and It Never Happened... [PIC]

Rich Sufficool · 2024-06-11T15:50:32Z

In 1963 FoMoCo divisions offered the semi-fastback (scat back) roof lines as an option. For Mercury, it was the S33 Marauder. I liked the shape of the Galaxies and and Mercs but didn't care for the front end styling. The restyled 1964s gave me noses I could love. The Marauder (actually, the Super Marauder) was hot stuff, with the 427 equipped models winning at NASCAR and the strip, even winning the Pikes Peak event that year. I was rather obsessed with the styling, constantly drawing the car in my school notebooks. I loved the trim on the top of the line 'Park Lane". A few years later, I was looking for a replacement for my tired '56 Merc and there, in a used car lot, was a beautiful metallic green Park Lane Marauder. I was sooo ready to buy that beauty, but my father, whom I needed to cosign for the loan, for reasons he never explained, nixed the sale. I did ultimately score a '65 383 4 speed Satellite CV, but I've always thought about that Merc to this day. Well, I finally got my '64 Park Lane Marauder... in 1/18 scale. It's a Road Signature that certainly isn't going to blow anybody away with "furious detail", but it's got good bones and worth some detailing. I only wish it was finished in a period metallic rather than white. I blackwashed the grill, rear fascia, side spears,and wheel covers (adding the red circle). I BMF'd little trim pieces, wheel well trim, door sills and door and trunk lock escutcheons. I wish I could photoetch the scripts and badging, but, such is life.

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14/06/2024 9:55 am

Posted by: @chris

Yes indeed Rich, a decent model with great bones! Your enhancements really help; I like them very much. As you recall, I adjusted the whitewalls and opened the trunk on mine, but didn't do much else....(yet).

Opened the trunk? LOL! Of course, you DID!!!

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