Just had the Revell '71 Plymouth GTX delivered to sunny Glasgow today....thinking of building it as an evil looking machine, something to terrorise the boy racers with, or as we call them in Sweden "diaper hunters".... As for the Too Fat and Furry franchise, save yourself the brain damage and watch Bullit, Vanishing Point etc., instead! 😉😆😂 You just popped up on my feed, so I watched, liked and subscribed....now, get cracking! 😉🤜🏻🤛🏻
The real 1971 Plymouth GTX had both chrome and body color bumpers, probably could tick off a box on the papers when order one for which type you wanted. What I find odd about this kit is the Dom's actual GTX from F&F 8 was a 1972 model, with the single marker lights the majority of chrysler products had starting with that year until sometime into the 1980s. From what I can remember this was to cut down on costs as nearly every car made by them prior had ones unique to the specific model. The 1972 GTX also had a different rear bumper with single red and white lights, a slightly modified grill, and had actually become an option for the Plymouth Roadrunner which got you the 440 4-barrel. There were a few built with the 440-6 pack (triple duel carburetors so they called them six). The whole thing with the GTX being now an option package continued up until 1974 when afterwards the Roadrunner name itself became an option package for the Volare and the GTX kinda died as a result. You are correct it did start off as a Monogram kit in the 80's if I remember correctly. What also annoys me with this kit is the version released outside of the US, (the one you have), has a far better decal sheet with all those little details like the correct marker lights and wood trim which the one here in the US doesn't have.
Hi, thanks for your detailed response. I find it interesting to see how manufacturers develop cars over the years, either to improve them, to sell more of them, or to make them cheaper to make. Looking at images of a 75 Volare just now, it looks like a very different car to this 71 GTX. Weird how you get different decals in the US, it must surely be easier to make one version of the kit and ship it to all markets? And the US would presumably be the bigger marker for this kit anyway.
@@SpringerModelReviews From what I can remember, Revell is split into two parts; Revell USA and Revell of Germany. The version of the kit you got was made by the latter while the version I got was made by the former. Revell of Germany always seems to put more decals in their versions of the kits compared to Revell USA.
Nice review of this kit. Thanks for sharing.
Nice unboxing!!!!!
Thanks TP, it's always good to see you visit!
Nice unboxing and review brother!
Thanks, I was not expecting to review this kit as I did not know it existed, but it looks pretty good.
Nice kit just build one couple months ago, just subscribe to your channel 👋👍👍
Thanks! I like your channel, just subbed you too.
Nice unboxing. I'll be watching
Thanks Michael, though I need to find a way to make these shorter! 16 mins? :-O
Just had the Revell '71 Plymouth GTX delivered to sunny Glasgow today....thinking of building it as an evil looking machine, something to terrorise the boy racers with, or as we call them in Sweden "diaper hunters"....
As for the Too Fat and Furry franchise, save yourself the brain damage and watch Bullit, Vanishing Point etc., instead! 😉😆😂
You just popped up on my feed, so I watched, liked and subscribed....now, get cracking! 😉🤜🏻🤛🏻
Thanks for watching 👍 It's many years since I saw Vanishing Point. Enjoy your GTX build and let me know how it turns out!
The real 1971 Plymouth GTX had both chrome and body color bumpers, probably could tick off a box on the papers when order one for which type you wanted. What I find odd about this kit is the Dom's actual GTX from F&F 8 was a 1972 model, with the single marker lights the majority of chrysler products had starting with that year until sometime into the 1980s. From what I can remember this was to cut down on costs as nearly every car made by them prior had ones unique to the specific model. The 1972 GTX also had a different rear bumper with single red and white lights, a slightly modified grill, and had actually become an option for the Plymouth Roadrunner which got you the 440 4-barrel. There were a few built with the 440-6 pack (triple duel carburetors so they called them six). The whole thing with the GTX being now an option package continued up until 1974 when afterwards the Roadrunner name itself became an option package for the Volare and the GTX kinda died as a result. You are correct it did start off as a Monogram kit in the 80's if I remember correctly. What also annoys me with this kit is the version released outside of the US, (the one you have), has a far better decal sheet with all those little details like the correct marker lights and wood trim which the one here in the US doesn't have.
Hi, thanks for your detailed response. I find it interesting to see how manufacturers develop cars over the years, either to improve them, to sell more of them, or to make them cheaper to make. Looking at images of a 75 Volare just now, it looks like a very different car to this 71 GTX. Weird how you get different decals in the US, it must surely be easier to make one version of the kit and ship it to all markets? And the US would presumably be the bigger marker for this kit anyway.
@@SpringerModelReviews From what I can remember, Revell is split into two parts; Revell USA and Revell of Germany. The version of the kit you got was made by the latter while the version I got was made by the former. Revell of Germany always seems to put more decals in their versions of the kits compared to Revell USA.