cmatthewbacon Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 ...anyone know if this is a new tool to Revell's latest standards, or a re-issue of some real oldie? If it's new, I'd rather like one, for reasons of nostalgia... bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 If you mean this one: http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=RV4220 it's pretty old but I'm sure I've read it's a nice kit. As far as I know the only mainstream 1/144 Caravelle is the Airfix kit. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin @ Freightdog Models Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Its 1/100 not 1/144, pretty old but a very nice kit. I have an old one in the loft Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Its 1/100 not 1/144, pretty old but a very nice kit. I have an old one in the loftColin If it's 1/100, does that mean it's a re-box of the old Heller kit? bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 No, Revell had their own kit in the old Revell GB catalogue for years. This reissue is going for £6.99, whereas the Heller kit come in at £14.99. I'm sure the Heller kit has quite a bit of interior detail. http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=HE80432 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad's lad Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the confusion over the scale is because Hannant's newsletter listed it as 1/144. I only suspect this as I went and had a look myself and then checked Revell's website to see if it was new and noticed the scale there. And YES I can SEE it says 1/100 on the box - it didn't register as I was excited at the prospect of a new mould Caravelle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) Didn't FROG and Plasticart/Playfix also do the Caravelle in the larger 1.96/1.100 scale? Since Revell has issued some of the old FROG toolings (Vixen, Gannet, Skua, Shackleton etc) would this also be one of them? Edited August 6, 2007 by BAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Bradshaw Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I think your right. I have this kit in the attic, and mine is a Novo copy of the original Frog Caravelle...it measures out close to 1/96 scale (they also made a Comet 4 to the same scale - I converted mine into a Nimrod MR.2 back in 1982, then someone nicked it! ). Cheers Derek Didn't FROG and Plasticart/Playfix also do the Caravelle in the larger 1.96/1.100 scale? Since Revell has issued some of the old FROG toolings (Vixen, Gannet, Skua, Shackleton etc) would this also be one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I'm not a airliner builder, however, the Caravelle is IMHO one of the most beautiful and elegant machines ever to take to the air and in 1:100 would be quite a sizeable model when built. I saw that this had come-out and guessed it was an older kit - the price kind-of gives it away. If anybody has built this in the past can they PM let me know if there's any particualr issues I need to be aware of. ALSO Does anybody know if there are any alternative decals available for this kit ??? Thanks Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I'm not a airliner builder, however, the Caravelle is IMHO one of the most beautiful and elegant machines ever to take to the air and in 1:100 would be quite a sizeable model when built. I saw that this had come-out and guessed it was an older kit - the price kind-of gives it away. If anybody has built this in the past can they PM let me know if there's any particualr issues I need to be aware of.ALSO Does anybody know if there are any alternative decals available for this kit ??? Thanks Ian Hi Ian, I've not built the kit (haven't even bought it to be honest!), but there's been a fair bit of chat about it on the yahoo airlinermodel group recently. I also have to admit to not taking too much notice as I only build airliners in 144 & 200 scale. So I did a quick search, & the conclusion on there seems to be - ".. it actually had recessed panel lines and recessed rivets from it's inception. A pretty good kit actually for its time, still is, although the engines are not quite accurate and need some work." I didn't come across any build review other than someones memory of building it when it first came out (in 1961!!), who recalled he stuck the 'nose cone' on off centre, & this apparently is the trickiest bit of the kit! I'm assuming (though may well be wrong as I often am!) that these decals are for the Revell kit (??) ; http://www.twosixdecals.co.uk/epages/twosi...Products/100-22 hth keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Great Keef, thanx for the help. Did a half-hour on airliners.net and found great pics of Swissair (and others) Caravelles. Beautiful shiny, almost chrome NMF. Think I'll defer on it for a while, just had an altercation with a Tamiya P-47, my Aztek and some Alclad 'polished aluminium'.... not in the mood for another NMF project just yet ! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 just had an altercation with a Tamiya P-47, Ian Ouch!! You don't want to pick on them, they're big brutes....!!! Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Confusion reigns... The old Revell kit is 1/96 scale. I believe Heller's was 1/100, and Airfix's was 1/144. The Revell kit is, for its age, quite nice. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 There will be another Caravelle kit reissued this year - the long forgotten Lindbergh 1/100th(I think?) kit with one transparent fuselage will be reissued by Glencoe later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbinder99 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 The Heller Caravelle (the 1/100 one) has zero interior detail but overall looks like a nice enough model. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The Glencoe/Lindberg kit is 1/96th. Linky http://modelstories.free.fr/news/News2008_GLEN_P/index.html HTH Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) 1/100 scale would be typical for VEB Plastikart and I think they actually had a Caravelle in their range. I believe Revell are in possession of many old VEB molds. This might be one of them. http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/History.../Caravelle4.jpg I haven't seen inside the Revell box to know if it is the old VEB kit, so I'm completely read yto be wrong about this. Edited March 15, 2008 by upnorth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 1/100 scale would be typical for VEB Plastikart and I think they actually had a Caravelle in their range. I believe Revell are in possession of many old VEB molds. This might be one of them.http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/History.../Caravelle4.jpg I haven't seen inside the Revell box to know if it is the old VEB kit, so I'm completely read yto be wrong about this. Sorry, you are wrong as the Revell and VEB moulds are not the same. Both companies made their own moulds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) You could always be masochistic and make the Mach 2 offerering in 1/72. Comes with an interior and choice of 4 or 5 liveries. Edited March 15, 2008 by bentwaters81tfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 whats up with the mach-2 as Im thinking of getting one???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Have a look here. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=143400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 whats up with the mach-2 as Im thinking of getting one???? I have the Mach 2 Caravelle, the problem with the kit is that it is a Mach 2 kit meaning, It will need a lot of work and the glazed cockpit looks like an icecube, but saying all that if you are patient enough it can build into a nice kit, luckily I bought mine on ebay for £30 rather than the higher price through Hannats, I also have the Mach 2 Vickers Viscount (I must be mad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 whats up with the mach-2 as Im thinking of getting one???? Aside from the fact that either the windscreen sits too low and/or the cabin windows sit too high, it's fairly nice. The above makes it impossible to apply a cheatline to the fuselage the way a cheatline lays on a real Caravelle, since you end up needing to give the cheatline an S to make it fit both cabin and cockpit windows. On a real Caravelle it runs perfectly straight. Oops... I did SAS decals for it and didn't run into the cheatline problem because the old Viking long boat scheme's cheatline doesn't go all the way to the nose. When I started working on United decals for it is when I ran across the problem (and stopped dead in my tracks). J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 ...anyone know if this is a new tool to Revell's latest standards, or a re-issue of some real oldie?If it's new, I'd rather like one, for reasons of nostalgia... bestest, M. Cockpit and forward fuselage of a DH Comet isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Cockpit and forward fuselage of a DH Comet isn't it? Definitely the cockpit but not much of the forward fuselage IIRC. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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