MPC Schwinn Sting Ray Classic Krate Bicycle 1/8 Scale Model Kit Build Review MPC914
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2019
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This model is special to me. I bugged my parents for a year to buy me a Schwinn Apple Crate.. I finally got it.. about year and a half later I started driving and it ended up sitting in my basement. My dad came home one day and asked me if I would sell it to one of his coworkers for his son. I’m sixty five now but I still wish I had that bike..sitting in my basement.
Buy it and rebuild the memory!
Take me back “Way Back Machine...” 1972 these bikes were the coolest thing better than a10 speed... with the high sissy Pole & and front shocks made it boss... girls loved them🌹 x- mas time was special in my neighborhood... the 70s were COOL 😎 👍
Thank you!
Oh the old days. I am 57. I can remember when I would see other rich kids riding these. We had the step down from these. You the ones with the sissy bar and the banana seat. Great build as always. thanks a lot
Thanks again James!
I got a Sting Ray bike for my 11th birthday back in 1971. I loved it. My sister had it stolen!
Bummer!
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Wow Chris! A great flash back to 1967 when I got my three speed for my tenth birthday before dad went to Vietnam.
Nice man!
I have built this kit, and what a joy! The trip down memory lane was incredible. I have always wanted a Schwann Apple Crate, and FINALLY I am the Proud owner, and I built it Myself! I am working on the Continental now. I hope they do make more in this series. Thanks and great Job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I ordered this kit from my local hobby shop. Found the 10 speed kit at Hobby Lobby. Brings back good memories as my buddies and I rode them. We garbage picked for parts.
I had a Blue Stingray ,loved that bike .Rode 25 miles to the beach one day with my cousin . Needless to say we called his Mom to pick us up. Hahaha. Great memories .I got to get one of these kits .Good job .🚲
Thanks!
Brings back many memories from back in the day. Anyone had one of these you knew their dad made good money back then. There was a Schwinn bike shop a few block from where we grew up and they also sold model railroad stuff. Used to ride the Schwinn bike to go buy model railroad supplies.
Very nice!
I remember one kid in the neighborhood got one. I was so jealous. Ha ha. But I loved my basic Schwinn. Especially when I got the banana seat for it! Thanks for memories and another entertaining build.
Thanks James!
I remember that bike so well. You thought you were cool the the regular Sting Ray, but when you owned this you were the Top Gun.
Ditto
I still have my peeler. On this bike all the "decals"were done in black and the seat was smooth and it came from Schwinn with the black S stripe on it. I built this kit when I was a kid. Glad to see it back
Thanks Ric!
I hope someone makes a Pea Picker decal, I want to make one!
ah the memories. i had the no-frills version as a teenager. i loved that bike. who would've thought it would be a model someday. excellent build sir. i always appriciate your videos.
Thanks George!
I know what you mean, it was my first bike with gears, definitely need to get a red one to match.
@@hpiguy looks sweet. Could you show how to paint the tires. Please
Saddle bag not a purse. Nice build. Brings back memories of my youth.
A purse by any other name... LOL Thanks for watching!
Cool kit! It reminds me of the bike I used to deliver newspapers as a kid. Great memories. Awesome build. Thanks!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Very nice. I like the way it turned out. When I saw the box in your showing of the four different models I could hardly wait for the video to show my friend who restores the real thing and also builds models. He liked the way it looks also
Thanks man!
Everything I show a pic of will get built, but I decide on a whim which kit I grab next when I'm done with one.
1963 or 66 i forget the exact year but my dad got me the first stingray in the neighborhood and no one had ever seen them before and it made me a super star for about a month lol ,oddly no one in my neighborhood liked the Krate , the original stingray was always tops , but this is a real cool model !!!
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I remember looking at the brochure with such longing. My Dad was a generous man, but no way was he going to fork over $85 - $95 for a kid's bike (around $600 in today's money). I did eventually get a yellow sting ray that did not have gears or hand brakes, just a regular bike with coaster brakes. But I was absolutely thrilled to get it and rode it to death everywhere before I finally outgrew it. Fond memories and just got the model kit! My bike was yellow, but I'll probably build the Orange Krate, as that was the one I coveted the most.
Your up beat presentation is contiguous, I love your positive attitude of our wonderful hobby. Extremely well done Chris!!
Thanks a lot Ron, always try to have fun with my kits!
This was the bike i got for my 7th birthday. I can't wait to build this. Thanks for the always awesome modeling tips
Enjoy your kit!
In my neighborhood, I always had AMF Roadmasters, one friend had Schwinns and two others had Huffys. Ah, those were the days. You and your group of friends had total freedom because everybody had a bike. Since you were always in groups, parents knew everyone looked out for each other. Thanks for the good memories with this build Chris.
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I thought the thumbnail was the real life size one, fooled me with that excellent build. I remember when the spoiled kid in my neighborhood got one, I was as green as the Hulk :-)
Thanks Donald!
Holy crap! That was the first new bike I ever had, my dad payed $75.00 for it back in 1972, the same color too, but mine didn't have the shifter or cable breaks. So cool!
Thanks!
@randsterama ,yes it was just the plain Sting ray, but $75 was a lot of money back in the early 70's.
Super cool. I will be doing mine in Orange. I wanted one as a kid but didn't get it. A neighborhood kid did and I remember it.
Enjoy your model!
Man the memories. I wanted the schwinn, but got the huffy. But, probably had just as much fun.
Right, we made do with what we got!
Man, I had the real deal back in the mid 70’s.
It wasn’t brand new. but what today ppl call, “Gently Used” blue and white if I remember correctly.... had fun with it. shifting the gears pretending it had an engine... it ran its course, had fun with it Never thinking it might be worth $$ in the future. I think that’s the best way to appreciate why you have. Enjoy it and look back on the fun you had with your friends and their bikes...
Cool!
I can't believe it! My bike was exactly like that except I had a black Bannia seat! I love that bike, rode it till it fell apart, lol ! They came out in early 70s. Got to have it!!! Tks, for the video!!!
Thanks, enjoy your kit!
I had that exact same bike color in all in 1969, I think my grandmother paid $70 for the bicycle which was a boatload of money back then.. my other 10-year-old friends were jealous
Thanks for posting another excellent video & model kit review from you again. I can't wait to pick up all 4 colors of MPC's Schwinn Sting Ray Classic Krate Bicycles!
Thanks Jack!
You are super inspirational !! - Thanks much - I dig the fact that you build everything & everything - I thought I was the only one who knew the secret of keeping it fun & fresh !! Build On !!
Thanks so much 😊 Stay tuned for the Ten Speed today!!!
@@hpiguy Cool !! - You got me building the Stingray this weekend & I'm having a blast - I'm loving this crazy thing !!
Memories indeed. I never had the bike but built a lot of models. Revell master modeler (remember that award?) by age ten.
Thanks for watching the review and leaving a nice comment!
Beautiful kit.. Brings back a lot of childhood memories. Thanks for the great build!
Thanks man!
This is such s cool kit. A true throwback to a very fun time. Great job.
Thanks Rich!
Awesome kit review! I saw this kit in a hobby store and thought about buying it. Your review has convinced me I would enjoy building and displaying this cool bicycle. I would display it with the other two 1/8th scale car kits I just completed. Thank you for the kit reviews, Chris. I look forward to each new video.
Thanks Stephen!
Yell - OOOOH ! ! Both the color AND the build. Big shout outs for this one. So much goodness on so many levels.
Thank You for sharing...
Thanks a lot RA!
Your taste in models never ceases to impress me! Awesome build, I always wanted a "Krate" Schwinn as a kid, but they were being overtaken by BMX style of bikes in the early/mid 70s, so I went that route instead as a pre-teen. Such a pretty looking bike, then and now.
Excellent work as usual!
Thanks a lot! I like to build anything and was waiting for this one to come out.
This is the one I've been waiting for.
Super job ! Loved the kit
Thanks Bill!
Brother, another great build up and kit review!!!
I couldn't wait for this to release as well.....fantastic job !!!
GOD Bless !!!!
Thank you!
I had the Grey Ghost and then moved up to a orange 10spd Raleigh chopper..... that bike was so wicked ! It was for my
Birthday and I saw it up on a platform in the middle of the showroom floorr.... I've got to have this bike & a hour later I riding my new orange & black 10spd Raleigh Chopper, my friends looked at it like it was a UFO ! 😆😆😆
Thanks for watching and thanks for the nice comment! Much appreciated, model on!
@@hpiguy Thank you for the message 😆 Then reason I stated talking about my bikes is that I used to get up every Saturday and ride down to the greatest store in the world as a kid.... the local hobby store ! In my city it was 606 😉
The place had everything for kids 5 to 95 ☺ .........and a huge section dedicated to scale models,from battleships to glow-in'-the dark movie monsters ! My favorite ( all of them 😆 ) but the car part of the store was loaded with beautiful rides from all years my favorite by far the dragracing models...One that I built at least 5 times... The Bad News 55' Chevy 😎 I look forward catching up on all of your past videos and reliving all of the great memories ! My favorite real life drag build was a 1/10 scale one of Big Daddy's Swamp Rat Rail Dragsters ✌😎 Thank you again for the amazing channel, I'll be watching & posting ! ☺
Bout time someone came out with this kit. Nice build. 👍👏 Gotta get get me a few of those kits.
This hasn't been seen in decades, it rocks that they dig into the archives and bring these back.
Really so nice looking. I like when you do something different now and then, and this a perfect example.
Thanks Mary!
I was born in 65! Yeees indeed this was the best bike ever.🎵"what would you do if I..sang out of tune"🎵The spokes and vinyl lines seem a bit "out of scale" but still a nice model. Cheers!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Yes....be cool to buy a case of them. Build a fleet of stock and customs. Nice Job as always my friend.
Thanks Jon!
this was the kind i learned to ride a bike many many moons ago .
Cool!
I wonder if a child hood friend would remember a particular copy, one that involved a back yard mod, extened fork, wheely bar, chute. Hi speed test, trip over handle bars, fork bust. Was halarious.
You do great work
Great kit thank you Chris
Thank you Troy, was fun!
Reminds me of the canary yellow copper bike that I built when I was a young lad.
As always an awesome build. 👍
Thanks Jack!
Beautiful work on the Schwinn bike
Awesome job mate !
Thanks Gary!
I wish they would do some old school 80's bmx bikes to build. They would be cool.
Like Redline, Mongoose, PK Ripper and Haro.
Love it! Gonna have to build one of these!!!!
Thanks!
Very Cool 😎! I never had on like this when I was a kid!
now that was a cool build really enjoyed watching
Thank you Craig!
I remember my friend had a banana seat with the red metallic vinyl.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Another great build Chris, waiting for the next one.
Thanks Schroeder!
Killer build dude!!
Thanks Bryan!
Gorgeous work. Those banana seats were so comfortable.
Thank you!
The ferrets covered their eyes when you knocked it over🙀 looks great Chris my hobby shop had all three kits in a pack with 15% off if all three were bought so I got all of them now to go get paint
Nice deal!
Sha-Wing! What a sweet Schwinn! I had a friend in middle school that had a Schwinn like this. As always, love the kit build reviews.
Much appreciated Clifton!
Dang ! sooo cool Chris remember them couldn't afford with 6 of us .... Awesome Build ... Thanks for Sharing
Haha, yeah, they were't cheap at all.
Chris, thanks so much for ANOTHER terrific review! I absolutely LOVED this bike when I was a kid, and I have a kinda funny story to tell you about it. Back around 1968-69 my Dad bought me an Apple Krate Schwinn that looked a lot like the model you built.
One day my Mom wanted me to go over to my Uncle's (her brother's house) for the day as she was going somewhere, and didn't want me in the house alone all day. My Uncle who only lived about 5 blocks away, I rode over to his house on the bike. I remember leaving the bike on his porch and when we came back out about an hour later, it was GONE!
Of course I was very upset as an eight year old kid, because I think it was the first time I ever had anything stolen (yes thieves were thriving in the '60's).
My Uncle and I got into his car (a '67 Toronado) and we were driving around seeing if a kid was riding my bike. About a block away from the house, all of sudden four kids come riding out of the alley way right in front of us, and one of them was riding my stolen bike. I shouted "THERE IT IS!" and my Uncle very quickly threw the car in park and sprinted after the kids! He was a VERY fast runner in those days as he was a state champion sprinter in the early '60's when he was in high school.
He caught up with the kid, made me get out of the car, and I never found out where he took the kid and what happened to him. At least I got my bike back and from then on I would NEVER leave the bike outside again after that!
I got to get one of these kits and build it like the one I had 50 years ago. Real ones cost a FORTUNE now and it's amazing the things we took for granted as kids can be worth so much now (old Hot Wheels are another example).
Thanks again for the video, and keep up the great work!
Thanks for the story and the nice words!
@@hpiguy
You're welcome Chris!
Sometimes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but that story sticks in my mind as a kid back then for whatever reason! :)
Very cool bike and build. I like your style. No one I ever saw painted chrome, and it looks more real now. I want this and the continental that's coming
Thanks Jack!
Stellar! I believe the front tire was white letter as well, but, that was 45+ years ago, so, I may be wrong. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken. Or so I remember... By the way, the "purse" was called a saddlebag! Keep building awesome stuff!
Thanks Paul!
I need this kit! Thank you for sharing your techniques. You are a true asset to the hobby! --Cindi (Granny Glue-Sniffer)
Thanks Cindi, enjoy yours when you get it!
Nice job. Great looking kit. My buddy and I buy and sell model through live auctions on Facebook and we had a case of these. Sold out in one night! I should have grabbed myself one.
Thanks!
Do a wheelie!! Haha. Looks rad mate.
Bit before my time the old Stingray but can still appreciate them. I caught the the mid school BMX era of the late 80’s and 90’s when mum got me a sweet Redline, and I started racing. I’ve still got got bikes and try to ride when my back isn’t killin me 🍻
Sweet, thanks!
They weighed a ton! really hard to hold a wheelie, lol
joe alcott haha I bet!
very cool looking kit got my on order
Enjoy!
Wow, that came out looking amazing. That bike looks like the one I had. Keep up the great work and Rust In Peace.
Thank you Chopper!
Very sweet build! 👀👀👏👏👍🥇
Thanks Mario!
Love the way you did the horn
Thanks!
Nice ! I had a knock off shwinn bike in the late 70s that I rode everywhere!
Endless fun!
Cool. I had a Fedco knockoff version, turned it into a chopper with extended forks/sissy bar, then into a real early bmx bike in the early '70's. keep on building.
Thanks Mark!
To all of the viewers of HPI Guys WorkShop;one of Chris' kits,was featured in this month's issue of Fine Scale Modeler;in the reader gallery section,beginning on page 44!.The kit featured in the magazine,is the Italari re-boxing of Esci's 1/9 scale Kettenkrad;which he completed in 4 days.Painted with Rust-Oleum black primer,under Krylon Wild Oats matte,straight from the can.The weathering was done using craft paints,and washes,dry brushed with craft metallics on the tracks,and dusted with various tile grout colors.Mounds of tile grout formed the mud on the bottom,front tire,tracks,sides,and where ever the soliders will be stepping on and off of the vehicle.
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Dude the nutcracker bar and banana seat brings back memories. They forgot the baseball card for the spokes, lol, authentic Goonie ride. Great job Chris. Build on Brother....😎
Thanks a lot BillyBob!
I just finished a Bone Daddy chopper that I painted in yellow. I've been wondering to myself how I came up with a yellow, chrome, black color scheme and it just hit me, I had watched this video not long ago! Seeing that yellow bike again convinces me that I was influenced by this build
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Cool build I had a Schwinn stingray early 60s but was a Frankienstein bike, built it by getting parts from second hand and junk stores Could still call it a Schwinn all parts where Schwinn just hard to classify which model so just called it a stingray since the frame was that, best thing was only a fraction of the cost they sold for.
Very cool! I also wanted the real thing. I have to get a couple of these for sure!
Thank you!
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I remember owning one of these great job
Thank you!
I remember drooling over these bikes while thumbing through Boys Life magazine. By the time I could have actually bought one I'd outgrown it. Got a large frame Schwinn Varsity instead.
Yes! I was hoping you would do this one first! I sadly didn't have one as a kid, wish I did.
Thanks it's a fun kit!
Pretty cool kit and really neat build. Since I'm moving right now, I don't have the money to buy this, however, I think it would look cool in either Panther Pink or Plum Crazy.
Custom would be fun!
Dude that’s the coolest bike ever! Great job my friend! Takes me back when I was a kid in the 70’s! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks again Tim!
I bought a Lemon Peeler from a guy up the street when he outgrew it..my sister bought me a drag chute for it and I put it where the tool bag was..got a Schwinn speedometer from the bike store and proceeded to put 1,000 miles on it during the Summer of 1969..sadly, it got stolen later that year.
I built this kit and it was a challenge, now its a challenge for those to find one to purchase.
Much appreciated!
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I didnt have a bike then my rich aunt got me this bike a Stingray orange krate. In june 69 ...I put a speedo- odo. on and road it 1800 miles by oct. Hours each day...I was the coolest kid in town ...hey schwin make this again
They remade it last year but no shifter, pretty basic.
Great build did not disappoint......boy I wish they would make an apollo 5 speed that and the scwhinn we're King was I was kid, and you gotta swap out the rear tire for a cheetah slick yay!
Thank you John!
Looks like a fun and different build. The vinyl tubing included in this kit look out of scale but I still think the finished model looks good. Hope they reissue more bikes and motorcycles.
Me too, hope we see more cool stuff like this!
had the lemon peeler when i was a kid in the 70'slove every moment on it
Now you can relive it!
cool bike 👍👍
Thanks Richard!
Knock the chrome back on the spokes by giving them a dark wash to get a better result, and source thinner cables !
And to think a real one goes on E Bay for 500 and up. Great build as always thank for the memorys👍👍😀
Thank you Charles!
Great Job. Had one in Lime Green and did a Evel Knievel on it. I would've put the Sissy bar.
Thanks William!
Yet another stunning build Chris. I'd love to get this in the UK but after seeing the shipping at Model Round Up is $42.35 on a kit that costs $28.90 I might have to pass! Anyone in Europe have the orange one of these, then give me a shout lol
USPS shipping to anywhere, even in the US is getting ridiculous.
Never owned one. I do have the Schwinn Continental still from when I was a younger man.
Very cool. Im a late 70s Spitfire balloon bike dude. And also The Schwinn Cruiser early 80s.
Maybe they will bring those out.
Is there a trick to installing the rubber brake shifter tubing?
Any suggestions for a specific type of paint and color to duplicate the original Orange Krate color?
Wow biutifol congratulation
Thanks!