Jimmy Flintstone 1954 Metro Van

One of many JF resin ‘kits’ I would like but shipping costs hinder progress. I bought this for my Christmas present this year. The ‘kit’ is a body shell an interior front to back and a long plate/chassis to mount the two axles on, plus a sheet of clear plastic for the windows. Included in the box was two radiator shells and two pairs of front and rear bumpers. They also sent a big of a mixture of resin skulls and Hot Wheels cast logo’s!

I had to raid various spares boxes for the interior and wheels/tyres, front and rear lights and marker lights, seats/steering column and steering wheel. I also left the drivers door window half open and added a windscreen wiper and sun visor/shade, rear drivers mirror and rear number plate. I cut out the closed resin rear windows and added rear window glass in those doors, and chequer plate on the rear bumper.

Very cool! Nice weathering, this old van has been around the block SEVERAL times.[Y]

Very nice work Pat! Your builds keep getting better and better. Wear and tear is outstanding! [t$t] [t$t] [t$t]

Jim [cptn]

Stay Safe.

Nice beat up van. It worked hard for a living. The long shifter is different, no speed shifting going to happen.

Got to wonder how long the number plate is good for in the UK.

Sarcastically we refer to that plate as the dead tree plate…in time the green fades to a brownish tone

Thanks guys, I think my weathering is gradually improving, and that was the only USA number plate I could find that seemed to fit the vehicle!