I bought a General Lee kit a couple years ago, must have been one of the last ones with the authentic Confederate Flag and General Lee decals. As far as the kit goes, yes it was quite a challenge to get everything to fit right. The rear clip didn’t line up, the roll bars were off center, and the steering wheel extends too close to the driver’s seat. But I got it all adjusted with a combination of files, knives, and putty and it came out nice. I then had Tom Wopat sign it when he came to my city. After that I took a picture of it and sent a nasty email to Warner Brothers telling them to F off. And I’m a Yankee who is proud that our side won the Civil War. The Dukes of Hazzard was NEVER a racist or offensive TV show. Truth is it’s probably one of the most appropriate shows to let your young children watch because there’s usually a good moral lesson Uncle Jesse taught the Duke Boys or Boss Hogg by the end of each episode. This whole thing really irritates me to no end. #GeneralLee Forever
I bought the kit in this video and bought a Confederate flag decal for a revell kit off if Ebay for like 3 bucks and it looks better than the general lee kits that u can buy
This is an interesting rendering, I built a few MPC General Lees way back and if not mistaken the front and rear glass were one unit, This was an easy peasy build and I'd probably build it again.
Do you know if they make this Charge in a larger size? When I was a kid and the Dukes of Hazzard was on my Dad bought me a 69 Dodge Charger General Lee model that was a 1/10 size I think it was massive. I have since lost it somehow. I love the die cast 1/18 models but hate the RT paint job. I would love to get rid of that trunk stripe. I love deep blue or candy apple red.
I'm not a real Dodge fan, but I like the looks of this kit. I realize it's a repop of the General Lee for us Northerns. I love that decal sheet. I may just have to grab myself one. Thanks for sharing, as always. I immensely enjoy this reviews.
Nice review. I was wondering what this re-release of the Lee would look like. I'm actually surprised they were to make this so good. And by so good, I mean passable, as this kit had been so much abused that I thought the molds couldn't be saved AT ALL! I still think this mold should have been retired in favor of a new tooling, to be at least on par with (or better than) Revell's '69 Charger, but that's my personnal opinion. That said, this review is pretty nice and well done, feel like a professional review, where you were neutral and didn't try to push your personnal opinion on us. So, good work!
This is definitely not a kit for beginners. There is hardly a piece on it that fits properly and really takes a lot of work to make a decent build out of it
Warner Brothers can prevent MPC from marketing it as a General Lee model kit but MPC could still include a Confederate/Rebel Flag decal and "Lee" decals as options to go along with the other flags and names decals . Warner Bros cannot cannot prevent the inclusion of those optional decals if MPC chooses to include them so long as it isn't marketed as a "General Lee" model kit which it isn't, it's the Dodge "Country" Charger. Warner Bros owns the rights to the General Lee not to the name "Lee" or the Confederate Flag itself. If a purchaser of the Dodge "Country" Charger decides on their own to build it as a General Lee, that is their perogative. So MPC get with the program and include those options.
Nice review, But for myself, I would buy that one for the flag decals, and parts for other projects. Buy and build the Revell 69 Charger kit and build it as the badguy's car, try to get a 68 Mustang kit, and build it like the Bullit car. The chase scenes in the movie are spectacular!
He reviewed it like he’s getting paid by them. The kit is CRAP! Mold lines are awful! Flash out the wazoo and release pin marks in the floor pan so crappy it takes 10 grit sandpaper to repair. (I know it’s as big an exaggeration as his review!) I think the driver side looks like garbage too. Could there be a worse review? I want to see his complete build of that particular kit.
@@mrtonyadkins Yeah, I just picked up this kit and opened it up. It looks absolutely hideous and I cant even return it since I opened it. Waste of money
For me its okay... But i bought the kit to make a stock charger. I didnt want the decals or the roll cage. I gave it a nice metallic pearl bright blue paint scheme. A red and gray interior. I really didnt like the wheels they are disappointing. But you can choose the suspention height so thats pretty cool from the makers. Over all a 6/10
I recently have bought that model, I haven’t been able to find a general lee model because of the rebel flag. So I decided to buy that one and just paint it like the general lee and get some general lee decals.
The (M)PC General Lee! I hope somebody will make aftermarket decals for the General Lee when the supply of MPC kits dry up and this will be only choice to build one!
Anyways guys when I see this rerelease of the general lee kit called the country charger and the body is molded in black with the rt grille I think just build the happy birthday general lee capitol city bank robbers car,the story of how the boys got the general lee season 7 of dukes of Hazzard.
I have the original kit that is the real "General Lee" I would never buy one of these kits and am seriously considering whether I want to purchase anymore MPC kits.
I wanna get one in real life when i get older so baaaaad but by time i move out and have money there prices are going to be sooooo expensive even for a wrecked one, and even worse finding parts to restore it
Notice the flag this is another release of the reissue general lee 69 dodge charger rt, and that's why you see people building a General Lee out of it,i have not bought one i have the reissue for the 69 dodge charger Daytona i want to find me a yellow molded 69 mpc yellow dodge charger 500 dyna charger I had one years ago and my dad had the original issue 1995 tooling white molded plastic dodge charger Daytona and we combined the two white charger with the white dash and doors panels painted black, and the yellow seats from the dyna charger i had and my yellow charger 500 had the yellow dash and door panels with the white interior pieces from my dads Daytona kit, I never used the dyna charger decals for it and a buddy offered me $150 for the build custom car and the decal sheet and wing and nose parts and the manual for both cars and i believe the charger 500 box I never put the option rt grille in the yellow charged the stock 500 grille is what I used and why my buddy wanted it so bad
Honestly, the current MPC '69 Charger kit is garbage compared to it's original '69 annual release. AMT/MPC really blew it when they changed the kit to the Charger 500, totally ruined the kit.
Whiteys Workshop I have a horrific feeling it's supposed to be the CB. from the original kit. I think it got lost in the twilight zone, as there's no reference to the old kit's instructions. Now, nobody knows what it is and nobody's brave to remove it. lol, genius.
I bought a General Lee kit a couple years ago, must have been one of the last ones with the authentic Confederate Flag and General Lee decals. As far as the kit goes, yes it was quite a challenge to get everything to fit right. The rear clip didn’t line up, the roll bars were off center, and the steering wheel extends too close to the driver’s seat. But I got it all adjusted with a combination of files, knives, and putty and it came out nice.
I then had Tom Wopat sign it when he came to my city. After that I took a picture of it and sent a nasty email to Warner Brothers telling them to F off. And I’m a Yankee who is proud that our side won the Civil War.
The Dukes of Hazzard was NEVER a racist or offensive TV show. Truth is it’s probably one of the most appropriate shows to let your young children watch because there’s usually a good moral lesson Uncle Jesse taught the Duke Boys or Boss Hogg by the end of each episode.
This whole thing really irritates me to no end.
#GeneralLee Forever
I bought the kit in this video and bought a Confederate flag decal for a revell kit off if Ebay for like 3 bucks and it looks better than the general lee kits that u can buy
Always look forward to your reviews Chris, Thank you for another great one.
Jeff
This is an interesting rendering, I built a few MPC General Lees way back and if not mistaken the front and rear glass were one unit, This was an easy peasy build and I'd probably build it again.
so you need to use glue for all the parts or are they a clip on ?
I'm happy to see that Round2 is finally including gauge decals. Thanks R2. Thanks for the review.
Thanks Rick!
This is helpful. Always nice to see what's inside before we buy one. Thanks!
Thanks!
Do you know if they make this Charge in a larger size? When I was a kid and the Dukes of Hazzard was on my Dad bought me a 69 Dodge Charger General Lee model that was a 1/10 size I think it was massive. I have since lost it somehow. I love the die cast 1/18 models but hate the RT paint job. I would love to get rid of that trunk stripe. I love deep blue or candy apple red.
It can be found in 1/16 scale, it's an MPC kit.
It's out of print but searching Ebay and such you may eventually get one.
I'm not a real Dodge fan, but I like the looks of this kit. I realize it's a repop of the General Lee for us Northerns. I love that decal sheet. I may just have to grab myself one. Thanks for sharing, as always. I immensely enjoy this reviews.
Vincent Weston it’s a trash kit.
General lee is better
Nice review. I was wondering what this re-release of the Lee would look like. I'm actually surprised they were to make this so good. And by so good, I mean passable, as this kit had been so much abused that I thought the molds couldn't be saved AT ALL! I still think this mold should have been retired in favor of a new tooling, to be at least on par with (or better than) Revell's '69 Charger, but that's my personnal opinion.
That said, this review is pretty nice and well done, feel like a professional review, where you were neutral and didn't try to push your personnal opinion on us. So, good work!
Thanks for watching, it's appreciated!
Looks like an easy kit would be great for beginners working on something a bit more challenging. I love it! Lots of chrome. :)
This is definitely not a kit for beginners. There is hardly a piece on it that fits properly and really takes a lot of work to make a decent build out of it
Warner Brothers can prevent MPC from marketing it as a General Lee model kit but MPC could still include a Confederate/Rebel Flag decal and "Lee" decals as options to go along with the other flags and names decals . Warner Bros cannot cannot prevent the inclusion of those optional decals if MPC chooses to include them so long as it isn't marketed as a "General Lee" model kit which it isn't, it's the Dodge "Country" Charger. Warner Bros owns the rights to the General Lee not to the name "Lee" or the Confederate Flag itself. If a purchaser of the Dodge "Country" Charger decides on their own to build it as a General Lee, that is their perogative. So MPC get with the program and include those options.
Is it me, the lighting or the black plastic, but does the details look really soft on a lot of items. Seats and dashboard in particular.
Nice review, But for myself, I would buy that one for the flag decals, and parts for other projects. Buy and build the Revell 69 Charger kit and build it as the badguy's car, try to get a 68 Mustang kit, and build it like the Bullit car. The chase scenes in the movie are spectacular!
Nice review.
I can't believe they actually re-released this kit. It has to be one of the worst kits on the market
Transition Modeller u know it!
He reviewed it like he’s getting paid by them. The kit is CRAP! Mold lines are awful! Flash out the wazoo and release pin marks in the floor pan so crappy it takes 10 grit sandpaper to repair. (I know it’s as big an exaggeration as his review!) I think the driver side looks like garbage too. Could there be a worse review? I want to see his complete build of that particular kit.
This kit is also based off of the original MPC 1968 and up annual. For molds that are 50 years old it has held up well.
@@mrtonyadkins Yeah, I just picked up this kit and opened it up. It looks absolutely hideous and I cant even return it since I opened it. Waste of money
For me its okay... But i bought the kit to make a stock charger. I didnt want the decals or the roll cage. I gave it a nice metallic pearl bright blue paint scheme. A red and gray interior. I really didnt like the wheels they are disappointing. But you can choose the suspention height so thats pretty cool from the makers. Over all a 6/10
Is it a snap together kit
Just got this what to expect when I build it
Did they actually correct the rear window? The rear window on the General Lee kit was Charger 500 rear window, not a the stock model like this kit.
Yes they updated the body some years ago now.
Ive still got one of the 500 body kits here.
P.C. General Lee?
Bryan Guggemos at BG's Model Workshop . Ha, only decals I'd use would be the gauges. Essentially the same as the General Lee kit molded in black.
Thanks for the review. Great as always. I was waiting for someone to do that one
yeah, molded in a color you can actually cover with one coat of primer.
Bryan Guggemos at BG's Model Workshop That is a plus.
Great review Chris! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Nice kit Chris, Thanks bud!
My second model car i do!
Mine didn't come with the general Lee wheels.came with 2 sets of cragar style wheels
Great review as always. Thanks.
I recently have bought that model, I haven’t been able to find a general lee model because of the rebel flag. So I decided to buy that one and just paint it like the general lee and get some general lee decals.
Yup, that's why they keep issuing it.
I had heard the any new General Lee kit would be released without the confederate flag decal. I didn't realize that it would go this far.
ECH a car that would come in last, general lee forever
Great review as always. Thanks for sharing
oh i love that 69 charger i dig it and i am got to get me one and do a dirty mary crazy larry edition
The (M)PC General Lee! I hope somebody will make aftermarket decals for the General Lee when the supply of MPC kits dry up and this will be only choice to build one!
Plenty of flag and number vendors out there to help.
My General Lee didn't have the sail panel extensions. It was a Dodge Charger 500 body.
My brother's was the same way. By the looks of this one, it looks like they rectified that.
I'd build it with the 5 spoke wheels and place an Ol' Glory decal on the trunk lid like my favorite car in the Need For Speed "Carbon" game.
Enjoy!
Does it have the R/T Door vent covers?
The 1970 models did.
Thank You
another MoPar monster
Nice !
Another words it's just a repop of the dukes car. At least they gave us some new wheels... Honestly MPC should retire this mold.
If I bought that I'd do a black and white color scheme
Anyways guys when I see this rerelease of the general lee kit called the country charger and the body is molded in black with the rt grille I think just build the happy birthday general lee capitol city bank robbers car,the story of how the boys got the general lee season 7 of dukes of Hazzard.
Im going to make a real cool car out of this. Putting the SalvinoJR Next gen motor and wheel/tires.
I have the original kit that is the real "General Lee" I would never buy one of these kits and am seriously considering whether I want to purchase anymore MPC kits.
Since Warner Bros won't let them sell the GL with a flag on it, this is the only way they can get people the GL kit these days.
I wanna get one in real life when i get older so baaaaad but by time i move out and have money there prices are going to be sooooo expensive even for a wrecked one, and even worse finding parts to restore it
Notice the flag this is another release of the reissue general lee 69 dodge charger rt, and that's why you see people building a General Lee out of it,i have not bought one i have the reissue for the 69 dodge charger Daytona i want to find me a yellow molded 69 mpc yellow dodge charger 500 dyna charger I had one years ago and my dad had the original issue 1995 tooling white molded plastic dodge charger Daytona and we combined the two white charger with the white dash and doors panels painted black, and the yellow seats from the dyna charger i had and my yellow charger 500 had the yellow dash and door panels with the white interior pieces from my dads Daytona kit, I never used the dyna charger decals for it and a buddy offered me $150 for the build custom car and the decal sheet and wing and nose parts and the manual for both cars and i believe the charger 500 box I never put the option rt grille in the yellow charged the stock 500 grille is what I used and why my buddy wanted it so bad
Im gonna get one and make it into a general lee with the decal kit from ebay
you and 9 out of every 10 people that buy this kit... I'm actually doing that myself.
Kit looks. Cool but not a dodge fan decals are cool
Honestly, the current MPC '69 Charger kit is garbage compared to it's original '69 annual release. AMT/MPC really blew it when they changed the kit to the Charger 500, totally ruined the kit.
So we can never have a General Lee model car ever again? Has the Confederate Flag here in the USA become the Nazi flag in present Germany, illegal?
lol, part #23, still on the tree.
I see that next to the distributor, What is it?
Whiteys Workshop I have a horrific feeling it's supposed to be the CB. from the original kit. I think it got lost in the twilight zone, as there's no reference to the old kit's instructions. Now, nobody knows what it is and nobody's brave to remove it. lol, genius.
Lol, That's what it looks like... Kinda funny it's still there :)
They just blew the general Lee out of this. They put the union generals and flag
I made my a general lee
Cool!
Worst kit ever made. MPC should pay us to buy it.