Black Velvet - revell 49 merc

[fatkidd]

Here is another 49 merc from me.

I started this one a few months ago and I'm actually happy with how it turned out.

There are a few slight mods/alterations to this one.

mods: removed "b" pillar, rain gutter, upper door frame, molded/smoothed the rear fender skirts, parts box wheels, dual frenched atennae, full aluminum exhaust and mufflers (scratch built from manifolds back), added "porthole" vents on the hood, 12 volt battery (parts box), carb linkage, fatkidd wired distributor, detail masters battery terminals, crazyjim caddy tail lights, scale dreams battery cables, silver thread used for "piping" on the seats, grey flocking, fuel lines

Interior: custom mixed 2 tone purple

Exterior: H.O.K. Black base coat with H.O.K. Passion Purple Pearl and Blue/purple holographic micro flake was dusted over the whole car (hard to pick up in photographs).

Enough of me babbling...on with the pics.

Edited October 11, 2012 by fatkidd

[fatkidd]

enjoy!

and comments/critiques are always welcome

[TooOld]

Beautiful ! Great looking paint and the colors are really sharp , especially the interior .

[slusher]

Excellent looking mercury. great detal. Thats a great finish and color choice....

[crazyjim]

SHINY :) RULES!! Came out gorgeous. The hood vents are a very nice touch. I really like the taillights and carb linkage.

[fatkidd]

thanks guys.

i wish the flake would show up better in pictures...maybe i'll get some shots outside

[MichaelJ]

JUST FREAKIN WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[frozono]

AWESOME paint job..........LOVE IT........... :wub:

[johnz]

beautiful job

[Pullin Gears]

clean, sharp looking build!

[72 Charger]

Wow that looks wet lovely color superb

Doobie

[fatkidd]

thanks guys. several hours were spent wet sanding the primer, base coat, and pretty much every step along the way.

And believe it or not, I did not polish this out.

[Greg Pugh]

'40 Merc?

Nice model though. Gorgeous paint and very well executed!!

[trogdor]

I'm not a fan of the Mercs but that is absolutely beautiful. I especially like the port holes on the hood. Great job.

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes, please do shoot some pictures of it outside. It's a beautiful model. Love the hood vents. How did you do those?

[Sixties Sam]

Man, that's beautiful! I like the 49 Merc's, and this one is excellent! Great finish!

Sam

[Daf57]

Wow, super nice!! Love the color.

[montecarlo1980]

This is a Merc to be proud of! You did a excellent job on this build. Those hood vents are clean, the color comber is stellar. Everything about this build is right. Great job!

[Dominik]

Looks great! Like the color of the interieur and the violett on body - matches perfect!

[Silver Foxx]

This is really beautiful - top class paintwork and detail - well done.

[Duntov]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

Is this nice or what!!!!!

I really like this one!!!

Regards Bill (Duntov)

[fatkidd]

'40 Merc?

Nice model though. Gorgeous paint and very well executed!!

fixed it. I didn't even notice. haha

[deathskull59]

cool

[fatkidd]

everyone else, thanks so much.

Doc, I'll try and put a "how to" together next week. I'm trying to get one more model done for a contest this weekend. I don't see it happening, but I'm going to try.

[vintagedragfan]

very nice build!!