Custom AMT '49 Mercury

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

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

 

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.

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

That is slick!  Very nicely executed.