Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg - Finished 8-22-14

[plane_mc]

This is the Lindberg 1/20 scale Snap Fit Flintmobile from the Flintstones movie.

This is a build I have been wanting to do for a couple of years now. I saw one at a local contest and have wanted to build one for myself ever since. I finally found a kit and it had already been assembled, but was complete and unpainted. The kit even had the paint, paintbrush and stickers still with it. With it being a snap kit, I was able to disassemble it without any damage.

The kit comes with a front and rear seat, but I decided I wanted to build it with only one seat. I found another build online where the builder converted it to a single seat and it looked easy enough to do.

Here is the single seat version that I am going to try to build.



Here is the kit.





I already started the conversion before I remembered to take pictures, which is why some of the pieces are cut.


Here are the instructions.





Here is where I am at with the build. I made the necessary cuts and am adding styrene backing pieces behind the cuts for support.





I hope to get the main pieces glued up tonight or tomorrow. The wheels will have some major seams that will need filling and I need to figure out what I am going to use to make the top.

Thanks for looking.
Mark

 

[Julien]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Cool build ! Not something you see very often...

 

[dazed1]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Very cool! Neat idea to shrink it down to a single seater like the original cartoon.

 

[WebbyNZ]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Awesome. I have always wanted this kit so I'll be watching this one.

 

[plane_mc]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

I am making progress on this, just haven't had a chance to download the pictures to the computer and post an update. I have the main pieces all glued together and puttied up, just need to finish cleaning up the seams and then it will be ready for paint.

I should have an update with pictures ready after the weekend.

 

[Leighbo]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Cool build, look forward to seeing this progress

 

[plane_mc]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

I got quite a bit accomplished (for me anyway) since the last post.

I got main pieces glued together.



You have to love the seams on this kit. It’s not too much of a surprise considering this is a snap kit.

Here’s an example of the seat before and after seam cleanup.





Here’s a couple of the kit mocked up before paint.





Ready for primer.



Primer.



I was able to get the stone pieces all painted up.





I still will need to weather them a little after I get the wood painted and get it all put together.

That’s all for now, thanks for looking.

 

[Quaralane]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Definitely looking good here

 

[WebbyNZ]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

Very nice job on the stone effect

 

[rookie]

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You did an awesome job on the stone, how did you get the effect ? Looks very realistic.

 

[mrcivicwithstyle]

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This is SWEEET love it

 

[plane_mc]

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You did an awesome job on the stone, how did you get the effect ? Looks very realistic.

I did the stone by first priming in flat black, then I used small pieces of soft foam and tapped on different colors of grey and tan. I then added some spots of highly thinned red-brown and blue. All of the colors are Vallejo.

 

[Leighbo]

Re: Flintmobile - 1/20 Lindberg

I agree the stone effect is genius

 

[plane_mc]

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Thanks.

 

[dazed1]

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Indeed! Great stone effect. This project is coming along nicely.

 

[plane_mc]

Thanks everyone.

I finished this up last weekend but just got around to taking the pictures.

I decided not to weather it, I like the way it looks as it is. My story is that Fred just cleaned it up to go out on the town or to a car show.



















It was a fun build and just what I needed to get out of a slump.

Thanks for looking.

 

[mrcivicwithstyle]

That's COOOL love it

 

[Deere_driver]

That looks great! Love the stonework!

 

[Quaralane]

Excellent work on that

 

[StuG]

Good work..!