george 53 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Guys, is revels Miata an ACTUAL 25th scale kit, or is it a rerelease of their old Airfix/Revell kit? I was talking to one of our brothers who lives in Ireland, and he matched it up with the Tamiya kit and they looked the exact same!So I was just wondering if they were accurate on their scale? Any help would be GREATLY appericiated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It's not Airfix George, it's Revell. It's a rare kit, but George's new release seems identical. Says 1/24 on my box, the new repop says 1/25. Here's a couple of pics comparing the wheelbase, the Tamiya i1/24 is the silver one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 The Tamiya body is much better, but the Revell is the only full kit.Can anyone shed some light on this, they never tooled up a brand new one when they had this in the company stash surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Kourouklis Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 This is a reissue of a kit first offered by Revell US around 1992-93. It was originally billed as a 1/24 kit, as you can see on the box cover: Molded in red plastic originally. Its tires facilitated an avalanche of Revell low rider kits soon thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 So it IS a 24th scale kit then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Looks like it George, I wonder why they put 1/25 on the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Looks like it George, I wonder why they put 1/25 on the box.I suspect because 1/25 sells better in North America. I remember them in the discount bin at the local Zellers dept. store for 5 bucks a peice. ,,, and hard to get rid of at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I mashed up a Revell kit and the Tamiya kit. I swapped the engine bay into the Tamiya kit and it is a bit smaller. I would say this kit is definitely 1/25th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I mashed up a Revell kit and the Tamiya kit. I swapped the engine bay into the Tamiya kit and it is a bit smaller. I would say this kit is definitely 1/25th That is one of the projects on my list. I like the Tamiya body proportions (and the taillight lenses) better than Revell's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Do either of the kits have the cute pop up lights as a building option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 hours ago, CabDriver said: Do either of the kits have the cute pop up lights as a building option? Nope. But you can get resin HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On 3/3/2018 at 4:39 AM, Erik Smith said: Nope. But you can get resin HERE Ohh, too cool! Thanks Eric!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I built one of these a long time ago. I know the 5.0 from AMT's 1995 Ford F150 or Mustang fits in this without a lot of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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