1972 Mercury Comet

[spitfire]

Well i finaly found a model kit of my car. Found it on ebay. It needs alot of work (just like my car) but it will be fun. I plan on making it dark cherry red and jet black two tone.

Heres some pics of what its looks like.





Thanks for looking, more updates later.

[bondo]

sweet,i've been wating to see you do this.
i've been watching your 1:1 and i saw the same kit on one of my fav vendors.
as a matter of fact,we should make it a rule that you have to have a mini scale replica for the 1:1 buildoff........good luck tex

anyways, grats on the find and good luck with it.
you don't see too many of those kits around.

[spitfire]

Originally Posted by bondo

sweet,i've been wating to see you do this.
i've been watching your 1:1 and i saw the same kit on one of my fav vendors.
as a matter of fact,we should make it a rule that you have to have a mini scale replica for the 1:1 buildoff........good luck tex

anyways, grats on the find and good luck with it.
you don't see too many of those kits around.

Thanks bondo. That would make a great rule. Im very excited to start this project. Probably start tomorrow.

[spitfire]

Update. Got all the cracks fix, and shaved the door handles. Now its all ready for its first coat of primer. I dont have pics of it primed yet, im letting dry. Hafter it drys ill start mounting it up to the chassis.




Enjoy, all coments welcome.
-kris

[texan_idiot25]

Very cool project, it's killer that you found the actual year of yours.

No luck on my '69 :P

[spitfire]

lol, next time i go to the hobby shop ill look around for one.

Theres always one or two comet models on ebay. Alot of them are still in the box, or kept nice, so they go for over $60. This one i got for $23. Kinda had to splurg on it but hey, i think its worth it. Any way, more pics tomorrow.

[KITT222]

Originally Posted by texan_idiot25

Very cool project, it's killer that you found the actual year of yours.

No luck on my '69 :P

its a bit expensive, but if you can find it cheaper, well here ya go!
http://cgi.ebay.com/1970-Chevrolet-C...item19aafb45c7

at least we know it exists...


looking pretty good! nice job with the cracks. this'll look great when you get it done!

[123Vette]

thats a 70 tex has a 69

and im liking the project spitfire and that paint will look really nice if it comes out right

[spitfire]

Originally Posted by 123Vette

thats a 70 tex has a 69

and im liking the project spitfire and that paint will look really nice if it comes out right

Thanks. Ive done the same two tone to a diferent car. It came out realy good, so hopfuly this one will too. Ill have more pics later after the front is mounted up.

[spitfire]

Sorry its been awhile for me to get back to this car. Just trying finish the real thing. It got its second coat of primer already and its all mounted up.





And i have a sneak peak of the my color choice. Nice black chery red.

[Donziikid]

Very nice color choice and awesome idea for a project. I can't wait for the final result.

Cheers,
Kyle.

[DRFTKO]

Wow, nice job so far! It even looks good in the primer stage. I can't wait to see it with the final paint job!

[spitfire]

Originally Posted by Donziikid

Very nice color choice and awesome idea for a project. I can't wait for the final result.

Cheers,
Kyle.

Thanks. You and me both. Cant wait to see it done. I was gona go with a midnight blue met. But i thought "why not be different?" So i decided to go with a nice dark red met. I hope to make the real car the same color.

Originally Posted by DRFTKO

Wow, nice job so far! It even looks good in the primer stage. I can't wait to see it with the final paint job!

Thanks. Right now my 1:1 comet is all flat black primer. I was thinking of using flat black on this car to mock it, but i decided to see how the car would look with the paint scheme i wanted.

[spitfire]

Its painted! Trying to get the real car finish, So i havent been able to work on this much. Ive started to put it back together. I need to find a rear bumper for it, didnt come with one. Its needs a few more coats of wax. Heres some pics of how it looks now.





Heres my favorit part. The original head lights were just chrome. I drilled them out out, put clear lenses in, and added lights.




Enjoy, all coments welcome.

[winner]

lol the lights do make it look wayyyy better

[KITT222]

That loks amazing! great job with it! and it looks excellent with the lights!