Good buy or not?

[danowat]

Was in a local store the other day, and noticed they had a pack of 3 Revell Ferraris, the Enzo, the F50 and the 360 Modena with paints/glue and other bits and bobs for £25.
On the face of it, it didnt look a bad deal, I dont have any Ferrari's, so is it a decent deal?, also are the Revell models of these any good?.

Cheers

Dan,

[winstona]

I have seen these "Value Packs" here in North America. They retail for around $20 at Walmart. But I have never seen one with only Feraris in them. Otherwise I would have bought it...

I have a Revell Enzo kit unbuilt. I think for the price it is a very good deal with lots of parts. The detail is not as good as Tamiya's. However, it still has the engine detail. The one thing it doesn't have is the CF decals. But if you are a hardcore modeller, you wouldn't mind doing your own CF details I suppose?

I can't comment on the other ones as I don't own any of them.

Winston

[Mogster]

Originally Posted by winstona

....I think for the price it is a very good deal with lots of parts. The detail is not as good as Tamiya's. However, it still has the engine detail....

Same goes for the F50 and 360.

[danowat]

Thats cool then, I assume they have engine detail?, I think I might grab them after xmas.

Cheers

Dan.

[ales]

In my personal opinion the Revell F50 and 360 kits are useless and a waste of time and money (especially the F50) unless you really know waht you're doing and are into masochism. The Enzo is a good kit (again, IMO)

[Ferrari TR]

For the money I'd buy one Tamiya Ferrari.
you'll simply have a better building experence and have a nicer model on the shelf when you finish.

[blubaja]

I dunno how much £25 is, in USD. But it seems like a good deal to me.

[danowat]

Now I am not sure........LOL, £25 is somewhere around $50 I guess, but dont forget everything is more expensive in the UK.

Dan.

[blubaja]

Oh...heh...$50 in US for 3 Revell kits...no..$50 for 3 Revell AG kits, yes. I know.same kits. But the Revell AG kits are harder to come by(to me).

[danowat]

Ok, forgive my ignorance, but whats the diff between Revell and Revell AG kits?.

Dan.

[ales]

The box.

[pre98zetec]

I built a revell 360 once.. Dunno about you guy's but I thought it was a wonderfull kit, went together perfect..

[Mogster]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

I built a revell 360 once.. Dunno about you guy's but I thought it was a wonderfull kit, went together perfect..

I agree. I've built both the Tamiya and Revell 360's. OK, so the Tamiya kit is better, but the Revell kit is very good. You get what you pay for, but you'll be lucky to find the Tamiya 360 on its own for £25.

Pic below shows both kits. The yellow one at the back is the Revell kit.