brett Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 Almost time for my clubs annual Hot Wheels night (9th June), so I thought I'd better start my car. Couldnt get anything close to what I wanted to do originally so looking through the stash I found this likely victim. 30 minutes later and about an hour after that I called it a night need to work on the spill plates for the wing but pretty happy for a couple hours work
Mooneyzs Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Brett, Very sweet start to the build and gotta love the Hot Wheel inspiration. can't wait to see more progress on this. Keep up the great work.
brett Posted May 23, 2011 Author Posted May 23, 2011 Thanks Chris did some more body work tonight, put in in primer before I came in so I can resand for high/low spots tomorrow
John Teresi Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Brett.......I have become to admire your talent.......you are very good at scratch building......I luv to follow along what you build..........I really like the way this build is coming along......and you are fast too.........that just shows that you luv building.......great stuff bud.
brett Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Thanks John, first fine day for a while so I threw some paint at it today, first colour is a dark purple nail polish well that didnt come out very dark........so I put some candy purple over it started on the frame hopefully I can put the flames on tomorrow (using the ones from the revell merc special edition, they're pretty close).
Dragline Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Woah............. Whatcha got goin here Brett? Puttin a 4 banger in it? LOL Gonna be a beast. I love it. Bob
brett Posted June 11, 2011 Author Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks guys, been really busy lately (and I'm so over that ) so no further in progress were taken, yet, was cleared and windows installed,chutes and zoomies fitted but no motor frontal at the moment but, here's how it looks all mocked up
Sixties Sam Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Very cool! I like it! I agree it looks better than the Hot Wheels version. Nice work! Sam
John Teresi Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Brett.......AWESOME replica so far.......sure doe`s look GREAT!!!!!!
brett Posted June 13, 2011 Author Posted June 13, 2011 Thanks guys, here's a pic showing the rear and where I'm at with the engine
brett Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 went into production line mode and made up fuel pumps for 5 of the current doorslammer projects working on trying to get 3 done today since the hood is staying on I'm calling this one done ..........for now at least new pics soon
SuperStockAndy Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Nice!!!! Take the Hot Wheels away and you wouldn't be able to tell it's a model!
Dragracer Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Forty-Niner is a work of art Brett, love the color & flames!
W-409 Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 This Merc' turned out real nice! I like the color on it, and decals are fitting nicely. Engine detailing looks good too. It's simply awesome build. Rearend looks good too. Great to see '49 Mercurys which aren't all built Customs...
ajulia Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 Hello there friend! Ive seen this car transformed to so many different styles and this has to be the most memorable! This is so cool to see in modern drag style! Two thumbs up and way coooool peace ajulia
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