The 49 Mercury Thread (Because if you haven't built one yet, you should!)

[Bullybeef]

Finally finished my ‘49 Revell Merc today, only deviation from box stock was the addition of a Mercury FE V8. I’ll echo a lot of the past statements, this is a great kit to build. 

[David G.]

A very tidy build, love the frosty green!

Thanks for posting it.

=D-

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Well done sir. 

[Michael F]

Some pics of my Woody 🙂

 

[David G.]

@Michael F Thank you for posting this!

Great color combination, excellent construction and detail, it's a beautiful build!

And it's our first long roof Merc!

David G. 

[Michael F]

Thank you David for your kind words on the Woody.

but, i think i´m the third 😉

[David G.]

1 hour ago, Michael F said:

Thank you David for your kind words on the Woody.

but, i think i´m the third 😉

@Michael F Ah, so you are. I stand corrected.

If this is the worst mistake I make this year, I'll be doing great!

=D-

[thatz4u]

49 Merc as a Rat Truck

[Belugawrx]

Built this one some years ago...

Never liked the rounded back end so started adding plastic and bondo until....

 

[David G.]

16 hours ago, thatz4u said:

49 Merc as a Rat Truck

 

That's quite a cool looking mashup @thatz4u. I really like the Mustang grille piece you added, nice touch.

I'm just curious, what engine is that?

=D-

 

15 hours ago, Belugawrx said:

Built this one some years ago...

Never liked the rounded back end so started adding plastic and bondo until....

 

 

@Belugawrx You have a really good eye for design, those fenders with the tail lights really give it the visual zoom! 

Excellent custom work!

Thank you both for taking the time to share these with us.

David G.

[1959]

I haven't followed these community topics, but run into link so I decided to share my two builds of AMT Merc. Pink one is build at the age of 16 in the mid 90s. My first top chop and back then I didn't realize that sanding out all the trim around the windows is not a good idea. Paint is own mixture of hardware store universal paint. Engine is 392 Hemi from the 53 Stude kit. I won few prizes with this one.

The other one is a glue bomb restoration from my friend's terrible build that I finished this autumn. Very traditional style and it is built pretty much in a style I would build a 1:1 Merc. More about it is in the topic here in under glass section. 

 

Edited October 19 by 1959
Added a link and corrected few typos

[David G.]

1 hour ago, 1959 said:

I haven't followed these community topic but run into link so I decided to share my two build of AMT Merc. Pink one is build at the age of 16 in the mid 90s. My first top chop and back then I didn't realize that sanding out all the trim around the windows is not a good idea. Paint is own mixture of hardware store universal paint. Engine is 392 Hemi from the 53 Stude kit. I wonder few prizes with this one.

The other one is a glue bomb restoration from my friend's terrible build that I finished this autumn. Very traditional style and it is built pretty much in a style I would build a 1:1 Merc. More about it is in the topic here in under glass section. 

 

Great work on both of them Kimmo! 

It must be a good feeling to still have the one from your youth.

Thanks for sharing those.

David G

[meechum68]

Beautiful Mercs! I will have to build one soon! 

[Lunajammer]

On 5/1/2025 at 2:47 PM, Belugawrx said:

As much as I love what you did to the rear, I'm infatuated with the front ❤️❤️.

[Belugawrx]

hehehe took most of my parts bins bumpers to get there.... glad you likish it lol

[Kanada Kustoms]

On 7/5/2024 at 9:18 AM, dino246gt said:

AMT's '49 Merc kit is a classic and every modeller should build or probably already has built one.

Revell kit is also great, but chopped and somewhat simplified, but I've built that one as well as the cool Woody Wagon from Revell.

Here's an old AMT glue bomb that I dis-assembled and re-did.

Cheers!

 

 

That interior looks great!

[Kanada Kustoms]

On 7/7/2024 at 12:44 PM, dino246gt said:

Here's how I made those interior handles and cranks. These are from bent guitar string, tiny round beads from Michael's and small wire insulation.

They're not good enough for open cars but in these old coupes, like the '49 Ford (last picture) and '49 Merc, '50 Olds and a few others, they're better than kit door card relief.

They go through the holes before any glue, I can position them from outside then super glue them also from outside, then cut off the excess, again from the outside.

I brush some Moltow on after.

 

Again, your interior work looks really nice!

Edited Thursday at 05:35 PM by Kanada Kustoms

[Kanada Kustoms]

On 2/25/2024 at 8:10 AM, James2 said:

You can't goo wrong with a 49 Merc! Originally built almost ten year ago "Tang" was an experiment in custom techniques, I used ever mod I knew of to make this one. Sadly, it was partially wrecked while moving in 2016.  

 

 

This is really nice... I love the quad headlights, what did you use?

The chop is very nicely done as well!