49 Merc Svt Cobra - Revisited

[Raul_Perez]

When I though that I was done with this model a couple of weeks ago I posted it "Under Glass" and put it away in my display case. The problem was that I did so few body mods to it that it just didn't say "SVT" or "Cobra" to me. Thanks to suggestions from many of you, and the spare hood that Revell had provided in the kit, I finally got this one to a point where I'm happy with it and can call it DONE.

Here's the link to the original post if you want to see the detailed interior and engine pics.

Here are a few pics of the new hood: (in process and completed).

I took most of the hump out of the middle of the Cobra hood insert and took the peak out of the horizontal portion of the Merc hood. I thought that more closely matched the way the roof design is peaked in the front and quickly flattens out towards the rear.

Well, any additional mods at this point will have to be done to one of the other Merc kits that I have waiting in the closet...

Regards,

Edited January 6, 2008 by Raul_Perez

[hossalimi]

What's up Raul. Very nice Merc. I really like what you have done to the hood, and no ghost lines either . Keep'em coming!!

Hossain

[Raul_Perez]

  hossalimi said:

What's up Raul. Very nice Merc. I really like what you have done to the hood, and no ghost lines either . Keep'em coming!!

Hossain

Thanks, Hossain!! Ghost lines?! What are those?! Maybe the paint is still too fresh for them to peek through...

See you next week!!

[walt francis]

Perfect I love it, now that is cool

[Raul_Perez]

  walt francis said:

Perfect I love it, now that is cool

Thanks, Walt!!! You always run the risk of "mixed reviews" when you mess with the classics...especially when the predominant build mode for a model like this is old school.

[curt raitz]

Hey partner...very, very nice!

It fits in with the theme of this build

c'ya

curt

[kasteer]

Wow! Nice! That thing is wicked looking!

[Raul_Perez]

  kasteer said:

Wow! Nice! That thing is wicked looking!

Thanks, Eric! Did you get your Willys windshield yet?

[dub]

Yeah Raul, that hit the spot! It ties in with the mirrors really well and pulls the whole package together. Good show!

[Raul_Perez]

  dub said:

Yeah Raul, that hit the spot! It ties in with the mirrors really well and pulls the whole package together. Good show!

Thanks, Jonathan!! As you can see, I passed on adding the foglights...I just didn't want to chance messing up the paint on a finished model. With a spare hood in the box, I had nothing to loose by giving the scoops a try...

[Clay]

I absolutely love this one Raul, might be one of my favorites (besides the Avanti) Oh that reminds me I need to dig that one out too .

I love what you did with this one with all the cobra parts. includeing the hood.