49 Mercury

[customline]

Awesome job, Katsu!  I especially dig the body color brake drums. I hope you don't mind if I "borrow" that idea ?. If you could see the rear wheels, would those drums be the darker shade of blue? 

[Zippi]

Sweet looking 49 Merc.  Love those flames. 

[slusher]

Great shade of Blue and beautiful flames!

[ewetwo]

Really sharp looking.

[Andy Oldenburg]

Hey Derek, awesome build, very impressive!??

Love every decision you made for the concept, the details and of course the paint job. A fine model for the front row.

[Brudda]

Cool build. This kit is pretty fun. A while back I won the 49 merc at a swap meet. Sat in my closet for a long time. I am into 30’s, 50’s and sixty’s cars.  Not interested in 40’s cars. Well this Hobby is pretty cool. I built the 49 merc. I took about a dozen cars to the NNL West. And out of all of my cars , model car magazine wanted to take a pic of the 49 merc. I thought out of all of my cars they pic that one? Well you never know what is a hit. Soo the car gets into the magazine and is a big hit for our IPMS club. I guess I’m a 40’s car guy also. I will build another. They are pretty cool. Yours is a home run. 

[ea0863]

Loving your big bad ride! BTW, I found recently that if I have a fan going on low where I'm modeling, the fumes don't seem to cause fogging - even on my clear parts.

[bobss396]

Definitely a cool kit, glad I salted a few away. I have one I started a few years back. 

I was at the NNL East when the Revell guys debuted the Merc kit. I told them that they screwed the pooch and should have done a '51 instead, they were far from pleased. It would be cool to see a '51-conversion in resin or 3D print.

[adamelvis]

Sweet Sled ! 

TCB,

Adam