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1:24 Revell Blower Bentley


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I noticed this in the LHS last week:

http://www.revell.de/en/products/model-building/ca...

I'm pretty sure it's a re-boxing of the Heller/Humbrol kit, which I built a long time ago as the Humbrol boxing. For anyone interested in these cars, it's a very good model, especially if the £16 price from some online shops is correct. Not over-complicated, plenty of detail and IIRC the mouldings were very sharp.

The only things needed to improve it are real wire wheels, but the kit ones on mine weren't a disaster.

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Spokes shouldnt be to much of a prob, looking at work in progress there seems do be someone there who enjoys re doing them!! :shutup:

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Can I ask, if given a choice do you build this one or the larger scale Airfix one ?

There's little to choose between them on detail or accuracy. Depends if you want a big impressive beastie or a small impressive beastie... (and on your budget)

These two are the big Airfix:

high-front.jpg

rear-left.jpg

And these two are the 1/24 Heller/Revell kit:

from-front.jpg

from-back.jpg

The smaller kit was built by my then 11 year old daughter, and I think she did a pretty good job!

bestest,M

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Im going to get the Revell version tomorrow and hope one day to find some decent wheels for it. I built my original Humbrol version when I was a kid and it still looked like a Bentley so it must be a good kit!

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Hi M

Both cars are fantastic, I have a shed load of aircraft to finish but now want to build the Bentley.

Please tell me you daughter still builds kits as she obviously has a real talent, you must be a very proud dad !

Cheers Pat

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These might do for the K3:

http://www.penelopepitlane.co.uk/vmchk/wheels-tyres/23-vintage-spoked-wheel-inserts.html

More sets here, if you don't like the look of those:

http://www.penelopepitlane.co.uk/vmchk/wheels.html

And you could ask SE Finecast if they would sell you a set of their 1/24 Bentley wheels separately -- they seem to do it for many of their other kits:

http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Car_Kits___Scale_1_24.html

http://www.sefinecast.co.uk/PriceList.pdf

bestest,

M.

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