Big is good, '74 Mercury Monterey

[Wobble]

[CrockettNZ]

I told you guy's that Wobble is the pioneer chassis king

my 74 Ford always sits on the top step
and weights in at 120g

very handy on the squeezes
hasn't come off second best in a nerf yet

[Cincyslots]

That cool!

Bruce

[Jesla]

Needs to be black....... Five O style.....

looks like Steve is already driving....

[dreinecke]

That's pretty much how the last one I saw looked. Nice work!

And MAN! That thing is a yacht!

[eeprof]

Nice job!

I like the land yacht!!!!

[munter]

[CrockettNZ]

first they have to have a meeting to decide if they should have meeting on whether they should have a meeting to decide on having a meeting on this

[Wobble]

cheers guys, .. the quote was borrowed from you munter. ... I had a meeting about not using a helmet and it was unanimously in favour of no helmet

[dw5555]

With the flat head kinda looks like Frankenstein in his profile.... :lol: Or maybe Herman Munster...

Dave

[strangebrew]

And I thought my '82 Regal was big! :D

[dge467]

Nice job on the build! Cool looking!

[TuscoTodd]

That is great!!!
Gotta love the land yachts from the 70's! :D

[BIG E]

Cool! As an official FORD guy, I LIKE it! Enjoy sliding around that big Merc. I'm curious, is that the type of Palmer kit where the sides had to be glued to the hood, roof, and trunk component? Built a few of those when I was a kid, especially with my younger brother. I've raced plenty of Galaxies against guys when they're running the usual choices for competition - the smaller '64-'72 Chevelle, '67 GTX and other mid sized bodies. This has been in 1/24-25 scale hard body races on commercial road course and oval tracks with spec one piece brass chassis (typically Parma FCR), and I've won my fair share of those races, too.
Keep trying for that top step on the podium! It's cool to have something different to race, isn't it?
Thanks for the photos. Good luck with the Mercury, and... have FUN! -- Ernie :>)

PS -- Forgot to mention, installing those wheel covers really sells that "big car" vibe! -- E

[Valvarez]

This is inspiring. Thanks for posting. I've always wanted to recreate the 1976 Ford LTD I drove as a teenager (pic attached). I'm not much of a craftsman, but I'm going to give it a try.