Post by jbwelda on Nov 23, 2021 13:50:59 GMT -5
I have had this Flintstone 53 Stude sedan delivery on my "do me" pile for quite a while so I finally decided to do something with it. Decided to use it for a go-kart hauler. But low, very very low, so low in fact that I am not even using any front suspension because it would beyond drag on the ground, so I am calling this one a curbside.
AMT base kit came with two engines, a stock one and a wild ass twin blower Hemi (did this sort of set up actually work in real life? Somehow I doubt it...but it looks pretty kool). I decided I would just glue the hood shut on this one mostly because I relieved the front fender wells so I could get it down on the ground, and the tires now stick up into the engine compartment. So, easy solution, glue the hood shut and no one the wiser. Meanwhile I decided to build the two engines for separate display and fabbed up a couple of quick engine stands. Here is a look at the engines, the stock one is pretty much done other than mounting a coil and connecting the wire, but the Hemi still needs the drive belt and fuel pump attached and then some fuel lines run.
Decided to paint the stock one pretty close to real, but the hemi is just whatever color was handy (a Tamiya military olive green I think I recall).
The body, like all Flintstone offerings, will need some substantial clean up and hollowing out (thinning the resin shell), but it looks nice enough as it is.
Thats it resting on some wheels I am going to use, and thats about how I want it to sit. Will mold in the custom rear roll pan and cut some exhaust pipe ports in the rear lower body as soon as an ellipse template I ordered arrives. Right now I am considering color and am leaning toward this pale green I previously used on a JDM Silvia, accented with a pearl white in the side scallop area.
Closer look at the wheels and tires, and what I am going to finish them in.
Did I mention a go-kart? I have a bunch of vintage pieces, from before the kart was reissued, that I will use. Am not going way out on kart detail as you will not be able to see much inside the car, but will convert the kart to single engine and finish well enough to look good in there. I chopped off the back of the kit interior and made a floor for the kart to rest on. Here is how it looks both with and without the body in place, using another kart I built some time ago. Like I said, the one in the back will not be nearly as nice, probably "rat" it up some too.
Here is a look at about all you will see of it after its buttoned up.
Thanks for looking and all comments appreciated!
jb
AMT base kit came with two engines, a stock one and a wild ass twin blower Hemi (did this sort of set up actually work in real life? Somehow I doubt it...but it looks pretty kool). I decided I would just glue the hood shut on this one mostly because I relieved the front fender wells so I could get it down on the ground, and the tires now stick up into the engine compartment. So, easy solution, glue the hood shut and no one the wiser. Meanwhile I decided to build the two engines for separate display and fabbed up a couple of quick engine stands. Here is a look at the engines, the stock one is pretty much done other than mounting a coil and connecting the wire, but the Hemi still needs the drive belt and fuel pump attached and then some fuel lines run.
Decided to paint the stock one pretty close to real, but the hemi is just whatever color was handy (a Tamiya military olive green I think I recall).
The body, like all Flintstone offerings, will need some substantial clean up and hollowing out (thinning the resin shell), but it looks nice enough as it is.
Thats it resting on some wheels I am going to use, and thats about how I want it to sit. Will mold in the custom rear roll pan and cut some exhaust pipe ports in the rear lower body as soon as an ellipse template I ordered arrives. Right now I am considering color and am leaning toward this pale green I previously used on a JDM Silvia, accented with a pearl white in the side scallop area.
Closer look at the wheels and tires, and what I am going to finish them in.
Did I mention a go-kart? I have a bunch of vintage pieces, from before the kart was reissued, that I will use. Am not going way out on kart detail as you will not be able to see much inside the car, but will convert the kart to single engine and finish well enough to look good in there. I chopped off the back of the kit interior and made a floor for the kart to rest on. Here is how it looks both with and without the body in place, using another kart I built some time ago. Like I said, the one in the back will not be nearly as nice, probably "rat" it up some too.
Here is a look at about all you will see of it after its buttoned up.
Thanks for looking and all comments appreciated!
jb
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