‘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]

  On 8/23/2021 at 10:03 PM, 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. 

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Thanks for the kind words David. Very much appreciated!

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/23/2021 at 10:26 PM, Zippi said:

Nice build.  Gangster looking ride.

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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]

  On 8/25/2021 at 12:27 AM, slusher said:

Very nice Chaz..

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Thanks! Carl

[ewetwo]

Pretty sharp.

 

[Dann Tier]

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

[TransAmMike]

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

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/25/2021 at 3:42 PM, ewetwo said:

Pretty sharp.

 

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Thanks!  I appreciate it

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/25/2021 at 6:28 PM, Dann Tier said:

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

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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]

  On 8/26/2021 at 1:45 AM, spencer1984 said:

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

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Thanks!

[Tom99]

Nice work.

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/26/2021 at 11:02 AM, Tom99 said:

Nice work.

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Thanks Tom.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/26/2021 at 1:07 PM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

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Thanks Larry!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Cool looking Merc! Colours and wheels are spot on!

[FLHCAHZ]

  On 8/31/2021 at 11:16 AM, Koellefornia Kid said:

Cool looking Merc! Colours and wheels are spot on!

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