Schwinn Continental 10 Speed Vintage Bicycle Road Bike 1/8 Scale Model Kit Build Review MPC MPC915
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2020
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• SUPER FUN AUTHENTIC BIKE KIT: MPC’s 1/8 large scale Schwinn Continental kit is a simple enough project for beginners but with enough detail to satisfy even the most seasoned model builder!
• FEATURE PACKED: Schwinn Continental is a deluxe customizing kit featuring extra parts to make it your own: headlight, child seat, tool bag, air pump and more! It even includes vinyl cables for the brakes and gear changer!
• QUICK SPECS: 1/8 Scale, over 55 easy to assemble parts; approximately 6 inches long once assembled. Molded in red with black vinyl tires and cabling. Many chrome plated parts. Paint and glue required. Skill 2 rating, for ages 10+.
Features
Molded in Red
Cables and pouch in vinyl
Authentic decals
Child Seat
Air Pump
Tool Bag
Headlight
Thermal Bottle
The Schwinn Bicycle Company was founded by German-born mechanical engineer Ignaz Schwinn (1860-1948) in Chicago in 1895.[2][3] It became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century. After declaring bankruptcy in 1992, Schwinn has since been a sub-brand of Pacific Cycle, owned by the multi-national conglomerate, Dorel Industries.
Ignaz Schwinn was born in Hardheim, Baden, Germany, in 1860.
The boom in bicycle sales was short-lived, saturating the market years before motor vehicles were common on American streets. By 1905, bicycle annual sales had fallen to only 25% of that reached in 1900. Many smaller companies were absorbed by larger firms or went bankrupt; in Chicago, only twelve bicycle makers remained in business. Competition became intense, both for parts suppliers and for contracts from the major department stores, which retailed the majority of bicycles produced in those days. Realizing he needed to grow the company, Ignaz Schwinn purchased several smaller bicycle firms, building a modern factory on Chicago's west side to mass-produce bicycles at lower cost. He finalized a purchase of Excelsior Company in 1912, and in 1917 added the Henderson Company to form Excelsior-Henderson. In an atmosphere of general decline elsewhere in the industry, Schwinn's new motorcycle division thrived, and by 1928 was in third place behind Indian and Harley-Davidson.
A growing number of teens and young adults were purchasing imported European sport racing or sport touring bicycles, many fitted with multiple derailleur-shifted gears. Schwinn decided to meet the challenge by developing two lines of sport or road 'racer' bicycles. One was already in the catalog - the limited production Paramount series. As always, the Paramount spared no expense; the bicycles were given high-quality lightweight lugged steel frames using double-butted tubes of Reynolds 531 and fitted with quality European components including Campagnolo derailleurs, hubs, and gears. The Paramount series had limited production numbers, making vintage examples quite rare today. Starting in 1960, for the rest of the market, Schwinn offered the Schwinn Varsity and Continental, now equipped as multi-geared sport bikes (10-speeds), and designed to imitate the style of the new narrow-tired 'racing' and sport bikes from Europe, though not their performance.[27] The 1960 Varsity was introduced as an 8-speed bike, but in mid-1961 was upgraded to 10 speeds. Other road bikes were introduced by Schwinn in the early and mid 1960s, such as the Superior, Sierra, and Super Continental, but these were only produced for a few years. The Varsity and Continental sold in large numbers through the 1960s and early 1970s, becoming Scwhinn's leading models. The major difference between the two models was the use of a tubular front fork on the Continental -- both bikes used the same frame design, a lugless, steel unit, using Schwinn's standard Ashtabula cranksets and welded in such a way that the joints were smoothly filled (similar to the joints in 21st-century composite frames). The wheel rims were likewise robust, chromed, stamped steel with a unique profile designed to hold the tire bead securely, even if pressure were low or lost.
In the late 1960s, the Varsity and Continental pioneered the use of auxiliary brake levers, which allowed the rider to rest hands on the straight, horizontal center section of the ram's horn handlebars, yet still have braking control. To further improve control from this more-erect riding position, the levers used to move the derailleurs (shifting the chain from one sprocket to the next) were moved from the traditional position on the "down tube" to the top of the headset, on a ring which would turn with the handlebar stem. This feature, attractive to older riders, soon found its way to other Schwinn models, especially those intended for senior citizens. - Авто та транспорт
I had a blue one when I was in high school. I bought it at an auction for a dollar. even had the same rack on the rear. it was a real goer, but the brakes were lousy. I would take that thing everywhere. my friends didn't think it would keep up with their mountain bikes on the trails, but I proved them wrong. another great video of a great build!
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This kit is a super detailers dream. Thanks for showing what's in the box.
Glad you like it!
I bought a new red Continental in 1970, and it served as my ride to school until I bought my '68 Mustang. Prior to the Conny, I had a Stelber Charger, which was a Stingray-style bike with a 3-speed hub that was controlled by rotating the right handle on the handlebar. And, it all started with a first-year issue 1963 Schwinn Stingray. The '63's had white wheels with a red pinstripe around them. In '64 they went to chrome rims. The Continental remains stock and unrestored in my garage next to that '68 Mustang. Now I have to track down this model. Thanks, Chris!
modelroundup.com should have it. Enjoy!
I am an avid cyclist. I ride 80's steel bikes which my Dad could NEVER afford to buy me. I don't own a Continental but have many Schwinns. Now MPC could have gotten a bit more from this kit if they knew their Schwinns. A few simple decals and they could have passed this off as a Super Sport. Schwinn had 2 lines. Their common assembly line TiG welded frames and their hand assembled shop, fillet braised frames. The Super Sport was the second bike in the Schwinn Hiarchy only after the Paramount. The strange thing though Schwinn put lower end Continental parts on the hand made SS except for the leather Brooks saddle and aluminum rims. They even sent the hand made frames down the Continental paint line, so it came in the same colors! So if MPC would of provided Super Sport decals for the round SS head badge, a ChromeMoly decal for the seat tube and SS frame script. You could paint the seat leather and you could pass this kit off as a Super Sport as well as the Continental.
This kit is cool and I have one.
Your kit is very well done and thank you for the review and build video.
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here we are...a bunch of old men...enjoying our memories...
Thanks!
Man, that bring back, alot, of memorys. awesome build, as always. thanks. Mike. X
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another winner !! - keep that fun rolling man - thanks again !!
Thanks! Will do!
Sweet looking ride. Us old folks remember those.... not every kid had those...From what I remember they were one of the higher end bikes. Good Job my friend.....
You got that right!
Looks great. Looks real with the right background.
Thank you! Cheers!
I eagerly wait for each new installment of yours and I rarely comment. This one really hit the spot for me. I rediscovered bicycling after the age of 40 and it's a huge passion of mine. My bikes are old and relatively cheap even when new, but I look forward to spring 'cause I tune the bikes and hit the road.
The reason I said that, was to say that I am used to seeing bike parts and your paint and detailing here made a model look like a scaled down ten speed out of somebody's garage. You hit a home run for me on this one. 😁👍
Thanks a lot man!
I had a 1968 I bought in Hayward Cal. with all front Chrome Forks. I sold it in 1993 to a bike shop in Tampa. Wish I still had it to day. I think I paid $99.00 back in 68 l. Thanks for sharing.
This is neat! I have one of these I just bought today (7/15/2022). I've always wanted one of these since the 1980s. Our family has had Schwinn bicycles since the 1970s but this is the first time anyone that I know has owned model kit of one.
One of the things that I've noticed is that the spokes are too big but if they were in perfect scale they would be too thin. The cables are waaayy to big!! I'm going to use 0.18" gauge guitar string for them. I'll just paint over it with some Dip It brand coating to simulate the covering. This way it'll have the ribbed look of the original cables and it will be in scale. I'll use tape of some kind to secure them to the frame. Otherwise this looks like it'll be a fun build. My friend has a tandem Schwinn but no one makes a model kit of this. Maybe someone should suggest this to Round2 models? Thank you for sharing this with us.
I will be purchasing this kit from model roundup. I had a J.C Penny's bike as a kid. Kind of brings back some great memories. thanks for the great build.
Very cool!
You did a beautiful job I love it my dude. You have a great taste. I would love to see more
You always make your builds look like a lot of fun! I have one of these to review for the IPMS, so I appreciate seeing how well it goes together.
Glad you like them!
What a fabulous kit, I will buy one right now.
An amazing build. Thank you for building this kit! I love it!!
Glad you like it!
I have a blue one I bought in 1978 and I still own it.
Cool!
Love it! Thanks for sharing Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That turned out great! Love these type of builds!
Glad you like them!
Love it great job again Chris thank you love the different model builds
Glad you like them!
I usually don’t make two comments, but this kit is absolutely awesome. I’m very impressed with your build of it.
Thank you very much!
Great looking bike. Thanks for sharing Chris.
Thanks for watching!
Such a cool kit as you mentioned something different which is always nice thanks for showing I will be getting one!
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great tip i'll have to remember with the thumb tack for the vinyl tubing
Oh yea
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Excellent build and video Chris. I remember my Pea Picker I had in the 70's. Thanks again Chris. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent build. Love the variety.
Glad you like it!
Just another awesome video..thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it love it can't wait to get mine. Keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do!
I picked up this kit for 40% off at Hobby Lobby less than a half hour before you posted this video lol. Looks amazing, can’t wait to build it this weekend.
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I really enjoy your kit builds. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks, will do!
Great build the banks for sharing. Great tip on those brake lines.
No problem 👍
That's sweet schwinn had the coolest bikes the krate bikes were my favorite.
Thanks for watching!
Nice change of pace, Chris. Lots of memories 👍😀
Thanks 👍
Nice build! I think that’s the first bicycle I’ve seen! Great job as always! 💯👍🏼
Glad you like it!
That's pretty neat👍👍👍😊😊😊
Thank you! Cheers!
Great work as always keep it up
Thanks, will do!
She looks nice. Cool build. 🚲
Thanks for watching!
Like these bike builds - they look so fragile and delicate, but are sturdy. Liked the last one you did - and look forward to more of them, if possible.
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Lovely build Chris ; great to see something a little different
Glad you like it!
Awesome kit
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Cool kit and looks like a fun build! 👍👍👍👍👍
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Had one back in the 60s, my cousin gave it to me and I think he got it New in the 50s
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This is a great kit. I have it and needed this video for some guidance. I'll post to the Facebook group whenever I finish.
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Nice build Chris!
Glad you think so!
Good Job!! Brings back memories of the metallic brown one I had to borrow in '72 because my foo foo bike was in the shop and our gang was going to tackle Mt Okemo in Vt. So there I am with this TANK going up a ski Mtn while my buds had light French & Italian jobs. Took hours to get up but BOY did that tank fly DOWN the Mtn - terrifyingly fast, with brakes melting. So I'd do mine in "metallic brindle brown" and maybe matte clear the spokes & rack since I ain't never seen no chrome spokes 'cept in show bidness. I was going to buy this weeks ago but the perspective of the picture made it look like it was on a rake and it said "racer" and as far as I know a Continental was always a heavy road bike built for cruising so I was confused. Glad you cleared that issue up !!! 🚴 🚴 🚴 🚴
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In the late 70's I had a sweet baby blue Schwinn Varsity ! Man I loved that bike & for a 10spd road bike I could ride wicked cool ( 70's talk ) mile long wheelies !
Awesome build thanx 4 the memories ✌😎
Still not my favorite bike..... those would be my....
Schwinn Stingray............
orange karate & grey ghost ! 😎
Right on!
Id like to see you go all out on a kit sometime. Some kit you would enjoy, with all the extra resin and PE parts. Yeah, I'd like to see what you could do with something like that. I bet it would be as amazing as your "outta the box" builds
Noted!
Those fenders wouldn't do much.
But truly exceptional work yet again, HPI guy
Yeah, very decorative at best but cool!
Thanks!
Looks like it's missing the upswept handlebars that were the signature of the Continental over the Varsity. Glad they got the center pull brakes right.
That kit and your build of it is a Schwinning combination, sorry I had to. Thanks so much for the video
Glad you liked it!
As Wayne would say "Schaawwingg!!!"
I knew you were going to paint it Apple Red, and it looks smashing. You can always tell a Schwinn by the kickstand. It's a permanent feature, unlike just about every other make of bicycle, where it's an add-on.
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Wow ! My first 10 speed ... 1971.
Very nice!
Nice build. I had a Schwinn Varsity, wanted to upgrade to the Continental.
Cool, thanks!
Awesome 👏!!
Would love to see the lowrider bike kit .. from hoppin hydros.. 😎
Noted!
Nice kit. I’m sure you needed a break after that nice dump truck build.
You got that right!
Now you gotta build a scratch-built 1/8 shcoolyard bike rack! lol
This kit is actually pretty cool.
yeah!
Reminds me of Danny's bike in caddyshack.
Oh yeah!
Turned out great Chris! I always liked those bikes but like you all we had were Huffy’s and Western Flyers ( Western Auto) . A buddy of mine though, back when we were teenagers had a Schwinn 10 spd, pretty much like this one here, course he was an only child so , nuff said. But he could ride a damn wheelie on that thing all the way down our street! Damnest thing I ever seen, at that time!
I had Huffy and Murray, Kmart level bikes and loved them too!
@@hpiguy - yeah, we had a few bikes that came from Kmart too and a mini-bike that came from our old Kmart too, a Fox Scrambler. Anyways, whenever we ( my brothers and sisters and me) would get a new bicycle the old man would usually get them from Kmart or Western Auto.
I had this kit when I was younger I get a second chance to build it again
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Waiting for one to arrive in the post.
Enjoy!
Sting Ray looks like what we call a chopper in 🇬🇧 around during the 1970s
Would so like to do these kits myself
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I could be intimidated by the chrome rims but they look very clean !
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This is awesome I never knew they made model bicycles. I wonder if they make 80-90's bmx models! That would be sweet 😁✌🏼
That would be cool!
I made the Sting Ray too, but not aware of others from MPC. I know some other model companies make bike kits but they are way more expensive and hard to find.
Different from auto kits
But very cool 😎.
Awesome work.
Mike Espo .
Glad you liked it!
What I find funny is that is the same bike I had in High School. LOL. I took the fenders off of my bike.
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@@hpiguy Anytime!!
No gumwall tires?? Still super nice!
Wow I had a green one.. lol had the light and generator but no child seat.
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I had one of these when I was younger. It was a black one. Not sure if it was still at my Dads when he passed away.
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I want one.
I would like to see it Revell 1980 Dodge ramcharger
Love the kit, but I had a heckuva time trying to figure out how to get the kickstand holder, fenders, frame, etc. together to paint (all at once) and then getting the chain in place since the instructions indicate it goes inside the lower frame piece. The video is great, but the instructions in the kit could be better.
Answered on Facebook, glad it worked, have a good one!
What no playing card in the spokes
LOL
👌👋🚴🚲🏕️ trop en France ce Peugeot yes
Thanks!
Pretty cool for a bike kit not for me though round 2 comes out with good kits October car kits was a let down ...
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Too bad it doesn't come with mini playing cards to stick in the spokes lol
Right!
Nice build, but the break line are awful, way to big... I will use some metallic cord. Still a nice bike!
Fair enough, I review out of the box but some wire would look nice.
I got that bike just collecting dust
I'm glad you're peddling bike kits...
LOL
What? No baseball card and clothespin.
LOL
Very cool. A neat little kit. Looks like it would be a fun build. Great video.
I think so too!