1949 Mercury Custom Coupe

Modeling Subjects Autos
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Built this from Revell Kit # 2860

Very nice model kit to purchase if you have the chance. It goes well together and the kit gives you a few different options to build your own custom style Merc.

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Nice and Shiny! [*]

I think my father-in-law built one of these but he did metallic green. Your’s turned out nicer though. (His wasn’t bad for a first-model-back-in-the-saddle though.)

3

Grapeulous build, very nice indeed! Which paint did you use?

4

Thank you Greg - the paint I used was Testor’s Purple-Licious One Coat Lacquer Spray 1842M.

Those new One Coat paints from Testor’s are AWESOME!!! I use them often.

5

Kool Cat!

The paint looks like a copy of the Mopar color 'Plum Crazy Purple’

I did a 1/1 scale Camaro in that color back’ in the early 90’s.

…Never added hardener and the paint never fully cured![bnghead]

You could press a thumb nail into the paint months after it was finished.

Your ‘Merc look great! Thanks for posting the pic’[H]

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Looks great! Hope mine turns out as good.

The RPM club in the Twin Cities is doing a group build for an upcoming full-size car show this summer. I have my kit and am just kind of deciding on colors.