Lanny Haas Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) I picked up a Jimmy Flintstone 49 carson top Merc a long while ago and with our club topic being customs a few weeks away I decide this is what I'll bring. Anyway I cut out the doors and the trunk and opened the hood...Im past the point of no return, what was I thinking, the plan is to have everything hinged and workeable! Even going to build a 45 rpm record player for under the dash (and It wont work)...............hummm with an Ipod and some wizardrey.....could have some 50's rock going on in there......Naw....) (had one when I was in high school in the beloved 59 impala).........Sigh.....*wipes a tear* built the chassis pretty much out of the box, will pick out the details with the brush, using Cad hupcaps in the fronts, and no caps in the rear as the skirts will cover them hand painted the white walls, and has the Chrysler 440. using the old AMT 49 Merc kit as my base kit, cut out the front fender wells filed them to fit the resin body . using small 1/2 round I'm going with a white tuck and roll to go with the metal flake blue and silver body color Edited April 26, 2014 by Lanny Haas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Always liked that tuck and roll look I need to try that one day Looking good Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 WOW! cutting the hood and doors out of a resin body took some moxie. Nice clean work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Looking really good. Nice interior work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bad55 stan Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 very cool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Good looking project, Lanny! Another winner, for sure. I have a 'Customs' project on the bench, too, but since you're not going to be out of town, I'll just leave it in the box . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG NICKY Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 lookin real nice im definitely pulling up a chair for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys. Hey Dan ya never know, should keep building. this thing might go south ,..... Edited April 27, 2014 by Lanny Haas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 whouw awsome !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybill1960 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Lanny Very Kool Kustom I am really enthralled with Your interior work! It's the Bees Knees Man! Your color choices are different, can't wait to see them come together Thank You for sharing Later Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks for looking. worked a little more. Started thinning the body a little more to scale, and to get the chassis to fit the body lots of resin dust, but chassis fits now. had to do a lot of grinding on both body and chassis to get it all to fit. stll needs some work also fit the firewall and fender wells. coming aroud little by little this is how thick the hood is. thinking of using the kit hood. the body has a shaved hood, but I what the peak down the middle so well see. how it works. have to pancake the kit hod to fit body and while grinding I did were a mask. don't need to ingest resin dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Started working on the hinges....this is for the trunk about a 4 thousand wire and I used square copper tube to fit the wire. I used copper tubing for the trunk to slip into thined the doors more to scale, only what will show anyway little trial fit. have to leave room for the paint seems to swing ok... going to let the hinge slide in the tubing on the door, so it will open and close, and I can move the door back and forth so it fits nice this is the paint im using. you can get it a hobby lobby, water base, after thinning, it will spray thru an air brush, it works better with a color base, in this cane a blue base silver base and like real metal flake you have to bury it in clear. I use Future. when its all said and done you need a good week for it all the dry,... only have 20 more days.....sounds like fun. more to come Edited April 28, 2014 by Lanny Haas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 This is starting to take a great shape Lanny. I have to admit, that when the thread was first started, I was kinda pessimistic about this project, but now I see it going in great direction. Can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very nice work! Man that took some huevos to cut the doors and hood open, but you pulled it off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftingRookie Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 What do you use to thin those out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Customman Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Oh yeah excellent work ! Nice clean execution, you made working with resin look so easy. Old Scool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybill1960 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great body work there Lanny The color choices look very cool too, can't wait to see the body with paint on it I really like what Your doing Thank You for sharing Later Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 What do you use to thin those out? I just use water just untill it sprays without splatter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Real nice work opening the doors and trunk. Great hinges also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Had the pleasure of hanging out with my old buddy Lanny all day Saturday while he worked more on this Merc. It is definitely looking great, Lanny is very dedicated to making things work. Always fun to have a model day with Lanny and see what he's doing. I worked on a plain old Polar Lights Talladega that's been half started for a decade and Lanny can knock out a super cool custom car from a RESIN body in a month. Inspirational to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks Bill.....It was a productine day...aside from sticking fingers together with the super glue and losing parts on the floor. Anyway, got the roof painted last night, and the engine alcladed "chromed" . built my little record player, and the door jam"s from this parts box battery, well build the record player. I still have a real one, to check by, but this is the basic shape. thru sanding and wittling, I got the trun table and the tone arm in place..something that will never be seen, but its there. set it into the center consol with a few records to warp in the sun.. got the body and parts primered , and going to paint the top first Light Ivory, than dull coat it, as its a carson top painted the silver base for the silver flake paint, than mask the top and the silver and do the blue. Should take most ot next the week to finish the paint. only 9 more days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 That's looking great, Lanny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Haas Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 this is the real recorsd player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 ummm Lanny, they have satellite radio these days & MP3's or even CD players. Ya need to get into the 21st century my friend The record player is cool along with all the rest of the Mercury. Look forward to seeing the finish on this beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Next we know, you'll tell Lanny about cell phones, too, Bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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