Revell (Revell of Germany and Monogram)

[GTX]

Stewardess that will cater for all your needs,

All your needs...hmmm?

regards,

Greg

[ChernayaAkula]

REVELL NEWS for 2009!

The fine folks over at Modellversium.de have posted a list of Revell news! CLICKY!

Some great stuff! 

New tool 1/72 Super Hornet, new tool 1/32 Eurofighter Typhoon, new tool 1/144 Boeing Dreamliner, comeback of the PB4 Y-2 Privateer, new 1/72 8,8cm Flak 36 w/ Sd.Ah. 202, new Sd.Kfz. 251/1 w/ Wurfrahmen 40 "Stuka on foot", new 1/72 MAN 10t truck, 1/35 Raketenjadpanzer Jaguar 

Neue Form = new mould
Decalvariate = new decals
Kooperation = repop of other manufacturer's tool
Wiederauflage = repop
Konversion = conversion of existing tool

[Scooterman]

PB4Y-2!!!!  YAA-HOO!!!!!

Been wanting to do a Russian Lend/Lease bird for awhile!

[Green Dragon]

I'll be getting a Privateer, Buckeye and a couple of Do228s (and the Rotodyne of course!).

Paul Harrison

[Spey_Phantom]

ive been dreaming of building a Belgian Buckeye 
and that UC-64 would look fantastic on the shelf.

1/144 Schnellboot "Gepard"  , im not a ship builder, but i have got to get 2 of those
(1 leutonian Navy and 1 Belgian Navy with a Helipad  )

and most of all, i have got to get my hands ona rotodyne, maybe made up in a UK special forces version, like the  Chinook HC.3

looks like 2009 will be a good year for whiffing 

[NARSES2]

PB4Y-2!!!!  YAA-HOO!!!!!

Concur with that remark

[Aircav]

The G.T.S. Finnjet looks like its got possibilities 

[Spey_Phantom]

The G.T.S. Finnjet looks like its got possibilities 

yes, another ship to become a whiff 1/144 small LHD 
would look great to presented with some NH90, UH-60 or AH-64's on deck 

[nev]

Hurrah for the 1/32 Typhoon!  6 months after they said they wouldn't do one (probably because of the Trumpeter one pending), they announce they will (because it will be cheaper and more accurate than the uber-expensive Trumpeter offering which with just a cursory glance has obvious things wrong)

[PR19_Kit]

Presumably the Privateer is the ex-Matchbox one?

And the Dreamliner fills me enthusiasm, not..........! Boeing will probably modify it during flight test and we'd all have to update our built models.

[pyro-manic]

The 1:700 Colombo Express could be an interesting one - aircraft carrier conversion anyone?

[Jeffry Fontaine]

1/144 Schnellboot "Gepard"  , im not a ship builder, but i have got to get 2 of those

Good to see that Revell of Germany has seen fit to offer that kit once again.  It would be nice if they could offer both versions of that model at the same time. 

[Hobbes]

The 1:700 Colombo Express could be an interesting one - aircraft carrier conversion anyone?

You may want to move the superstructure, but that shouldn't be too hard.
A SCADS carrier would be a fun build.

[ChernayaAkula]

^ A mercenary carrier!  Some Freestyles or Harriers, some attack choppers, some transports choppers and a couple of AFVs -  perfect for ruining your average tin-pot dictator's day!

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Michael Benolkin from CyberModeler has dredged up a classic Monogram kit from the past in the form of the venerable B-52D Stratofortress as sold under the "Big, Bad, and Beautiful" promotion. 


(image source: CyberModeler)

The Monogram B-52D has changed very little over the years from the original kit that was sold with an electric motor to replicate jet engine noise.  Sadly that gimmick fell out of favor years ago and aside from the special version with the X-15, most of the B-52D kits have all come with the wing pylons full of bombs and a plug for the bomb bay suggesting many more of the same carried internally. 

I have this kit in protective custody and one of the first things I did was acquire several 1/72nd scale Hasegawa Weapons sets for the general purpose bombs and the multiple ejector racks.  It takes a bit of careful cutting but you can successfully remove the kit MER shapes from the stores pylons and replace them with the Hasegawa parts to improve on the details.