Review: Revell's Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

[stijnbamps1]

Hi everybody,

I don't know if there are people waiting on this kit... Well, I was, and here's why: It's a Ferrari, people!!!
I had large expectations when I received this kit, and I was hooked on it when I opened the box. This must be one of the coolest Ferrari's ever made.

99 parts, a beautifully molded body with a separate hood. There's not a lot of mold lines to sand away, and they're very thin, so they will be sanded away easily.
The chassis comes in different parts, but everything is molded very well so there should be no fitting problems here. You get a good interior with it, although some people will think it's still not enough Anyways, there's always room for super detailing it.
Engine detail seems to be okay. You get a complete engine with it, plus extra's like radiators and fans.
One of the coolest things is the large brakes you get with the kit. They are huge and I'm afraid the weakpoint of the kit are the rims which are relatively small, together with the tires you get in the kit.
You already heard it, there is one downside: IMO the rims are small. Plus, they are over-chromed as well, just like the other chrome parts. But there's a workaround for this, and the chrome parts are laying in the bleach as we speak
A short conclusion: A very beautiful kit, nicely molded by Revell, with a good amount of parts. The weak point are the rims and the chrome plating.
On the overall a must-buy kit. If I would give it points it would receive a 8,5/10 on the overall.

Enough talking, here are the pics!






















Cheers'


Stijn


P.S.: The hood fits nicely on the bodywork!

[Honny]

Thanks for the review

i havent build any revell kits before..... but this one looks great !!

im gona wait till the Fujimi one comes out... i hope thats gonna be good too because their recent ferrari's have been done quite well like the F430.....

[73superduty]

The body looks fabulous! It's a shame they had to mold it in RED

It will be interesting to see the Fujimi one next to it. Let's hope the wheels are proper on it.

I've got a Revell 599 on order for myself. I really like this car and as most know, you either hate it or like it.

Chris

[deltableh]

I have one of these on order, too! Chrome looks a little think, though :-/

[Merkava]

Wow, I haven't really seen many pics of the real car, so I'm amazed at how beautiful the lines are! Revell sure captured the essential Ferrari-curves on this one. I'm sure the wheels will look alright in the end.

Thanks for the review!

[exhaust smoke]

Thanks for the review.

Eurgh... nasty chrome sprue!!!

Revell kits are good for 'filling gaps' where the others (Tamiya, Hasegawa, Aoshima or Fujimi) did not make such a model. Their kits are OK, but a little out of proportion when built. Just my

[blubaja]

It does-look like a very interesting design. I had thought the rear window was a on piece design. The um..buttresses hid that from any pics I've seen so far. But the new Calaway used the same sort of buttress design. Kit looks pretty good. Wouldn't surprise me if fujimi also molded it in red

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Looking forward to getting this and the Fujimi variant, so far both seem to only offer the pentagram wheels instead of the factory 20" optional Challenge rims Maybe Fujimi will soon offer an optional parts version w/sport seats and the Challenge rims as they did w/the F430's.

[73superduty]

Bob, I'd hope they would try to offer the wheel and tire set separately so I don't have to dish out more cash for another car. Although, I think the Sportec's wouldn't look too bad on their.
Chris

[Enzoenvy1]

That is looking good imo. I am still on the fence about the real car, but that was what I thought about the ENZO when it came out. It will grow after I research it more.

I think I will pick one of these up, thanks for the review!

[patoffspyder]

Looks like a nice kit.
Is it from Revell USA or Revell Germany?

[auw12]

Thanks a lot for the review! I was strongly expecting this kit too, just had no idea of its exactly release date. It looks really nice from revell, I think we can have a decent 599GTB after a few clean ups. Now the left thing was to order mine! Thanks!

[drunken monkey]

sigh...

when will Revell learn that no one likes their wheel system?

[stijnbamps1]

Originally Posted by patoffspyder

Looks like a nice kit.
Is it from Revell USA or Revell Germany?

It's Revell from Germany.

I want to ad something. The model is HUGE. In 1/1 the car is 466 cm. In Scale 1/24 its 19.5 cm! It has the correct size, but what a huge car!

[CADguy]

Thanks for the review. I canceled my order for the Fujimi version when this was announced in hopes that it would be a nice kit. I'm glad I did now.