1966 Mercury Park Lane Hardtop
A Kiwi in Flint, Michigan
- Scale:
- 1:25
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- April 10, 1974
- Completed:
- May 27, 2020
- Time spent:
- TBA
Owned a real one in 1974, complete with rust in lower sills! The model is in the refurbishment bay...........
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'66 Mercury Park Lane, RDF195, Flint, Michigan 1972
1:25
Project: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Hardtop
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12 May 2017, 16:25
Richard ChealsRDF195 was purchased in 1972 for US$250, 52,000 miles & set of winter tyres/rims included (for the Michigan winters, that's where the rust came from!). 428 cu.in V8 & 3-speed auto, on full detent it would upshift from 2nd to 3rd at 90 mph! Ran it for two years as second car & sold in '74 for $250.
The model was first built while I was still in the US and over the years/moves it had deteriorated to a rather sorry state so had been disassembled and languishing in a box for the last 30 years or so. I had the remainder of a can of Tamiya gloss black and should have decanted it for the airbrush but didn't, which was a mistake and so I ended up sanding it back again and using Vallejo model color. No polishing or waxing to better represent the real car. Hubcaps are not correct, but close enough.
27 May 2020, 14:49