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[gtx6970]

I want to build the Golden Commmandos 1964 Plymouth hemi sedan 

 

I have 2 resin bodies here,

On the left is a Jimmy Flintstone body.' On the right is I think SMH Resin body which is very VERY nice compared to the so so finish of the JF version. Especially on the rear edge of the decklid

The JF is based on the modern Lindberg kit. So all kit pieces work perfectly with it, Including a resin single headlight grill I have on hand

Where as the SMH body is Johan based and no way to make said grill fit. without grinding and actually spreading the nose of the body slightly. And that direction requires a lot of work to make all the Lindberg pieces fit the body 

 

I had started a conversion of my own. Cutting and pasting the sedan roof from a Lindberg Dodge onto a Lindberg Plymouth Hardtop. The  Issue is. The Dodge is ever so slightly wider at the hipline than the Plymouth. Thus requiring A LOT of work . Thus felt a resin body was the better option, But apparently not 

 

So I guess my question is

Does anyone make a resin sedan body, thats nice . That is modern Lindberg / AMT variant based ?

[R. Thorne]

I am confused.  The bodies I purchased on eBay a year ago were advertised as Jimmy Flintstone bodies.  As you can see, they appear to look like the smh resin bodies.  These were purchased from an individual, not Jimmy Flintstone directly.  Perhaps they were packaged wrong.  My point is:  are you sure about the origins of your bodies?

[Shark]

MCW cast a 64 sedan at one time, don't know if it is in their lineup right now. It uses the Lindberg kit as a donor. He also had the single headlight grill. Call him if it's not available at this time and see when he might make new molds.

[bytownshaker]

Just checked my Flintstone 64 Plymouth it's exactly the same as Bills.

[R. Thorne]

1 hour ago, bytownshaker said:

Just checked my Flintstone 64 Plymouth it's exactly the same as Bills.

Thanks, guess mine were simply boxed wrong.  Sorry.

[bytownshaker]

2 hours ago, R. Thorne said:

Thanks, guess mine were simply boxed wrong.  Sorry.

I'm glad you got a nice clean one.

[gtx6970]

16 hours ago, R. Thorne said:

I am confused.  The bodies I purchased on eBay a year ago were advertised as Jimmy Flintstone bodies.  As you can see, they appear to look like the smh resin bodies.  These were purchased from an individual, not Jimmy Flintstone directly.  Perhaps they were packaged wrong.  My point is:  are you sure about the origins of your bodies?

I bought both mine new  via one if his resellers on ebay ( been a few years ) 

The SMH car came via Ebay thru Southern Motorsports ebay store  last year I think

 

You can tell pretty quick whats its based from and both of yours are Lindberg based ( can tell by the missing tail ligh area 

It will also have the section of the inner fenders for underhood like a Lindberg body does

[R. Thorne]

Another consideration:  the Flintstone body has the Belvedere trim to remove in order to resemble the Savoy versionand the SMH doesn’t appear to come with that trim. 

[gtx6970]

Both bodies have same exact trim on the back end

 

Just the SMH version is A LOT better.

 

The Flintstone body is very rough cast

And I see no way to save it and make it presentable 

[R. Thorne]

Just to be clear, I was referring to the side trim, which I removed on this in progress silver car.  The golden commandos car does not have it, also.  I believe this signifies a Savoy model like mine.  OK, I promise not to interrupt any more.

[gtx6970]

31 minutes ago, R. Thorne said:

Just to be clear, I was referring to the side trim, which I removed on this in progress silver car.  The golden commandos car does not have it, also.  I believe this signifies a Savoy model like mine.  OK, I promise not to interrupt any more.

No worries what so ever. IMO the more we all share . the more we learn 

 

Only the JF body has the side trim on mine

Edited 3 hours ago by gtx6970