Foose - Revell Partnership

[bigbluesd]

Just got this in my email....

Revell Partners with Custom Car Designer Chip Foose for
6 New Model Car Kits
Series Will Include 2 Exclusive Foose Car Designs with All New Tooling

Custom car designer and TV personality Chip Foose and Revell VP and GM Lou Aguilera shake hands after signing a 3-year, six vehicle license agreement. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL (May 19, 2015) – The world’s largest scale plastic model kit manufacturer RevellInc. today announced an exclusive three-year licensing agreement with acclaimed custom car designerChip Foose that will add six new model car kits to its existing Foose collection. Two will replicate Foose’s real-world car designs, complete with original tooling, for the first time ever in the scale plastic model marketplace. The other four will be re-issues of earlier Revell model kits that will be Foose-ified with Chip’s personal design modifications.

Revell’s first ever pre-decorated model glue kits featuring Foose designs, the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette C7 and Dodge Challenger SRT8, will be released in Q4 2015. They will feature Foose-created paint schemes, wheel designs and special Foose renderings used only on the Revell box art.

The two exclusive Foose cars will be selected by Foose fans and Foose himself from a list of six Foose masterpieces: his 1934 Ford Mercury-inspired “Stallion”, 1935 “Grand Master” Chevy Master Sedan, 1936 “Impression” Ford based roadster, 1965 “Impostor” Impala, 1956 Ford F100 pickup and Hemisfear custom supercar coupe. Collectively, the six candidates have won six major industry awards, including the prestigious Detroit Autorama Ridler award and America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) award. Voting will open on the Revell and Foose social media sites in June 2015.

The series will include full glue and paint model kits as well as Revell’s first Foose pre-decorated glue kits. It will be released over a three-year period.

“Chip Foose is an icon in the custom car world and admired by every car enthusiast, including our customers. Being able to work on his cars through our kits gives builders an up close look at the details of Chip’s designs,” said Lou Aguilera, Revell VP and General Manager. “Our new Foose kits will give both the casual model builder and hard-core enthusiast more opportunities to do that, ‘own’ their own Chip Foose cars, and have the thrill of ‘building’ them just as Chip does with his full-scale, one-of-a-kind vehicles.”

“I grew up making models, and it put me on the path to being a car designer,” Foose said. “Partnering with Revell lets me share the pleasure of both model building and custom car design with others, including people who have seen my work at car shows or on TV programs like Overhaulin’. Revell’s model kits make it possible for anyone to literally get their hands on the one of my car designs.”

About Revell Inc.
Revell has been a worldwide leader in scale plastic model kits since 1945. Today, Revell offers more than 7,000 different accurately detailed cars, trucks, ships, aircraft, spacecraft and more scale plastic model kits. The company is a subsidiary of Hobbico, Inc. one of the largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of radio control and model hobby products in the world. For more information, visit www.revell.com.

About Chip Foose and Foose Design
Chip Foose is the creative head and driving force behind Foose Design, an automotive and product development company specializing in illustrations, graphics, fabrication and the complete construction of automobiles and automotive related products. Founded in 1998, Foose Design products and creative services are available to individuals, TV and film companies and automotive manufacturers. For more information, visit www.chipfoose.com.

[Matt T.]

1956 Ford F100 pickup

Heck yeah.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Look at the Grand Master!

And this is the Impostor, on a Corvette frame!

I was never impressed with the previous Foose kits, but these are some heavy hitters.

Edited May 20, 2015 by chunkypeanutbutter

[Brett Barrow]

A new-tool 56 F-100 would be great and would probably have the best potential for a later non-Foose kit.

[Matt T.]

A new-tool 56 F-100 would be great and would probably have the best potential for a later non-Foose kit.

Exactly. Design it from the get-go with the intent to release a stock version later and this is where the $$$ is. The one-off Foose creations don't have the same legs as this.

[thatz4u]

A NEW-tool 56 F-100 would be great...

[Phildaupho]

My three favourites on the list are the Stallion, Impression and Grand Master in that order. They are inspired designs but I am sure the F-100 will likely win the popular vote.

[Muncie]

Grandmaster

all I'm going to say...

Edited May 20, 2015 by Muncie

[Jordan White]

The only thing is the Foose F100 has the front wheel wells moved forwards in the fenders compared to stock, so it wouldn't be an exact copy of his build if it were going to be also offered as stock.

I'm really hoping this gives them a reason to rerelease the 1/12 Corvette kit in the same way as the Camaro.

[Jon Cole]

[Luc Janssens]

A new-tool 56 F-100 would be great and would probably have the best potential for a later non-Foose kit.

Agree 100% with your statement.

[Drake69]

Thanks guys.... now I have to wipe freaking DROOL off the keyboard.

[Mike Chernecki]

I vote for the 56 F-100 and the Grandmaster (seen this in person a few times... gorgeous car).

[Austin T]

Just thinking aloud here,if it said two new tools are coming out of this partnership this look like two radically modified cars that Revell doesn't already have,Probably going to be these...Trust me I'd love a new F100 tool but Revell already has one of those.

[Vince Nemanic]

Playing the evil's advocate here:

The new tools will be new 1:1 builds of a 2015 Mustang and a 29 roadster, while the others will be modifications to existing tools just like the rest of the Foose line is. I'm not going to get too excited.

[Snake45]

Put me down for that '35 Chevy thing. Something DIFFERENT, anyways....

[Jon Cole]

The Impression looks like the '36 version of Testors '38 Coupster.

[Jantrix]

This can only be a good thing for the hobby in the long run.

My only issue is that there is usually "limited" interest in modern hot rods/customs after the original release. Because trends change and they become dated. The Monogram '37 Fords for example. They are great kits, but they require a great deal of work to get rid of the 80's/90's styling. The Coupster, Chezoom & Wagonrod are also good examples.

I love Chip's work ethic and his artistry, but his work leaves me uninspired. When i watch Overhaulin' I can envision the completed car at the very start of the show. He never surprises me. Every car is built like the one before it. Textbook modern resto-mod.

The P-32 though, is an exception to that rule. I like that one.

[Jon Haigwood]

So if I am reading this right there will be pre-decorated kits (painted) and non-decorated kits " ?

If so this may bring in more young builders to the hobby.

[1320wayne]

Playing the evil's advocate here:

The new tools will be new 1:1 builds of a 2015 Mustang and a 29 roadster, while the others will be modifications to existing tools just like the rest of the Foose line is. I'm not going to get too excited.

The text above clearly states that the two original Foose design kits chosen from the six options will be based on original tooling where the other 4 kits will be reissued kits with added Foose design.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Whatever they decide to do, it's good to see Revell taking a leap, believing that contemporary (more or less) showcars are of sufficient interest to the model-buying masses to even consider 2 new-tool kits. Yahoo.

I'd personally prefer to see two of Foose's original designs released as new-tools because...well, with some work, the production-vehicle-based cars can be replicated without TOO much difficulty by a skilled modeler from existing bits, but the original designs would have to be entirely modeler-scratch-built.

I vote for the Hemisfear and the Impression (the Impression is not a production-car based design...everything on it, with the exception of the engine, gearbox and diff center section, was designed and built specifically for the car).

The Impression is also even more special, having won both the Ridler and the AMBR (America's Most Beautiful Roadster).

Edited May 20, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mike Chernecki]

I am hoping they do these as highly detailed full kits, rather than a simplified glue kit.

[horsepower]

Exactly. Design it from the get-go with the intent to release a stock version later and this is where the $$$ is. The one-off Foose creations don't have the same legs as this.

If they used the Foose truck and actually followed the dimensions you'd never see a stock one done using the same tooling, the Foose truck is chopped, the hood is pancaked, the cowl is modified and the fenders front and rear are changed and it has independent front suspension, a nine inch rear end on modified suspension. Its like a lot of Chip's work, very subtle, not enough done to really stand out, just enough so you know something is different, you just aren't sure what it is.

[horsepower]

Whatever they decide to do, it's good to see Revell taking a leap, believing that contemporary (more or less) showcars are of sufficient interest to the model-buying masses to even consider 2 new-tool kits. Yahoo.

I'd personally prefer to see two of Foose's original designs released as new-tools because...well, with some work, the production-vehicle-based cars can be replicated without TOO much difficulty by a skilled modeler from existing bits, but the original designs would have to be entirely modeler-scratch-built.

I vote for the Hemisfear and the Impression (the Impression is not a production-car based design...everything on it, with the exception of the engine, gearbox and diff center section, was designed and built specifically for the car).

The Impression is also even more special, having won both the Ridler and the AMBR (America's Most Beautiful Roadster).

The impression is also totally built from the ground up, it just appears like a '37 Ford, but in actuality is a completely hand formed body from Marcel Dulay and sons.

[horsepower]

I'd have to go with the Grand Master, and Hemi-Sphere, just since NO model company has anything in their line up that resembles either one. It's also a tribute to the abilities of Chip Foose that a design study done while he was still studying in school could be picked up by a full size concept hot rod using the "new" Hemi engine and factory drive train parts to build a very popular with the public show car.