16th scale 1946 Mercury

[kennb]

I am starting a series of 16th scale Mercury's for my niece and her hubby. Since they do not make one I and building them from scratch. I glued up some rigid foam to the rough shape and the started cutting and sanding, this is going to be the plug that will be covered in bondo and then finished off. I will rough out the entire shape and then with the bondo do the final shaping will be done and painted. Then I will do a mold and resin casting, This will provide the basis for 3 bodies, the coupe, the convertible and the sportsman.

[kennb]

have the 46 roughed out now,,,,,,,,getting close to be Bondoed and finished.

[Ira]

Great Start Kenn!

[LaughingIndian]

What can be harder to scratch build other than a mid-century car body?

[kennb]

I have the body pretty much done,,,,,need to work on the grille and the drivers side and add the moldings yet.

[MADDOG]

WOW! From a block of foam to that!! Truly awesome.

[kennb]

[Ramfins59]

That is some fantastic scratchbuilding work you've done Kenn.

[kennb]

thank you

[kennb]

[futurattraction]

That's impressive work, Kenn. Thanks, so much, for sharing...

[blackbeard]

I second that

[kennb]

[kennb]

i have never cast anything of this size before and misjudged the amount of material I needed and came up sort so had to punt...but I did get a working mold,,,,,If i can get more material I will do a new one but this will do for right now. this is the first pull....since the master was solid i have to make a slush mold. I like how it came out.

it is a little thin along the bottom but I knew that when I pulled it....more interested in how it came out at this point.

[Kennyboy]

Been following this on Facebook.......truly amazing work Kenn!