1969 Dodge Charger  

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

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.

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.

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~!

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 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 👍

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.

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

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

Looking good Matt.

Excellent job so far!

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.

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!!

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

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..

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) RU-vid places them.

This personally is my fav car of all time

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

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

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.

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

Looks great so far love the engine details

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

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

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

Awesome job as always! Keep it up.

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.

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

Looking great brother!

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

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.

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

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.

Great video Matthew, KUTGW buddy.

Looking good buddy!!!!!

Just found your channel and subbed. Good stuff!

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

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.

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.

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 ! 👍😊

thanks for posting

Awesome bro looks fantastic 👍

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

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

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!

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

Daaaaamn Dude ur the real deal

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

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.

The MPC Dodge demon kit is 100% the best kit I've ever done. And I'm at like #20+ builds

Looking good!!!

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.

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

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.

Looks great man

Good to know...was thinkin about getting one...ima look around for others first...

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.

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

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. ;-)

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

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.

looks good so far....

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

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?

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

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.

Great Tips Thank U

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

Wow, you sure have a large stash of models, lol. Nice. I seriously would like to know, what size needle you used for this? I have the Master G233, comes with 3 needles, (0.3 on) and I want to spray wide. Incidentally I have two of these Charger models. 1st by Revell 69 blue w/ white top, and 2nd also Revell 68 Special Edition R/T 2 in 1. Your build color gave me the idea to go with Silver on the 69, but with black trims. But I need to know what needle would be best effective.

Siphon feed is great on car models.

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

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.

Looks good!!

I'm still trying to get glue off my Windows of my model car's and trucks is finger nail Polish okay to use or not

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.

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!

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

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.?

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

Awesome mate👍

I love your videos, you're a great teacher. I just took this hobby back up after a 20 year hiatus. I have one question How are you getting the tooth picks to hold the bumpers?

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

Minus the push bar ! Memphis Dan LeLoLai

I just bought this kit yesterday and I was wondering if the parts are interchangeable with other model cars. I want to add a blower to mine but I can’t seem to find the hood piece for it.

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

trust me dou your are not boring me at all scooter

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

I realized after the 40 minute video, you be chompin down on those nails

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