Has anyone built the Jimmy Flinstone Porsche 550?

[Steve Keck]

If you can interpret the instructions, them please PM me and I will explain my dilema.

Steve

[Foxer]

If you can interpret the instructions, them please PM me and I will explain my dilema.

Steve

I have one of these coming and will see if I can be of any help when I see them.

I'd love to see a workbench post on this. What are your plans for this little baby? I'm curious what you're using for a chassis.

[Steve Keck]

I'd love to see a workbench post on this. What are your plans for this little baby? I'm curious what you're using for a chassis.

It's just too painful to try and log onto the MCM board to post a WIP progression. It just took me six attempts to reply to you. Maybe it will show up in the Under Glass section.

I am building a curbside replica of a friend's 1:1 kit car.

The Flintstone kit comes with a pan/chassis/seats all-in-one cluster(insert your own expletive here). It has the tubular frame from the seats forward molded into the pan. The floor board under the frame is an abomination. I cut it out. I will add .020 sheet styrene in its place. I will use the pan as the chassis with its imprecisely positioned locater holes for tube axles.

The kit comes with a rear bulkhead but does not include a forward one. The instructions show how to construct one for the race version but not where to locate it. When I used the link on the Flintstone website to ask about the location this was his reply: "have no idea. ihad some one build mine dont know." jim. Don't expect any help from Jimmy.

Note that the website only states to use a Fujimi kit to complete. Not all kits will work as the rear grills are different shapes. The instructions call out Fujimi kit #27. I can't speak to that. I have kit #29 and it will work.

If you are familiar with resin and are comfortable scratch building then go ahead with this kit.

Hope this helps

Steve

Edited March 1, 2011 by Steve Keck

[VW Dave]

I got mine from Jimmy at the NNL East a couple years ago, and have yet to lay hands on it.....and mine never came with instructions. That must have been a newer addition.

[Steve Keck]

mine never came with instructions

I can scan the instructions and email it to you.

[Foxer]

Sorry to hear you have so much trouble on this site. A slow connection or an ancient computer?

I got a couple Fujimi 356 kits but have no idea what those numbers are on them ... they have none of those numbers in their kit listed number. I was originally hoping to adapt the 356 chassis to the 550 but I'll have to see when everything gets here. Even though the 550 had a special frame if the engine will reverse without too much trouble it would look better than the resin pan. I know, this is why I never finish anything!

I'm starting to wonder how thick the resin body is. I know some of Jimmy's body are pretty thick. Maybe that will be a blessing and will make me just do a curbside.

From what I've seen, the forward bulkhead would be right where you'd expect the firewall on a front engine car. Photos I've seen show the front fuel tank going under the rear hood lip a bit so that would be about where the bulkhead would be.

Edited March 1, 2011 by Foxer

[Jon Cole]

It's just too painful to try and log onto the MCM board to post a WIP progression. It just took me six attempts to reply to you. Maybe it will show up in the Under Glass section.

What type of fuel are you running your computer on?

[Jon Cole]

BTW, this is all I got with my resin, no instructions.

[VW Dave]

I can scan the instructions and email it to you.

Steve - That would be muchly appreciated. Thanks for that.

[Foxer]

Jon's shot of the resin tells me the front bulkhead story. The photo below shows it. It's the line below the steering wheel shaft. The gas tank sits on it. You can also see where it goes vertical to close the interior off. Should be easy to fabricate with some sheet plastic

On another note, I found photos of the frame ... oh no, I'm in trouble now.

Edited March 2, 2011 by Foxer

[Matt T.]

BTW, this is all I got with my resin, no instructions.

Jon, just glue A to B, then insert in C. Just kidding! I got the same from Jimmy about 3 years ago. Neat little car!

[Steve Keck]

OK. I figured it out.

The bulkhead sits vertically just below the dash. The Google images I found show an oval leg opening into the foot well. The instructions call for gussets at the corners forming the oval opening. In the replica cars the dash and bulkhead are one piece.

Parts A, B & C are all you should get. Well, maybe the instructions should have been included?

As to logging on here it's not the fuel I feed my 'puter nor it's age nor my ISP nor my browser. When I enter my user name and password I get the "Login was successful" screen and when the screen refreshes back to the main page 9 out of 10 times it shows I'm not logged in. I frequent some very sophisticated sites with a lot more security features than MCM has and I log into those sites regularly without any problems.

[Foxer]

I've seen that bulkhead then, in the older 550's I believe. It's not in some of the newer ones, probably lost it when they went to the space frame.

this is a 1/43 model and a good shot to get the shape:

I never have to log in here. Either it keeps me logged in or Firefox is doing it for me. Maybe that would circumnavigate the problem.

Edited March 2, 2011 by Foxer