1974 mercury marquis brougham

[michelle]

this  is my final car model for the year   
it took me a 3 month  to make this model  from modding the body and  other parts parts  
also  moding the figure to have the interior pan to fit in the body  of the car  took 3 days alone to sand and reshape  
i made the   vinyl  roof  with painters tape that i painted flat black  
yes this is from the classic five-0 series  and  the figure is  supose to be jack lord's steve  mcgarrett 
and i added a car phone radio  as well as the police  cb radio   since in several late seasons episodes mcgarrett's merc  sometimes had it and the cb and sometimes just the  phone  and then  just back to having the  cb radio 
the engine is a revell  351  ford engine  from a 76 torino  kit  and  i drilled a whole in the oil pan   so the axel rod  for the front  wheels   could go through  it 

[Cpt Tuttle]

Did you make it from an AMT 1970 Ford kit?

[michelle]

32 minutes ago, Cpt Tuttle said:

Did you make it from an AMT 1970 Ford kit?

yes but it was a rebuilder   i had that was missing the original    engine  and had this engine bottom  insert  in the engine bay  chassis opening  i  found out that this model    was originally  a  70 ltd sedan  promo  before it was   converted  into a   70 galaxy 500   police car kit  by   amt/ertl  and  this model would   be the best    choice to   mod into a 70's marquis  

Edited October 17, 2020 by michelle

[Bob Ellis]

You picked a difficult subject. I have been mulling over building a 1969 Mercury Marquis, but not sure how to go about it. I suspect that a 1970 Galaxie is the route to go.

[michelle]

27 minutes ago, Bob Ellis said:

You picked a difficult subject. I have been mulling over building a 1969 Mercury Marquis, but not sure how to go about it. I suspect that a 1970 Galaxie is the route to go.

depends on weither you want to do a 2 door or 4 door    or a convertible  2 door   cause   the 66-68  marquis  had the same basic  design  as the mercury  parklane   if you  want to make  one of those years the best starting place   is the amt 66 parklane kit  since it is the only year   of that car made   a convertible  69 coupe i  would think you could use a 2 door 69 galaxy as basis and that a rear section of the  roof from a 70 galaxie   and merge   with the 2 door  69  galaxy  body then have to make new  grilles and   tail light panels  the 4 door yes  the 70  galaxy is perfect   choice 

[Tom Geiger]

Interesting conversion!

[michelle]

25 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Interesting conversion!

thank you  it was fun 

[gbtr6]

Cool. Like the subject, nice scratchbuilding.  Surprised no one said... Book 'em Dano!

Perry

[michelle]

1 hour ago, gbtr6 said:

Cool. Like the subject, nice scratchbuilding.  Surprised no one said... Book 'em Dano!

Perry

thank you  

[gbtr6]

I wonder if you could do a Mercury Marauder from that kit. Those are cool. 
 

Perry