Mathew My understanding of how those Hemi value covers were done was the Street Hemi had the Black finish and the Competition unit had the Chrome finish

Yes it will be the same kit of the General Lee. If GL kit is an older release it will have the Charger 500 style roof (filled in rear window area)

Awesome job. I got that mpc kit and gave up and got the revell 69 charger

Great work with the Bare Metal Foil. Thanks for sharing.

I used ti think the MPCs were the best kits, but I really think it comes down to the age care and operation and QA of the plastic injection molds, and probably that kit that was like you say same as Gen Lee, they probably made millions, plastic injection molds need expert care and maint ( I use to be an operator ) It makes it frustrating to assemble a low quality kit. Started building in 1961! Great job!!

Model hack: Use the Revell 1968-1969 dodge charger kits, and the the MPC General Lee decals to build a decent General with little to no heavy work. Keep up the great work my guy~!

Glad I found your channel, you’re a much more entertaining conversationalist than some of the builders on here, not to mention the invaluable tips. Much appreciated. I’m new to modeling (it’s my mid-life crisis, since I’m not rich enough to buy a sports car) & I need the tips.

That silver looks amazing on that body, I'm really impressed with how steady you are trimming your bare metal foil. I have to use a sharpie pen or a molotov pen for my window trim. My Parkinson's makes me to shaky . Your engine is looking very good. I like to paint the inside of the body on my builds too. I'm excited to see the finished model. Looking great. I like your idea of for sanding your tires, it works well. I use a spark plugs socket in my drill it works ok too, that way you can sand several tired at once.

Just finished building this kit as the deathproof charger. Had fitment issues with the front and rear bumpers aswell as taillights. Ended up using parts from the 97 reissued General Lee which fit way betters. Nice build.

This personally is my fav car of all time

I built the same kit. Pissed me off so much that I came to a decision. Crush it and save some parts or turn it into a drag car. I chose Drag car. Now she sits in satin black with a safety yellow cage. The plug boots look amazing.

I built this one a while back aside from some flash and ugly molding it was easy no bad fits for me. Yours looks great. Kudos 👍

Great update I like watching it come together. You are right about the wiring. Body is awesome I enjoyed watching. Have a great Sunday

Love the sliver paint. That really looks sharp in Silver Paint.

Thank You for the tip on sand the tires you simplify it 43:06 43:06

When I reviewed it on my channel I called it the most Craptacular kit ever! You’re being very kind to this pile of plastic junk.

That music that you're playing is enough to drive you nuts

I’m very impressed with the tire sanding tool just made one great idea

great model building skills. just an fyi, hemi engines in model form have the spark plug wire boots molded into the valve covers. all you have to do is drill them out like you did and shove the wires in. again amazing video.

You've taken a mediocre kit and are doing a Really Nice Job of it!!!! I'll be watching

I just recently got this kit to make a general lee it's good to know what is in store for me, I make spark plug wire looms out of an old soda can if you want some but don't want to buy them... The wraps look good though..

Matthew, I'll tell ya' though......U did fantastic job on that MPC kit .......any difficulties certainly weren't an issue on your end!!!!! Great color choice & wiring too........build on my friend!!!!!!!!!!

Some observations on your excellent build! I've built versions of this kit several times in my lifetime including the General Lee. Everybody disses the old kits from Round 2 like they are impossible to build. I think they are great skill builders. If all you build are kits that require paint and glue you're not getting much challenge or even learning new skills. I like these old kits and get to build kits I lost in my youth. First version was the red plastic Bobby Isaac #71 K&K Insurance Charger Daytona stock car. This version modified the original stock 1970 molds and accommodated the Daytona wing, nose, rear window plug, and fender vents. I wish I still had this one. This is also why early versions of DoH kit don’t have the proper tunneled rear window and to this day, the front fender and grill/bumper fit poorly. If you look at the instruction, some of this stock car is in the illustrations, the chassis has the side exhaust dumps in a couple of the pictures. I built the DoH when it came out in the crappy orange plastic like all the kids did. I probably blew this model up or set it on fire. The third model I built was the Charger 500. The rear window plug was there so they just modified the grill and voila! Still have it to this day. Then I built the AMT Charger Daytona from this mold. A frustrating pile, but it looks ok from fifty feet. They kept the same Charger 500 body but made some pretty bad fender extensions for the aero nose. That’s a difficult kit to build. The aero nose is the race car nose made to look stock. My son gave me the kit you built a couple of years ago and it will probably replace the DoH kit one of these days.

I like the silver foil around the windows. I always painted mine it helps to have a steady hand I've been a painter to 30 years

just a little tip.. when you are painting chrome or the metallic paint.. i like to first paint the part black, then i use bright coat chrome paint and it looks perfect

Loved watching this video really awesome work...i also BMF the side marker lights so they have the chrome rim then paint amber & red...look forward to part 2...great building skills my friend.

Matthew love the paint job on the Charger. Engine is looking great. Ron

I like the way you do your plug wires,,, realistic for sure,, now gotta look for part two

Thank's Matthew for doing this video. I have heard pretty nothing but bad things about this kit and have even been told by some not to even waste my money on it. Still can be a nice-looking kit with some work, but there are other kits that are the same way.

That's why I use either a silver sharpie or a Molotov pen

That colour looks great on the Charger body. One thing I have to say is that it’s great to watch a video where you’ve taken the time to position the ads to natural breaks in the footage. So many creators don’t (ad) take the time to (ad) adjust the position from where (ad) KZfaq places them.

even though the MPC kit was of poor quality, you made it look immensely better!

That clear coat looks like glass.very nice......

Great video! Im about to jump back into plastic models after messing with diecast for the last few years. I saw this kit at Hobby Lobby over the weekend but did not buy it, now Im thinking I should have. I have a few other Mopar kits to tackle in the meantime.

Daaaaamn Dude ur the real deal

and the more i see. i like ! you are doing great dont hate the underdogs. there kits are fun too lol . but i enjoy your tube

Great job on the tape . We would like to meet Ruthie sometime and does she put models together

Looks great so far love the engine details

Very nice! I’m building my first 1/25th scale at the moment. Revell’s 71 cuda. White with the black hemi billboards, red interior, black steelies from another kit and grey painted torque thrust d’s from another kit. Should be awesome when it’s finished!

Very good work... I have been just slipping the tires on the handle of a screwdriver in a drill to sand the tread. But I do like your tire jig.

Matt, Norm Veber from Replicas & Ministures of Maryland makes the correct pre drilled plug wire boots for the Hemi engines part number P-71

That chrome paint for the bumpers worked out great considering it’s Rustoleum. Looking forward to seeing this car finished.

Very good job, sir. Recently bought the Boot Hill Express and the Paddy Wagon from monogram........not that cheapto get here in germany.

The race Hemi had chrome valve covers and the street Hemi had ripple black valve covers.

Excellent job so far!

I had about 150 built models and maybe 500 kit's from the late 50's to now and someone broke into my house and stole all but 6 built models , I quit building for about 10 years , I just started building again. In 1999 it won 1st 2nd & 3rd place at the world or weels car show model contest in chicago

Excellent build especially considering the kit you had to work with!

Had no problems with that kit. I loved everything besides decals

Good ole MPC. I bought a 1/16 '79 trans am and it's been at 95% complete for like a month now with decals, wheels and hood that needs to be adjusted big time. The final fitment was horrible with the doors being the worst. I walked away from it. Eventually I will finish it but I don't feel like raging hahahahha

That bare metal foil really looks good. Especially with that silver. And the headliner is a really cool added detail that is sometimes overlooked.

I can’t understand why you knock the car! You did a terrific job on it . The engine detail is awesome that you did . If there was something wrong with the car, You surely corrected it. AWSOME paint job . Job well done . If I had to judge 1 to 10 , I give you a perfect 10. Be proud of yourself ! 👍😊

not sure if it was the charger or the foose pick up truck you did, where you mentioned the little white dots. It is actually excess clear coat. you have sprayed it on to heavy for the first coat. I have done that a couple of times myself. Both of the projects look awesome. Keep up the good work.

You probably should have went with the revell monogram kit. It seemed more accurate less flash and extra parts like the 440 eng / hemi 426 race and stock and engine stand to name a few . That kit was the original general Lee charger kit that sold more then any other kit Soo it has a lot of use on the molds. It's 1980s technology.

Awesome job as always! Keep it up.

from what I've read/seen about this one, avoid it. for one, it has no side mirror. revell is better, paused working on one now. waiting on new wheel halves, for a bullit version. for it, I figured on a way to solve the fan/fan shroud issue. just trim the blade tips to fit

Looking good Matt.

Looking really good! Bet it's gonna turn out nice!

I bought this one new in the box at a local flea market a couple years ago and I'm getting ready to do it. It indeed is the General Lee, just with different decals. There's also an MPC press-fit/snap-tite Cocal Cola curbside edition, which I also have. I think MPC first issued this back in '68 or so as a 1968 and then they've futzed around with it since. Since the country has lost its mind over the General Lee livery, I guess MPC or whoever owns it decided to do other things with it. ;-)

Good job on the airbrushing! The easy answer on plug wire is 30 gauge. However that only describes the wire size not the insulation around it. Some 30 gauge wire are too thick because of the insulation. I take the easy way and buy the Detail Master sets. I’m still trying to get the boots to look more in scale.

Nice work, the silver looks nice 👍 the engine looks good too!

oh ps barbados rex did a vid on paint krylon shortcuts chrome done over gray primer had a texture that looked liked a real aluminum intake may try on smaller engine parts as well, well whatever worth checkin out thanks fur sherin scooter d

Great advice about the bumper fitting to do first and windows can be a bear as well. Better to test fit and adjust first before doing anything else. MPC bumpers are tough because alot of times they have no real attachment design, so unlike a tight fitting puzzle piece they are sloppy or too big to fit. Windows hang badly and the windshield hits the dash. Great work on this difficult kit! Looks good.

I love the 69 dodge charger. I had a General Lee model when I was a kid that was huge.. I think it was a 1/10 size. It was a pain to put together but looked way cool when finished. I wish I still had it. I want to start collecting 1/18 size but I hate the RT paint job. I love deep blue and also candy apple red.

Looking great brother!

Second Round or whoever is making money off these old MPC kits, should put a warning label on their boxes. Warning: "Attempting to assemble this model may cause undo stress and erratic behavior due to lousy tooling". Yours is looking great so far, good job.

Just found your channel after watching the interview with Luka, wow your not wrong this kit actually does look like its being made by a blacksmith and it with a hammer haha. Liked and subbed from a fellow car builder down under. JV.

sweeeet , likin' that silver , nice build....lol , I still swear by Testors orange tube glue RJ

Looking good buddy!!!!!

Wow Matt. That silver paint looks great. Goes well with the tan interior. Hope you don't have more probs with build. KUTGW. Pete😎

Great Tips Thank U

Great video Matthew, KUTGW buddy.

Looks good!!

thanks for posting

Looking good!!!

I'm thinking I NEED one to paint up like that in curious yellow like dirty Mary crazy Larry. Hope it's not dyed plastic

Minus the push bar ! Memphis Dan LeLoLai

Just got this kit yesterday and I'm not too happy. I wanted to use the vector wheels but my kit came with the stock style magnum 500 and torque thrust style instead. Just wanted to let people know. Btw your kit turned out amazing.

Just found your channel and subbed. Good stuff!

Whay i liked about mpc was the varirty of subject matter they offered,Ithink they did more Pontiacs than anyone else.

I own a few gravity feed airbrushes, but I get the best results and more reliability with my siphon feed airbrushes,

Just me, but I would have drilled the valve covers before painting them. Save me the anxiety of scratching the paint

trust me dou your are not boring me at all scooter

Awesome bro looks fantastic 👍

Built this kit about 4 months ago as a refresher. Terrible kit! Almost as bad as the 71 Revell 'cuda 426.Then I built the 70 Hemi 'Cuda. Built them in my youth and just kinda got away from it. Extra time from Covid brought me back to it! P.S. Chrome Duct Tape at Menards is cheaper!

Siphon feed is great on car models.

Looks great man

She's slick nice work have you tried using a molotow liquid chrome pen lot easier to use than bare metal foil

If you like chargers try the revell 68 charger RT a super well detail kit one of my favorite kits simplure is the 70 RT also revell have fun with your builds

looks good so far....

50 year old mold. It was like taking a trip back in time. Back then who cared, just add more glue.

nice very nice have 3 69 chargers and 1 68 got soo many models and parts its not funny just diggin for them is sometimes a chore in itself luv the model master paint have a 69 chevy11 nova an a 68 mustang both black testors paint really didnt need clear awesome stuff i heard buy all you can now hard to find in near future thanks definitely subbing your channel stay safe & happy dou scooter d

I bought this kit against my better judgement and well, you are right. It is not exactly high quality. Terrible mold lines on the body that took a ton of work to file and sand off. I think it'll look good eventually and at least it was cheap ($15 at Hobby Lobby).

You actually shouldn't have the red boots on the wires for the hemi. The spark plug boots are flush with the valve covers and there black also. Something to think about for next time.?

Mine came out pretty good, except for the steering wheel was way to low.

Man you putted that wedge intake manifold aargh! Wonder why they put that in with this kit. I had revell hemi laying around and took intake from it.

I built it. Made it like a beater car

Looks cool bro hope it turns out as good as that other kit im waiten on sticker 124 decals freind from canada post mev1week half ago cause im replicateing the revelle charger into general lee got another freind 3D printed the general lee wheels so i look forward to getting that done he sent me decals b4 xmas but coming from canada got lost so yeah good guy gary from fallout shelter offered to resend them in 124 scale just stickers so hopefully i get them soon anyways i like all them kits u guys get mpc amt hasegawa many others not irish msrketed we get revelle germany only so yeah still get few but normal kits to u guys would be after putting into European countrys me been Ireland its different now i got rare inberg kit to me c cause Ireland a mustay 64 thin it was but was hard to convertable orfastback i still have to finish it was one first kits i ever baught in my hobby store just 2 years ago couldnt finish it all my amature mistakes but cleaned up since sanded repainted it green to try replicate steve mcqween bullet mustang so i was needing a big 40 foot type trailor to do race themed truck bringing race cars to race day 68 euro for the italeri trailor one the abrath one i was lookin at then they got in old coca cola tiltcab L700 truck and trailor and l700+ version has linberg decal on it only an truck and trailor cheeper than just trailor u know what one i went with anyway atleast ill have a spare linberg truck to make a flat bed for u know so im looking forward to that come with my first 116scale porsche 928 s revelle kit too kit for a freind who ill have to post to in america cause he has kit for me i can't get in Ireland we do traids buy wat each other needs same price range an we post them we done b4 also handy for me to get them mpc and amt kits i cannot get here so works both ways for us u know anyway box art cool on that charger very cool lol good luck on the rest build 25 mins in im to be up early in morning ill catch up on rest of ur video then bro 4,17am here in Ireland good luck on build catch up when up in morning,, 👍👍🇮🇪Keith

Not a great kit, but mine turned out decent (slideshow in my vids) I had some Dodge trims in my spare parts to make it look authentic!! Yours looking good!!

The street 426 Hemi had duel carbs, not a single.

Hi, just found your channel and it has given me some great tips for getting back into building models again. Been out of it for a few decades. 1 question, what product did you use (perhaps a link to it), and what method was used to remove the chrome off the bumpers and grille?