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29/03/2024 9:24 am
I recently purchased a Brooklin 1959 Mercury Station Wagon (picture below) and decided that I would convert it into a Colony Park wagon. I detailed the interior, stripped and repainted the body white and added wood panels. I used the wood liner from inside a cigar tube for the trim while the panels are simulated wood decals. Roof rack is made from piano wire. Just need a clearcoat before final assembly.
29/03/2024 9:31 am
This is a vast improvement over the Brooklin!
John Kuvakas and Christopher Moroni reacted
29/03/2024 9:50 am
Looks great Ken. Anxious to see the final results. A late friend used to detail my Brooklin models by scraping the chrome details which made this model stand out.
29/03/2024 11:02 am
used the wood liner from inside a cigar tube for the trim while the panels are simulated wood decals.
That's a great idea, and it all looks scale!
Steve Jacobs and John Kuvakas reacted
29/03/2024 6:10 pm
Looks great, Ken, I love those Mercury hardtop wagons!
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
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08/04/2024 6:40 pm
Pictures of finished product.
08/04/2024 7:06 pm
HOLY-SMOLY! This just might be the quintessential definition of "improvement!" Ken, you did a great job with this... as I noted before, using all that "cigar wood" was a fantastic idea. I hope to do the same one day.
What a super looking Merc!
08/04/2024 8:54 pm
HOLY-SMOLY! This just might be the quintessential definition of "improvement!" Ken, you did a great job with this... as I noted before, using all that "cigar wood" was a fantastic idea. I hope to do the same one day.
What a super looking Merc!
+1 What an improvement!
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08/04/2024 8:57 pm
Outstanding job
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
08/04/2024 10:38 pm
WOW !!!! That is an AWESOME customizing improvement !!!
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08/04/2024 11:31 pm
Very nice rework! Here's mine from Route 66 Models, Conquest Models Con 83.
09/04/2024 12:57 am
And here's one I did decades ago converting a diecast Ertl convertible. A replica of a car my aunt, uncle, and cousins owned in the era, a 1958 Mercury.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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