the tale of 2 mercs

[volksrod66]

:)sorry i haven't been here in a while but now I'm back! and i can really break it down! Sorry couldn't help myself! here is a project that i started by sectioning and chopping it (rod burner and some others will recognize it from the St Joe car show) and did not touch for a year then dad started his and that prompted me to work on mine so here is the before and after chopping pics
Before

After

this is after i formed the rear window area with sheet plastic and a 34 ford rear window

This is dads merc, the one that got mine going it will most likely have the rear wheels and tires of the 41 Willy's street machine (big!) and will adopt the front end of the 41 Willy's frame it is sectioned and chopped also but not as radical as mine (note the cuts are rough but thats how he rolls it will be flawless when it is done!

oh! :)this is dad showing of his handywork he is the biggest caracter you will ever meet!

[geezerman35]

Headin for a pair of sweet builds.
Ilike the 34 rear window bit.

[volksrod66]

thanks the rear window was a last ditch atempt at a cool rear window it is from the revell 34 snap kit, dads has a chopped 33 willys rear window (looks somewhat simalar)though his is not laid back like mine

[moparmarc68]

Nice start and I think its great that you and your dad are both building.

[rodburner]

keep having fun, that's what it's all about.

[volksrod66]

:)thats the way we have done it since the beginning, he told me of the models he built when he was my age, how the minute he made that almost $3 at the pool hall he would run down to the sport shop where they sold AMT models and buy a kit, he would use wood putty to fill the cracks where he chopped the top, testers red glue to put it together, and a brush to paint them with, and he says when the sport shop had a car show that he would always win cause he chopped the tops, opened the doors, and wired them with heavy-duty thread, at the peak of it he had around 50 models unfortunately none off them made it to today but as of now he has 4 amazing models ,some finished joint projects with me, and as is shown here some great projects in the works.

he is the biggest reason i got into this hobby

[volksrod66]

got more done! puttyed it to look like a buick hood

here is a pic of the 2 of them with a merc i finished a while ago.