1949 Mercury custom coupe 1/25 Revell

[flyjoe180]

Wow, that engine is looking sharp, nicely finished.

[Guest]

You dont hang about Trey do you. Excellent work mate,

Andy

[Guest]

Great work so far Trey, and love the coil suspension! She's going to be a low rider, right?

[Guest]

Joe ,Andy thanks ! Andy you've been burning it up lately as well with that excellent ship project! Alex thank you ,yes its slammed!

I sorted out the exhaust fit problem with a little trimming on the side wheel wells. I then got started shooting the semigloss,will finish that tomorrow the shop lights were attracting way too many bugs!

Frustrated by the aerial insect assault I moved inside and tackled the dash

I put some canopy glue over the instruments to simulate the glass covers ,so while that dries on to the chasis. Here it is before I hit it with some Game color transparent black acrylic wash

and after

[Guest]

Some excellent detail work so far Trey.

Are you finishing it in full gloss or having it as a satin type finish?

[papa 695]

Some great work Tray

[Guest]

Colin,Ian thank you and Colin its staying satin,well mostly thinking of doing 2 tone with the top color being the metallic lime green pearl. We'll see how the 'real' flames come out and how frustrated I get doing them first!

I won the battle of the bugs today and got the satin black down

Then the dreaded wiring and fuel line job was next,pretty pleased with the results

The interior is ready to instal

[yak face]

Great looking engine and paint trey, cant wait to see the lime pearl on top. I reckon the green /satin black 2 tone would look perfect , with or without flames , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Nice work again Trey. The final colour scheme sounds cool, can't wait to see it!

[Guest]

Tony ,Joe thank you bothI've got the flames shot ,kinda of on the fence about them.

[Guest]

I quite like that effect, looks like a raging inferno sweeping down the sides.

If you're on the fence with it, is it because it's all one tone/colour? .... if so then could you use a darker red (or even an orange or muted yellow) to apply some "shadowing" to each of the flames.

[papa 695]

I think it looks good also Trey but as Colin say's some darker and lighter reds would make it look a lot better. It's not going to be easy though

[Guest]

Coming on real nice! Some good tips in your posts, cheers!

[michaelm]

Loving it Trey, looking wicked!! I think Colins idea with the light/dark/yellow tones is worth considering. Keep it up mate it's great stuff. M

[Ian M]

Looking great. I agree that some highlights and shadows would give the flames more depth.

Ian M