1974 Plymouth Road Runner 440 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review MPC920
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Features
Evergreen muscle car kitMolded in white for easy painting of any factory or custom colorOpening hoodPre-lettered Goodyear Polyglas GT tiresMultiple color/stripe optionsBeautiful illustrated packaging
The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price. Plymouth developed the Road Runner to market a lower priced, basic trim model to its upscale GTX.
The 1973-74 models received completely new sheet metal and had more conventional squared-up front-end styling and changes to the rear that more closely resembled the four-door models than the 71-72s. In addition, the interior options included retaining power seats and windows as well as offering plusher carpeting and seat covers, moving the car to a slightly higher level of luxury. The restyling helped sales which were up 40% over the 1972 models. In testing 1/4 mile times were getting close to the 16s, top speeds had dropped to barely over 125 mph (201 km/h), and the car moved further away from "musclecar" status. The base engine for the 1973-74 models had dropped down to Chrysler's workaday 318 CID V8 but equipped with dual exhausts which bumped the power up to 170 hp (127 kW). After 1972, no 440 with four-speed manual cars were built. The code E68 400 cu in 260 hp engine was the biggest Plymouth offered with the 4-speed, which could also be had with the 340 (1973), and 360 (1974) engines. The 318 was equipped with a 3-speed manual transmission as standard (though very few were built), and the TorqueFlite as an option, though at least one 318 engine 1974 car was built with the 4-speed manual transmission equipped with a Hurst shifter. The 440 cu in engine, boasting 280 hp was still available for 1973 and 1974, but only mated to the 727 TorqueFlite automatic, with 3.55 sure-grip 8 3/4 rear axle gearing available. (Some info from the Dodge and Plymouth Muscle Car Red Book, by Motorbooks International.)
OverviewProduction1971-1974Body and chassisBody style2-door coupePlatformB-bodyRelatedPlymouth Belvedere
Plymouth Satellite
Dodge Coronet
Dodge Charger
Plymouth GTX
Plymouth Fury
Chrysler CordobaPowertrainEngine318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 (1973, 1974)
340 cu in (5.6 L) V8 (1971-73)
360 cu in (5.9 L) V8 (1974)
383 cu in (6.3 L) V8 (1971)
400 cu in (6.6 L) V8 (1972-74)
426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi V8 (1971)
440 cu in (7.2 L) V8Transmission4-speed manual
3-speed Torqueflite automaticDimensionsWheelbase115 in (2,921 mm)[13]Length203.2 in (5,161 mm) [3]Width79.1 in (2,009 mm)Height52.9 in (1,344 mm)Curb weight3,640 lb (1,651 kg)
I haven’t done a model in years, ran across your channel..... you have started the fire again.....Thank you very much
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I'm going to do one as Daisy Dukes Roadrunner...
Great looking build.
Love that colour, also love the stories you make up for each build.
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This will be my first model, just bought two on clearance at Michael's. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, so this video is a godsend!!
I would love to find a model kit of a 1974 Fury. Excellent work, keep it coming! The videos make you think. Stay warm, safe, and healthy
Chris you are a master with Rattle Cans! Car is nicely done! great job
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Excellent build. Love the color!
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Working on this kit now. Always find your videos so helpful! Nice build! The issue of have of this kit has an insane amount of flash on it. Spent a good hour just getting flashing off 🤣 can't all be winners lol thanks for sharing
Hey. Out of curiosity, what you do to kill the toyish shine from the chromed parts?
That's a pretty sweet build! I found AMT 's " Mopower " '74 Plymouth Satellite funny car from Spotlight Hobbies' website. The issue date was from 1975! I was just a toddler then! It built up pretty good. You can see it on Scale Auto Magazine website.
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I had a 1974 Satellite Sebring Plus 318 with bucket seats.The RRs little brother sharing exact same body.Loved that car.
That green paint job on that Plymouth roadrunner really does set it off..great build👍👍😊😊
Another outstanding build, absolutely beautiful work, you brought a simple basic kit and turned it into a very showable model, thank you for videos and techniques.
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That turn out nice Chirs... I just build that 69 G.T.X and painted it the same color, it really turn out sweet! Thanks for letting me know about another great model!
Right on!
I can't believe overspray still gets pulled into that filter!! Another great build, love the color!
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Great model kit, fun color! I like all of the nitpick details separate, i.e. suspension, exhaust, etc. Your attitude is always so positive! Fun times.
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I'm fortunate to have several versions of the original issues, but your build was so well done, I'm inspired to build them! I even have a 70 GTX kit from 1970 which came with what this kits missing...the awesome Cragar Mags
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Yes I have that kit too, I love the Roadrunner too.
is the 70 gtx mpc kit, that one with that huge picture, kinda redish on the cover? i really would love to see a video where u/they compare the new issues made in china, with the older vintage issues, actual annual issue. To see the difference. There is some difference, maybe not much, but I'd recognize it for sure
So that's why i really would be hyped about that! I could donate you somehow for such a vid... thx for recognize, i hope so. ;-) genius at work!!
Can't wait to add this one to my collection. Beautiful kit.Thanks again for sharing the build. Amazing job as always.👍
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I was born on 10/10/1976 and was driven home from the hospital in my parent's 1974 Roadrunner. It was the car that started my obsession.
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Shame this one didn't come with slicks would've been an awesome full drag build
@@hpiguy I got this same model kit for Christmas. I have decided to build it exactly like my parent's car so I am going to model up and 3D print a bench seat, wheels and a correct steering wheel for it before I start the build.
Awesome Build!! 1974..! Sophomore year in High School.. Hartford Union High School.. Wis...
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That thing turned-out GREAT!
I really enjoy watching your builds. I save most of these, and appreciate that you share the information on what products you use.
My interest drops-off after 1971, but these 2-in-1 kits have so many cool parts, I might grab one anyway?
I'm just making Slot cars out of them anyway.
"Once a Man, twice a boy" 😂😂😂
Thanks again for making, and posting these videos.
Love this one. I got into building models in 74. Sure does bring back some good memorys. Thanks .
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i picked up a silver color pencil love a great simple tip , i heard it for this man so thank you and everyone go get yourself one .
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hi, I'm from Florence and I've recently approached the world of cars1/24, since I was looking for the model of the van to transform into the mystery machine. As soon as I saw your channel, I signed up.
Love the simulated wood grain on interior. Great build
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Great detailing as usual and I like the tip about the simulated wood grain.
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Nice job! That green really pops on that model.
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Yeah, your back stories are the best. Nice choice of color. You know the saying- "Silk purse out of a sows ear"- you seem to make it work every time. I would have liked to seen the chin spoiler and 6 bbl. but like say, "build it the way you want it."
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it is interesting to watch you paint because you and I do it almost the opposite way. I do my bodies from the bottom up instead of shooting the sides and top then going back. Not saying anything wrong with that, just interesting. The green really pops. I will have to get a can of that paint. Thanks for another great build video.
Always like to see you give some love to the Mopar brand. The Road Runner turned out amazing. I'm starting to get a Mopar vibe off you 😎😎😎😎
I helped work on two of the rarest Mopars ever made, a friend's Dad and his buddy owned them and we worked on the restorations back in the early 90s. One 70 Hemi Challenger Convertible and one 70 Hemi Cuda Convertible.
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that looks likes an nice and easy kitt too do great work as always........better than the 68 road runner with the chassis
Another amazing build my friend, that color just pops and looks amazing on that body style. Keep up the great work and Rust In Peace.
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My 1st car was a black '74 318 Roadrunner with red stripes but I dropped a 383 into it. Ahh the memories.
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I always tell myself im gonna build this one stock but I get into and next think I know im building a prostreet all aftermarket build , never fails! But awesome build
You can do it!
Awesome build Chris, I love the color choices and background story!!!
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Great build my late father had one
Very cool
"WOW Chris what a fantastic hot paint job on a hot car." Looks like it could burn rubber just sitting there. I like your wheel detail, looks so real. I think I have the original issue kit somewhere, I got it at a model show a long time ago as a bagged kit molded in black missing decals and instructions. Great job.
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Really like the color you chose for this one. Wouldn't mind driving it down the street. Great build.
Nice car and super nice build as I have come to expect from you. I liked your story about the swapped in motor and it being orange vs mopar blue ...and it happened a lot. The Menards green paint looks gorgeous. I truly appreciated your pointers on the woodgrain for the interior. Great looking model and cool video! I am glad I subscribed and think more people should subscribe as well.
Eagerly awaiting your next build!
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Love that green think I'll put that on my next one
Cool!
Awesome build Chris, that color just pop's
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Great job as usual. Just a friendly note, transmissions are normaly aluminum/steel regardless of what instuctions say. Do as you like, its your model. Keep up the builds, thanks, Bob.
Yup, I usually cover that but this guy just took a can of Rusto and sprayed the whole thing before he dropped it in. ;)
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Nice build Chris wow and here's a tip, The 71 charger chassis fits under the body perfect.if you wantnto add extra details, Mine is a Daisy Dukes Roadrunner.. thanks for all you do for us in your videos...
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Its cool to see a mopar build,i like how you built and painted it,and cool they got the correct parts in it this time,nice.
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That Green looks Great.
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Another nice build Chris, keep it going
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I have a Lawn-Boy mower, and I needed to touch up some scuffs from use. I Googled the green color and it led me to an (almost) exact match... VHT Grabber Green. Awesome color - AND build Chris!
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That turned out awesome. Never understood though when they redesigned the front end of the actual car , that they didn't match the wheel arch design like the rear wheel arches. The older front end design did match front and back.
That’s Daisy’s first car in yellow. That’s what she had before Dixie her ‘81 Jeep
Daisy actually had a 71-72 road runner in the first few episodes and then it was changed to this body style without any explanation. I think the earlier version is much better looking but as long as Daisy is driving I can't complain.
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Absolutely amazing build, love your stories. Thank you for sharing
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Chris, that was one hell of a Plymouth Roadrunner Sir! Excellent colors and detail!
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Cool, MPC got the rally cluster correct, unlike AMT, which uses the '75-later dash because they reuse parts.
I've watched this build many times. I love your results! Might have pick one up but paint it yellow like daisy dukes car
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Love that Grabber Green paint job. I gotta get my hands on this one !
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Man i been waitin to see this one get built!!!!!! Impatiently!!! Lol...such an under appreciated body style car i loved the fuesalodge bodied mopars of early/mid 70's
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Great job , great color great build. Going to do mine in blue.
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That color looks just like the box art!
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Another beautiful build Chris. Keep up the great work my friend
Thanks, will do!
Love watching your builds. I love how you caught the mopar overpray on the the chassis. Only oops was the that the Firewall should be body color.
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I had a 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus that I bought new in 1974. It was a pewter silver with a black landau roof. It was a Roadrunner without the badges or power. Same body style though. I loved that car. If I remember right, my engine was blue. I am pretty sure the Roadrunner was orange.
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Very nice build!!!! I’m pretty sure that these are the same molds as the old Daisy’s Road Runner from the Dukes of Hazzard line by MPC. All you have to do is paint it yellow with black stripes and you have Daisy’s car from the show.
Yes, same kit, reissued.
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Nice looking kit... and a really nice job! Love the color... and I love the back stories you make up for each model :)
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Picked 1 up a few days ago awesome kit , I love the color you picked
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When I was building my model, this helped me figure out what peices went were and how they go on because the instructions don't do a good job of explaining everything
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lovely build Chris.
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If you covered any of this in the video, I apologize. I have an ear infection and can't hear squat. Good news is, this includes my wife as well.
Is this a retooled kit? I built this years ago and the detail seems better. I also remember several fit issues and it seems to have more parts, i.e. mirrors.
You did a hell of a job on this, she's beautiful.
This is a reissue. I'm not sure what has been done to the molds, that would be a question for R2 models directly. Thanks man!
Looks great dude! That color is bright! Love it!🇺🇸🏁
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. I bought one in 74 new off the showroom floor. Wasnt in the business one day . IVE wanted a model or a metal type. To ya know say I had mine 17yrs.
Great Job Chris. That's one I definitely have to get. As owned one. Mine was Black with white stripes. The only thing I see missing is the chrome resonator exhaust tips, they had slots in them with red interiors .... which came stock. Looks like a pretty cool kit.
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Always love the Road Runner line, great build as always Chris 👍😜
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Wonderful piece! Great job!
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Thanks again for another enjoyable episode. My buddy had that car from his grandpa and I supplied the cool hood for a case of beer back in the late 80,s totally changed the dynamics. I would like to know if you prefer one kit manufacturer over another. I do Like the AMT,s myself they put a little more parts in the kit for added depth and detail. Thanks again
Yeah, I'm not one for saying this is better than that. Each company has their gold stars and their bronze stars depending on the kit. Thanks for watching!
I have two 1974 Chargers that I drive same B body like the road runner, had one these road runners slip through my fingers At $800 it's always bummed me out. but know I can have this one!
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I just picked up the kit. My very first car was the 73 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus v8 318. It was triple green..dark green body, green interior and a dark green vinyl top and I am going to turn the 74 into that 73 I had. Same exact body, grille and back bumper! Can you do more videos on how to put on a vinyl top and rust body and fading? Thx love you vids!
Dozens and dozens of weathering videos. Scroll the videos on the channel homepage.
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@@hpiguy Thank you very much! I am now on your Facebook page. Getting back into building again and have to say lots of new techniques to learn and looks more fun than ever. I enjoy watching your builds. Thanks for what you do for the hobby. Rowland
I have a co worker that has a new Challenger like this...Sublime with black stripes.
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Even nicer to see after the build....its a well rounded kit overall....for an mpc pretty nice really. Love the additions of the super nice decals an pad printed tires to these older kits.....and those factory rally wheels are really really nice! Very rare too....those particular ones in kit form not sure if iv ever seen em in a kit. Also the 400 decals....like em.rare
The different air cleaner decals are a nice touch in my opinion...maybe somebody had a factory 360 in the car they had in high school. Very nice option
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Again another great build.
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Looks Amazing Your '74 Plymouth!!
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Really enjoying the vids , sending all the best from South Africa :D
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Looking great kid!
Love the DecoArt paints, tons of awesome colours! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻😍😎🤜🏻🤛🏻
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Always a pleasure mate!
Looking forward to see you tackle Revell's '71 Plymouth GTX and maybe AMT's '71 Dodge Charger! 😉
I love that color.
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Pretty cool build. You forgot to try the mudge podge trick for the headlights I told you about. lol
If those left over wheels are the basic hubcaps, I think that Round2 missed an opportunity of putting more decals on the decal sheet to be able to downgrade this car into a base Satellite. But that doesn't take anything away from this kit. I've seen many people have fitting issues with previous releases. I guess Round2 fixed the molds as to fix those issues.
Whats the mod podge headlight trick? Wadls about to try it for some builds - do you use the extra glossy version or normal? New builder here , thanks!
@@carolinehaf21 When you have kits like this one with headlights that aren't made of clear plastic but part of the chrome grill, you put mod podge on the chrome lights and let it dry, and it make those lights look more like they were made of plastic/glass. As for the glossy or normal version, I guess it depend on the builder.
@@chassegallerie2910 Thank you! Would you do what Chris does by putting molotow chrome on the headlights first then when dry use the mod podge or would that not work?
@@carolinehaf21 I'm not really sure. I don't have Molotow chrome pens.
@@carolinehaf21 Mod Podge is good stuff. Never tried it for headlights on model cars though. I've always used it for other craft projects for its glossy finish. I've always used Testors Clear Parts Cement and Window Maker. It's almost the same consistency of white glue, but not as white in color. Easy to work with. Will not bond your fingers together like super glue does. It dries clear and is perfect for gluing clear parts.
Chris, this is a very cool build period. Nice job.
I absolutely love the crazy colors that the MOPAR people used in the late 60’ and Early 70’s. As you know these colors are returning today on the modern Chargers and Challenger cars.
Was MOPAR’s sales pitch “ The Rapid Transit System” ?
Very nice build Chris! Keep doing what you do. Thank you! BEEP BEEP !!
Thanks!
Another great 👍🏻 model build, I love the bright green color you picked. Your videos are so enjoyable to watch. I was wondering if you will be building the new AMT 1/25 Ford C600 Coca Cola stake truck with Coca Cola vending machines? Thanks again for the model build and review 👍🏻
I'm hoping they do send that one, there is one near me rotted into the ground and I want to copy it.
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Great build.
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Beautiful Car with a Colorful History Chris, thanks for Sharing n Have a Blessed Wknd Brother.
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Nice video 👍👏 and super colors
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Another great build review Chris. When I saw you were going to be doing this one I could not wait to see it. Always great color choices btw! I like it’s a clone car too. Leaves room for creativity.
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Very cool Chris! Now that would make a great Al Bundy mobile!!
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Al Bundy's car was a 71 Duster even though they called it a Dodge
Finally a kit in my price range! Lol Great work as usual.
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Beautiful car Chris.
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awesome chris 👍 but i think you should of done it like Daisy dukes charger 😀😀
Great build I love the color brother
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Hi, thanks for sharing. Which solvent do you use for the decals? At which ratio do you mix with water? And congrats for the great job!
I like what you did with the wheels.. IMO they look more realistic...
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i made quite good expierence with a little trick, i read about once. if you start spray, maybe even with primor, just do first a real small coat, like not even one. just like 30 sec. of spray. Then wait another quarter hour, and go on with the paint job. It's a great little trick thing imo. Maybe someone gains technique out of my comment. lol
love them old kits
paint it yellow with the black strobe stripe and you have Daisy Duke's Road Runner car. They used a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner for season one and then used a 1972 Plymouth Satellite with a black Road Runner Stripe for season 2. You can notice the difference in the cars by the different front grills between the 71 Road Runner and 72 Satellite.
Idk if you said it in the video but, why didn’t you install the front “mudflap-thing” under the front bumper?
Actually, i lost the instructions to mine and i had no idea how to put it on, so i was hoping u had it on yours.
I finally found a picture with it installed, so now i gotta glue it on
Grabber Green on a Mopar? How dare you lol
Just kidding. Another fine build by the man himself. :)
LOL, I'll do the next one in Chevy Copper just to upset the perfectionists!
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"Another nice build..." I'll say! Wow - the details. Perfect is NOT real. Pre-owned, gently worn all that stuff describes this car. And the story runs with the build. Very entertaining.
Thanks for sharing...
I agree!
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Great job!
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I've enjoyed following your videos and hope Coppa will not cause to stop your builds. I would like to know what do you use to clean the mold release from the kit parts (which I did not do in my youth) as I am returning to scale modeling after a 50 year hiatus. Thank you and I await your response. Please keep up the great videos as they will be a help in my return to scale modeling.
Simple green to wash the parts as stated in the beginning. Enjoy your hobby!
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