Mad Modeler Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I haven't posted anything here in a while. Some of you probably saw this on another board earlier this week. I was undecided about showing it here but I see other folks doing it so, what the heck, I thought I'd crossover... So, the paint is good ol' Testors enamels. I used Boyds Lime Pearl and mixed in quite a few drops of Aluma Coupe Yellow Pearl and a few more drops of Bright Green Pearl and this is what I ended up with. I mixed a couple of the small bottles of Testors Lime Gold, let the pigment settle and drained off the carrier to tint Testors Gloss Clear enamel for a little candy. Interior is white pearl nail polish with black flocking. Sorry, didn't take any pictures of the interior before assembly. Mixed some Tamiya Clear Orange and Silver for the engine and accent colors. The chassis is painted with several different shades of nail polish. Radiator, mount, exhaust are different Alclads. Applied a few custom touches of my own. Filled in the front turn signal holes and did without. Rounded the rear hood corners and filled in the gaps/holes behind the hood/firewall. Cut out the battery and smoothed the inner fenders and firewall. Frenched an antenna in the front fender. Made a couple *bullets* to replace the windshield wipers. Shaved the drip rails. Scratched some smooth wheel skirts. Used the turn signal lens from the Poncho grill for tail lights. Lowered it as much as I could. The hubcaps are from the AMT 57 300C Custom kit. Still needs a tag, undecided on what to name it... A couple of things were left undone and others I'd do differently the next time around but there she is. Hope you like it Tony
Raul_Perez Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 EXCELLENT body mods, paint and BMF work, my friend!! Welcome to the dark side!!
mademan Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 excellent build! I Love the color, it suits the car very well. as for a name.... how about "slug"?
Zoom Zoom Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Very classy look to this one. By far one of the best ones I've seen, with the subtle styling tweaks and killer paint job. I like the Revell Merc when the kitchen sink isn't thrown at it.
fordsixty Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 excellent work. a very pretty merc. how about "envy".
fordsixty Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 sorry, roadkill2525. i read your post after reading madmodeler's. did not mean to steal your name.
OLDERGUY Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Yes, this guys hit it right on. Great looking.
Mad Modeler Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 Thanks guys. "slug"? What's that supposed to mean?
RatRod Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Man, there have been some beautiful models posted here lately, and this is another one!!!! I can't believe the finish you got on this one using model enamels!!! I gave them up years ago in favor of automotive lacquers, but this is a stunning color you made for this baby!! I have several of these kits, now i guess I need to get busy and build one.
James Flowers Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I don't respond to custom cars much. I had to as that is one really clean build. Love the color. Why would you hesitate to post them here ? I would post on every board I could.
bsoder Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Beautiful Merc' Tony!..hey if you run across a copy of this months(March 08) Hot Rod mag. look at pg.25 and check out the Three-Window Merc.
Canada Jeff Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 How about "El Green-go"? Excellent paint work, by the way. I just drooled on my keyboard.
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