Custom AMT '49 Mercury

Modeling Subjects Autos
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I finished this one last year:

I pancaked the hood and trunk lid, built the hinges, used a bit of body filler and a lot of sanding on this one! Paint is Tamiya with DupliColor clear. Interior and trunk was done with half-round styrene strips, and Tamiya tan paint.

Thanks for checking this one out!

2

Beautiful

3

Nice Bucky. Very cool color combo. What is pancaking? Never heard that term. Did the kit come with an opening trunk?

4

Thanks for the comments! Yes, the kit has an opening trunk.

“Pancaking” is a customizer’s term. The original trunk lid on a '49 Mercury has this shape:

I cut it apart as shown:

I added the vertical part to the body, leaving the deck lid “flat as a pancake”:

This shows the body work during the filling and sandig process:

The hood has this shape:

I applied tape along the body contours and cut it apart, leaving a “pancaked” hood:

Another shot, showing the blending process:

Here’s the “pancaked” hood in place during a mock-up:

I hope this helps explain my method on the “pancake” process. There may be other ways to do this that are easier, but I was able to get the look I wanted.

Thanks so much for your interest in this Mercury. I think it’s a very good kit, no matter how one decides to build it.

5

very cool mercury . I like the color combo and the over all build.

6

That is slick! Very nicely executed.

7

Thanks, folks!!