Richard Petty Oldsmobile 442 1979 Winner STP #43 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review

[@krugmeister7301]

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY SALVINOS Oldsmobile 43 Richard Petty...❤❤❤❤

[@davidcyrus3581]

This car was at Pettys Museum when I was a kid back in 94. I got to crawl all over this car. The bottom of the car was Petty Blue. Awesome build either way!!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@toddcrabtree7632]

Seeing this one of a Richard Petty kit really brings back a happy childhood memory for me. I was 6 years old in 1979 and I would go to my grandma's on Sunday afternoons after church. My Aunt Shirley and Uncle Lester ( we called him L.D. ) The initials stood for Lester Duvall. His full name was Lester Duvall Callahan. Uncle L.D. and I were very close and every Sunday afternoons if he wasn't on the road ( he was a trucker ) he would watch NASCAR. His favorite driver was Darrell Waltrip, but my favorite driver was in fact Richard Petty. Uncle L.D. would call me if he knew I was hanging out at my grandma's house and he would say "Hey Todd you gotta come over today because Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip are racing today !" Uncle L.D. and Aunt Shirley lived right behind my grandma's house at the time so off I'd go to watch Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip with good ol Uncle L.D. And Aunt Shirley would make us sandwiches and potato chips and tea. Richard Petty won at Bristol I think it was and Darrell Waltrip came in second. But then the next Sunday was better for L D. Because Darrell Waltrip won. I don't have my Uncle L.D. anymore. He passed away a few years ago but I sure miss watching the races with him. I have a cousin named Marvin who used to race on dirt tracks and he owns one in Alabama. Uncle L.D. and my dad helped build Marvin's first race car. I hope my dad and Uncle L D. are building a race car and driving it on a race track in heaven right now. I would also like to see a Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew model kit because that's what I remember from that period in time. I'd build bother the Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip kits and display them side by side. Can't wait to see the Richard Petty Charger !

[@hpiguy]

Cool!

[@krugmeister7301]

My FAVORITE STOCK CAR FROM OLDSMOBILE and The GREAT Richard Petty 43..!!

[@jasongriffin8849]

I used to love building models in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's. Even entered 4-H with models. I got frustrated over model kits going to mostly 1/25 and paints going to Acrylic, department stores quit carrying model kits, and hobby stores closed. I kind of miss it, but other hobbies took its place. You do these a little differently than I did, but you do a great job.

[@andrewbowman2497]

I swear man, you are like the Bob Ross of modeling! Excellent build Bro!

[@douglasmitchell5033]

I top the dash with black electrical tape. So that it looks matt and you don't see the lines where it is glued together. Really a nice instruction vedio here. Thanks for posting.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Doug!

[@r.a.monigold9789]

What a fine job. You obviously invest a lot of time, not just in all the prep work and filming the physical model build, but then the digital production with editing and output besides. The entire project is so well produced. Such an enjoyment. Thank you for sharing...

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for the time you spend watching!

[@jeffb243]

Being a huge Petty fan, and the fact that my 1st car was a 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon, I think this model is awesome!! Never heard of Salvino’s before, but you can bet I’m gonna order one of these kits! And most likely the Charger the little birdie told you about as well!!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Jeff!

[@BGsModelWorkshop]

Very cool. Love that two tone paint scheme idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Bryan!

[@krugmeister7301]

AWESOME WORK ON THE 43 OLDSMOBILE!!😍😍

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@ronroberts2453]

Excellent build & review Chris! The colors work for me, especially the slightly lighter blue for the interior !!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks a lot Ron, glad you liked it!

[@hishamaziz3282]

Another great build! I'm really liking these Salvino kits.. very nicely made.

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Hisham, you'd like building one!

[@joe6096]

Awesome build! Those classic colors pop and it looks like you matched them spot on. I’m looking forward to building an entire NASCAR collection, one car from each era, and this will most definitely be one of them. This is about the era when they were transitioning from cars that still resembled and still had components from production cars to cars that were/are ground up dedicated race cars not sharing a panel or bolt from the car’s production counterpart.

[@hpiguy]

I agree, it all was about to change quite a bit.

[@michaelreece458]

Beautiful job once again.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks again!

[@caseylee8328]

Never clicked on one of your video's so fast! GOAT!

[@hpiguy]

Haha, thanks for watching!

[@drppr76]

Nice job on the Oldsmobile - Thank You for showing us how this thing goes together

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@maryfiltz800]

Thanks for all the tips throughout the video, they help a lot. Looks really good.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Mary!

[@TimShredder]

Really nice build! Tamiya paints never disappoint and are a great choice for this car. I ordered my first Salvino's this week and can't wait to get building!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks, you'll like it! Nice big old race cars!

[@jeremy2033]

Guy, i just had to watch this again, probably 5 more times LOL! I 100% agree with you on the wheels, between brake dust and ran a time or two they tend to show a off color.

[@hpiguy]

Haha, thanks man!

[@williamaviles2647]

This Petty Ride came out Great. Colors and details. The Rustoleum paint it doesnt matter if it's for cars right. I see your technique in spraying. It's better than mine. Tku for ideas. 👍

[@hpiguy]

Thanks William!

[@joeparson5531]

Thanks for the quick masking tutorial, from Joe average model builder. 😁😁 I enjoy all of your builds by the way, I've learned several things I'm going to try when I get a chance to start building again.

[@hpiguy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@joepedroza4707]

Absolutely gorgeous!! Great job.

[@hpiguy]

Thank you so much!

[@richardbarclay9307]

Awesome kit and build! I'm always frustrated with my kits because I have to detail my kits but when I'm done it looks like all you need is a set of keys and go drive! You rock love your videos!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching Richard!

[@1lowf150xlt]

I used to build NASCAR kits when I was much younger, mostly Monogram and a few Revelle. This kits detail is incredible! The slideshow at the end looks like you're looking at the actual car and not a model kit. Great job! Makes me want to get back into it again!

[@conradsmith9332]

Fun fact: monogram us just germanys revelle :)

[@1lowf150xlt]

@@conradsmith9332 I think, if I remember correctly, Revell bought out Monogram at some point... Or vice versa, I'm not sure.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks man! Salvinos bought all the old Monogram stock car molds from Revell USA so we'll be seeing those come back some day, with improved molds and parts!

[@hpiguy]

Not quite. Revell and Monogram were both US companies for a very very long time. Revell bought Monogram 30+ years ago. Revell Germany was a part of Revell for a long time as well, their European arm of modeling. Revell was closed when Hobbico (their parent company) went bankrupt last year. A group of European investors bought Revell Germany and Revell and moved almost all operations to Revell Germany last year. Revell USA was formed and is an off shoot of Revell Germany to create and distribute kits in the US. Revell USA still owns the Mongram brand today, and now Revell USA and Revell Germany and Monogram are all owned by European investors.

[@1lowf150xlt]

@@hpiguy if more of the old NASCAR kits start coming back out, I'm definitely going to see if I'm still any good at it. I did them so much when I was a kid that I didn't use the instructions anymore! Lol!

[@MsixtyA3]

Wow! Beautiful model. Outstanding. Always enjoy your videos.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@askoseppanen3779]

Beautiful, keep em coming. I started to look at this video because I thought I would start to build all Richard's cars, as far as I can because some cars might be hard to get

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching and Happy New Year from hpiguys Workshop!

[@davidking8968]

Very cool,and great tips I’m also a petty fan.you did great on the colors too,love it and excited about the charger.thanks

[@hpiguy]

Thanks David!

[@edromeandbrossportsandcoll5706]

as always awesome build Salvinos Kits are great hope they come with some Dale Sr. models

[@hpiguy]

Thanks man! Maybe they'll get some out I'm sure it depends on the license.

[@johncater7861]

I contacted Salvinos like you suggested regarding the Goodyear decals - never did hear back.

[@ronstewart9792]

Model looks great and the tip on masking for the 2 tone is awesome, Thanks. Ron

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Ron!

[@bobastu]

Wow! That red really pops! Meticulous job as usual Chris, right out of the park!!! That blue looks an awful lot like Dinoco blue from cars...and that racer was named The King...mind blown (not really) lol

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Stu!

[@carolinamodelshop2545]

Nice review and this kit looks great I have several Petty kits I will definitely be picking up one or two of these.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@liorof]

Awesome as always! I like the way you build the cars, really chill really fun. Can you show us your collection??

[@hpiguy]

It's all about enjoying the hobby, no stress. All my builds are on the channel, no plans to give a tour of my home or unpack all the storage crates a lot of them are in. Thanks!

[@TheJer1963]

With the window net you can heat it up and let it hang down outside the door. Looks really cool. Hope this helps someone. I remember the 1979 Daytona 500, "There's a fight" Bobby and Cale going at after Cale and Donnie get into a wreck. This put NASCAR on the map as it was the first race to be covered flag to flag on tv. It didn't hurt the whole east coast was snowed in too. Great memories for a then 16 year old who grew up about a half hour from Bristol.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@PandorumAI-dc4bk]

Oh sweet! I love the car, reminds me of a Pontiac Firebird

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Really nice kit. Great job Chris. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Charlie!

[@sonnyd.6777]

Such a satisfying build! I am an armour , sci fi modeler. This makes me want to build some muscle cars!

[@hpiguy]

I love building anything, I have quite a few sci fi and military kits on the channel, love them all. Sci Fi Figure kit coming up in the next few weeks. A BIG one.

[@sonnyd.6777]

@@hpiguy 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊

[@frogman7874]

Nice work bro ! If you look at some old videos of Mr petty I think the bottom of the car (floor boards) are also blue. The suspension is silver grey color and the axle is black . Just my opinion for some reason I remember some videos on KZbin that show the bottom of the cars. As always fantastic work I really enjoy watching your videos keep it up my friend

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for stopping by the channel and leaving a nice comment! Check us out on Facebook if you haven't already!

[@Toppervision1]

Chris!, first of all, beautiful work as usual. And duh!, the decal masking trick! I was stumped on how to do that on another model I'm working on. Thanks! But most of all, thanks for pointing out the Tamiya Petty colors! I bought the big 1/16 Petty Charger years ago and I was wondering how I was gonna do that. Awesome Chris! Thanks!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Topper!

[@edwardperry4226]

Great job I was at Charlotte in 79 when petty won

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@JimFlanagan4206]

Cool kit! It would be nice if the model company gave stencils. They could print them in the instruction sheets.

[@hpiguy]

During my conversation with both the head guys at Salvinos I brought that up as an idea many people would really like. Maybe we'll see that in the future.

[@garymetzdorf9717]

@@hpiguy nn 99

[@wwkdiecastmore5647]

Old #43 never looked better, nice build Chris, thanks buddy!....Bill

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Bill!

[@TI4438]

Well worth the four day wait.Keep'em coming.

[@hpiguy]

Videos every Weds and Sat, if I can get them done. I have some BIG complex kits coming up, I'll see if I can keep that pace up.

[@19JohnnyJ68]

soooo true about putting in the headers ,, great build sir love hte chanel

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Joe!

[@modelmantstewart1292]

Thanks for another great review I have a Petty 1/16 kit and been wondering about a good paint mach and think I just got it thanks Chris

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching Troy!

[@doozersmodels3193]

Super clean build

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Doozer!

[@jeremy2033]

Hey Chris, from my overview of your completed steps and your completed build thats a solid 10 for those crazy Petty cars. The one thing i do with window net's is heat and bend them down to the looks of it hanging out of the car.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks a lot!

[@johngligo4049]

Chris, that was another spectacular build. Keep em coming my friend!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks John!

[@chassegallerie2910]

Great kit and great build as always. You know what I don't like about Salvino kits? Is that they only make NASCAR cars. Now, I know that what THEY wanna do. And I RESPECT that. But I can only imagine what would a road going car kit made by those guys would look like.

[@hpiguy]

They specialize in race cars since the owners were part of the race teams back then. A street car may be produced some day (I never say never) but for now there are a lot of race cars they want to cover.

[@jeffersonchocron]

Beautiful, beautiful car model!!!

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Jefferson as always!

[@jeremystrickland7767]

got all these kits these guys have put out so far hope they put out some nhra pro stock cars next

[@hpiguy]

I heard some things about that, that they want to try some of those too.

[@jeremystrickland7767]

@@hpiguy that would be awesome i hope they do

[@jimrogers7841]

Jeremy, they won’t be right away, but definitely on our to-do list

[@tannerphillips5303]

4:04 when you flipped that up I thought you broke it and I was like oh nooooooo! What a relief!

[@ralphwilliams2396]

Great build details always the highlight

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Ralph!

[@leterguyschroeder4919]

Another great build, you are the man

[@hpiguy]

Thank you!

[@garyparker2969]

Very Nice Build Chris, God Bless All

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Gary!

[@richardarios5706]

it came out badass chris 👍👍

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Richard!

[@plymouthdie-castreplicas]

Wow! Just magnificent!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@MikeCindyWhite]

Awesome bro! Super cool kit, I was on Model Round Up yesterday and seen that JR has a Richard Petty Monte coming out, I didn't see the charger... Thanks as always for the review and build my friend! 🏁👍

[@hpiguy]

Thanks! Charger is still in development. They have a sweet Allison Gatorade car coming soon too!

[@MikeCindyWhite]

@@hpiguy Nice! Always a Allison fan, Bobby, Donny and Davie! Great wheel men, Thanks Chris! 🏁🏁🏁

[@mariomeza3408]

👀WoW 👀!! Looks incredible!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Mario!

[@1955mouse]

another nice one !! gonna have to start a racing collection, thanx !

[@hpiguy]

They are lots of fun, thanks!

[@gohst581922]

Another great build! Love this channel!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks bud!

[@jeremy2033]

I found out this is re tooled MPC molds but 100% nicely updates. Can't beat the chrome.

[@icenesiswayons9962]

Very nice! :-) you can tell I haven't modeled in a great while, as I've never heard of JR models. And I would occasionally buy a modelers mag. To sort of try to keep up with new and different bodies or styles. Blue Is B3. 73 Basin street blue. And the red was changed many times but was STP dayglow red among a Dodge Pr4 that came extremely close to the STP color. Then there was the red, orange transition.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks man! They are relatively new, within the past couple years and they have really gotten off to an amazing start with awesome kits.

[@icenesiswayons9962]

@@hpiguy race cars had a classic style back then now they all look like a Ford Taurus or something I can't identify anymore, lol.

[@billp5656]

Great job

[@krugmeister7301]

We have the Salvinos Kits up here in Montreal...Nice ...But Expensive!!

[@delboytrotter8806]

Coolio.....nice kit, nice job. !

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Del!

[@samuelvasquez8170]

Another awesome build.

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Sam!

[@stephengappa1742]

French blue from tamiya is realy close to petty blue. Testor has fluorescent red its super close.

[@jamman6]

Awesome build!! Thank you!!!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@markbuterbuagh4971]

Very nice build

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Mark!

[@PacManDreaming]

Beautiful build!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@NitrousDiecast]

Looks great

[@hpiguy]

Thank you!

[@lukethornsbury6034]

this guy sounds like donna’s dad from that 70s show...love it

[@hpiguy]

That's a new one. Thanks!

[@waltereldridge9447]

I did a kit years ago. It was Tyrone Malone's racing truck and hauler. Have you ever seen that model kit around still? I also did a C I30 Hercules air force plane for my Brother.

[@hpiguy]

I have the truck and hauler, they just reissued both recently. You should be able to find it online.

[@BibleStudyReview]

DID YOU SAY CHARGER!! I’ll be adding it to my stack of Charger kits to finish. PS: Great Review & Build

[@hpiguy]

I said Charger, yup! Thanks!

[@dc_modelworks]

If they're making a third-gen Charger in Petty livery, I'll be all over that like tire marks on a starting grid.

[@alensley1368]

And they also said the Pontiac 2+2 will be ready in 2020

[@woodysmodels8738]

Awesome build Chris.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks man!

[@nelliethorne8104]

AWESOME!!! More petty cars please..Next the Petty Buick

[@hpiguy]

From your lips to their ears, the Buick word was dropped a few times during our conversation.

[@nelliethorne8104]

@@hpiguy Great to hear..Hope to see it in the future...ty 4 the reply

[@phamoo]

Excellent!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Phillip!

[@ToddHLHG]

Awesome job my friend!!

[@hpiguy]

Thankyou Todd!

[@jeremy2033]

Hey Chris, the Monte Carlo come in today at several places, we got ours in today..

[@hpiguy]

Enjoy!

[@jeremy2033]

@@hpiguy Im sure you will have one shortly. Jack has them in stock i believe. I just buy 1 of every JR's kits to keep in my cabinet to collect. I dont build them.

[@joepedroza4707]

That Petty blue is pretty damn close.

[@Red-rl1xx]

Looks great!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Red!

[@kinghulk4142]

Man C this looks so Rad!nice build.i just finished my AMT 69 Olds 442 and I took my time,but it's crap. 😂😂😂

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Hulk. There are no crap models, we can't knock it out of the park on every try.

[@alensley1368]

Awesome job.

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@billymanilli]

Looks like a nice kit to build... motor looks a little off to me though. It has the pass side bank forward, like an olds (intake manifold too) but the heads and definitely the valve covers look like small block chevy. Regardless, very nice job building it, as usual!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Billy!

[@jeremy2033]

Chris, if you ever need any reference pic's on NASCAR kits to see the real race car just email me buddy. Great build's you do!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

Question. Is that fluorescent red? I was a huge Petty fan and may need to make this my next build! Thank you Chris and as always, fantastic build!

[@hpiguy]

Paint codes are listed in the video my man. I forget the TS numbers but they are in the video and in the description.

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

@@hpiguy thank you sir! Those are awesome looking kits!

[@simulationjunkie]

Well done!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

There is a European paint manufacturer who makes Petty Blue. The red is STP red. I will try and find the link for you.

[@jerrythomas8958]

Every chasie is close to the same but great cars.

[@joebowditch7577]

I love the look of old stock cars not sure if thats what they are low and powerful looking

[@hpiguy]

They look awesome and back then they looked similar to the road car.

[@level5565]

I'm pretty sure the underside of Petty's cars was painted Petty blue. But either way, nice job. I can't wait to get this one! 😊👍

[@bobastu]

Looks awesome in that shiny metallic though!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@larrymartin8146]

AWESOME!!!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! facebook.com/hpiguysworkshop

[@chrisjdodson333]

Rustoleum makes a really close petty blue, i snagged 2 cans for whenever i wanna do a petty model

[@doublenickelbob]

I think its called sail blue

[@chrisjdodson333]

@@doublenickelbob Oasis Blue is the one i got

[@lcdcars5528]

I love your vids!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@southpaw5483]

Any hints on how to apply Tire Decals? same process as regular decals (i.e., MicroSet followed by MicroSol, etc.)? or do you suggest another approach for tires? thank you in advance for your time and patience.

[@hpiguy]

On these tires they lay down just fine. Feel free to brush them with a little solvent if needed. Thanks and enjoy your hobby! facebook.com/hpiguysworkshop

[@jeremy2033]

TS-23 is what i use. I have only built all Blue older kits. Ive never built any other R. Petty kits. Chris, what paint did you use for the radiator and that steel color you painted under chassis?

[@hpiguy]

Hi Jeremy, every color is listed by name and brand during the painting portion of the video. Thanks man!

[@timothyharrison8953]

Petty car chassis' were Petty blue all over, suspension parts were dark blue almost navy.

[@hpiguy]

OK!

[@dc_modelworks]

Tamiya also makes a French blue TS-10 that I think looks pretty close to Petty Blue too. I was working on a (stock) Talladega that I painted that color just as a reference to the Petty connection, and I thought it turned out nice.

[@hpiguy]

Yes sir, there are a lot of paints that will work great for a Petty car.

[@dc_modelworks]

@@hpiguy That there are! (And most people won't notice it's like half-a-shade off if you don't say anything! 😁)