:

Pretty sharp.

 

Thanks!  I appreciate it

[FLHCAHZ]

15 minutes ago, Dann Tier said:

NICE!!, love the color, and those wheels!

Thank you.  I'm pretty proud of the way that the wheels came out 

[spencer1984]

Looks great, you did some excellent work cleaning up this old tooling.

[FLHCAHZ]

8 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

Looks great, you did some excellent work cleaning up this old tooling.

Thanks!

[Tom99]

Nice work.

[FLHCAHZ]

7 minutes ago, Tom99 said:

Nice work.

Thanks Tom.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[FLHCAHZ]

27 minutes ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thanks Larry!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Cool looking Merc! Colours and wheels are spot on!

[FLHCAHZ]

2 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said:

Cool looking Merc! Colours and wheels are spot on!

Thank you Oliver!  I was in Cologne earlier this year for my daughters wedding.  Wonderful place!