red Dog Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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? Iain, Pup7309, Buster99 and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Well, I hope that at least the decals are nice... scvrobeson and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 And the Spamraam missiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezzie Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 15 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: And the Spamraam missiles... That's an 'interesting' approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I think the plastic is almost as old as the F-16 itself Matt coogrfan, D Bellis, CRAZY IVAN5 and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stambaugh Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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. CRAZY IVAN5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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? scvrobeson, Gazzas and CRAZY IVAN5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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 chrish and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Available for the bargain price of £50... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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 MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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