Project: "Inferno" 49 Merc - *Update p17* 3/13/15

[Darren B]

wow very flawless and intricate detailing will be following this one for sure..............

[Wonderbread Kustomz]

Man! This is some awesome work!

[JasonFL]

Long story short, been having a lot of family things going on amongst other things so I put the project aside for a month or two.

I was able to upload some photos tho so I'll try and get this build up to date.

Like I said before I wanted the skirt to flow so I started by shaping the top part to match the body line but then it just drops off so I'm going to make it flow into to bumper as well.

Started by leveling the bottom out and then used an old scrap piece from the hood to make it sit flush on the ground.

Then I cut a rough piece of plastic out, glued it on, and stared shaping.

This is the end result compared to stock. After using some filler I was pretty pleased with it.

[JasonFL]

I got rid of the old brackets and made new ones so it would slide right in place and line up without thinking twice. I also put a bracket behind the new plastic for extra backing support.

While doing the skirts I shaved the the tail light buckets and old bumper holes.

Edited November 2, 2013 by JasonFL

[JasonFL]

To help the flow I shaved down the corners of each bumper at the same angle as the body line and shaped them to fit the side skirts.

Added a little curve to the front of the skirts for more attitude.

I'll up load more photos to photobucket this weekend.

[JasonFL]

Wow ! Talk about a ground scraper. Very cool !

WOW, unreal detail....

Thanks Ray and Carl

[JasonFL]

Very nice !

Keep up the good work.

Awesome stuff man!!!!

Thanks Pat, Doc, and Marcos

[JasonFL]

WOW! Nice work all around. The scribing, chassis and suspension work and the creative use of sprue ...

fabulous.

wow very flawless and intricate detailing will be following this one for sure..............

Man! This is some awesome work!

Thanks Michael, Darren, and James

[JasonFL]

Those lines are the speaker grille.

The dash looks great shaved smooth like that- I'm gonna do that on my next Merc.

Thanks Mike. I was wondering what that grille was for.

[James2]

Wonderful lines, nice fab work. I'll be following along.

[crazyrichard]

whow awsome job ..

[JasonFL]

Wonderful lines, nice fab work. I'll be following along.

whow awsome job ..

Thankyou James and Richard

[JasonFL]

More Updates

I really didn't like the look of the rear end through the bridge setup so I decided to clean it up.

The first piece was cut out then used my wife's hole puncher to cut the edges off. Works great when you unscrew the bottom, then you can see where to cut it.

I wanted the second piece to look like a metal dimple die punched it out. The dimples had to be the same size and spaced holes as the ones cut out in the middle section of the frame.

I used one drill bit to make the hole and another drill bit 2x bigger and turned it counter clockwise. Took a lot of test tries but that was the best way to give it a smooth look.

[JasonFL]

This hole was already there so I figured why not make it match.

Then I added this accent dimple to both sides just for the hell of it.

Why not the upper control arms.

Edited November 3, 2013 by JasonFL

[JasonFL]

With such nice control arms now this area just looked ugly as sin so I cleaned it up.

Much better.

Edited November 3, 2013 by JasonFL

[JasonFL]

Then after all that I picked it up to show my wife and in slow motion it slipped out of my hands and into the air. Felt like it was in the air for ever. Luckily not to much damage.

Built these gusset plates with dimple holes to give the frame some strength.

Still have photos to upload so more updates to come. Opinions Welcomed.

Edited November 3, 2013 by JasonFL

[Pro Wrench]

The quality of the custom touches you are putting on this thing is so clean you are gonna have to display it next to a box stock one just so people will realize just how much you have done to it. THAT is the mark of a master. Awesome.

[Doug Bowen]

Jason...really nice stuff going on here. Every time I check in to this forum I see more things I want to try! Your scribed lines are really crisp. Can't believe how nice the lines at the front of the door look. Please keep us posted. D

[Jantrix]

Amazing work. Truly.

[cobraman]

Some great work going on around here .

[Ace-Garageguy]

Man, really some fine work going on here...somehow I missed most of this. Very very nice.

Edited November 4, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[FrancoZanella]

what a great use of parts that go to waste, very good

I will follow your work

[JasonFL]

The quality of the custom touches you are putting on this thing is so clean you are gonna have to display it next to a box stock one just so people will realize just how much you have done to it. THAT is the mark of a master. Awesome.

Thanks for that Curt. That's actually a really good idea. Might have to do that one day.

Jason...really nice stuff going on here. Every time I check in to this forum I see more things I want to try! Your scribed lines are really crisp. Can't believe how nice the lines at the front of the door look. Please keep us posted. D

Thanks a lot Douglas. This was the first time scribing or scratch building anything for me, give it a shot. Can't hurt. You mess up, fix it and start over.

[JasonFL]

Amazing work. Truly.

Some great work going on around here .

Thanks for that Rob and Ray.

[JasonFL]

Man, really some fine work going on here...somehow I missed most of this. Very very nice.

what a great use of parts that go to waste, very good

I will follow your work

Thank you Bill and Franco. I appreciate it.