My 49 merc in paint

[Ken]

Well, like everybody else and their brother, I finally found and almost immediately started one of the new Revell Mercs. Stepping out of my normal routine, I painted the body first. I have to say that this is one of the nicest moldings I have seen from Revell in a long time. No real annoying mold lines to speak of. Clean up did not take long at all. The first paint color was Testors MM Artic Blue Metallic from the regular MM line. After a serious bout with fish eye, into the purple pond it went. Next I bought the acryl verision of Artic Blue Metallic. I seriously goofed on the thinning of the paint and back into the CSC it went The third time I went a completely different route. This time I used Dupli-color exclusively. Color was Deep Jewell Green wet sanded inbetween with 3200 grit pads. A quick color coat after the last sanding followed by a couple of mist coats of clear. After a day of drying, more clear coats followed. I think I ended up with six or seven coats of clear. Then the polishing. I started with the 3200 grit pad and got rid of the orange peel. I did not even sand through the clear... a first for me. I have now started with the Mequirs. Swirl remover is all I have gotten to so far. Machine glaze is next. I haven't decided if I will wax now or later. The hardest part is not rushing. I keep having to put the body down and let the clear gas out completely. I know, I shouldn't even be polishing if the clear is still soft, but I can not help myself. Besides it looks this good

I have never had a paint job turn out this well with so little work. Well, there was a lot of work on the first two paint jobs, but I don't count those Oh yeah, it is a metallic paint, but it does not show well in the photos. Not to mention that I was not paying close attention to the camera settings and the ISO was set way high.

[Zoom Zoom]

Looks great in that color

[RodBurNeR]

that looks like glass man! nice job!

[Tom Kren]

WOW nice job!!!!

[VW Dave]

That car obviously was never meant to be blue, Ken.....the green looks 'far awesomer' anyway.

[41CHEVY]

Paint looks really good!!! Can't wait to see more!! Paul