'67 Mercury Cyclone-Almost Home!

[Fisher61]

Last year, I built 2 Pontiacs and a few Dodges and Chevys. Now it's Ford Motor Company's turn! This Comet was started and painted with Model Master Italian Red lacquer, and for whatever reason it didn't see eye to eye with the Duplicolor primer, made me mad so back in it's box it went. I was going through my stuff the other night trying to decide what to do next, pulled this back out and stripped the paint with 91% isopropyl alcohol. It really cleaned up nice! Now this body has one major flaw, there is supposed to be a smaller crease line continuing from the larger crease on the rear quarter across the door and front fender. How did AMT miss this? It was there on their annuals from 1966 and '67! How am I going to fix this? Here's what I did. I masked the area where it was supposed to be and built it up with primer, smoothed away the rough edges and the primed the body. What a difference this made ! Take a look and see what you think.

I'm thinking about using these Torque Thrust wheels, I never really liked a hubcap that looked like a chrome reversed wheel.

Thanks for looking!

Edited November 26, 2010 by plumber

[Rudy]

LOVE the Cyclones. Saw a BAAAADDDD Black 1:1 66 on ebay a few weeks back, I wanted it! My cousin has a 70 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 CJ, 4 spd. Does anyone make a kit of this model? It is a pretty rare animal in the 1:1 world. I will be watching your build. What color are you thinking?

Rudy

[Fisher61]

LOVE the Cyclones. Saw a BAAAADDDD Black 1:1 66 on ebay a few weeks back, I wanted it! My cousin has a 70 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 CJ, 4 spd. Does anyone make a kit of this model? It is a pretty rare animal in the 1:1 world. I will be watching your build. What color are you thinking?

Rudy

Thanks for the interest in this build Rudy. I haven't decided on a color as of yet, I will have to soon though before it gets to cold in the garage to paint! MPC originally kitted the '70 Cyclone, then changed the tool to a nascar. I wish Revell would kit a new one based on their '70 Torino tooling. And yes, these Mercury's are really scarce in the 1:1 world, maybe they didn't sell well back in the day.

[davyou5]

Well which ever color you choose this is going to one Baaaddd Cyclone !

[Fisher61]

I chose Duplicolor Cardinal Red for the paint, I need to polish after it cures good.

Thanks for looking!

[Space Cowboy]

Man that Cyclone is going to look fantastic in red with those wheels..

[Fisher61]

Got the body polished and foiling all done,now I'll start work on the chassis and interior.

Thanks for looking!

[Nick Winter]

That looks Great William.

[DRG]

That Cyclone is looking boss.

I'll have to follow this one.

[Tumbler75]

Can't go wrong with the colour Red and some Torqs! Did a good job on the foil job and polishing. Can't wait to see more. Keep us posted.

[rustybill1960]

I concur with your rim choice wholeheartedly!!!

GREAT!!

That color it awesome as well

Looks very nice, can't wait to see more

1Thank You for sharing

Later

Russ

[Fisher61]

Thanks for the comments everyone! Here's where I'm at as of today. I got a little done on the interior, body stripe decals on and windows installed.

Thanks for looking!

[Fisher61]

I finished the engine today, now the rest of the assembly can start.

[charlie8575]

This is a nice build. The colors look great and the assembly is excellent.

Charlie Larkin

[Custom Mike]

This baby is looking sweet! Any problems with this kit so far? I've got one I want to get built sometime soon, like the other 300 or so kits in my stash!

[Fisher61]

This baby is looking sweet! Any problems with this kit so far? I've got one I want to get built sometime soon, like the other 300 or so kits in my stash!

Thanks for the comments! So far,from what I've finished or test fitted, it's been pretty good! Test fit the engine compartment before you glue together, everything has to be square with the frame rails. I started by gluing the inner fenders to the firewall making sure that stayed square, when that was dried the I attached it to the chassis. Test fit the front suspension components before gluing in place, it's kind of fiddly.

[David G.]

Body paint, engine, interior, everything looks awesome. I can't wait to see it all together.

[Fisher61]

Here's where I'm at as of now on this build.

Thanks for looking!

[charlie8575]

Very nice-looking. What red did you use for the interior?

I'm planning on mine being either black or burgundy with a red interior.

Charlie Larkin

[Fisher61]

Very nice-looking. What red did you use for the interior?

I'm planning on mine being either black or burgundy with a red interior.

Charlie Larkin

Thanks Charlie! The red was Testors flat red that I "dirtied up" by mixing in some Testors flat black.

[Fisher61]

I'm on the home stretch as far as this build goes, I have to detail the rear bumper and tail panel, front bumper, and do something about the toy like grill.

What do you think so far?

[DRG]

This is coming together very well.

It's looking accurate and well done.

[jphillips1970]

I think it looks great so far !!!!!! - Where did the wheels come from - Need a set of those for a Cyclone I'm working on - Keep us posted with progress - Thanks for the pic's - Joe

[Fisher61]

I think it looks great so far !!!!!! - Where did the wheels come from - Need a set of those for a Cyclone I'm working on - Keep us posted with progress - Thanks for the pic's - Joe

Thanks Joe! The wheels were sourced from the AMT '62 Impala convertible kit, same wheels are also in the AMT '62 Belair kit.

[Sixties Sam]

Very nice build! I like the Comets from 66-67. Brings back memories, good and bad. Back in 1967 (I was 17 yrs. old) I built a model of a 67 comet and made it an AWB funny car. Moved the wheel wells forward, scratch built an interior and a tubular chassis, wired the engine, painted it metallic purple. I entered it in a local fair with 4 or 5 other models. I won first place, but when I went to bring the models home, the Comet was gone! All the hobby exhibits were locked up behind chicken wire, so whoever stole it must have been another modeler, who picked it up with his own models. I never saw it again.

Sam