Steve_L Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 These are pictures of my curbside Candy Red 1940 Mercury custom car. I started with a Jimmy Flintstone Matranga resin kit and added a few custom touches. I removed the side window trim and filled the rear quarter windows. For a smoother look, I removed the running boards. To improve the appearance of the rear windows, I substituted the rear window panel from the Revell 1940 Ford Coupe. I added frenched and tunneled headlights and 1948 Chevy taillights. I slammed it over a 1940 Ford chassis and added a Pegasus chrome rim and white wall tire combination. I finished it in candy red with an enamel clear coat. I did the polishing with 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 pads followed by Novus 3, 2 and 1 liquid polish. This was a fun project that I needed to take me out of a model car building slump. Enjoy!
Silver Foxx Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Great looking build , beautiful paint , so nice.
Albie D Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Sweet sled! Who's paint did you use? Looks miles deep.
rmvw guy Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 This is one sweet looking ride! Nice photos also.
Steve_L Posted April 29, 2013 Author Posted April 29, 2013 Thank y'all for your positive comments. Albie, I used VHT Spray Can Base Coat and Anodized Red Color coat. That was followed by Duplicolor clear and mucho polishing.
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Wow!! That's some nice work! Beautiful paint job...
Draggon Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Outstanding! Pretty nice how you changed up the Matranga Merc so much with just a few mods. And that color....gorgeous!
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