'51 Mercury Converible

Here is my newest project that I working on. I cut off the roof a Revell Merc and converted it into a'51. The Fender extentions are resin copy of Hendrix '51 Merc Coupe. It will get a Buick grill, '51 Dashboard from RMOM

Wow - drastic modification coming up. Keep us posted!

I like the idea of this one, keep it going.

Here some new pictures. The rear fenders are finished. The taillights will from a 1954 Lincoln.



The new bumper is based on a bumper from a 1/25 R&R '51 Mercury Coupe


top - resin copy of R&R bumper
middle - modified new bumper
bottom resin copy of new bumper

looking good

Very neat, like it

Big work of modification, I look forward to seeing the suite.

Eric

Some more pictures












Buick grille is from The Modelhaus

Paint is Candy Green over gold and silver base coat, still missing final clear coat. The paints are Zero Colors.

that's one very wicked Merc

Wow great work, looks better now there is some colour on it.
The Buick grill is cool.

The Buick grill is very cool. where did the back bumper come from ?

Wonderful execution and planning ,great looking custom.Looking forward to the finish. Best to you,Bill

You seem to have made a mistake and fitted an OHV engine instead of a flathead?



This is lovely. Especially the colour.

zenrat wrote:You seem to have made a mistake and fitted an OHV engine instead of a flathead?



This is lovely. Especially the colour.

Yeah it seems that the engine is wrong. But what looks better than a OHV with a Cadillac Air cleaner?

doorslammerfan wrote:The Buick grill is very cool. where did the back bumper come from ?

As I it based 1/25 '51 Mercury bumper. The supplier was Hendrix and not R&R as mentioned in a previous post . I had widen it and make the corners longer to get a similar look like the Buick front bumper.

My '51 Mercury convertible is nearly finished. I had applied the final clear coat. The interior is now finished. Some items like front indicator and the rear bumper are missing. I had made a new one because the chrome on the first one was everything but not chrome.









I'm a bit disappointed on the chrome of the Buick grille from Modelhaus. It isn't that good as expected.