Thinking about building a General Lee

GMorrison

 

 

Compressorman

I am an aircraft guy so I could use some help on this since I do not follow car stuff very closely. However, I do follow it closely enough to know that they have taken the flag off of the top of the General Lee models ( How crazy is this world going to get !?)

Chris

 

 

 

 

"They"being MPC. The whole "controversy" is stupid, dumb show that had a nice couple of cars.

 

 

If you dont like the show then that is certainly your business. Not sure why you had to let everyone here know how dumb you feel it was? I am trying to build a little plastic car. I have no interest in others political views, or confederate flags and what they represent/represented, or how 'dumb' the show was.

 

Chris

I was poking around after reading this and found Daisey Jeep and Duster along with the police car from the show.  Diorama?  Hopefully you can find the correct decals if they omitted the rebel flag.  Kinda the whole point of the model.

Compressorman

I am an aircraft guy so I could use some help on this since I do not follow car stuff very closely. However, I do follow it closely enough to know that they have taken the flag off of the top of the General Lee models ( How crazy is this world going to get !?)

Chris

 

"They"being MPC. The whole "controversy" is stupid, dumb show that had a nice couple of cars.

MPC had a new tool kit a few years ago that I believe will build an accurate vehicle. There is a place in Nashville and in Gatlinburg, TN, called "Cooters" that's owned by Ben Jones, who played that character on the show. He has a ton of those kits, and I think they have all the markings. I don't know if he has an online store, though. Don't buy the white box MPC kit, though, as it's a Charger 500, and it will have the wrong back window profile. Monogram's original release of a 69 Charger, the Promodeler boxing, allows you to mark it up with the flag and door numbers, but it doesn't have the General Lee roof decal, due to copyright issues. I don't believe it had the correct wheels, either.