Revell... Really

[red Dog]

I can't believe they did this? 

 

I saw it and I thought what? finally a MLU in 1/32 ...
but no just a nice decoration on an incorrect F-16 model...

Really Revell? 

[thierry laurent]

Well, I hope that at least the decals are nice...

[dmthamade]

For me, this is a timely post. The Trumpeter Tomcat choice post mentioned the Revell F-14 being a viable alternative to the Trumpeter/Tamiya kits. I found the Revell F-15 a good alternative to the Tamiya Eagle as well. Which had me thinking, how the Revell F-16 was. Have to say, after my experiences with the F-14/15 i would be willing to give this a try, though  i have no room to build now.

 

Don

[thierry laurent]

12 minutes ago, dmthamade said:

For me, this is a timely post. The Trumpeter Tomcat choice post mentioned the Revell F-14 being a viable alternative to the Trumpeter/Tamiya kits. I found the Revell F-15 a good alternative to the Tamiya Eagle as well. Which had me thinking, how the Revell F-16 was. Have to say, after my experiences with the F-14/15 i would be willing to give this a try, though  i have no room to build now.

 

Don

The Revell Eagle is unfortunately(?) far better than the Tomcat and Viper kits from the same company.

[Dave Williams]

Disappointing they didn’t bother adding a new sprue or doing anything to make the kit closer to a MLU.

 

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/7/3/1/1522731-77-instructions.pdf

Still essentially a 1979 mold kit.

 

[thierry laurent]

And the Spamraam missiles... 

[chezzie]

15 minutes ago, thierry laurent said:

And the Spamraam missiles... 

That's an 'interesting' approach 

[ScottsGT]

I find it kind of odd they would reintroduce a kit with Tamiya and Academy already having the market cornered. I guess it’s a price point thing.  With so many other molds collecting dust one would think they could watch the market and see what’s in demand. 

[chrish]

15 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I find it kind of odd they would reintroduce a kit with Tamiya and Academy already having the market cornered. I guess it’s a price point thing.  With so many other molds collecting dust one would think they could watch the market and see what’s in demand. 

Is this an old kit? I didn’t know Revell did an F-16 

from what year?

hang on, never mind I’ll check scalemates it should all be there for the reading

[scvrobeson]

I think the plastic is almost as old as the F-16 itself

 

 

 

Matt 

[John Stambaugh]

I have always had a fondness and appreciation for Revell but I just can't understand why they have not reissued the Ju-88, He-111 or the Arado 196.

 I see them bringing very high prices on Ebay and the IPMS shows. Seems to me that the demand is there.

[chrish]

31 minutes ago, John Stambaugh said:

I have always had a fondness and appreciation for Revell but I just can't understand why they have not reissued the Ju-88, He-111 or the Arado 196.

 I see them bringing very high prices on Ebay and the IPMS shows. Seems to me that the demand is there.

So what im hearing is I can list and sell my 88 and 111 on eBay and retire?

[Dave Williams]

1 hour ago, chrish said:

Is this an old kit? I didn’t know Revell did an F-16 

from what year?

hang on, never mind I’ll check scalemates it should all be there for the reading

Originally released as a F-16A in 1979

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-h-4701-f-16a-general-dynamics--163604

 

[Kagemusha]

Available for the bargain price of £50...

[Iain]

It was a reasonable kit when released - I built one at the time and enjoyed it. 
 

But release of the Tamiya F-16 made the other kits redundant IMHO.

 

As has been said - decals will probably be quite good.

 

Again - as others have said - the F-15 they did was the best of the Revell bunch and brilliant for the time - pretty much state of the art at that time - we all drooled over it!

 

Iain