'49 Merc I'm playing around with

[Ryan S.]

Kinda in between some projects so I've started piecing together one of Revell's 49 Mercs to fill some time.

I cleaned up the body and chassis of mold lines and pin marks. Shaved the drip rails above the windows for a real smooth look.

Body will be a pistachio satin green. Interior will be ivory white, jade and pistachio greens.

Went back and forth with the power for this thing, and decided on the Parts Pak Caddy motor with the 6 carbs.

Wheels are from the AMT 49 Merc Sedan. I just love the smooth steelies.

The chassis pic gives a hint of the colors.

Not real sure how often I'll be working on this one too start, but thanks for taking a look! I'll keep it updated as I come along.

Edited October 21, 2010 by Ryan S.

[Chuck Most]

I'm already diggin' that stance!

[Ryan S.]

Lil update today. I've been giving this one some attention.

Got the interior painted. Nothing is glued in yet, just mocked up.

The dash is just started with the detail painting. I have to do the gauge decals and clean it up some.

The floor is flocked with a mix of black and white embossing powder then shot with 2 coats of satin finish clear to help seal it so it doesn't flake off all over the place.

Still deciding if I like the steering wheel; I'm pretty sure I do...

Paint on the body is cured up, have to give it a wet sand to smooth it out then I'm going to satin clear coat it. I like that look on this car.

Just got in some M.A.D. distributors so I'll be wiring up the motor before too long.

Thanks for looking

[Corvette.Jeff]

i hate to be the bearer of bad news ryan,but i dont think your gonna go anywhere without a transmision!!!

all kidding aside,this is a great build,i need to pik up one of those merc kits, they look like a fun build!

[Ryan S.]

  On 10/16/2010 at 1:33 AM, Corvette.Jeff said:

i hate to be the bearer of bad news ryan,but i dont think your gonna go anywhere without a transmision!!!

all kidding aside,this is a great build,i need to pik up one of those merc kits, they look like a fun build!

Ain't that the truth! What's funny is that if you look on the shelf in the 2nd pic the tranny is upside down on the blue tape. Had to paint the tranny pan.

Thanks for the comment I'm really happy with this kit. It goes together really easily but the quality is top notch, you wouldn't be disappointed by picking one up.

[davyou5]

One Killer looking Mercury!

[crazyjim]

I'm liking what I see so far. Keep going.

[DRG]

One of my all time favorite kits and one I had trouble with in the early sixties.

Can't remember why though.

I gotta get me one of these.

[Ryan S.]

Well here's where she's at: Basically just doing final touches and then onto assembly.

I almost didn't foil the windshield and rear window, but boy am I glad I broke down and decided to. It looks a lot better.

You can't really tell in the photos but the glass is dirty and needs a thorough cleaning and shining. Once the glue dries the body is done.

Detail painting under the hood.

Rolling stock all done. Needs a little touch up paint here and there when assembled.

Jantrix had a thread recently about making an 8-ball shifter and I thought one would look good so, I dug through old decals and found a tiny 8. I really like how it turned out.

So I should be wrapping Mr. Smoothie up tomorrow so keep an eye out for an under glass post. Thanks for looking!

[codie27]

Very nice look for the old Merc, that colour is spot on. I am just about to start one of these myself. Are there any little problems with fit you have found when coming to assembling it?

[Ryan S.]

  On 10/21/2010 at 3:54 AM, codie27 said:

Very nice look for the old Merc, that colour is spot on. I am just about to start one of these myself. Are there any little problems with fit you have found when coming to assembling it?

None that I can recall. This kit basically built itself and everything went together really easily with nice tight fits. The body I have had a lot of mold likes and pin marks that needed smoothing out but other than that it was pretty clean too.

The only issue that I had was self induced; I put the parts pak Caddy motor in with the manual transmission which caused some issues getting it to fit in the trans crossmember straight but I got it worked out.

Enjoy building yours, it's a fun kit- lots of options!

[vaughn]

Mighty fine stuff !!

Mighty fine stuff !!

[Hattley]

The Merc is looking great, thanks for posting. In fact I've been putting off buying the same kit - you just sold me on it!

[Greg Myers]

Every build I see of this kit is so impressive. This is no exception, great work.a

[codie27]

  On 10/21/2010 at 6:43 PM, Ryan S. said:

None that I can recall. This kit basically built itself and everything went together really easily with nice tight fits. The body I have had a lot of mold likes and pin marks that needed smoothing out but other than that it was pretty clean too.

The only issue that I had was self induced; I put the parts pak Caddy motor in with the manual transmission which caused some issues getting it to fit in the trans crossmember straight but I got it worked out.

Enjoy building yours, it's a fun kit- lots of options!

Thanks Ryan, I have noticed all the mold lines etc, no troubles there smoothing them out, I just finished the Revell 58 Chev and had to smooth all the mold lines on that one too. Those Revell kits are really nice to work with though.