New Revell A.G. announcementes!

Revell A.G has announced some new models and some rereleases on their website.
These are :
Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano
http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/cars/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=1&page=1&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=581598e67a7f8c355ff1c176aff8cde1&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=5&cmd=show&ARARTN=07310&sp=1
Ferrari 308 GTB
http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/cars/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=1&page=1&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=e3ec84a658667ef6f450b3240cb588fd&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=7&cmd=show&ARARTN=07316&sp=1
Fiat 131 Abarth "Walter Rohrl"
http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/cars/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=1&page=1&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=e3ec84a658667ef6f450b3240cb588fd&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=6&cmd=show&ARARTN=07311&sp=1
BMW 635 CSi
http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/cars/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=1&page=2&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=e3ec84a658667ef6f450b3240cb588fd&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=9&cmd=show&ARARTN=07377&sp=1

For more details go to : http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/cars/?id=207&L=1&KOSCHL=04&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&KGSCHL=01&nc=1

Fiat 131 Abarth "Walter Rohrl"

Old Esci? Same model that Italeri has but different decals?

They've also re-released the '59 Fairlane Skyliner, with the working hardtop :smokin: :grinyes:

They've also re-released the '59 Fairlane Skyliner, with the working hardtop :smokin: :grinyes:

thats a great old kit. buy a word of caution to anyone who's gonna build one. its a multi-piece body. and is very complicated to put together. on the plus side. the kit will include stock wheel covers for the first time since the original issue

anyone else more interested in the 308 than the 599 or is it just me?

i'm hoping it's either a new full detail tooling or at the very least a re-issue of the 70s kit.
maybe there's hope for the 365 boxer getting a re-issue soon too!

thats a great old kit. buy a word of caution to anyone who's gonna build one. its a multi-piece body. and is very complicated to put together. on the plus side. the kit will include stock wheel covers for the first time since the original issue

Many thanks for the info! :)

WOW...finally the BMW E24 M635CSi gets rereleased!!!
The 308 is nice too...I like the 80's-90's Ferraris better than the new ones :-)

wow! the ferraris look ace. just one problem, whats skill level nine? all my revell kits have scales from 1 to 5, but no hint of nine.:uhoh:

wow! the ferraris look ace. just one problem, whats skill level nine? all my revell kits have scales from 1 to 5, but no hint of nine.:uhoh:

Don't let the number fool you; Revell AG does this all the time with future issue kits. I remember the 612 and Superamerica being listed as "9" before they came out, and they're "3" now.

Don't let the number fool you; Revell AG does this all the time with future issue kits. I remember the 612 and Superamerica being listed as "9" before they came out, and they're "3" now.

If you want to build them right now, you'll have to know how to operate the injection-molding machines yourself. Advanced modelers only.







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Corrado corrado corrado? Dam! Where oh where are the VW kits!!!>:O Thanks for the news otherwise:)

anyone else more interested in the 308 than the 599 or is it just me?

I'm hoping it's either a new full detail tooling or at the very least a re-issue of the 70s kit.
maybe there's hope for the 365 boxer getting a re-issue soon too!
I never expected to hear myself saying this but I hope it isnt the revell full detail kit. I mean that 70ies tool that was later released as the "Magnum PI's " car . Those car proportions are awful for a 308. It looks as though it has been squashed like a bug! I would much prefer the Monogram tool even though its a curbside.

A funny thing crossed my mind however .It looks as if somebody in Germany has been closely following allthe Fujimi Ferrari announcements/releases since January as they seem to be coming up with the same stuff. First the 430 coupe, then the spider, then the Superamerica and now the 308....Weird :screwy:

I cannot wait for those to arrive! Especially the Bmw :cool:

I never expected to hear myself saying this but I hope it isnt the revell full detail kit. I mean that 70ies tool that was later released as the "Magnum PI's " car . Those car proportions are awful for a 308. It looks as though it has been squashed like a bug! I would much prefer the Monogram tool even though its a curbside.

A funny thing crossed my mind however .It looks as if somebody in Germany has been closely following allthe Fujimi Ferrari announcements/releases since January as they seem to be coming up with the same stuff. First the 430 coupe, then the spider, then the Superamerica and now the 308....Weird :screwy:

Ditto on the full-detail 308; shape is terrible and the rest isn't so great either.

Don't forget the 599 GTB Fiorano; Fujimi hasn't officially announced it, but they showed a preliminary solid mockup of a 599 in 1/24 scale at Shizuoka in May (they also showed a Porsche Cayman in 1/24). Usually we see these kinds of things about 6 months or so before the kit is available. So we may have two different 599's available before the end of the year.

actually, i'm of the mind that the "squashed" revell 308 is more accurate in shape than the monogram tool.
if you compare both to a hasegawa 328, you'll see that neither revell or monogram is identical to it but the monogram is a little too exaggerated compared to the revell.
sure the revell 308 kit is typical 80s quality but i think it is still the better kit.

actually, i'm of the mind that the "squashed" revell 308 is more accurate in shape than the monogram tool.
if you compare both to a hasegawa 328, you'll see that neither revell or monogram is identical to it but the monogram is a little too exaggerated compared to the revell.
sure the revell 308 kit is typical 80s quality but i think it is still the better kit.

Perhaps to your eyes, but not mine. I go by memories of what 308's look like, since seeing/drooling over them starting in the late 70's. I also go by what I see in pictures. I have compared and owned all the various models, built the Hasegawa and Monogram kits, the Hasegawa's has it's own inaccuracies. None of them are perfect, but to my eyes Monogram got the best overall shape. If the decklid/spoiler area weren't so flat, and if the taillights were slightly larger in diameter and mounted further outboard, it would be as close to perfection as possible. The Revell kit looks, to my eyes, like someone guessed it's shape.

I'd build a hundred more of these before building one of the old Revell versions:

http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/1/10258/17860/3081-vi.jpg
http://images17.fotki.com/v8/photos/1/10258/17860/3082-vi.jpg
http://images17.fotki.com/v8/photos/1/10258/17860/3083-vi.jpg
Oh, it does have the Revell tires :icon16: so it was good for something :lol:

Well, if you go by the fact that Revell AG's announced the GTB, and that the Magnum car was a GTS, then it's more likely that it will indeed be ye olde Monogram kit, no?

Here's to hoping, because with all due respect, the old Monogram car is obviously closer in accuracy, if not as detailed in design.

to be honest... i have a certain fondness for the old revell kit as that was one of the very first things i ever built.
it's just that something about the monogram kit struck me as being slightly charicature in appearance. Not having been that close to any 308 i can't say that I am not wrong, just stating my preference for the revell kit.

incidentally, the revell car did come in a 308gtb kit that formed part of a series that included the maserati bora, ferrari 365 gt4/bb and lancia stratos, all with opening hatches and engines (albeit in typical 70s lack of detail...)
I do remember the bora in particular being a bit economical with accuracy.

Of course, in making the previous post, I'd forgotten about this guy:

http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/c6/d7/8c_1.JPG

- but then, this shot kind of reinforces how much better Monogram's version is, huh?

Of course, in making the previous post, I'd forgotten about this guy:

http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/c6/d7/8c_1.JPG

- but then, this shot kind of reinforces how much better Monogram's version is, huh?

Yep! I think they retooled it to the Magnum GTS. If it were shaped accurately it would be pretty darned okay, but here's hoping it's the Monogram kit...or perhaps an all-new one w/today's level of fidelity and detail. Okay, I know I'm dreaming :rofl:

One of the first things I got to do in the year 2000 was drive a 1980 308GTS. Honestly, the AOD 5.0 LX I had at the time would have blown it into the weeds - but I just didn't care.

If you're over 6', you don't get into the car so much as put it on, and yep, that Momo wheel rakes away as if you're driving a bus. But the gearbox wasn't near as difficult as all the auto journalist lore would have you believe, and its newly replaced clutch was the sweetest and most forgiving I've ever driven, bar none; double-clutching on downshifts was absolutely delightful. And the engine, while not overly strong, was positively melodic. The steering was also very nice and communicative, particularly as speed mounted.

And after the drive, I spent an hour in the parking lot just poring over it. It had stone chips and missing interior bits, but it was positively bewitching, erotic even, to caress with your eyes.

Driving that car was a thrill matched only by my brief stints in a '91 C4 6-speed 'Vette, and in an '06 C6 6-speed auto. Even the twin-turbo '92 300ZX I got to taste in late-summer '91 fell a bit short by comparison, and much as I love my own 6-speed LS1 in a straight line - and as handily as it dispatched a pristine black 328 that thought to cut me off from the right turning lane - that old 308 was far more tactile and engaging all-around.

A quick and easy comparison is to copy Bob's rear-3/4 pic and the Revell AG shot to a text file and size the two pictures to match. You'll see that while the Monogram car doesn't entirely nail the beltline/front fender sweep from the rear to the front, it's still closer than the too-flat progression in the Revell car. (Actually, iIrc, Fujimi's 1/24 288 GTO seems to capture this sweep best, even though it's not strictly a 308/328).

Both models are too curved in the drip moldings, lacking the straight-line kink over the rear side windows, but the Monogram car is much closer in actual greenhouse proportions. The Revell roof is too low, lending to that "squashed" aspect Bob was talking about, and there seems to be an exaggerated "teardrop" pinch to those rear side windows in the Revell kit.

Not that I'd be unhappy to see the old Revell kit again - just think I'd be happi-er with the Monogram tooling. I'd be far happier still with a new-tool 308 - but yeah, Zoomie, don't think I'll hold my breath either on that one.