Revell Ferrari 458

[AmazonSprite]

There's some pics of the 458 now up on Revell's web site. Click where it says 360 view

[Entau]

looks good, rim look a bit small though wonder if the rear engine cover can be open

[youngkia1]

Great one i like it. i saw one of this in car show dubai. Really looks great.

[BVC500]

Fujimi's wheels are sexier. Revell's wheels look too small, they are still nasty two-piece design, and the tires too big. Revell kits have improved dramatically, but wish it would invest in some better wheel-making technology.

[ales]

I hate the brakes. I don't like the wheels and tyres much but I really hate those brakes. Revell keep doing the same crap with the unsprung parts every bloody time, and on a car like this with 5 thin spokes on the wheels and the brake discs highly visible it's just ugly.

That said, everything else looks rather positive! The mesh areas at the rear are really distinct so chances are they will be given as separate parts. From what I can see this I will have to buy the kit.

[willimo]

I don't know why, but Revell's kits almost always end up looking like toys to me. It's weird, they just don't seem to really look as much as cars-in-miniature as they look like miniatures of cars.

[drunken monkey]

I think it's down to their generally too soft detailing.
in certain areas like body panel creases need to be extra sharp because they are scaled down but more often than not, they're too soft and rounded which, when painted only makes it worse unless you lay super thin coats of perfect paint.
It's the same for their engines.
It's a shame because in some areas, they are great kits i.e their window fit method of late, but in some, they get it so wrong.

[MidMazar]

I also think that revell needs to change up the brakes and wheels. But apart from that they have been getting a tiny bit easier to build. I really think it depends on who in the company engineers the kit. For instance the r8 is a new kit, but the engineering beind it

[BVC500]

Yeah, I think Revell didn't do the R8 justice. Would love to have seen a Tamiya version. I do think that with clean building and attention to detail, Revell kits do come out well. They just take more effort than a Fujimi or Tamiya.

[indy_231]

I'm glad I bought the Fujimi one

It might have less parts, the seats being moulded to the floor of the interior may be annoying, but once completed it is so much better looking and realistic compared to the Revell one.


I had Revell boxes, they open to the side so you can't store parts in them whilst your building and you have to empty the whole box just to get what you want, and I hate the wheel design and the disgusting chrome they use!


I only ever buy Revell kits if that particular model isn't made by the big three (Aoshima, Tamiya, Fujimi).

[cjsbosox]

What will be the US price. because I know I am not dropping 70 US dollars for the fujimi. I rather save and get the re-released fine molds millenium falcon

Than being said, if I build a 458 it will be this one. Unless somethimg worth the money comes before that. This would be like 5th in my current list, maybe....

[mattbacon]

I'm sorry... where are you guys getting this level of detailed criticism from? Are there sprue shots there that I haven't found yet? I can't see anything in those pictures that makes me think that this will be anything other than a good-looking model when built up. Personally, I didn't have any problems with building the R8, and I thought the California was excellent. Even if the the wheels ARE two piece and the discs and callipers moulded in one (and until I see the kit or some sprue shots, who knows?), I little bit of careful assembly and painting will solve that "problem".

I get a little bit bored with people slagging off kits or manufacturers on the basis of a few pictures on the internet. Recently, IPMS Deutschland posted some pictures of built, unpainted test shots of the new Revell 1/72 B-17 (which will sell for £17, not the £50 or so of a Hasegawa B-24) and the experts started straight in complaining about overdone panel lines etc. Now there's a properly finished, painted one on Hyperscale, and it looks just plain superb.

I've found that the "pre-production" model shots that Revell uses on its boxes often don't do full justice to what CAN be done with the kit inside - I think the guys who make them are under a lot of time pressure.

So, let's wait and see how much it costs, how well it builds, and what a good job the guys on this forum can make of it before we start writing off the kit or the company, eh?

bestest,
M.

[ales]

mattbacon,

I cat speak only of myself, but my criticism of the brakes is not about the discs and calipers being cast as one part. Just look at the discs. Look at what is supposed to represent drilled holes. Do they look anything like the real car to you? They look to be basically the same as in the Revell Superamerica kit, and in that very humble opinion of mine they look horrible. Usually their calipers are much too shallow as well, but that remains to be confirmed once we have the kit in our hands. Compare what you can see from the 360 deg. view to any of the brake parts in recent Fujimi Ferrari kits (starting with the F430 where discs and calipers are also one part) and you'll see that it's hard for modellers to accept something that we know can be done much much better. Hell, Revell has actually made kits where this area is done much better.

I have bought all of the Ferrari kits that Revell has issued over the last few years and without a doubt the California is very very good. I also like the way they engineer the attachment of the clear parts. However the Revell F430 and 599 kits that I have will more than likely never get built because it's just too much hassle to try to fix things that are inaccurate or that look wrong.

[Entau]

Don't think i need to label which is revell and which is fujimi, it is obvious which had the better wheel and brake

[mattbacon]

Revell: £18.99; Fujimi £46.99

IF the Revell parts IN THE KIT (not in a photo of a prototype model on the internet) really bug you, then that £30 difference buys a lot of photo-etch...

bestest,
M.