The General Lee

Be careful about which one you buy. The white box MPC is inaccurate in the body shapes as it has a fastback type backglass instead of the stepped one the 1:1 has. Round 2 released a snaptite kit of it this year that really looks good for a curbside, and there is a newer release by them as well which I think fixed the body/wheel issues. Also look for the Promodeler boxing of the Charger by Monogram, it came with decals that would allow you to build it as a General Lee in a backdoor kind of way. Good luck!

I still can get one at my LHS.

Ya better grab it BST14.

Thanks for the heads up Mississippi!

I went to Colonial Photo & Hobby here in town Saturday and there was just a hole where it might have been.  I'm not holding my breath on seeing one anytime soon.  I don't know if somebody grabbed them before I got there or the store removed them for whatever reason, I'm just saying no kits.

There's a lot of P.C. and some cowardice going around the country,  real shame.

Yes, I am sick of this PC stuff,  It is hurting our country in many ways.

After seeing this thread, I checked for a 1/16 scale kit.

Seems that one is outa stock too !

After 2008, folks started buying stock in companies marketing firearms.

Wonder if any aftermarket decal producers are considering going public? 

Never wanted one before. Now I most definitely do.

I was on Amazon a few hours ago and saw a few of the Round 2 GL kits for sale there. Get 'em while you can fellas...

Cadet Chuck

Yes, I am sick of this PC stuff,  It is hurting our country in many ways.

That damn flag has hurt our country in many ways. The real shame is the pervasive ignorance of this fact.

Hobby Lobby I really need to check out. They did have them there. If it were me, I definitely ask about buying one. Most likely they put them in the back room out of view. If they refused, I'd fight tooth and nail to get one an remind them the customer is ALWAYS right.

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp

That document, "Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union", should clear up any misconceptions about why the Confederacy was formed.

GMorrison

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp

That document, "Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union", should clear up any misconceptions about why the Confederacy was formed.

Thanks for posting it.

^^^^^^^^^^^ Dumbest thing I have seen yet today............... Welcome to 1984. I am sure we can "ban" our way to utopia......  That flag is as responsible for our history as the car is for the drunk driver. The Confederate flag is PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. Get over it.  A wise man once said "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it."

Looks like we are going to repeat it and follow Ancient Rome into the dustbin of history.

I will check the LHS today to see what they have and report back.

This what folks today needs to read and understand why the Civil War happened. Very cool link btw...

If the kit is temporarily removed from the shelves due to the PC issue, I would be surprised if someone doesn't offer after-market decals.

$$$

GMorrison

$$$

.............and that reminds me of a song from the movie: " Cabaret" ................

"Hey I know a guy"...

"Fell off a truck in Tuscaloosa"...

I don't want to get into a political discussion here, but I have to say I have trouble imagining why anybody would want to build a model of anything associated with "The Dukes of Hazard." In my opinion it was an awful, moronic show. When I moved from Ohio to the not-so-deep South (Virginia and then North Carolina), I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, that a lot of southerners found the stereotypical portrayal of southerners in the show pretty offensive. Others were turned off by the stereotypical portrayal of law-enforcement officers. (Something tells me it wasn't a popular show among southern sheriffs and deputies.) Others were troubled by the thought of kids thinking of the "Dukes" as role models. Still others just thought the show was silly and juvenile.

I guess offensiveness is where you see it. Personally, I don't like to offend people (except certain people); and I figure if I do something that I know will offend somebody I'm deliberately offending him/her.

Yeah I grabbed the 1/25 quickly the after this began.  I noticed on ebay they jumped and I couldn't figure out why.  Then I remembered the news.  I still have the opportunity to get the 1/16 one but not big on spending the money.  

Jtilley-  People want to build it because it is a badass muscle car to begin with.  A 69 Charger with a 440?  Can it get better?  Was never a fan of the paint job but eh...  Next its a "Movie Star Car" so you have those fans.   Then we have the fact that people love seeing car stunts.  I cant imagine anyone finding it offensive as a southerner.  It was a COMEDY for God's sake.   Who would honestly believe police officers would be like that...  come on.  Its the same with Andy Griffith.  Barney Fife?  Smokey & the Bandit?  Convoy? 

Its people who take these so seriously they forget its supposed to be, silly light-hearted fun.  I'm not a big Dukes fan but anyone who finds it upsetting need to remember what it is...  A comedy that is not to be taken seriously.

jtilley

I don't want to get into a political discussion here, but I have to say I have trouble imagining why anybody would want to build a model of anything associated with "The Dukes of Hazard." In my opinion it was an awful, moronic show.

(in part)

jtilley

I don't want to get into a political discussion here, but I have to say I have trouble imagining why anybody would want to build a model of anything associated with "The Dukes of Hazard." In my opinion it was an awful, moronic show. 

I always thought about the number of Dodges that were wrecked while making of the show.

Oh, yeah....never did see much sense in putting any flag on the roof of that car anyway.

CodyJ

Yeah I grabbed the 1/25 quickly the after this began.  I noticed on ebay they jumped and I couldn't figure out why.  Then I remembered the news.  I still have the opportunity to get the 1/16 one but not big on spending the money.  

I think another thing people forget it that the flag is there because of the car's name!  It would be like calling a car the "Desert Rat" and putting a German flag on it.  They didn't put the Southern colors just to be reckneck.  I assume they took a famous leader in the area and named it after him.  Considering they were in the south it wwouldn't have made sense if they called it the "General Grant" ......    Ah....  A "What if idea"...  LOL

IDK folks but when people say things like "Gilligan's Island was offensive because of the way the natives were portrayed"......  I just laugh.  Are folks really that uptight.  

CodyJ

.............Then we have the fact that people love seeing car stunts.  I cant imagine anyone finding it offensive as a southerner.  It was a COMEDY for God's sake.   

Hmm.....now you have me wondering if the Dukes of Hazard car stunt idea wasn't inspired by the movie: "Man With the Golden Gun" ; ...........an AMC Hornet doing a barrel roll jump with the Southern Sheriff comic relief left over from the previous James Bond move.

What part of the moderators locking the first thread about the confederate rag didn't sink in?

CodyJ

I think another thing people forget it that the flag is there because of the car's name! .................

Considering Southern white feelings about the " march to the sea" , I think a car named the "General Sheridan" woulda engendered more anger than Grant...just sayin'

Maybe the flag was put on the car's roof so the director's helicopter could keep track of it..............

SpruceGoose-  Yeah I bet it was!  LOL That was an epic part!   Sherrif: "You're not gonna..."   Bond: "Oh yes I am Boy!" 

Was that the one with the flying AMC Matador?

CodyJ

SpruceGoose-  Yeah I bet it was!  LOL That was an epic part!   Sherrif: "You're not gonna..."   Bond: "Oh yes I am Boy!" 

Was that the one with the flying AMC Matador?

Yep, that's the movie ..................LOL..........