Curley Tremayne Chopped 50 Merc finished!

[Ferbz]

After working on this thing off and on for 5+yrs, this scale copy of Curley's old Merc is finally done! It's been a rocky road with a botched paintjob strip and bodywork redo along the way, but overall I'm glad to have it wrapped up ? Here's the link to the progress page where I've described how I started with an AMT 49 Merc kit and proceeded to cut it up, and another link to a WIP page where I show how I did some of the custom work as well as some detail tricks I learned along the way:

With all of it's imperfections and hiccups, this build is my best effort at making a model of one of my favorite all time 1:1 custom Mercs......I hope y'all like it!

[atomicholiday]

Beautiful build.  That color is outstanding!

[espo]

Beautiful looking Merc and love the color and paint finish. I saw all the issues you ran into on this build. 

[58 Impala]

Very nice, great color.

 

[iBorg]

Love it! Makes me want to start one.

[Phildaupho]

Beautiful Merc Custom. Its stance is perfect.

[satterwhite78]

Everybody who build needs to have one of these Mercury's in their collection .....Fantastic build!

[Rattlecan Dan]

That's gorgeous! Those old Mercs are always a hit. But Yours is exceptional. Congrats on accomplishing all that work.

[Zippi]

Great looking 50 Merc.

[bondo bill]

She's a beauty

[bisc63]

VERY nice!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Wow, Ferby! This model turned out great! <an awesome tribute to one of the most beautiful custom Mercs ever! So many great modifications and a delicious looking paint job! Stunning... ?

[nyguy]

Wow,wow,wow,and wow is all I could say scrolling thru the fotos. Super build!!!!!1

[XYHARRY]

Kool kustom and worth the wait. Well done Ferby.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[thatz4u]

Ferby, great old school kemp, color is great & body work is well done...

 

[Ferbz]

16 hours ago, atomicholiday said:

Beautiful build.  That color is outstanding!

Thanks! It doesn't quite 'glow' like the real one did, but it still stands out I think ?

[Ferbz]

1 hour ago, thatz4u said:

Ferby, great old school kemp, color is great & body work is well done...

 

Thank you very much!

[Ferbz]

5 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Kool kustom and worth the wait. Well done Ferby.

Cheers, 

David. ??

Thanks so much! Kustoms are king! 

[Ferbz]

6 hours ago, nyguy said:

Wow,wow,wow,and wow is all I could say scrolling thru the fotos. Super build!!!!!1

lol Thanks man! 

[slusher]

Gorgeous Mercury!

[Flatout]

Beautiful work Ferby…the custom bodywork and paint are stunning!?

[Ferbz]

On 5/31/2023 at 1:48 AM, Koellefornia Kid said:

Wow, Ferby! This model turned out great! <an awesome tribute to one of the most beautiful custom Mercs ever! So many great modifications and a delicious looking paint job! Stunning... ?

Thanks man! I learned alot doing this build, particularly the fact that scale tribute copies are tough to do! There's alot of pressure to get the details as accurate as possible lol I did this build solely for myself though, so I only needed to get it as 'right' as I could for my personal satisfaction. It's not entirely accurate, but it's close enough ?

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[crazyjim]

Sweet, clean, and SHINY ???

[Can-Con]

very impressive replica.