Revell
ALL-IN-ONE HOBBY WORKBENCH
Although not the first modelling company to release a workstation, Revell’s new offering will be a popular addition to many modellers’ equipment sets.
VINTAGE SCENIC MILITARY
Long-in-the-tooth modellers will recognise Matchbox’s old 1/76 toolings in these new Revell First Diorama products. That’s no bad thing, says CHRIS CLIFFORD.
NEXT-GEN TRAINER
Revell’s re-boxing of Kinetic’s large-scale Hawk 100 as the RAF’s T.2 variant also serves to provide fresh markings options.
TURKISH TIGER
EXPANDED CONTENT: Having appeared in numerous guises since its 2000 release, this is the first of Revell’s 1/72 F-16s to depict the -D two-seat variant and continues a rich theme of the firm’s Tigermeet-liveried jets. We've now updated this review with parts photos and a decal sheet image.
AMPHIBIOUS ATTACK
While Soviet/Russian armour is popular with modellers and manufacturers, types operated by the Naval Infantry appear less so, and Revell’s re-boxing of the Toxso 1/72 kit is just the fourth offering in this scale.
REUSABLE ORBITER
Revell has marked the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle’s first manned flight with reissues of its kit depictions of the type, including this 1/144 offering with external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters, crawler-transporter base and Spacelab unit.
SPACE PLANE ANNIVERSARY
Its not that often a kit is arguably older than its subject, but that’s the case with Revell’s big shuttle orbiter, which was first released two years prior to Columbia’s 1981 flight.
COLOSSAL CLASH
Released to commemorate 80 years since the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941, Revell’s limited-edition two-kit package is a slightly strange proposition due to the use of two different scales to depict HMS Hood and Bismarck.
A NEW CLASS OF SHIP
Zvezda’s excellent HMS Dreadnought returns in Revell packaging and is unchanged from the initial release, with six styrene runners and a two-piece ‘seabed-type’ stand.
CLASSIC BUS
Having started with the VW T1 Samba and subsequently released cargo and Kombi versions, Revell has come full circle with the original T1 Microbus, recognisable via its 11-window configuration.