INCOMING: '49 MERCURY 2-DOOR CLUB COUPE FROM AMT
THIS IS AN ALL-TIME FAVE AMT customizing kit. Originally issued in the 1960s Trophy Series, the ’49 Mercury was popular in both full-size and model form as a basis for many build variations. Mat Irvine: The reissued 1:25 scale AMT Mercury 2-door Club Coupe kit includes the classic ‘3 in 1’ building option, with a choice to assemble the Merc in stock, competition, or custom form. As a model kit, the Mercury 2-door Club Coupe isn’t exactly rare, and has been issued in many forms over the years. But these have mostly been restricted to one option or another, with some parts usually omitted or changed. But this kit returns more or less to the original formula. As with many Round 2 reissues of classic AMT and MPC kits, the box design reproduces the original, though the box itself is larger. I mention this, as there was an old urban myth that once you’d unpacked a 1960s-era AMT kit, you could never stuff all the parts back in the box - and get the lid firmly on again. The new bigger box...