(Pic) 1941 Ford

excellent models and outstanding photo settings Mike. The B & W are indistinguishable from the real thing 

VERY cool.

Nicely done as you always do, Mike.

Mike, your backgrounds make these pictures special.

Very nice back drops for this model. I have several of these '41's. I have turned one of them into a station wagon. The only thing I don't like about these is that the front bumper is set to low. It should be the same height as the rear bumper. On my wagon I corrected this. On the real car the bumper brackets come thru an opening in the fender cut from the bottom of the front of the fender, which I did on the wagon. The model as it comes has no opening in the fender and the bumper brackets are under the fender. A small thing to fix with a great improvement on an otherwise nice model.

@parisi50 that wagon is wonderful.

And I worked up a Tudor with corrected bumper height.

Thanks ! These '41 Ford cars are great to get and the 1/43 replicas were available at a really good price at the time ...... which is why I got 3 of them !  

Posted by: @mikedetorrice

Thanks ! These '41 Ford cars are great to get and the 1/43 replicas were available at a really good price at the time ...... which is why I got 3 of them !  

Yes, that is why I got extras,  here is one made into a woody, another into a four door.

And another into a four door Mercury

I love inexpensive diecasts for projects!  But will have to raise the bumper on that Mercury.

1941 Ford by First Response and then American Heritage is very good model. It was a great opportunity to have 1941 Ford in collection by a reasonable price.

I'm very impressed of conversions to station wagon and four door sedan. Excellent works!

Here are the two other 1941 Ford's that I have : a '41 grey, rather deluxe, civilian edition and a black version used by the Illinois State Police.

@john-quilter 

Hi John

What did you do to make a 4 door versions?  Have several of these models and really wanted a 4 door.  My first car was a 4 door 41 Ford that was driven all thru High School and a year in collage.  Lots of good memories of the car.  Seems like I saw that green light was coming out with a 4 door 41 Mercury (1/64?) that might be easier to convert to a Ford version with a change of grille. 

JD

Posted by: @jack-daniels

@john-quilter 

Hi John

What did you do to make a 4 door versions?  Have several of these models and really wanted a 4 door.  My first car was a 4 door 41 Ford that was driven all thru High School and a year in collage.  Lots of good memories of the car.  Seems like I saw that green light was coming out with a 4 door 41 Mercury (1/64?) that might be easier to convert to a Ford version with a change of grille. 

 

Very, very simple conversion.  Cut in new door shut lines (shorten up the front door) move the B post forward and add a small division at the back of the rear door separating it from the quarter window in the C post.  Add a rear door shut line and for improvement as Curtis Parisi says, raise the front bumper.  I just noticed I did not raise the front bumper on my Mercury four door so it is on the work bench as I write for that correction.   Making the Mercury out of the Ford required a scratch built new grill and a longer front clip, fender trim and added white walls for this up market car. (not shown on this photo)  Here's the four door Mercury with incorrect bumper height.

@john-quilter 

Thanks for the info.  Was concerned maybe you cut the body in half and lengthen it.  Every time I have cut a body in half the project was never finished.  Never thought about moving the the front door rear trim line to make the rear door look a little bigger.  My real car was painted a metallic blue, leaded in trunk and hood with moon hubcaps, should not be too hard to duplicate with the help of your info.

Thanks again 

JD