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I've recently mentioned this in the Modelling and purchase plans/wishes for 2025 thread. It's a kit I bought for my dad to build in the hope that it would be good at a larger scale. The reality was, it was just too complex and fiddly and in the end he barely got started on it. He died in November and my mum mentioned that it was still sat at the box, so I decided I'd finish it off for him. Here's what we have... Here's what was in the box... And here's what has been started and the tools that have been used What I always look for in a sprue cutter is the ability to also cut carpet My dad was an extremely practical and resourceful man who had pretty much every tool you could possibly need. So I feel like my mum may have had a hand in this particular decision. As for the build... If it was just my build, I'd be thinking of something like James Rudland’s Outlaw Racers Porsche 356 Coupé but, even in his younger days, this would have been too 'form over function' for my Dad. In terms of real cars, he'd lower them and fit wider wheels to improve handling more than looks. So, really, I think I'm going to build it OOB (maybe a smidge lower 🤔) with a couple of nods to my dad. One will be the registration plate that belonged to his Mini and the other will be a dark blue (in my case Porsche Manaus Blue) similar to the colour of the kit car he built. The next step is to try and dismantle what has been built and paint it. Thanks for looking Martin
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Hi fellow modellers Here is Revell’s 1:48 Mosquito B MK.IV well the less said about this kit the better poor fitting parts and vague instructions and please don’t get me started on the undercarriage absolutely awful. this model nearly ended up in a bin on more than 1 occasion, anyway I’ve not let a kit beat me yet and I’m certainly not going to start now. hopefully I’ve done it some justice Finished as DZ415 of 627 Squadron RAF Woodfall Spa in early 1945 Tamiya paints used throughout thanks for looking and happy modelling
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I'll be jumping in with the Revell 1/144 kit to start with and some decals made by a local. I'll be out of the country on the start date but will dive in when I return!
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Hello fellow modellers, welcome to my first WIP! The kit I’m working on is a Revell 1/32 Mirage III: This was a surprise Christmas present from my wife, I hadn’t built a single model for over 30 years! So, I was to build this shiny Mirage, but to be honest it didn’t quite appeal to me. Of course, its livery is splendid… …but I never saw this particular jet ‘in the wild’. The decal set offered two alternatives, an Australian version… …and a French Mirage IIIRD: In 1984 I visited Gilze-Rijen airbase to witness the NATO Tactical Air Meet, which was an impressive event with masses of different aircraft types and numbers, like Canadian Starfighters, RAF Jaguars and Phantoms, USAFE F-4s and F-15s, Belgian F-16s and Mirages, German F-4s, and French Jaguars and... Mirage IIIRDs! One of these Mirages was Mirage IIIRD 368/33-TQ: To keep the memory of this exercise alive I decided to build this particular reconnaissance jet. I joined britmodeller.com in January 2021, but I never intended to start a WIP because I was quite intimidated by the high skills and superb results by most of you lot. However, @The Spadgent appeared to build a similar kit, check... ...and he and @81-er encouraged me to show some of my progress, too. So, here I go! First an overview of my desk, with the supplies spread out to give you an idea: Documentation (the upper photo was taken during TAM 1984 too, by a good friend of mine): Aftermarket stuff: And what I've done so far. The manual warns for the danger of tail sitting for the E and O version, but to be safe I added a redundant nut to avoid this for the RD version too. The 'inside job': My box with preliminary stuff: And for the final result, I decided to add the pilot as well. Meet Jean-Claude: He is supervising my progress: That's it for now. I hope I can entertain you with upcoming posts, and feel free to comment! Cheers, Rob
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I started this model in 2022 and after applying the decals I lost a bit of interest. The decals were home made but I wasn't able to print decals for the slime lights. Then I came across a sheet of decals in the spare box that looked useable. Think they were from a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane. So today, I cut them to size and applied it to the model. I think it looks great. Tomorrow I will give it a clear coat and start the weathering process. Also busy with a base to mount it on.
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On the morning of 30 September 1938 Gladys Taylor left the family flat in Edward Henry Buildings on Cornwall Street, just by Waterloo Station, and headed for Downing Street. She probably walked over Westminster Bridge and past the Cenotaph, commemorating the dead of the First World War. That marvelous Mr Chamberlain was returning from Germany having secured peace for Europe at Munich and averted another major war and she was going to see his return. "The Crowd in Downing Street was the biggest that had ever been known there. It had waited for about four hours, standing tightly packed, mostly middle-aged women.". It was a cold, wet, windy evening but still they waited. Then Chamberlain arrived from Buckingham Palace, the way for his car cleared by mounted police. He entered No. 10 Downing Street and then, apparently somewhat reluctantly, but in response to the demands of the crowd, appeared at the window above the famous front door of Number 10 to give a short speech. "My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing street peace with honour (a reference to Disraeli's return from Berlin in 1878). I believe it is peace for our time (prolonged cheers). We thank you from the bottom of our hearts, and now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds" (Cheers.) With a last smile, and a last look at the surging, happy crowd below, Mr and Mrs. Chamberlain turned and disappeared. The people still wanted to sing something. Someone started "God Save the King" and at once everyone, police included, sang it with all their might." I can only assume that Gladys Taylor took Chamberlain's advice and took herself off home to bed. The rest, as they say, is History… All quotes are from the News Chronicle of 1 October 1938. Gladys Taylor was my Great Grandmother and we have a photograph of her in Downing Street on 30 September 1938. Front row, third from the right, two feathers in her hat. Once my mother told me about the photograph I decided that it would be quite in order to do a little model to commemorate her presence at this historic event. Now, I don’t fancy trying to create a scale model of Downing Street with a crowd of around 5000 people but there’s an easier option. Neville Chamberlain arrived back from Munich at 3:41 in the afternoon of 30 September 1938 in a British Airways Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, G-AFGN, with a 'Perfect three point landing". There are plenty of photos of it arriving and a film of Chamberlain disembarking. He then gave a brief speech (you can listen to a recording of it on the Wikipedia page on the subject) before heading to Buckingham Palace to meet with the King, and then back to Downing Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time The aircraft was a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, and in a Ploughshares into Swords job Lockheed created from the Super Electra a patrol bomber which was named the Hudson in RAF service. To do my own reverse Swords into Ploughshares I’ll be converting this Revell boxing of what was, according to Scalemates, originally an MPM kit. Handily it appears the kit was also released in Super Electra guise by Classic Plane and a lot of the pieces needed for the Civilian original are in the Revell box. Will do the sprue shots etc. when everything kicks off! Anyway, hope a 1930’s airliner once used by a chap who really did “Give Peace a Chance” meets the bill? Cheers, Richard.
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Well, this is me popping my GB cherry! The title of this GB immediately took me to the late 80s and the fall of the Berlin Wall: giving my 18 year old self hope for a brighter future. If I remember correctly, it was a classic car show at the Oulton Park Circuit - I'm guessing in 1990 - where I first saw a Trabant and, to be honest, I haven't seen many more since. The kit I've chosen is the 1:24 scale Revell offering in 'Builders' Choice' guise but, ironically, I'll be ditching all the doves, peace signs and related text This is actually a pretty comprehensive kit, straight out of the box, with opening bonnet and boot and even seat belts! Even so, I can't just build it straight. So I'm going for a car whose owner made it past the wall and to either Spain or Belgium (not sure which yet: I like the Belgian reg plate better, but Spain makes more sense because I'll be ditching all the cold start/heating guff in the engine bay) and was inducted into the local modding scene. Initially, I'd considered doing a Mazda 13B rotary swap because, from what I understand, the 601 was supposed to be a rotary when it was launched but the engine development stalled. On closer inspection, this would be a massive undertaking, so I decided to tune what I have! I'll warn you now, it's going to be obnoxious! My plan is to lower it 4-5 inches with, maybe, -3º front and -5º rear camber on banded original wheels with a very stretched tyre, and the wheels will be wider front than rear, 'cos the rears don't really do anything. It's also going to get a turbo! This will sit where all the heater gubbins currently lives and my plan is an induction trumpet poking out of the leading edge of the bonnet and the exhaust exiting through a 'hater pipe' about two thirds of the way up. Basically straight into the driver's line of sight. I'm thinking I'll cut the grille out and use mesh, so you can see the intercooler sat behind it. Here's a photo of what's in the box along with a spare Sparco seat and steering wheel (left over from my MX5 build), a ZoomOn harness in black for the driver and the paint scheme: ProScale Dodge Ivory with a blue roof - like the estate that was in IWM North (and may still be?) The Ford Engine Blue is way too dark, but it was a by product of trying to find a suitable representation of Mazda Mariner Blue for the MX5, so I'll lighten it with a bit of the Ivory or some such. First thing I need to do is fire up Fusion360 and start modelling a turbo, induction trumpet, exhaust manifold, hater pipe, intercooler and plumbing and some blanking plates to fill holes in the engine cooling shroud left by the removal of the original induction and exhaust. Also some wheels and tyres and a lowering/camber system (design to be confirmed). Looking at that photo, I hope that seat will fit! Excited for my first GB! Thanks for looking Martin
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Its been a little while since I have done a GB...the autumn was manic at work...but as with every New Year I have resolved to join more GBs and get my productivity up. Its not that I haven't done any modelling. I was inspired over Christmas by some of our colleagues in the maritime section and am current bogged down in PE like this: I have never been too confident with PE so this is a bit of a learning curve. Anyway I need something a little less eye straining so though I might join this GB (if I may) with this: I turned 50 a couple of years ago. One of my neighbours is a figure painter (as am I) and we had discussed model building. He clearly had been chatting in the street as for my birthday I had a range of model gifts. They were all gratefully received but many, such as this, were not my usual modelling fare. Anyway when it came to this GB I went searching through the stash (another resolution is not to buy more model...failed already on another count) and found this. Mods I hope this qualifies? It has a pretty low part count for a decent sized model which bodes well. I may make a base for it to go on. Lets see. The paintbrush and paints are going in the bin. The glue is always useful but wont replace my Tamiya extra thin for most jobs. Here are the sprues: There are two sets of the last set of sprues. Thank you for looking and as always all comments appreciated. Cheers Dave
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Revell is to release a new tool 1/72nd Messerschmitt Bf.109E-3 Emil - ref.03781 Source: https://ipmsdeutschland.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-30-at-15.26.54.jpeg V.P.
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I read somewhere Revell is planning a C-17 in 1/72 scale. Is there any news on this project? Thanks
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Hi everyone, With Nuremberg Toy Fair officially underway, I've been given the go ahead by Luke at Revell to share this top secret project! I was honoured to be given the opportunity by Luke, to build the very first test build of the new Meteor in 32nd by Revell. This is the first full 3D printed build up of what will become the kit later in the year, hence why the surface may look a little rough, as it is 3D printed and not plastic injection moulded yet. Luke was over the moon when he collected it as this is the culmination of hundreds, if not thousands of hours of work, to finally be able to see it built up for the first time. This is now on display at Nuremberg Toy Festival over the next few days for the modelling world's eyes to view. I'll post some more detailed photos in the coming days on my Facebook page linked below so that people can see the amazing detail on the engine, wheels bays and more. Thanks again to Luke and Revell for this and I can't wait to crack on with the other builds that will soon fly my way! Disclaimer - This is as finished as Revell wanted it... in Primer to show overall shape, size and details only. This is the very first full 3D print with no plastic parts and so surface detail is not final. https://www.facebook.com/jamesbuildsandmore/
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Revell: "(...) We have an announcement on Friday so keep your eyes on the socials(...)" Source: https://www.facebook.com/Revell/posts/pfbid02uB1eZuFKkf2Uu3D4HqcnQkPXHdg7WX9ttS5DQgj9zwqsp29j7xEWHKFC9PSifoxCl UPDATE Release expected in 2025 - 1/32 - ref. ? - Hawker Hunter T.7/T.7A Source: https://blog.revell.de/2024/modellbau/scale-modelworld-reveal-hawker-hunter-t-7-t-7a-in-132/ Maybe in connection with the Revell still future new tool 1/32nd Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 ? thread To be followed V.P.
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Irrational to start a KUTA thread for a kit this big, as there's only ten days left - unless we get an extension - and enough KUTA threads already for one man. But. For a long while I have felt the desire to get back to painting something in RLM 65/70/71 scheme. As there's no GB in the horizon, where I could build a proper Luftwaffe bomber this year, 💔, I must leave my four Junkereses, two Dorniers and a Heinkel rest in pieces. All kits bought after the WW2 Twins GB we had last year . Their time will come! Luckily, on my shelf of shame is this bigger Heinkel, the 177 A-5 Greif, that I started in the Bombers/ground attack etc GB three years ago. Today I got reacquainted with the kit, it's instructions and where did I leave it back then. I started by attaching the navigator's cupola base, a pair of bomb bay doors and ended up first joining the port wing halves together and the attaching the wing to the fuselage. No IKEA-build this time Please don't ask me about the progress of the Kittyhawks or the second Me 410. Or maybe you can ask about the latter - but not the Kittyhawks V-P
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Source: https://blog.revell.de/2024/modellbau/scale-modelworld-reveal-hawker-hunter-t-7-t-7a-in-132/ V.P.
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It has been a while since I had a crack at a Festive Blitzbuild so I thought that I would enter this as my effort. My success at completing a model within the timescale isn't that great and has taken more of a battering this year, but I am always up for a challenge, let's see how things go. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr That's all for now. John
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Taking advantage of the start of the year being relatively free of group builds, this is another kit that’s been starting at me from the stash for a bit, Revell’s F-84G Thunderjet: I picked this one up from @modelling minion for a very nice price, so I thought I’d treat it to a couple of additions in the form of some Hi-Decal markings for a Yugoslavian aircraft and a Quick Boost bang seat: This is my first experience of building a Pro Modeller tooling (though I also have their Ta 154 in the stash) and I’m really enjoying it. The surface detail isn’t up to the same standards as the latest Tamiya or Eduard kits (but it is a 25 year old tooling), but more than acceptable, and it all fits together beautifully. So far I’ve got the cockpit tub assembled and painted in interior green: The bang seat has also had a coat of that: As has the equipment tray that will fit under the canopy: Detail painting is next on the cards for all of those. I had some trepidation about the drop-in panels on the nose, as I’ve had them leave big gaps that need lots of filling & sanding on other kits. I needn’t have worried, these dropped in perfectly and will only require the tiniest bits of filler in one or two local spots that have shown up under primer: And yes, I will sand off the dust that was caught under the primer. The last bit of progress (other than a multitude of smaller parts that have been primed that I’ll spare you the photos of) is the assembly of the wings. Slightly unusually, the smaller gear doors are moulded as part of the side panel of the bay. The nose gear doors are similarly moulded as part of the bay as well. Not a big issue, I’ll just need to do some careful masking at paint time: James
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Oman strikes again - This time it’s a Hawker Hunter of the Omani Air Force. When i saw a photo of an Omani Hunter, i fell completely in love with the heavely sun bleached bluish/grey camo scheme. The model is built a few years back, but since i lately have posted quite a few Omani birds here on BM, i thought this should be posted as well. It’s the well known Revell kit, built mainly out of the box. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Hello, this WIP is about a Catalina. I got a 1/48 donated for a rebuild. I will turn it in a Dutch Catalina of no 321 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval service serial Y-45 in Rose Bay, Australia. The kit was in parts, badly torn apart with a lot of broken parts. What I can see is that it's almost complete I think. It was originally painted in a British camouflage of sea green and dark sea gray over sky. I have put it in oven cleaner and let that work for 2 days. This is for now the result; As you can see the top side of the wing is already partially painted in Pru Blu Humbrol 230. I couldn't resist testing the paint since it's an old can.. I got the Dutch Decal sheet with this Catalina included. I will keep you posted!
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Hi all, I first started this one in 2022 for the Revell Monogram Group Build here but unlike @RC Boater Bill who did a lovely job on his, mine didn't get finished in time - here's how she ended up with overspray and other annoying issues. Revell_HH-3F_Wip_shelf But a recent KUTA group build over on IPMS Ireland gave me the motivation to finish it. First up was sorting the rotor blades. Revell_HH-3F_Wip_18 Then re-masking to sort out the paintwork Revell_HH-3F_Wip_19 Happy with that! Revell_HH-3F_Wip_21 Then masked again for the blue cheat line, sponsons and other parts. Revell_HH-3F_Wip_22 Decals from a Superscale sheet and then made a go at the float bags on the sponsons. This was a small piece of sprue glued on and then rolled out some Green Stuff on top. Revell_HH-3F_Wip_23 Revell_HH-3F_Wip_24 Good enough for me. Revell_HH-3F_Wip_25 Added the last bits (pitots and scratchbuilt winch) and she was done! I know the main rotor blades are upside down I can live with it. Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_1_USCG Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_2_USCG Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_3_USCG Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_4_USCG Family photo with a Hobby Boss Jayhawk. Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_5_USCG It's a kit that really shows its age (1969) but I'm happy with how it's turned out and looks ok from across the hobby room. Revell_HH-3F_Pelican_7_USCG Thanks for looking and happy modelling. All the best, Dermot
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Well after a long finish, the Tornado is finally done. I made the base mounting process very complex by including some orange LEDs in the base to simulate an afterburner plume, you can sort of see the effect in the bottom photo. I brushed some clear gloss acrylic medium to simulate the wavy heat haze and airbrushed on some thinned clear blue and clear orange. I'm not normally a huge fan of 'special effects' in models but wanted to try something like this at least once. The black 'housing' on the base covers where the LEDs sit in a recess on the base and shine up through through the perspex tubes. Annoyingly one of them is not now giving out much light, probably a result of my hamfistedness with electronics! The Tornado itself is pretty much OOB, built using kit decals in the IX squadron markings based at RAF Bruggen. Slight niggle with the decals is that I got quite a lot of silvering on the walkway line markings and some of the larger decals such as the ones on top of the intakes. I added some basic Eduard PE for things like cockpit mirrors and the pilot and nav were from PJ productions. I replaced the pitot tube and AoA sensors with metal items from Master. Build thread here if you are interested. Hope you like the pics.
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Another old one from the stash. It's pretty much all OOB apart from the odd tweak. I'll be doing the CAG version from the box artwork. So, the cockpit is done. Drybrush, Posca pens and transparent green with PVA over the top. This must of been an old 'B' version that got upgraded as the screen is round. Or Revell fluffed it... The seats are in as a dry fit. The Dspiae clamp is great to work with. I like their kit. And a bit of weight in the nose to make sure it won't try to sit on its tail.
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Had this one for a while, and thought I would run it up so I could practice an NMF before tackling a more serious build, the Hasegawa Ki-61 (which I have failed to take many pictures of, so no WiP there). Only AM additions are belts and some QuickBoost radio boxes, though tbh you could add some wires to the kit versions and they would look pretty much as good So bear with me on this one...as with all kits there are two basic elements to the manufacture, the design and the mould-making. On the former, Revell have done, I think a fine job; the designer (Radu Brinzan?) has done some really clever stuff with the internals to ensure a good level of detail with no ambiguity in the fit, and each section locks into the other with no simple butt joins to spoil things with their sloppy fit. So Revell played a blinder in the first half. Where it goes wrong is with the mould itself. I would be fairly sure that Revell contract out the mould-making, and my advice - find another company. The similarities with Airfix of a couple of years ago here are notable, nice design but slightly rough moulds coupled with soft plastic result in a slightly disappointing build given the initial promise of the parts. Recently, Airfix have taken steps to resolve this - I don't know if they have changed their mould-maker (though they definitely did for the 1/24th Spit as the moulds were done in the UK not India) but the plastic in recent kits is definitely harder resulting in crisper detail. And this is where Revell have their problem: the detail has been designed in, but comes out rather soft, and there are prominent mould lines everywhere, and some small amounts of flash. Joining edges can be a bit rough and need a light pass just to improve the fit, indeed every part needs a bit of fettle, and after a while this becomes a bit wearing, not to mention the amount of plastic dust and scrapings being generated. Some examples: - soft detail and mould seams on the side consoles (I have already scraped the seams off the tops of the knobs in this photo) - seams on the gear legs - soft detail on the pedals and steps inside the frames - and after clean-up This is not say everything does not go together well - it does, it paints up nicely, and Revell have provided plenty of decals for the cockpit to spice things up (albeit they are a bit bright); as mentioned I only added belts and the radio boxes, and the odd wiring loom. Pleased with the wood effect I must say. Now the instrument panel; I did buy the Eduard LOOK panel, but the white elements were really not well printed and the whole thing did not look good as a result, so I used the kit part with decal, and after a fair amount of setting solution and careful touching up it looked OK - better than the LOOK panel anyway. Then it's on to construction - no impossibly major issues here just some fettling. I did opt to add the tail sections to their respective fuselage halves to try and reduce the step that is apparent here, but it will need some sanding out. There is also a step between the intake lips and the main cowling, and the red glazing putty comes into it own here. Some shims reduce the step for the cowing underside I opted to paint the framing in the wheel well i zinc chromate as per some references And I decided to commit fully and do some rivetting (not on the wings you will be pleased to hear) I do think rivets add something to a model, even if you then choose not to highlight them too much in the painting and weathering; just compare the unrivetted and rivetted fuselage sides to see how it is brought to life Yes the wash (so I could see where I had done) does help, but when there are a few layers of silver on there it will look less blank than would otherwise be the case. Now the wings and the tail feathers are on it is ready for priming; I will be likely doing the box art scheme Lou IV, or maybe Jolie Helene if I can pick up some decals. I am afraid I do not subscribe to the "blue camo" theory arising from the famous colour picture, rather as a former printer I see an old Kodachrome transparency where the dyes have deteriorated unevenly. Classically in older transparencies certain dyes will deteriorate ahead of others, usually greens followed by reds; as any colour in the picture comprises more than one dye, the remaining colour then dominates. I think what we are looking at is a bronze green, possibly a dark green, in which the green dyes have faded leaving a more blue appearance. Hence also the olive drab doesn't really look right, and the landscape below is blue not green, the yellows are a bit washed out, and even the red of the nose art is a bit dull. So I will be doing a bronze green/olive drab mix on the upper fuselage, and dark green/olive drab on the wings/tailplanes.
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2022 Corvette C8 Coupé (07714) 1:25 Carrera Revell After WWII General Motors subsidiary Chevrolet developed a sports coupé concept into a production car following a good reception at their 1953 show, with solid sales ensuring its continuation. Each year subtle changes were made until a new generation was ready to supplant the ageing design. By generation three, referred to as C3, which was made from 1968 to 1982, the look of the car had changed substantially to a smaller, sleeker two-seater, about which Prince was probably dreaming about when he wrote Little Red Corvette, a song released in 1983. The C3 was based on their concept car, utilising many of the internal components of the C2, but replacing the engines with a slightly larger unit pushing out the same BHP, which gave additional leeway for tuning. Engine sizes and output changed as the years went by, with optional small- and big-block engines, plus a host of other options such as power windows and side exhaust options, while the introduction of unleaded fuel and catalytic converters put a bit of a crimp in their performance for a while. We’re currently on C8 at time of writing, introduced in 2020 with a rear-mid engine layout in a choice of 5.5L or 6.2L in V6 or V8 forms and a variety of outputs in each production year. Price increases came along with the new product years, reflecting “supplier cost increases”, although sales of the unusual Right-Hand Drive (RHD) variant have been strong regardless, but folks with Corvette type money are seldom affected by financial crises. In addition to the standard Coupé bodyshell, a Targa and retractable hardtop are available, offering plenty of choices to the discerning sports car enthusiast, along with many trim, and accessory options to push the price further north. The Kit This is a new tool from Revell in their more US-centric 1:25 scale, which may lose them the occasional sale in other territories, but will doubtless compensate with sales in the US where the Corvette is produced. The kit arrives in an end-opening box, and inside are eleven sprues of various sizes and a bodyshell in white styrene, two sprues of clear parts, a cruciform sprue of flexible black tyres, decal sheet, and instruction booklet printed in colour on white paper, with colour profiles on the rear for the decal option. Detail is good, the 144 parts should result in a level of realism, and the holographic GM Official product sticker on the box should help in that regard, as well as keeping you transfixed for a few seconds while you move it around admiring the apparent depth. Construction begins with the engine, starting with the combined block and transmission, which is formed from two halves, adding detail parts top and bottom to hide the seams, plus the end of the transmission, building a three-part assembly with serpentine belts moulded-in to hide the front seam. Ancillaries and drive-shafts are fitted to the sides, mounting two four-part cylinder head banks with exhaust manifolds to the diagonal surfaces of the block, putting the motor to one side while building the front axle, which consists of three-part hubs with brake-discs and callipers moulded-in, plus a steering linkage that is pushed into position without glue, leaving the glue off the centre part on each hub if you wish the wheels to remain mobile. The front arch liners have a two-part strut inserted in a recess during detail painting, and both assemblies are mounted on the floor tray along with the front axle and two swing-arm covers on the underside. The rear arches are built in a similar manner but without the linkage below the struts, installing the motor on pegs at the rear of the floor, fixing the exhaust muffler to the very rear, then mounting the hubs and arch liners over the moulded-in swing-arms and locating the drive-shafts in the rear of the hub assemblies. The split radiators are located in the front of the floor tray on lugs, forward of the front arches, making the steering column from two corrugated halves, and the underside of the air intake manifold that is laid between the twin cylinder banks, adding a two-part box to the front, which has a scrap diagram showing how the hoses mate with the engine. Heat-deflectors are installed over the manifolds, following which attention turns to the interior of the car. The two seats appear to be based upon those fitted in the GT2, and are made from front and rear parts, but you’ll need to fabricate your own belts if you feel the need. They are installed in the interior tub along with a centre console and rear detail insert, choosing the appropriate console part depending on whether you intend to build the LHD or RHD variant of the car. The decals applied to the console are identical, as are those of the floor mats and central parcel shelf stowage bin, detail painting the interior as you go. The dashboard choice requires different parts with their own instrument binnacle coaming, but uses the same decals, and three-part steering wheel with paddle shifters. The door card parts are the same for both options, swapping the decals for each side as appropriate after more detail painting. The two-part scuttle panel has holes drilled at opposite ends for Left- or Right-hand drive options, and the two wiper blades are reversed, ensuring that you remove the overflow tabs on each one before painting. Your choice of scuttle panels, door cards and dash assemblies are installed in the tub, and the purists may decide to fabricate some foot pedals if they think they’ll be seen from outside. Painting of the bodyshell is shown being completed before adding any of the detail parts, following which various trim parts, two-layer front light clusters and intake trunks are applied to the shell from the both sides, which includes the sun visors and rear-view mirror, rear window in a fairing, and a cowl that covers the dirty parts of the engine compartment. The completed cab is inserted from below, the location points noted with large red arrows on the instruction step, followed by lowering the growing assembly onto the floor tray in the next step. The rear bumper has two-layer light clusters and grilles inserted, adding twin pipes below each cluster, and a choice of square or rectangular number plates, depending on where your Corvette will live. The completed assembly is fixed to the rear of the vehicle, mirroring the number plate installation at the front whilst adding more grilles below, covering the headlights with clear lenses, and installing the windscreen from the front. An insert that is painted body colour is inserted over the rear roll-over bar, painting the verge of the rear windscreen before installing it, and adding two-part windows on both sides. The targa roof panel is also painted body colour, while the splitter under the front bumper is painted black to match many of the other trim parts such as the spoiler over the rear, and the supports for the twin door mirrors that have separate mirror parts that you’ll need to paint with your preferred chrome paint, doing the rear-view mirror at the same time. The top cover of the air intake manifold is also painted body colour, as are the wing mirror shells, adding decals to the former, and applying some decals to the right side of the engine bay during installation. Your Corvette isn’t going anywhere without wheels, which are separate pairs of different sizes, painting the rims gloss black and detailing the studs in silver. Each one has a flexible black tyre flex-fitted over the rim, applying a decal to the centre boss to complete them, gluing them into the relevant arch carefully to leave them mobile… for no reason of course, as it would be childish to brmmmm your model around your desk after completion. Markings There is only one example shown on the profiles, but you can build your ‘Vette any colour you like, but there are a number of real colours that were applicable to the 2022 variant if you intend to go for realism. Bright red appears on the profiles, and there are number plate options for several countries including Germany, Netherlands, UK, Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and of course America, with a Hawaiian plate that has a rainbow background. From the box you can build the following: Decals are by Cartograf, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin gloss carrier film cut close to the printed areas. The carbon fibre decals for the roof have a more matt carrier film however, so check your references to establish whether they’ll need a coat of gloss to finish. Conclusion A well-detailed kit of this American Muscle Car that can be seen elsewhere in the world with the appropriate steering wheel location. 1:25 isn’t too far from 1:24, so it shouldn’t put off too many buyers, as it’s an attractive car. Highly recommended. Carrera Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For further information visit or
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Revell version of the Matchbox Jagdpanther Sd.Kfz. 173. I last built one of these almost half a century ago......................... After many trials and tribulations, mainly due to being hugely out of practice, I have got the kit almost to what I aimed at from the start. Huge thanks to various Britmodellers for their input and help. The Work in Progress is at So, without further ado: Camouflage is Humbrol enamel with acrylic "mud" colours on the running gear to avoid melting the tracks. New to acrylics for a final wash I added a second coat before the effect of the first coat was clear and everything went a bit too dark. One lives and one learns, hopefully. Learnt a lot from this little exercise. 🙂 All comments and advice welcome.
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