MPC 69 Dodge Country Charger full build and review

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11 ай бұрын

Hello and welcome to scale stuff, in this weeks video I show you how to build the 1:25 scale MPC country charger, a 69 dodge charger model kit.
MPC | No. 878
This kit was one of the hardest models that I have ever built despite it appearing simple from the box content
In this video I go over the whole build process of this model kit and show you how to deal with all the problems that this kit will throw at you.
The kit builds into a nice model but has many issues along the way, I decided to make my dodge charger kit up into the duke brothers dodge charger from the dukes of hazard but this model would look good painted in many different ways.
As always I hope you find the video helpful and it gives you a good idea of what to expect if you choose to build this scale model kit at home

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@Projects-In-Progress 2 ай бұрын

This is a fun kit to work with and build. By the way we love the way your build turn out!

@scalestuff1066 2 ай бұрын

Glad you had fun with it 😂 I think I gained a fee grey hairs from this build.And thank you mate jokes aside it builds into a nice model

@baddgoat85 11 күн бұрын

As far as paint goes, that's why i stick with Tamiya spray cans. You don't have to do 4+ light passes with it. Tamiya isn't prone to running, so first coat I "dust" it lightly then let it sit for about 4-5 minutes and then let her rip. One good coat with Tamiya and it's always perfect.

@scalestuff1066 11 күн бұрын

Yeah I hear you on that, I only use Tamiya and Humbrol now , the cheap stuff has caused me no end of trouble with reacting and crinkling, and cracking, pitting, and all sorts, its worth just getting decent paint at the start and getting it done right once

@baddgoat85 9 күн бұрын

@@scalestuff1066 yep. And if you use Tamiya paint definitely use Tamiya primer too. I've learned that the hard way using Rust-Oleum primer to save a little money. Guaranteed to crinkle

@scalestuff1066 9 күн бұрын

@@baddgoat85 151 is like that the stuff should be labeled as texture paint

@dmgscalemodels2825 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips about this kit! You made it look good!

@scalestuff1066 8 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, Glad it was helpful!

@scalemodelcarchief 11 ай бұрын

I built this same kit as the General Lee. It has issues but for me it was still a fun build. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Glad you had a better time building it than I did. I still enjoyed the build but yeah was glad when it was over, I think it was to many steps removed from my normal kind of kit and there was a lot of learning in this one. Glad you enjoyed the video

@THROTTLEPOWER 11 ай бұрын

For an MPC kit you did a great job building the General Lee.

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, ah was a bit of slog to get it together

@THROTTLEPOWER 11 ай бұрын

@@scalestuff1066 I understand that as it's a bit of a challenging kit.👍

@briancorbin5542 7 ай бұрын

awesome job

@scalestuff1066 7 ай бұрын

Cheers mate thank you

@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681 11 ай бұрын

Awesome build brother ❤

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate was a bit of a slog to get it done though, thanks for stopping by

@1976Cordoba 6 ай бұрын

This kit is a PITA haha -- I have THREE going at once for generals Washington, Grant and Patton. I'll be happy x3 to be done and when I do the General Lee i think I'll use the Revell kit instead. 😂

@scalestuff1066 6 ай бұрын

Your a braver man than me mate, what's the revell kit ment to be like? I have heard some say its a bit tricky

@1976Cordoba 6 ай бұрын

@scalestuff1066 I haven't built the Revell kit but if it's anything like the Revell '68 Charger kit, it will have a few challenging bits but in the end it produces a terrific model.

@scalestuff1066 6 ай бұрын

Yeah,is it just me or do alot of revell kits seem to follow that pattern?

@randallrobbins4960 9 ай бұрын

Your build looks great, and I like it. I've built three of these kits. I need to sand and file plastic from where the grill and rear bumper goes to make it fit right. This kit was originally released in 1968. It's a very old mold. I built the General Lee kit in 1980 and don't remember the poor fitting issues of these Country Charger kits.

@scalestuff1066 9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, yeah this later version really needed a lot of work, saying that though I have built old airfix models made earlier and always find they go together better than some of the newer ones, so maybe its the same with this model? The tooling got old and didnt get any care or attention? Could also be that a different company makes the toolings for MPC as well

@randallrobbins4960 9 ай бұрын

That could be. On the box it says where they're molded. Round2corp's headquarters is only about 30 minutes from me. Liked your video, it's helping me with my builds.

@Brian-WolfmanJack99 5 ай бұрын

I love that you added mud/dirt weathering to the model. That really makes it more authentic. Do you have a link to where you picked up the Confederate flag decal for the roof?

@scalestuff1066 5 ай бұрын

I got it from ebay, I had to buy two sets as the cheaper set had no white it was all clear,can find the link but may take a while,if you reply can have a look tomorrow night? And thanks got to be done clean cars are rare really only see them in showrooms

@scalestuff1066 4 ай бұрын

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265829973058 heres the link for the decals

@davidorr6627 11 ай бұрын

TBH, if you look at the real General Lee's used in the series, they were pretty rough, so the MPC kit is actually quite accurate. The bumper bar in this kit is the narrow version that was only used in the early episodes. It's a shame they left out the CB radio and aerial that was in the Dukes of Hazzard branded version that they made. Despite being a crappy old tooling, I'm still going to get it and make a General Lee. Having spent many months building 50 year old Airfix Cutty Sark and Bentley kits, a few fit issues and abundant flash are not going to put me off. I intend to make as good a model as I possibly can given the limitations.

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Yes that is true tbh, the show cars had a lot of bondo holding the sides together,and most they got from scrap yards to keep the costs down. I agree on the CB radio think that's one bit that should be added. I wish you all the best with your build,Least you know what you are getting yourself into,one thing I would say is lots of dry fitting the interior to the shell as its built.to be fair in this kit I think there was just to much of a learning curve at once for me,I build the odd car but mostly newer toolings so I had no idea what to expect from this kit

@davidorr6627 11 ай бұрын

@@scalestuff1066 I'm currently building a Tamiya Morgan 4/4, which is not a bad kit, but it has some issues as well, espcially some tiny parts that break easily, and assembly order that makes it difficult to paint if you do it as suggested, but difficult to assemble if you paint it frst. Even Tamiya make kits that aren't perfect.

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Nice I like the old car kits but need to build one, yes that is true sometimes even tamiya drop the ball, though you saying about small bits breaking in tamiya kits I have seen a few parts in there kits that should really have been one piece

@avenlostaunau6244 3 ай бұрын

Actually Bo and Luke are cousins. but anyways. Welcome to Hazzard County

@scalestuff1066 3 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry think I said brothers, think got the mix up because people refer to them as the duke brothers, or im making things up! But cheers mate and thanks for watching

@scottydoo46 11 ай бұрын

That looked a pain but came out good

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

Mate a pain is an understatement, you could not pay me to make this model again! hahahaha

@jordanswaim9450 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a link to the general lee and flag you used

@scalestuff1066 5 ай бұрын

yes mate these are the ones I used www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265829973058

@el_f3nix_ 2 ай бұрын

Where do you get the General Lee decals? thanks

@scalestuff1066 2 ай бұрын

I got them off of ebay, theres a link on one of the comments to the store

@gordonm2821 10 ай бұрын

Did Bo and Luke ever use the door handles to get in the car?

@scalestuff1066 10 ай бұрын

Apparently not the doors where really welded shut on the thing

@imperialbricks1977 16 күн бұрын

The doors were welded shut because the General is a racecar

@stevehoulihan726 6 ай бұрын

You made a decent job of a seemingly godawful kit. I'd have chucked it half way through.

@scalestuff1066 6 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, though throwing out of the window crossed my mind a few times

@imperialbricks1977 16 күн бұрын

Obligatory "Bo and Luke are cousins, not brothers" comment. I really wish MPC would grow a pair and release this kit as the General Lee proper.

@scalestuff1066 16 күн бұрын

Yeah think it is the calling friends brothers, and having same surname? Do they have the same surname? And yeah fully agree flags and symbols mean different things to different people, in the uk the Confederate flags on 3 things. Biker jackets, chicken boxes, and the general lee.just want this offence over ruling everything over,I have to really watch adding humour as been flagged for things over such rubbish

@imperialbricks1977 16 күн бұрын

@@scalestuff1066 Bo and Luke have the same surname, yes. That's because their dads were brothers. Also it's nice to see a Brit that understands the Virginia Battle Flag is nothing more than a military emblem. Loved the video btw, definitely gonna use it as a guide when I pick up this kit. It's on sale at my local hobby shop but I have to wait until all my bills for the month are taken care of before I jump on it.

@scalestuff1066 16 күн бұрын

@@imperialbricks1977 Ahhh that makes more sense now My mates from Tennessee after a lot of piss taking you learn a few things, thats the whole point of the battle flag, its on a racing car, doing battle with other cars Cheers mate glad you enjoyed the video, just pace yourself on this model, every step will need some work doing before you can do the step.

@imperialbricks1977 16 күн бұрын

@@scalestuff1066 Appreciate the advice, my friend. I'm gonna try to find an orange that's slightly darker than the one you went with, but that's honestly the only criticism I have of your work and it's so minuscule it doesn't even matter. Just out of curiosity, where did you find the decals?

@scalestuff1066 16 күн бұрын

I think the proper orange was TNT orange, like the removal trucks? was watching a guy who made them for the show and they got a load of it cheap, but yeah could be slightly light, theres some odd "scale" effect to models, I can never remember which way round it is, think its the smaller the scale the slightly darker the color. The decals I had to ship in from the states I posted a link to the ebay sore on a comment on this video, there where two sets I ended up getting and the cheap ones where clear and I never ended up using them

@jeffsikes5312 10 ай бұрын

THE HOOD ON THE LATTER KITS IS WRONG FOR IT ITS THE DODGE DAYTONA HOOD NOT THE HOOD THE KIT HAD ORIGINAL AND GENERALEE NEVER HAD A HEMI IT HAD 440 AND 383 AND 318 CUBIC IN MOTORS .

@scalestuff1066 10 ай бұрын

Was I right to get rid of the catches on the hood? the engine is sealed in so thats not an issue anymore

@jordanswaim9450 5 ай бұрын

I’m building too of them right now, one is the new country charger and one is the older dukes kit and both of them have hood pins

@Emma-jh4ye 11 ай бұрын

Orange you glad that build is over now?

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

most certainly least this isnt the new black though :P

@Emma-jh4ye 11 ай бұрын

Wahay very good! And you’ll stop complaining about seeing orange everywhere

@scalestuff1066 11 ай бұрын

And the next muscle car im.making is black as well though

@thefalloutshelter7799 Ай бұрын

nice job considering its the worst kit known to man

@scalestuff1066 Ай бұрын

Thanks mate, yeah never again I think to much work, nice kit in there but, fights back far to much

@lgmnowkondo938 5 ай бұрын

I looked at this kit in the store...it comes with a US flag and a general Grant decal? Are you f'ing kidding me? I mean, seriously....this is absolutely insane woke nonsense. You know, black people love the dukes of Hazzard too...

@scalestuff1066 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I had to get the decals in, did my nut in to, a lot of my work customers are black and I told them about it,and there where like the dukes of hazards a car? Also uk side the Confederate flag shows up mostly on two things,fried chicken boxes and biker shirts