2014 Raptor

Metalbeast · February 28, 2020

Hello everyone! First I need to apologize for my photos. I'm an averae modeler and a below average photographer! I'm getting settled into new digs and taking photos of my interesting kits as I come across them. This is my most recent completed model. This was built five or six years ago when the Revell Ford Raptor first came out. So yeah, it's been a while! When the Raptor came out I was hoping for a kit of one. I wasn't holding out hope. I always thought it was weird that in 1997 all the kit manufacturers were tripping over each other to put out kits of the new F150 and the modern pickup truck kits seemed to dry up after that. But anyway. All I remember is that I didn't care for any of the factory colors, so I went with the loudest shade of green I could find. Turned out that was Duplicolor Grabber Green engine enamel. It ended up looing more like Mopar sublime to me but I like it. If I had lots of money and no brains I'd totally buy a brand new Raptor and get it repainted some crazy color. Unfortunately I'm short on the 'lots of money' part. The other part I have in spades! The stickers instead of decals were a letdown but they look good enough on the model I suppose. I really don't understand why Revell does that because the rest of the kit is pretty good even if it is snap together. On the day I bought this kit I bought another with the plan to make one into a standard F150 but so far that other kit is still in its original shrink wrap. I'm no master at bodywork so that one may never get done. The fact it has no engine is fine with me. It looks just as good sitting on a shelf with or without one. It's not perfect. None of my models are. But I'm pleased with how it came out and that's what matters.