Flamin 49 Mercury

Hey Guys, figured I may as well give the showroom a crack! Here's my Revell 49 Mercury, built pretty much stock, apart from a healthy lowering! As this car was basically a painting exercise, I didn't bother with any extra wiring etc. Paint is Tamiya sprays, run through the airbrush, followed by 2K clear.
Hope you like it!

Now that is one very nice flame job.
The fade look perfect! Beautiful shine, very clean n' tidy.
Luv it!

Oh so NICE !!! I 'm getting all hot and flustered looking at this one , like I want to build one now . Where's my magic wand!!! It looks as if you used that vynil template kit for the flames , Good Job! Chris.

Cheers Ron

I was about to ask the same question about the vinyl flames template. That's a magnificent high gloss you've achieved - well done Chris.

HATE IT, those flames are perfect, the gloss is awesome, why can't I get my flames looking like that. We need to know the secret, if it's a mask, where do I get it.
Beautiful job mate and welcome aboard.

Beautiful flames!! Like, really beautiful.

Thanks guys, glad you like it! The flames were done using a vinyl mask, which i've just started producing (also have 32 ford and 55-6-7 Chev sets). If you're interested in a set, please send me message! Once i've got some pics of the actual masks I'll post in the aftermarket section. Thanks again for the comments!

Those flames are freakin' awesome. That is without a doubt the best build of this kit I have ever seen. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us!

Another one of my posts gone missing?!
The gremlins must have got loose...

I said (or tried to say) earlier that this is a flamin' good job although the shine (while being great) looks out of scale to me.

thats one super cool wicked lead slead.

Awesome Merc man!! The paint job on my merc was goign to be something along these lines

Clutch wrote: Now that is one very nice flame job.
The fade look perfect! Beautiful shine, very clean n' tidy.
Luv it!

sweet build, love ya work. all of the above
Merc's, 32's, 55-56-57's - you have such a way with words.....
I am up for a set of the masks...sending a PM shortly

Hey Chris, this thing blew me away when you emailed it to me the other day, than when I seen it on the weekend it stopped me dead in my tracks! I showed about a dozen people it during the show.
And the great part was I won a set of masks in the raffle! Although Ive got to get a set of 57 Chev and 32 Fords ones of you too!

Man that is one nice merc and nice flames as well

Cheers Tony.

Hell, see what you've done now! Got drool all over the keyboard!
Seriously......that's one b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l Merc Chris!

That looks good Chris but i reckon when we do the mask for the truck (T900) that experiment will be even better.

Chris After seeing your Merc and the others at Tumut last weekend, I was quite impressed with your template idea. They are on my shopping list , particularly the '32 Ford . I love flamed cars so I am now wanting to do another Revell Mercury, with FLAMES . I'll let you know when I need them. ok

Cheers Ron

Thanks for the high ratings, guys! Anytime you're ready, Ron, give me yell. I'm gonna start messin around with a set that can be painted (hopefully!) with spray cans too. It will be a bit more simplified to suit the cans.

Chris i'm going to have a crack at using the Merc mask I got with Holts cans mate. We'll see how she turns out dude.

that's one awesome looking merc...

Chris / Rob Wiyh the spray cans , I think if you start off with very light coats and build them up gradually .That should work ,mmaybe use a bit more paint that way ? See how you go? Thats how I do my two tone paint scheme , but your mask looks a lot thinner than Tamiya tape. It still should work , I hope or else I,m gonna have egg on my face !!

Cheers Ron