1965 Plymouth Satellite A/FX Golden Commandos Altered Wheelbase 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
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The Golden Commandos Racing Club was established in 1964 by a group of Chrysler technicians, mechanics and engineers to “promote automobile racing and create good public relations for the Chrysler Corporation.” The altered wheelbase cars - those “funny-looking Mopars” - changed drag racing forever, introducing what would become known as “Funny Cars” to the racing scene.
Moebius Models’ precision-tooled styrene model kit of the 1965 Golden Commandos Plymouth AF/X can be built as either the rarely documented white “mule” car or the much more famous bronze and white car that still exists today as a restoration. Completed model measures 8" long and includes chrome-plated and clear parts, soft PVC tires, decals and instructions.
Features
125 Detailed styrene parts
Molded in white, clear and chrome
Highly detailed chassis and undercarriage
Decals for both Golden Commandos AWB cars
Authentic 1965 Plymouth AWB Hardtop body
Options for Steel and Mag wheels
Soft PVC tires
Build as White "Mule" car or Bronze and White car
A roar in '64? Oh, yes, there was. The Beatles played on Ed Sullivan's stage while Dr. Stangelove competed with Mary Poppins for big screen honors. The surgeon general announced that cigarettes had a direct link to cancer, and both Harpo Marx and General Douglas McArthur bowed out to never return. For performance car fans, it was the GTO, Mustang, and Plymouth's Barracuda that were all-new that year, but for hardcore power fans, it was the latest Chrysler engine making first waves at the Daytona 500 that sealed the deal. The Hemi: Roar it did!
And it was from the crucible of the engine's formation, Chrysler Engineering's offices in Highland Park, Michigan and the company's nearby plants and facilities, that gave birth to a unique, indeed unparalleled rivalry in the drag car ranks. Two clubs of car enthusiasts, one focused primarily on Dodge and the other on the sister Plymouth brand, raced both each other and the national scene in drag racing. After a couple of years in the mix, the Ramchargers and Golden Commandos both began their legacy building in that inaugural summer of Hemi horsepower, and both succeeded in leaving a mark on the history of stock-bodied drag racing as a result.
The late Tom Hoover was one of the Ramchargers, which consisted primarily of like-minded engineering guys from the company-Mike Buckel, Jim Thornton, Dick Maxwell, John Werley, and others. These guys had no greater love than solving challenges and then going out to steamroller the competition. Not vengefully; this was about finding winning solutions and going to the winner's circle with them. They had already done so at the two big NHRA events in 1963, the Winternationals in California and the Nationals in Indianapolis. There was a new threat in town, however, and that was a 427ci Fairlane "Thunderbolt" Super Stocker that Ford had introduced. Coupled with Mercury's lightweight Comets in the FX ranks, victory by Chrysler's Max Wedge was less, shall we say, inevitable as it had been. The Hemi would change all of that, and so would another adjustment made that winter.
"You know, people forget a major reason why those wheelbases got changed around for 1964. I believe it was Jim Thornton seeing what a big weight change the new engine would make; that extra 100 pounds would have killed the already-optimal Max Wedge weight balance," Notes Mike Guffey, the research-oriented car owner who currently possesses the cars shown here. (Both of them are 1964 models that the teams campaigned.) Guffey looked at the odd wheel placement on his Ramchargers Dodge, then added: "So even though the engine was not available yet, the four cars with the wheelbase changes were built with that in mind."
Guffey rarely minces words, and the cars have become another chapter of his outstanding history of preserving vintage vehicles, which range from Dick Landy's '65 Dodge to Jungle Jim's Nova funny cars, to Harry Miller Indy cars. The two 1964 Hemi-powered Mopars he brought to the Carlisle's Chrysler Nationals were both recently restored, and were joined by restorer Erik Lindberg and seasoned members of both the Ramchargers and Golden Commandos teams.
The late Mr. Thornton deserves credit for the parts package these cars ended up with. Noted in paperwork as business coupes since the rear seat was removed for the first time, the bare-basic cars featured more aluminum than the late-1963/1964 model year Max Wedges had offered. The FX Dodge was constructed as a Max Wedge body and had the front and rear wheels moved forward to facilitate weight transfer, a legal change in the experimental ranks.
Beautiful build! It is the little details that truly make a model pop. Hood pins, dash decals, silver trim, all of these things help the observer suspend disbelief and bring a sense of nostalgia for yesteryear! Love it!
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I bought this kit at NNL EAST. I can't wait to build it. Thanks for your channel man. Have a great weekend.
Wow, those Moebius kits have fantastic details. I'm going to get this one. Great model review! Thank you.
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There's NO school, like OLD school....
Got to love them old warriors, Nascar and 1/4 mile....
Beautiful build buddy, as always! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🥇🏆
What you need now, is a '64 Dodge Ramcharger....get cracking!! 😉😆😂
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Always a pleasure Chris!
Back in the day this was a radical
design ... love your treatment
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As a Plymouth fan I have to say that it's really impressive drag car. Nice job, brother!
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Love A/FX cars got this 1 on my list … Thanks for Sharing
If you haven't seen them, check out the 1/18 diecast AWBs made by Supercar Collectibles. Awesome models. I should know since I have pretty much all of them.
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Looks like a great kit!!
Man, this channel reminds me of all the models I built when I was a kid.
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Another hit out of the park you're truly an artist
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Canadian viewer...another great job. Thanks for sharing your work.
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My favourite build of yours so far Chris. It’s absolutely stunning!
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Nice Chris! That turned out amazing!! 👌👌👌🙌🙌🙌.
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I enjoy dragster builds and this is yet again another great one. Nice work!
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A friend, and fellow racer, has a 65 Dodge AWB Hemi car. These were the first Funny Cars.
I love to watch your builds. I really should start building again. Maybe when I'm retired I will have the time.
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Chris, that was another awesome kit build and review! The detail is incredible! Thanks for sharing!
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Another great build chris, the attention to detail is fantastic ,really sets the model off 👍👍
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Another great build.
Thanks again!
Beautiful car an build buddy...next on the list...awesome review.Thank You...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super build, I was hoping you would do this kit! I remember to get an afx mopar it was like 50 plus for a so so resin kit only five years ago.....wow👍👍👍👌😺
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Another top build
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Beautiful build. Thanks for sharing
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Wonderful build Chris, I really like your color choices!
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Nice job Chris, keep up the good work.
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Absolutely beautiful kit,, I may be wrong but I thought all the AFX, altered factory experimental,cars had a straight front axle, I built mine with a scratch built front axle just because I like it that way
Just watched a show called "How's Its Made" couldn't believe how much it cast 2 make a new Model Kit it could cost up 2 $100000 to make an all New Kit the more parts the more it cost great info on how they do all that
Yup, that's why when people make demands about what kits they want, the model companies can't just make them, they have to make sure they are worth the investment and will sell well.
Great job again chris. As a side note, I think you broke a personal best of 7 count them 7 commercials during this vid. Show me the money. You deserve it . Never stop bro,love it love it love it....
Wow, YT controls that, not me. No idea they insert that many.
At least the videos are still free!
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great review and amazing building skills as usual mate!
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Thanks for the build review Chris! So many kits available now for us A/FX fans! Maybe we'll get lucky and they will bring out the Ramcharger Coronet?
If they do I'll build it!
Every time, fantastic!👀🏆👍
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SOO KOOOOOOLLL . as always great work . Mike Espo...
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Exelente trabajo felicitaciones, muchas gracias por compartirlo con nosotros, saludos cordiales desde Argentina
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Awesome kit! I always thought those altered wheelbase cars looked a little weird.
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Another EXCELLENT job on this build!!. It doesn't hurt that this is a quality kit as well..
Awesome! I have to get this one.
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Great build chris
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Simaler build to the one i just finnished. I built the 64 plymouth kit from amt... I might snag this one too.cool build!
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She’s a sweet build!
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Awesome looking love them Mopar
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badass chris
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How about Moebius 'invisible man' and/or 'Frankenstein and bride'?
Great video as always. Your skill and enthusiasm are inspirational
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You did a GREAT job detailing this kit!
What can I say simply beautiful! .....the start of funny cars.....and a great job you did on it, got to get one for me now!
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Very nice kit fixing the quarter panels on mine don't like the alter wheel base but that's just me i build for me just like you do thanks for the video Chris
Wouldn't it be easier to order the regular Satellite kit?
@@hpiguy yeah but I enjoy doing the work
Definitely going to have to get this kit
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Sweet build 👌
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That's a great build. Amazing finish (as usual!) of a subject I've never seen before. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
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Really cool,i would love to have all these 65 Plymouth cars,awsome job chris.
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Kool car, kool kit and another kool build bro.
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That was great,when I can afford I'll buy,short right now
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Oh yeah, gonna need a few of these. The way they want you to cut down the injection stacks is kinda dumb, but for a modern tooling AWB Mopar, I'm not gonna sweat the small stuff.
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I love the 60's era drag cars. Great build Chris
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Great works
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Great job Chris. I have the factory stock version of this kit in my stash. This AFX version looks really good too. I think I might have to get one. Thanks for showing this. Have a great weekend.
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Another fun and great build. Thanks so much.
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Take my money, nice one Chris
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Great video my friend....I love these old school drag cars
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Sweet! These were the infantcy of what we now call Funny cars.
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Will that another kit I'm going have to buy, great build as always Chris thanks for the injected tip 👍👍
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Great build, best new kit out there.
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you sound like the guy from junkyard gold on motor trend
Cool!
Amazing work mate, looks fantastic
Thanks as always Gary!
You should add in the decal application into your videos 😄 (btw your videos are really good, i watch them before i buy a model kit im interested in buying) 👍👍
I've done so for the Enterprise D build with it's huge Aztec decals and I've done it again for a video coming in a week with another large space ship build.
@@hpiguy cool, thanks!
A lot of extra parts you don't use can be used to build customs-(kitbash)..
That is an awesome looking altered wheel base car.Ron
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That's Absolutely Beautiful one of my favorite cars
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@@hpiguy your so very welcome my brother
So I have a question. I've been watching for quite a few videos now, and I have heard you mentioned once or twice you had to strip the paint from the body cause you didn't like how it turned out. Do you just use oven cleaner or is there something better?
Soak in Super Clean over night. Works very well and isn't going to stink up the house.
Theme song? The models start comin' and they don't stop comin', clip the sprues, and I hit the ground runnin', Doesn't make sense, not to build for fun, The paint looks smart, and lay the decals on, so much to build, so much to see, so whats wrong with painting the back seat? You'll never know if you don't grow, It'll never shine as it's a glow (kit). Hey now you're a glue star, get your kit on, go play...
LOL, love it!
SmashModel, the new band!
@@hpiguy Inspired by your intro :)
This is awesome and being a mopar makes it better.
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I would say the white version turned out real nice, thanks for the review
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Great build up Chris!!!
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Awesome kit and build
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I wana do the same build but I want the larger hood scoop I just cant find these kits online. I'd have to buy 2 kits to build one car of the style I want.
You could always click on the link in the description like I talk about in the video and show on screen.
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It's ALL Your Fault Chris, Now I Gotta Get 1 Mself, LOL Hahaha, thanks for Sharing Another Masterpiece. Have a Blessed Wknd Brother.
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Bee You Tea !!!
Thanks for sharing...
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So this has a build as stock option? Why when all four wheels are not where they belong?
It has stock parts from the prior versions. Model King always likes to include the parts from prior versions. A nice little extra in each kit.
That there's another one in the Winner's Circle.
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This car seems to be a confused mashup of a AFX and Gasser
Love it! Are you aware of a Ford or chevy AFX car? Ya know for competition...
Lots of those out, some on this very channel like the two Eliminators I built up.
Hi Chris great build! What is the name of the liquid glue you use? I can't find it under the name plastic bond and where do you buy it? Thanks and take care.
Plastruct Bondene, ModelRoundup carries it.
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Thanks much Chris, I really enjoy your videos. I was sitting on the fence about building a car kit. I usually build tanks and aircraft and dioramas, but after I saw you build the Land Rover, I had to get it. I pre-ordered mine from ModelRoundup, thanks again answering me I know you're busy take care.
I like that the hood pins were left in plastic instead of chromed. The chrome ones usually look, to me, out of scale because the chrome plating makes em kinda thick.
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Such a nice build
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What is the name of the instrumental song that starts at 5:35? It seems so familiar but for the life of me I can't figure out it's name. It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relaxing! Thanks!
Random tracks from the YT free music library. I just pick mellow and it works out well.
Do you color sand any of the primers or paint? You do a awesome job on these cars, keep up the good work.
Nope, spray and pray. That's all. Easy peasy two day build modeling that anyone else can do themselves.
very nice build chris !
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Nice Build my friend!
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I have a huge request....1976 AMT Emergency t,v show squad 51 paramedic truck
Maybe some day!
What type of glue are you using with the chrome plated parts? Super Glue or Liquid Cement?
Dollar store super glue works well.
How often do you change your filter on your paint booth?
Never, lol
Every 6-8 kits, so monthly, or every few weeks.
I found one of your videos that I’ve not seen.
Cool!
Scroll the home page of my channel to see the hundreds of model videos I've done.
Really nice build. Kit is nice for a funny car. I'm saying the last line 'cuz I'm not too much into funny cars. So it's not a negative point, just a personnal taste. 2 question tho. in the detailling, wouldn't there be exaust traces on the frame, like you put on the exaust tips? Second, I can't seems to find Mudpudge here, so if I was to use a glue made for transparent parts to fix parts like the hood pins, would that work as well as Mudpodge?
I don't now if Mod Podge is the same as transparent parts glue. I think that other glue melts the plastic.
It's similar to the thick gloss medium used by painters, try that.
@@hpiguy I'll try to find that. Thanks.
WHAAAAAT! NO Testers Silver for the transmission? What is this world coming to?
A nice kit of a rare mopar drag car..
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Amazing!
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cool i know you say build for you but those cars are radio delete 😉
Yeah, no time to sand that off and put a plate in there.
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Looks like you could also build this as a street rod..
Looks like you could build this as a Hemi or Max Wedge..
Yup!
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Is there any reason the "Plymouth" on the hood is missing its "O"?
No idea.
It's like that on the real one and that's how the decal is as well when I show the decal sheet.
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