Product Description Revell has been entertaining inspiring and
educating model builders for over 70 years Revell brand is a
testament to the popularity of detailed plastic model kits that
are affordably priced Launched in 1943 Revell initially produced
a wide range of products including train sets scale buildings and
“action pull toys” recreating some of America’s most popular
automobiles However the brand found its niche with a line of
fast-building “Highway Pioneers” plastic model car kits in the
early 1950s After their success Revell focused exclusively on
making models that were as authentic as they were enjoyable In
2007 Revell was purchased by Hobbico one of the world’s largest
distributors and retailers of model hobby products It marked the
start of an exciting new era Today Revell is committed to
creating new and exciting products for its customers Most
recently we are introducing our newest line Revell Junior Kit
which allows children as young as age 5 to assemble and
dis-assemble for hours of creative play Revell manufactures model
kits suitable for all ages We are proud to carry on the tradition
of accuracy and provide a challenging and enjoyable pastime for
all model hobby enthusiasts Safety Warning Not Appropriate for
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Review: Definitely worth the price! - Very good quality, new
style moulding technology was used, no flash, no mistakes. Very
detailed, coloured assembly handbook. Definitely worth the price.
Review: Blast from the past! - I have started building model kits
again over last year and a half. Thus far they have been larger
Revell,AMT, Polar light models. So I have now developed some
experience..I had to get Revell kits for a craft event. The
classic spitfire was one I did as a teenager, so was nice to go
back to this. For the money it is good value, given that it comes
with glue, paint in 3 colours- green, grey-blue and medium grey.
When assembled the whole thing will sit in Palm of your hand. As
minimum you will need additional black, metallic grey for
metallic components, and yellow. I would suggest Tamyia. You may
want to use a Tamyia fine grey primer on main body and wing
components. There is a need to use fine cutters, tweezers, decal
fix solution. I use bluetac to mount some components for
painting. You can paint some on the sprue, but then you will need
to touch up. The kits have some option for landing gear up or
down as well as different clear components for cockpit..however
the fit and need to remove excess flashing made it fiddly. Having
spent time painting interior cockpit,console and seat,adding
decals etc. It ended up being completely concealed! Somewhat of a
waste of time unless you leave the canopy off completely. Plus
the canopy came in 3 tiny pieces which was very fiddly to fit.
Why they couldn't do them in 2 piece, I don't know.
Unfortunately, the glue ended up melting the plastic a bit, and
this resulted in some paint run. This is very similar to my
childhood experiences with smaller scale Airfix and other Revell
kits. Something which did not happen with kits from the larger
model kits from Revell and polar lights. Paint the top area of
wings and fuselage, in the blue grey and the underneath of wings,
landing gear in the medium grey supplied. The camouflage was done
free hand using the supplied green paint. I suggest you have kind
of a plan for the pattern, based loosely on pictures and practice
on some paper or card first. This kit has very small components
so good eye sight needed and steady dextrous hands. Kind of happy
with this for the price and finished build over couple of days.
