49' Mercury Speedster.. It's Done 5/4/13

[BKcustoms]

I got the floor painted, It's Kustom Shop triple deep black with Nason select clear urethane. thanks for looking. Billy

[Foxer]

is that part of a wire nut that you used for the air filter?

was going to say the same thing!

This is sure looking good!

[BKcustoms]

Thanks Mike and Jason!, the engine bay is completely scratchbuilt from. .040 sheet styrene. Using the second hood would've probably worked better though since the styrene doesn't hold bends very well.

[vintagedragfan]

nice progress Billy, the old Nason lays down nice huh?

[JasonFL]

Thanks Mike and Jason!, the engine bay is completely scratchbuilt from. .040 sheet styrene. Using the second hood would've probably worked better though since the styrene doesn't hold bends very well.

Really? I thought for sure you used the other hood. The curves look BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH near perfect, real nice job. I dont have extra styrene but I think I'm gonna have to try using the hood curves to achieve that look. Also real like how you made that smooth firewall and attached everything to the body. Lookin good billy

[1930fordpickup]

Looks great .

[BKcustoms]

Thanks guys! I've got the functional front suspension done and I'm working on a setup to make the rear suspension functional and still look like airbags. I'll post pics tonight once I have it figured out completely.

[BKcustoms]

Front suspension is together now and working properly. thanks for looking! I've got about a month to finish this, hopefully I can do it. Billy

[Albie D]

Man, kiiler job so far, hope you get it done..

[dino246gt]

That's crazy cool and a huge undertaking, great stuff! Personally I think tan interior is more modern than grey, just my thoughts.

[BKcustoms]

Thanks Albie and Dennis! a tan interior is a good idea, I was originally thinking black because the car was going to be silver but I think the tan will go better with the light blue I'm using now.

[crazyrichard]

awsome job !!!!!!

[JasonFL]

The front suspension came out great, very nice job. Just curious but I was wondering what kind of pins you used and if you had any photos of them?

[BKcustoms]

Thanks Richard and Jason, here's the pins I used. I just drilled out the kit suspension to fit them and used pen springs for the coil springs.

http://www.dirtmodeler.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=79&product_id=50

[BKcustoms]

I've been working hard all weekend and I got a lot done. Engine bay is done and ready for paint... Convertible top is fitted and painted.. seat is painted.. And the body is in final primer. (The blue is just guide coat for when I sand it) thanks for looking, paint will be next weekend! Billy.

[cobraman]

That's coming along great !

[slammedi'am]

Looking great!

[Bill Edman]

looking good

[vintagedragfan]

looking good Billy

[BKcustoms]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I really appreciate it! This past weekend was paint time. The color is a custom candy blue pearl over Kustom Shop "Speed Blue" urethane with Nason clear.

I decided to repaint the floor since there were a few bad spots in the black. The color is really a lot lighter than the pics show.

Thanks for following along! I'll have this one wrapped up soon. Billy

[hjracing]

Great paint job! I love the color!

[crazyjim]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. SHINY :) SHINY :) SHINY :) . I love it.

What's up with the pins? Are they different from plain old pins? I'm looking for the pins that come om some new shirts - there's kind of a ball on the top. I think they might work pretty good for dash knobs.

[lazlow]

just seen this for the frist time, OMG , hurry I can hardly wait to see it done

[Albie D]

Wow! What an inspired build, great color. Goes nicely with rolling stock.

[vintagedragfan]

paint looks awesome Billy!! nice job