49 Ford and Mercury

[Peter Lombardo]

I thought it might be nice to post these two older builds I did since I, and many of you guys are doing the new Revell 49 Mercury. The Merc is a AMT that had the top chopped, it was channeled over the frame and hand cut flames applied. The base coat is Mopar Radiant red metallic with HOK pearls for the flames. The wheels came from the Revell Shelby Series One. It's not really a street racer and not really an old school custom. The 49 Ford Coupe has had major surgery. This one was chopped, channeled, sectioned, shortened and scalloped. I opened the doors, added a blown 427 Ford from the parts pac's from Revell. The wheels came from a 69 AMT Super Bee Pro Street. Paint is Mopar Viper yellow with white scallops on the nose, both topped with HOK white pearl. I saw a picture of this car in the Hot Rod 50th anniversary hard cover book and I knew I had to build it. I even modeled the model (girl) from the book picture but did not include her here. I was very happy with these two builds.

[lonewolf]

Peter,

Two more excellent builds. Really crankin' em out, aren't ya.

[Steve H.]

Built Ford Tough!

Nice work, I think I remember drooling over pics of the 49 Ford in years past.

[Dr. Cranky]

Fabulous . . . that yellow silver is sick. Great work.

[dub]

I like them both but I love the merc! I like the blending of pro-touring with traditional kustom. I think you pulled it off quite nicely. Its easy to screw up when mixing different flavors but you have mastered this one! Sweet job on both!