Peter Lombardo Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 1949 AMT Mercury Coupe kit Exterior : Top Removed…..windshield chopped, acetate “glass” installed……parts box sun visors…..custom “Carson” style convertible top made from two 1950 Ford convertible tops spliced together all covered with Suede texture paint and then topped with camouflage gray top coat……..convertible boot from Franklin Mint Chrysler convertible……photo-etched windshield wipers.....doors opened and hinged…..headlights frenched and peeked and headlight lenses are M.V. Products jewels……front turn signals recessed and M.V. Products amber jewels set….Desoto resin grille…..custom front roll pan……front bumper from Revell ’49 Mercury….. twin custom “S” air scoops crafted on hood…..hood hinges fabricated……Rear view mirrors from Dodge Copperhead roadster…..twin recessed antenna’s on left side rear quarter panel, midships…..resin bubble skirts’….. custom extended rear quarter panel with custom rear taillights….custom license plate housing recessed into trunk panel…..new hinges made for trunk panel…..rear roll pan with rear bumper from Revell ’49 Mercury….two tone paint scheme with HOK Snowflake pearl white over gloss pure white, HOK Tangelo Pearl, modified custom mix with a charcoal vinyl pinstripe at color break…..topped with a clear pearl highlight coat and clear followed by a coat of Future. Engine/drivetrain : 2005 Chrysler 300 Hemi engine….custom engine bay engine faring…… tires from Revell 1959 Ford…….wheels from 1949 Mercury……1949 Mercury suspension lowered….front wheels pose-able. Interior : front buckets from 2005 Chrysler 300…..rear seats, narrowed from Chrysler 300…..custom door panels with half round “tuck’n roll” upholstery……Tamiya Orange and Camouflage Gray color scheme…..dash decals from Revell 1949 Mercury (white face set).
Dr. Cranky Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Oh my, Peter, just when you think you've seen it all done to a Mercury, you dish out more beautiful eye candy. Amazing model, and absolutely gorgeous! The work on the engine bay is gravy. Thanks for sharing.
espo Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Nice job, It looks like somthing George Barris would have built. I like how you worked in the 300 interior and engine. Edited January 28, 2012 by espo
Sixties Sam Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Very nice! I like the colors and the top. Great interior, too! Sam
Bluzboy66 Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Nice Merc! In my opinion, that old AMT Merc trumps the newer Revell Merc kit, as far as body proportion goes. Gotta love Revell for including sooooo many awesome extra parts, though! Mike
John Teresi Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Peter......beautiful model......FANTASTIC!!!!!!
Perspect Scale Modelworks Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 WOW! That's one beautiful Merc!
Ramfins59 Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 That is one beautiful model. You did a great job.
Tony T Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Wow, Peter, fantastic! Love the execution on this. Awesome!
High octane Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Awesome build on that Merc. I need to get one of those AMT Mercs myself, but then I'll need to build it also. Life is tough.
ShawnS Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Stunning. Everything is so clean and neat. I would never have thought that orange and grey would work so well. Nice work.
DumpyDan Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Man oh Man this is right on, just love it, great job. Only question I have is, how did you do the hood scoops? I have tried this with no success.
car-man666 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 real nice Merc, you did quite a job of custom a zzzzation ,excellent work
Funkster Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 That is great, just love them old lead sleds!
Peter Lombardo Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Man oh Man this is right on, just love it, great job. Only question I have is, how did you do the hood scoops? I have tried this with no success. Ok Dan, I hope this works....if I did this right there is a 15 slide, slide show that should make the process clearer for you. If you still have questions, please post it and I will address them....but I think you will be able to follow this. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are fifteen thousand words on how I did the hood scoops. Click the link below and you should be able to follow along. First off this method will build the scoops in two slightly different ways depending upon your preference. This hopefully will explain these two variations on the scoops. First, these scoops can be set up two different ways. The way I did them is to have a larger opening in front of the curved outer section so there is a larger opening; the other way is to have the opening recessed behind the outer section so that there is a much smaller opening. To do that, just move the curved outer section more forward to front of the opening and then glue it. Either way, this method will accomplish desired effect. Also, use the very thinnest styrene you have to make the outer covering section. Edited January 30, 2012 by Peter Lombardo
RatRodMarc Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 nice merc nice custom work it turned out very nice great build
jerseyjunker1 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 i love every model this guy does. he can customize plastic poop and make it a show winner.
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