Revell 1971 Plymouth GTX Kit History
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2021
- Here is a look at the kit History of Revell's 1971 Plymouth GTX and some build options.
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Special thanks to Greg Wann for loaning me his Revell 1971 GTX kit for this video!
Looking for the resin 72 GTX conversion?
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Here is Keith Marks decals:
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From the early 90's to the early 00's I think those were the best era of models to me the companies were coming out with so many models its crazy
Same for me. I was new then, so every kit was new to me!
I bought and built the 1984 version way back then when I lived in Chicago! Loved the body style so much, I found a real one that I purchased in 1990 and still have in my barn on the California coast. A prized possession!
Thank you for the nice walk down memory lane. 👍
You’re welcome!
Love all these kits. All very cool
Thanks!
Air grabber hood looked so much better on these cars, back in the day folks were removing the stock hoods and getting a sort of fiber glass reproduction air grabber design or ordered straight from the factory, very rarely you saw the side intake hoods as everyone thought they were fugly. At least they kept the hoods if they ever needed it again which I'm sure a few added back on as nostalgia took over. Great video!
Thank you! I like the air grabber hood on this car!
Very good video and thanks for sharing all this info and comparisons. Now I have to build that GTX from movie
Enjoy it!
What a great way to start Saturday's the muscle car modeler and coffee !
Morning!
Great Video Raoul! Thanks for the history lesson. Your builds look great!
Glad you like them!
What some of us need... A 71 Roadrunner, Petty Car. Only wishing!
Might be one coming soon! Salvinos JR Models has mentioned doing one.
Wow - another awesome video. Really appreciate you posting these.
Glad you like them!
That’s a great kit! Your builds are stunning, especially in limelight green!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the history lesson! Really cool builds you have there!
Glad you enjoyed!
Ty so much for the nice information,help me quite a bit
No problem! Glad it helped!
Great history lesson of the kits! I really like the Monogram kits from the 80s. They seem to be a little better detailed than some of the other kits I've had of the same era. Of course, they were slightly bigger being 1/24 so they didn't swap parts really well with other models. It's kinda funny sometimes you see people praising Revell models like the Fast and Furious GTX not knowing it was originally made by Monogram in the 80s! One way you can tell is if a Revell kit is 1/24 scale, you can almost be sure it was originally a Monogram kit.
Thanks! Yes it's true that just about all Revell 1/24 kits started as Monogram.
Nice video, really enjoyed the history on the 3 kits!! Always liked that body style.
Thanks 👍
The air grabber hood is the best part. I think only the jo han kits up to this point in the 90s were the only other kit with an accurate air grabber. Amt didn't have theirs until that 70 charger kit from the early 2000s
I like the air grabber. Just surprised it is the only part missing.
WOW, great stuff, thanks so much!!!
Glad you liked it!
The original 71 was one of the first kits I built when I started modelling in the 1980s
Very cool!
Great video, enjoyed the history lesson. Rick 🤓✌️
Thanks 👍
Excellent review. I appreciate seeing the new kit, as I’ll be picking 2 up to do a couple Nascar models. As always, I come away a smarter man after your reviews.👍👍
Cool! I saw somewhere that Salvino JR. is planning a 71 roadrunner nascar kit. I preordered the 71 Charger!
This is a GREAT video. Personally was very informative for me. I love the original version.
Thank you! You never know how a video is going to go but these have been well received.
Great review on those kits , I have the yellow 1 sealed
Thanks 👍
Definitely appreciate you drink this as far as I'm concerned that was the last of the great Mopar Muscle Cars
Thank you!.
Love them Mopars. 👍
They are great!
Great video brother!
Thanks for watching!
I can't believe I've never owned or built this kit, I love the body style, I should maybe pick up the new F&F kit.
So can you build a stock GTX from the F&F kit?, I take it you can but just not with the 6 pack?,
Another excellent kit history, enjoyed this thanks Raoul.
The only thing missing in the F&F kit is the Air Grabber hood itself. All the other Air Grabber parts are in it and all the 6 BBL stuff is in it also.
Great information about those 3 kits. I built recently the Gtx from the movie and I made a scratch built rear bumper and added new stripes to the hood. You can check on Revell Facebook page.
Thank you!
Thanks for info ... You Rock!
Happy to help!
The Satellite Sebring Plus was half step below Roadrunner but could be identically equipped
Thanks for the info!
You're Welcome. I owned 73 Satellite Sebring Plus 318 w 340 heads RV III Cam 4 bbl W Competition Series AFB Electric Choke. Dual Remote Chrome Racing Mirrors Rallye Dash w 150 Mph Speedo & 8,000 Rpm Tach. Console w T-handle Rachet Shifter Factory in Gunmetal Blue w Black top & interior. Also Had 73 Satellite Sebring w bench Seat. White int and Top w B5 Blue Metallic. 400 4 bbl automatic. Loved those Cars
I have 71 satellite and a 71 GTX unbuilt in the Box thanks for sharing your knowledge of these kits do you know anything about the 74 Roadrunner that MPC put out in a collectors tin 125th scale
Thanks! I have that 74 in the Tin as it had some very accurate decals.
Great Video!!! I regret not buying a Satellite when it was out : ( I bought the GTX when it came hoping the old parts would be in the kit : ( Have yet to buy the F&F car.
I like the original kit and stumbled upon this second one years ago and grabbed it. Now I'm glad I did and still have it.
Now, I have a reason to get the F&F one. I have a cadaver/wreck of the Satellite, and I'm missing the emblem. The rear suspension's broken tho, but that's easy to find, I think. Wanna make the I6 base version of the car. Tho, I couldn't find pics of the base interior and I'm not really sure if it's the one from the kit, or the base car has a bench seat on the front. Also need to know what the hubcaps would look like (I would like hubcaps rather than dogdishes).
I also personally know Guillaume, the owner of K7. He's a nice guy and sell his resin and also some kits at shows around here in Québec.
Thanks! Glad this was of use to you. I was surprised at how many parts are back in the new kit.
The dash you mentioned was available in 1973 and 1974 on the Roadrunner and Satty Sebring Plus. It wasn't a one year knock off.
Thank you. I was referring to the kit dash having no emblem on it. That one year only Satellite issue. The later GTX issues have a GTX emblem on the kit dash.
Hey Raoul, question....on the Satellite kit, the dash doesn't have any emblems on the passenger side. Now with the Keith Marks decals, do they have a dash decal that reads Road Runner if I want to make it a Road Runner? I want to make a Road Runner from the F & F kit, so I need a stock Satellite grill, resin grill emblem & a Satellite dash provided Keith's decals do in fact have the dash emblem. Is there anything I'm leaving out, or does that seem like the easiest way to make a Road Runner from a GTX kit? Thanks much!!!!!!!!!!
I believe the Keith Marks decals had the dash emblem. public.fotki.com/mofobow/plymouth/road_runner_decals/71_road_runner/ This really depends on your level of accuracy. You can sand off the GTX enblems off the grill and dash. You have to do that to the Fast and Furious Issue's body also. The interior tub is all GTX as the door panels are different. You could sand and redo them but that is difficult on a tub style interior. Or look for the 71 Satellite issue.
Looking good! How do these kits compare to the never re-issued MPC 1971 Roadrunner (Superbird) kit in terms of accuracy and quality of the build?
Thanks! These come out real nice right out of the box. The body and interior of the MPC is a little nicer in my opinion but the chassis, wheels and engine are not that good out of the box. Kit Bashing in parts from the AMT 71 Charger make a very nice model but a lot more work. I have a 72 roadrunner on my channel that I did this to and also a 72 Charger Rallye that I'm also doing this swap.
I actually did notice a small difference between the original issue and the first reissue. The front lower valence has a minor ridge on the GTX for locating the front spoilers. And to make the movie car, it seems like kit bashing the original and the reissue would make the best body
Your absolutely right! I missed that on the front valance. The original doesn't have the ridges. I also forgot to mention that the rear spoiler in the GTX version does not use the holes that are in the body. That it just glues on the trunk instead! Also I think it would be easier to just sand off the extra trim than find the original issue then add the spoiler molded in mounts that are on the trunk lid of the GTX body.
@@TheMuscleCarModeler when I built my GTX, I sanded the mounts off at both ends, and made it smooth
440/6 was an option for the 71 Road Runner. I believe they built 137 of them.
Yes the 440/6 was available but the 440/4V was reserved for the GTX.
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Thanks!
Thanks for the comparisons. The engine in Dom's car appears to be a 383.
One of the real movie cars that was on a you tube video has a 383. The movie car has 440 on the hood as shown on the decals. I'm going to have to watch the movie again.
Nice ! I built a very inaccurate Petty car out of the Satellite kit and have the F&F kit that id like to do as a replica of a car i knew as a kid, can you link me to the decals you got from Keith Marks ? I’m not finding where to contact for purchase. Thanks , great video!
Thank you! It's in the video discription. Keith Marks. public.fotki.com/mofobow/ His contact info is at the top of the page in two spots.
What do you use on the rallye wheels to get the finish?
I brush paint the black in the recessed circles, I use flat steel paint for the wheel and grey for the cap.
Could you do a video on the 70 Revell Monogram Gtx kits please???
Already did. Check it out! czcams.com/video/qKB-Q6QVCXs/video.html
Nice builds. Any info on the ones that were supposedly painted Petty Blue?
Thanks! What do you mean? All I could quickly find was that a few were made for 71 but many for 72.
I’m probably remembering something I read in Scale Auto that said the blue wasn’t available on them, but there were rumors that some had been painted that way. Obviously wrong. I have the yellow one, and think it would look pretty tasty in Petty Blue. So that’s how it’s going to be. Thanks for the info. Look forward to next week!
Petty Blue is a great color and I may build a resin 72 MPC roadrunner in that color someday.
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So... I take it you liked it!!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler yes sir. Cool history and l like mopars. Thanks for sharing.
Miace modelino🎉😢
Thanks!
Come posso fare per verniciare il mio modellino?
?? Last Year GTX was not 71. GTX was available 73/74 as Roadrunner GTX
71 was the last year as a separate model identified by vin. I was not very clear on that. After that they were roadrunner GTX's!
Mipia modlino
Thanks.
wow..his hands shake like jello,when hes holdind the car.. drink much???
I’m not sure what you are getting at? Yes my hands are not as steady as they used to be.
Keith Marks decals are terribly expensive now and not worth purchasing imho.
Yes they have gone up. How much are they now? Last ones I bought were $15 a set not including the shipping. I have been buying them for over 15 years now an accumulated many for projects that I have not gotten to. Rays Kits decals are also expensive because of being in the Netherlands. Custom decals can be even more. Some charge $25 to start just to do the artwork.
@@TheMuscleCarModeler Since I live in Canada and he lives in Canada he wants US dollars which comes out to $25.00 a piece. I can get 10 slixx decals for $100 (pro stock) or 4 little strips from Marks for $100.00. I can still get Fred Cady decals for $12.00 US off of eBay.