Erik Smith Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 OK then! Back to the forefront for this thread. This kit arrived in distribution today, which means it'll be in your local hobby shops by the end of this week, or early next week. It's there now. In fact, there is one "under glass" today.
Chuck Kourouklis Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) I think this one is reeaally solid. It's a comprehensive leveraging of the Mercury custom, it goes further in the modifications than strictly necessary, the parts that do carry over make absolute sense considering the way many 1:1s are outfitted, and the body looks far and away the closest of anything Revell executed to a specific prototype in 2013. The imagination fairly reels at the cross-pollination prospects between this, Revell's custom, and AMT's '49 Merc. Edited December 31, 2013 by Chuck Kourouklis
Tom Geiger Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 OK then! Back to the forefront for this thread. This kit arrived in distribution today, which means it'll be in your local hobby shops by the end of this week, or early next week. It's there now. In fact, there is one "under glass" today. Eric, what Don means is that the kit is now in general distribution. Any kits you saw available earlier were part of the early release program that R/M's parent company gives to direct sale hobby shops that subscribe to the full line of product. Now it will be available at shops that buy through distributors and other vendors who don't buy the full RM line.
chopper430 Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 its a cool lookin kit ,there is no doubt that the kustom parts will fit to build a mild kustom or something radical .
crazyjim Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Got a free Merc wagon from IPMS to do a review. Bumpers are being stripped to be used as a base for front & rear rolled pans. I'm thinking chrome reversed wheels with baby moons. Maybe a rack on top for surfboard(s). Also going to try painting the "wood".
bigphoto Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I guess I should have explained it I like to paint the grain. I am not a fan of decal wood. Like I said it is just my opinion. But I am glad of the subject matter and will eventually build a couple.
crazyjim Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 The '49 Merc kit has wood grain texture in the plastic. I guess the plan would be to either apply the kit decals or paint with acrylics and then load up the clear?
Erik Smith Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 The '49 Merc kit has wood grain texture in the plastic. I guess the plan would be to either apply the kit decals or paint with acrylics and then load up the clear? No, it doesn't.
crazyjim Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 My mistake. The '49 Merc wagon does NOT have woodgrain engraving. I was thinking of the Dan Fink Speedwagon that's on the bench. Sorry.
Austin T Posted January 3, 2014 Author Posted January 3, 2014 Well I told my "connection" to get me one of these and a slingster and I will have it Monday. Pretty excited.
gman Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Well I told my "connection" to get me one of these and a slingster and I will have it Monday. Pretty excited. I stopped by my local hobby shop today and they had just unpacked their order and put the Merc woody on the shelf...I've been waiting for this one and snaked the only copy the store had on display .
horsepower Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) I was thinking on working with the crackle finish nail polish to start.sorry for the"dud"post,read the next one.:-) Edited January 4, 2014 by horsepower
horsepower Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 I was thinking on working with the crackle finish nail polish to start. I would try copying the decals onto thin paper then use a water based glue so the paper could be buckled then scraped away carefully to expose the base metal beneath. Just an idea.
Brett Barrow Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Sanded off all the drip rails and redid with Evergreen .010" x .020" strip. The one over the rear window was incorrect (too short) and the ones on the sides were wonky on the rear pillar (especially on the passenger side)
gman Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Sanded off all the drip rails and redid with Evergreen .010" x .020" strip. The one over the rear window was incorrect (too short) and the ones on the sides were wonky on the rear pillar (especially on the passenger side) Nice job...you took care of the slight bulge in the passenger's side C-pillar at the same time I see.
Art Anderson Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 I would try copying the decals onto thin paper then use a water based glue so the paper could be buckled then scraped away carefully to expose the base metal beneath. Just an idea. Except that there were no Ford or Mercury woodies built with wood veneer over steel panels. In 1950, due to the deepening Korean Conflict and the military buildup at the outset of the Cold War, Ford cancelled the planned replacement of molded plywood with steel stampings after only a handful of these bodies were built that way, and went back to using the molded plywood (which in the case of the car pictured, is what that is--splitting, delaminating molded plywood, so no steel panel would show behind the distressed wood. Art
Chuck Kourouklis Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Nice job...you took care of the slight bulge in the passenger's side C-pillar at the same time I see. X2! Good, subtle work there, Brett.
Chuck Most Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 i think norm at replicas and miniatures of maryland has "mod" squad figures too. He also repops the roof rack and surfboards from the Mod Squad kit. Just putting it out there.
hpiguy Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Got mine. The chrome on the hubcaps is jacked up, missing on half of them. Bummer.
thatz4u Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 If you want a flattie for your woodie, check out the AMT 53 Ford f-100, sharp detail, right distributor, fuel pump on the intake, single exhaust crossover also
Rob Hall Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 AMT 49 Merc is best engine for a stock build. Or the Revell '48 Ford convertible or woody, or '50 Ford truck...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Or the Revell '48 Ford convertible or woody, or '50 Ford truck... Pesonally, I would use the AMT '49 Merc engine. It is well designed, correct for the marque and model year, and includes desirable features like correct, separate exhaust manifolds. The '50 Ford truck would be an OK swap, but the '48 Ford is a prior generation Flathead, with the distributor in a different location and the water hoses from the radiator connecting in a different location, so it would not be a prototypically correct choice for a '49 Merc Woody.....TIM
Chuck Most Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I've used the '50 F-1 Flattie engine in this kit (well, the chopped '49 Coupe anyway), and getting it to fit was no big deal. I used the ARDUN heads and three-carb intake, though, so I can't say how well it work as a stock-only application! I don't even think I had to mess around much with getting the headers to match up with the Merc exhaust.
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I've used the '50 F-1 Flattie engine in this kit (well, the chopped '49 Coupe anyway), and getting it to fit was no big deal. I used the ARDUN heads and three-carb intake, though, so I can't say how well it work as a stock-only application! I don't even think I had to mess around much with getting the headers to match up with the Merc exhaust. Chuck...that is a great idea! For those of you considering this, just make sure your Ardun is from the second issue of the Revell '50 Ford Custom pickup (circa 2007 or so), as the Ardun in the first version of the Custom Ford Pickup was wrong in several areas (including siamesed exhausts that were great for a regular Flathead but completely wrong for an Ardun which has four separate exhaust ports on each head). TB
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