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Post by Fletch on Jul 5, 2009 11:12:24 GMT -8
It's been a while since I've added a new project to the rotation on the bench. I was digging about in the garage last week and came across an opened but untouched AMT '49 Merc. Last evening I took the saw to the roof and took a bit off the top.     Hosted on FotkiThere was a yellow Merc in one of the Magazines 10-12 years ago that I have always thought was pretty cool. It' wasn't overly radical just a clean well executed car. I need to dig through the parts box and find a second Merc body for a upper grille surround which will become the lower part of the grille opening then float the grille between the two. The planned color is Tamiya TS-16 Yellow: www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=85016With tires and wheels from a Monogram '59 Cadillac or the MCG replacements. Comments, suggestions are welcome as always. Blessings! |
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Post by demonhunterfan on Jul 5, 2009 16:48:39 GMT -8
Can't wait to see that roof all smoothed down Dave. Looks like you got a lotta puttyin' to do. Don't know how you can 'see' where to make them cuts, but you do seem to have the eye fer that   . I done added another to my rotating bench as well, and just might be choppin whatever body winds up on the frame. It'll be up soon.........I hope  ;D Later and God bless  |
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Post by Fletch on Jul 5, 2009 17:12:34 GMT -8
The nice thing about all those gaps John is they allow for a bit of wiggle room when making the pieces permanent. Then they will get filled with .  X .060 Evergreen then the shape of the roof will come back around. I don't know how many of you have seen the tutorial I did on chopping a '40 Ford Coupe in under an hour. It was posted on the Traditional Rod and Kustom Forum as well as the SABA forum. But, for this chop I used a combination of how I reworked the quarter windows on the '40 and How Kit Karson chopped a '32 5 Window for the Rollin' Bones Build on the TRaK forum. I like how the 2 different processes worked together. It allows for a much more stable roof and easier reworking of the quarter windows. Here is the link to the posts on the SABA forum: sabanw.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tipsI hope to have the basic plastic work finished by tomorrow and allow it to sit for the rest of the week before giving it a skin of putty. I'll post up some photos before putty time hopefully tomorrow but, as we all know it's in God's time. Blessings |
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Post by Fletch on Jul 7, 2009 16:25:18 GMT -8
Can't wait to see that roof all smoothed down Dave. Looks like you got a lotta puttyin' to do. Don't know how you can 'see' where to make them cuts, but you do seem to have the eye fer that . I done added another to my rotating bench as well, and just might be choppin whatever body winds up on the frame. It'll be up soon.........I hope ;D Later and God bless Brother John, it's just a matter of drawing a few lines and going to town with the saw. I guess the way I've always looked at it is just plastic and I can either add plastic back in or throw it in the parts box and start over. When kits were $10 starting over wasn't such a big deal but with kit prices at $25 I have to seriously screw up a body to chuck it in the part box now. John, the one thing I will tell you about chopping anything, plastic is just like a wild animal it can smell fear and will act accordingly!!!!!! |
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Post by Fletch on Jul 7, 2009 16:53:18 GMT -8
Here we go with installment #2 of the '49 Merc project. All the splices in the body have now been filled with Evergreen and now are in the curing process. I'll most likely leave the body alone for the rest of the week to allow the Tamiya Extra Thin Cement to finish it's work before doing the basis shaping work. Any filling that needs to be accomplished after that will be with Milliput White Superfine putty.     Hosted on FotkiThe grille opening has the basic shape but will require ends to still be slightly rounded. Other things yet to be accomplished are shaving and replacing the side trim, shaving the door handles, remove the trim and rib from the hood. The upper rear corners of the doors need to be rounded after the drip rail is removed. The hood and trunk corners will get rounded as well. I may go back and peak the hood before all is said and done. The kit rear skirts are taped on strictly to get an idea of how the car will look without the wheel openings, there is ZERO chance of them being used on the final build. It will have skirts but not those provided in the kit. Engine compartment wise, I'm leaning toward a Nailhead Buick with the Caddy Air Cleaner from RMoM. Not sure of where I'm headed with the exhaust. Guess it's time for a Photoshop session. Bumper wise I'm looking at robbing the more stock set from the Revell Merc but, we'll have to see how the DeSoto set would look as well. That's it for this installment, comments, suggestions as always are welcomed. Peace |
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Post by demonhunterfan on Jul 7, 2009 18:18:07 GMT -8
Hosted on FotkiLooks cool just like this Dave. My twisted mind is seeing a 'Frankesteiny' 49, all cut up and patched together, in a nice pukey green & maybe snot yellow flames?? ...... long time ago I started to make a 49 Merky wagon, so I gots 'body parts'. Hmmmm.......  Thanks fer postin' and sharin all the little details, like letting it sit for the week , etc. And thanks fer the warning about the plastic being able to smell fear! So that's whats been happenin'!!! Later and God bless
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Post by sigmaman on Jul 9, 2009 13:01:41 GMT -8
Thats lookin' great. Love the '59 Caddy wheels under it.
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Post by 84vanagon on Jul 11, 2009 18:46:38 GMT -8
Getting caught up after being off line.
I like the flow of the top being done this way, and
the use of the inverted upper grille opening.
The AMT 64 Merc has a set of skirts that might
be adaptable.
God bless.
Don.
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Post by Fletch on Aug 13, 2009 8:47:19 GMT -8
Time for an update on the '49 Merc. The first round of bodywork has been completed. There is still need to go back and refine the major reworked areas. It's being a typical custom and will require several bouts will the filler to get to the final stage of laying down paint. I threw the fender skirts from a Revell '57 Ranchero on just to see how they'd look. My first impression is I like the design, I just don't think they're tall enough. What do you think?     Hosted on FotkiStill a lot of massaging to get it to the point of paint, but it's getting there. |
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Post by Kit Karson on Aug 13, 2009 10:05:20 GMT -8
Raise the fender skirts up so the top line of the skirt matches the Merc's slope of the body line above the skirt... round the lower back end of the skirt to match the curve of the Merc's roll pan. You might have someting there, Brother!! |
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Post by demonhunterfan on Aug 14, 2009 3:28:04 GMT -8
I agree about them skirts-- although I think they would look fine as is, with the rounding off of the lower back end as Wes has said. Having typed all that-- you aint afeard of chopping and sectioning Dave , so why not makes 'em taller? You could slice 'em lenghtwise and add what--1/8" or so? You go Bro-- its lookin' goodly. Later & God bless |
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Post by Fletch on Aug 14, 2009 21:44:45 GMT -8
-- you aint afeard of chopping and sectioning Dave , so why not makes 'em taller? You could slice 'em lenghtwise and add what--1/8" or so? You go Bro-- its lookin' goodly. Later & God bless So far Brother John, I haven't found a piece of styrene that's scared me much. I've always figured if I screw it up to badly, there's another one sitting on the shelf waiting to take it's place. Ain't plastic great, $15-25 and you're back in business. Peace |
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. I done added another to my rotating bench as well, and just might be choppin whatever body winds up on the frame. It'll be up soon.........I hope 
;D
X .060 Evergreen then the shape of the roof will come back around. 
