Mr. Metallic

When looking at Flinstone products, it all depends on when the masters were made and the bodies produced. He has made strides over the last 10 years or so to keep the thickness of the bodies down. But, he deals in volume to keep his prices lower, so concessions are made to enable him to pop out bodies very quickly. The best way to buy his stuff is in person, so you can see exactly what quality you are buying.

You didn't say what you used to remove the chrome. I've always had good results, even with the lacquer underlayer, with Castrol Super Clean.

Well, I may have to see if my LHS can still get some for me before it's gone, especially the magnesium.

Perhaps the distributor the hobby shop deals with is not carrying the line anymore and it's just a miscommunication (game of telephone?) I would think we would have heard something. If anything, I want them to expand their lacquer line. Tamiya continues to add paints the theirs.

Soooo, can I stick it in the Moebius 65 Comet when i steal the 427 SOHC out of it? Or is this the smaller Falcon/Mustang six?

Love first gen Falcons, and really like Aaron's build, so you've got my attention.

I agree. I've purchased the MCG sets, which are really nice. But i usually only end up using the grille anymore.

Jimmy Flinstone has been around for 20+ years, and his quality has increased quite a bit over that time. Since the beginning, his bodies were priced well below his contemporaries, so there are a lot of them floating out there. His prices are lower because he deals in volume. And prior to about 7-8 years ago, the quality was representative of bodies that were designed to be produced very quickly. Most casting were quite thick, and required work to be able to be used with kit donor chassis and interiors. More recently though his bodies have been much better with regards to thickness and window/hood openings. One thing I have noticed in this time though it a very stubborn release agent that can be present and must be thoroughly dealt with before painting. So, his bodies are best purchased in person so you can evaluate exactly what you're getting. Here's an Edsel wagon i built from one of his bodies. This body was almost a drop on, quality wise.

Apparent;y, it's just not that simple when dealing with the Chinese government. You can't just "move the tooling somewhere else". I speak from experience. The company I work for has gone through similar scenarios, with injection molded and cast metal parts. They have had to cut new tooling for parts formerly sourced from China to have the parts produced in the US.

Thanks for the response Mike. I was hoping it would work in one of the full size cars. I do have a 69 galaxie floating around the stash. Hmm

Thank you. I knew the AMT kits were LWB. But I was hoping the front suspensions would be the same. Oh well.

Kitbashing ideas? Can this frame be used under the AMT 61-63 pickups? What other uses are there for the 6 in this kit? What years was it used in trucks. Any crossover to passenger car applications?

Very creative concept, well executed. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. I especially like the clean bodywork

Nice conversion work. Clean detailing. Someone needs to build a 1:1

Thanks Kerry. Like you, my interests are all over the place, but all I ever seem to finish are rods and customs. I have 3 1st gen broncos, two jeepsters, and a few other old school SUV builds on the list. Just not enough time in the day

Thank you. It got back-burnered when I had other time commitments recently come up. But I have bought the AMT parts pack dirtbike set to tow behind it. Some day

Everyone, stop looking! I found one, lol https://trailertrashkustomz.bigcartel.com/product/73-80-dodge-short-bed

Thanks for letting me know. I've been dabbling with this one lately, a restoration/kitbash of the Swamp Buggy version. Thought it would be cool to have a top for it, but If I don't it's no big deal.

I whole-heartedly agree! Even if the parts remaining don't build one of these versions, release what they do have and make a new version. However, since Round2 has been willing to tool up some small parts to backdate things, how about the original issue wheels? PLEASE!?!

i'm not really up on Dodge truck kits of this era, but how about a shortbed? Either a conversion(frame, driveshaft,etc) or bed only

Thanks Alan and Rob. I guess i should ask before I go on the hunt, will this top fit the CJ-2 body depicted in the Hogans Hero/Korean War kit? I would assume so, but you know what happens when you assume...

This is a very intriguing project, and based on your recent examples of your 3d work, I'd be very interested if you made these commercially available. Especially if it integrates well with the body/fender parts from Revell.

Shhh... I'm currently gathering parts for just such a thing as a surprise build for a friend of mine. Last part I'm really on the lookout for is the rear bumper from the MPC/AMT milner coupe. I know it's a simple bar that I could probably bend out of aluminum, but I like the look of the kit piece.

Haha, I hadn't even noticed you said Spielberg And i could be wrong on the channeling too. We can agree on one thing, it was always intended to be lower.

Were these the only two versions to have this style uptop in them? I really would like to have the top if anyone has one to spare (not to be confused with the Monogram 1/24 version)