AMT 1969 Dodge Charger 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2020
- The Dukes of Hazard "General Lee" Dodge Charger 1/25 Scale Model Kit by AMT Build Review.
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Wow, I remember seeing that kit back in the early 2000s. There was a glow-in-the-dark variant out there.
Great work . Excellent weathering .
Please guys don't complain about the kit..It's tooling is at least 45 years old. Be grateful it is still made and we can still build it.
That's a Charger 500 back glass, for NASCAR before the Daytona. Awesome build.
Hi really enjoyed this video, you had the problem with the window A pillars which you resolved really creatively, as my former instructor at university once said...’if you can’t control it make a feature of it’. Impressive model thanks for posting video.
Thanks for watching! Yep, gotta improvise, adapt and overcome. As long as you can hide your mistakes, it all works out lol. Thanks again friend!
Can you do some videos on how you do your weathering, I too am just learning it would really help, great build.
I absolutely plan on doing a weathering video soon. A lot of people have asked so it is in the works.
Great job on the build! I bought this kit and realized it's the same as the old 69 mpc charger 500 kit. If you want to build a general lee try out the revell 69 charger. It's a great kit
Thanks so much! That’s probably what I’ll end up doing. I just completed the 66 GTO muscle series kit and it was a great kit. Revell didn’t disappoint at all.
@@MyHobbyWorkShop the newer revell kits are great. Keep up the good work
Once again another masterful display of weathering! Hopefully in future videos it would be great if you could spend just a little more time on how you actually do those aging techniques like for instance how you got the linen like material to conform so well as to actually look like a tarp? Anyway, looking forward to future posts, thanks for sharing.
Hey Ken! Thanks so much for watching and the kind words. Still getting used to recording and what not and many others have asked about how I weather so I definitely plan on doing some “how to” videos on rusting, weathering etc.
As for the tarp, it’s toilet paper and watered down mod podge. You can either lay the TP down over the model and then apply the watered down mod Podge all over it or, lay the TP down in the mod podge and then lay it over the vehicle, carefully because it will rip. To get it to conform is just moving it around and playing with it until it looks natural. After it’s dried, paint it up and weather it to for depth. Hope this helps some, but I will make a video showing off my technique. Thanks again Ken!
I've heard a lot of the same things about this kit. If memory serves me the "Ghost of the General Lee" Glow in the dark kit is the best representation of the General Lee. I have that and this kit you are using but haven't compared them yet. Basically I went out and bought what I could so I could build the General Lee when the world went crazy and was pulling these kits off the shelf over the flag. Awesome finish. I love what you did with this build. You've been subbed
Thanks Dirk! Yea this kit is honestly just not good for a Duke of Hazzard build. So many wrong things and very poorly made. I’ve heard the “Ghost of the General Lee” is a far superior kit so it’ll be cool to see you complete it one day. Thanks for watching and subbing. Much appreciated!!
Love how the ol' Dodge turned out!!!!
Me too. Turned an error into the story of the model but that’s how modeling goes sometimes.
@@MyHobbyWorkShop 👍 Yep
Super Cool ..👍🇺🇸
Thanks man! Much appreciated and thanks for watching the vids!
great build
If that Charger has the flat rear window, that's because the Charger 500 had that instead of the coved window
Looking good so far
That’s a charger 500 casting aka Daytona. That is why the back window has the flat back window.
AMT have fixed this issue. They now have the buttress window. it's still a poor kit. i got a coronet front grille for my one and made it the full Charger 500.
Came out really nice
Thanks!!
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Thanks Steve! Just subbed yours as well. I have a love for WW2 tanks and you do some amazing work. Looking to get into some in the future.
Thanks for the sub. Speak soon my friend
Like you said, that kit is totally wrong for the General Lee, the kit body is a 69 Charger 500 which did have the flush rear window, but the 500 had a flush mount grill and headlights as well, the GL kit at least got the grill correct for the GL, but the wrong rear recessed window with sail panels. This has always bugged me to no end, and is the only reason I don't have a General Lee in my collection. Nice job on your version though, love the barn find look.
Thanks so much, and sorry I am just now seeing your comment. I heard the best thing to use is Revell Muscle Car Series and just convert it into a General Lee so I will probably end up doing that in the future.
My uncle recently passed away and he was a fellow model builder so I inherited all his builds well he had a General Lee in there that he built towards the end of his life and he was a little shaky so the decals were messed up so I was wondering what you were planning on doing with the decals from this kit? I'm trying to restore his build but the decals I can't Salvage. And by the way awesome build I like how you took something that was garbage and made it worth looking at awesome work!
Thanks man! So sorry to hear about your Uncle. I plan on using them in a future build. I want to get the Revell GTO kit and do the General Lee with these decals. But, if you go to Mikes Decals they have Genera Lee Decals available for like $5. They are Probably way better then the ones in this kit.
69 500 for NASCAR don't have the concave back window or hide away head lights ) but they mostly All had a Himi / the General Lee ? Had a 440 magnum ) Bo Duke told me that))) lXl
I love the weathered builds! Looks great! You took a not so great kit and made art!
How do you do the tarps btw? I want to try and make one for some builds. I’ve used a mix of white glue and water on tissue paper (gift tissue) but results don’t compare to yours.
Keep doing what you do! 😎👍🏾
Hey thanks so much. You’re on the right track with the tissue paper. I used toilet paper and watered down mod podge. I did the same for my tarp in the 66 fleet side video. Toilet paper is a little thicker and you can handle it a little easier. With it being thicker, it gives off that tarp look like it has some weight to it. Once it dries completely, you can paint and weather it up. Hope this helps!
@@MyHobbyWorkShop That definitely helps! I appreciate it. Toilet paper makes sense for that “weight” effect. Thanks for sharing!
@@KBCC_Garage any time! I would just practice and see how you like it. I practiced a couple times on an old spare body I had before using it on an “official project”
Dodge charger 500 had that back window also the Daytona had that window I have 3 of the original models
The kit is a Charger 500 body. A nascar design. The General did not have a Hemi. Most ran a 340 or 440. I like the revell 69 kit for GL builds.
Thanks David. I figured something was way off. I tried doing as much research as I could. I’ll probably end up grabbing a thst Revell kit. Revell doesn’t disappoint.
@@MyHobbyWorkShop I’m working on one now. Waiting to get a better set of wheels. I will probably go with fireball model works. I did not say it before. I love the finished model. It is great.
@@davidallen257 thanks so much!
The body of the model k i t is a Dodge Charger Daytona. Which of course is wrong for the General Lee.
Can you do a video of how to do weathering on models cars please?
Hey David! Check out my latest video. I go into detail on how I get the rust affects and weathering.
Yeah those old general lee kits from amt and mpc are always a bit fugly when it comes to their bodies. You're probably better off gettin one of those chargers from the revell muscle series if you want something accurate.
Yea I just finished the Revell 66 GTO muscle series and it was a fantastic kit. I will probably snag the correct charger for the General Lee one day. Thanks man!
It’s a 69 charger 500
thats a daytona rear window not a RT
It's looked like it's a 500 body with a 69 front
A Frankenstein charger lol
Yeah, another dusty ruster!! Thanks for sharing. Signed, an avid subscriber.