1949 Mercury

[om617]

Inspired by all the cool older custom cars on this forum i thought i should do an humble attempt myself.

The kit is AMT 1949 Mercury. Very nice car both stock and custom,even if i favour the 51 as for looks.

Anyway,i do think flames are pretty cool,even if they are being used so much it`s become an cliche,but

who cares,taste is as we all know subjective. My level of skill dont allow me to chop the top or such things,

so i guess it will be more or less stock as for body. It will be lowered and hopefully i will find some tires

with wide whitewalls,i think it looks good on these cars. Plans so far is Cadillac drivetrain and wheels.

Also i will be using Cadillac steeringwheel and maby other small stuff,not 100% sure. I tend to do

changes as it progress,and after suggestions from you skilled people.

This is what i have so far. I have not put clear on but will add a coat or two.

Thanks for looking.

[The Moparian]

Wow those flames look great. Mind if I ask how you masked them off? I wanna do them on a near-future project

[cobraman]

Looks fantastic !

[BKcustoms]

Great work on the flames! The colors are perfect together.

[microwheel]

Great start, love the color combo especially the flames.

[DynoMight]

That's a good, deep silver. What colors are those?

[om617]

Wow those flames look great. Mind if I ask how you masked them off? I wanna do them on a near-future project

Here you go: http://www.ebay.com/itm/150805502960?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[om617]

That's a good, deep silver. What colors are those?

Tamiya TS-42 Light gun metal & TS-54 Light metallic blue. The last one is more dark then light.

[hjracing]

Great start!

[slusher]

Great paint and very nice touch on the flames....

[MikeBoyle]

Did anyone mention the flames look great?

[Byron5150]

I will lol!!

The flames do look great man and so does the paint

[om617]

Suspension more or less done so this will be the stance. I changed my mind on the mill,going for 392 hemi with hillborn

fuel injection. I found some nice valvecovers and hillborn parts at speedcity resin. The Cadillac wheels did not fit,and i

did not feel to okay with shaving these tires,btw they are from the AMT tire packs. The wheels are the Moons who come

with the kit. I might change my mind on these too lol

How it sits now.

[Scalper]

Nice Flame job.

[slusher]

Those white walls and wheels look great..

[Belugawrx]

Love the moons...MosDef

The whites are great!!

Can U drop the rear?... not much ....1/16"th ?

Looking great.

gunSilver on Blue... SWEET

Cheers

[carcrazy19]

That's a nice start......love what your doing and I like the color you picked. Can't wait to s more.

Edited August 14, 2014 by carcrazy19

[mantis73]

beautiful flames!

i'm definetly into the street rod classic cars from the 30's to the 60's

grew up on muscle cars.

i'm looking for white walls like those for my 32 ford, i'll start a thread on that soon.

or did you paint the white walls, wich is what i've been thinking of.

[frozono]

Love the color combinations....... and the flames...... nice one.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great flames.

[Jantrix]

So the chrome trim will be left body color or BMF'd?

Great colors and nice work with the masking.

[TFchronos]

Nice paint job, the flames look great!

[om617]

Little bit of progress on this. Go fast parts recived,also done bmf and interior. Not the most exciting inside.

I cut the hornring off the steering wheel,cut the pedals so it`s only got two,this is an atutomatic so no clutch.

[Brizio]

Very nice paint job!

[om617]

I did suspect it and tonight i got it confirmed. The stacks are too tall so they touch the hood. I`m not cutting the hood and the

motor is pretty much done,i guess i`ll save it for somthing else. I started an attempt at making a flathead v12 instead. I could

have bought one,but it`s 30$,and then there is shipping from AUS.

I`ll have some pics later on.