2019 Revell (Germany)

[Mike999]

11 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

I've had my Unimog kit for a few years (the blue one w/ the covered truck bed), and had no tire issues so far.  I've left the tires bagged. 

Great!  But the tires in older kits I've seen aren't bagged.  They are loose in the box.  Everything else is bagged, even in that 1987 kit, except the body and tires.  And the fire-hose cloth material/wire, which can be easily lost from those awful end-opening boxes of later kits.  Older issues came from the 1980s came in a regular 2-piece box.  I put the tires in a Ziploc bag myself.

I noticed 1 tire in that 1987 kit is starting to collapse. Maybe mounting the tire on the wheel will fix that, with help from a little steam or other heat.  It could also be that Revell improved its tire formula over the years. I sure hope so. Like others, I might try to order some replacements.

Edited November 19, 2018 by Mike999
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[Junkman]

The Revell stand at Telford wasn't really worth looking at from a car modeller perspective.
Highlights were the two 1/16 Porsche 356es, which admittedly look very nice indeed, though.

[Dave Van]

1/72 Boeing 747..........that is huge.

1/96 Saturn V I had back 1968....may need another.

1/16 928...is that new???  seems I recall it

1/48 B1B is cool too

[Rob Hall]

8 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

 

1/16 928...is that new???  seems I recall it

 

I wondered about that one, did a bit of research and it looks like Revell had one back in the early 80s, so I assume this a reissue of that kit.

[W-409]

I will for sure buy one of those Chevelles, and the Büssing Truck looks pretty interesting, too. Depending on what they cost around here, I might buy one of them as well.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Pretty pleased about the 928. Been looking on evilbay for some of the originals.  Nice bookend for the new-tool 356s, which I've been eagerly anticipating for a year now.

And yeah, that Bussing is a monster.

[dbostream]

7 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

I wondered about that one, did a bit of research and it looks like Revell had one back in the early 80s, so I assume this a reissue of that kit.

Yeah pretty sure it is, I have the 80's one in my stash.

[Faust]

I guess I'm the only one excited by those two 1/76 offerings eh?

I have been WAITING for the Char B1 and FT17 to come out, and I don't have the M40 either. 

Now, all I need is the LRDG and the Jeep and Morris gun tractor set and I'll have all the Matchbox "big" armour multi-kits, I think. 

C'mon Revell! LRDG for 2020!

[Junkman]

On 18.11.2018 at 9:45 PM, martinfan5 said:

No no, its going to be a NSU 1000 TT

 

They already made two of them, sadly both in the wrong scales.

[martinfan5]

1 hour ago, Junkman said:

 

They already made two of them, sadly both in the wrong scales.

Grr those wrong scales.

[Junkman]

Yeah, terrible, innitt?

[BVC500]

Looks like Hannants mistakenly posted Revell releases earlier than Jan. 1 and then removed them from the website. See discussion here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235046796-revell-2019-releases/&

I'm hoping that Revell withheld their exciting 1/24 announcement, because nothing posted by Hannants is exciting. I know some will be pleased by a 1/24 Land Rover Series III to be introduced in Sept. 2019. Seems like a latecomer, since there was a discussion here before: 

 

[niteowl7710]

There was a discussion of the Land Rover III, but that list says it's a new tool, not some rework of someone else's ancient piece, so that would be somewhat interesting. 

Also on there as a new tool is Deutz D30 Tractor - something to go with that Porsche, and would fulfill the foreshadowing of the pre-bankruptcy Revell US rebox that said "Tractor Series".

[Richard Bartrop]

That 1913 model T roadster looks pretty exciting.  It doesn't say whether it's a new tool or the ICM kit, but either way is good.

[niteowl7710]

31 minutes ago, Richard Bartrop said:

That 1913 model T roadster looks pretty exciting.  It doesn't say whether it's a new tool or the ICM kit, but either way is good.

New tool stuff says so, that'll just be a rebox of the ICM kit.

[Richard Bartrop]

The ICM kits go for $90 here, so if they can bright the price down to the ballpark of other RoG kits, this will be very good news.

[niteowl7710]

9 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

The ICM kits go for $90 here, so if they can bright the price down to the ballpark of other RoG kits, this will be very good news.

I feel sorry for you guys up there sometimes, you just get relentlessly hosed. ICM Ford kits sell for $35 all day long on eBay.

[Richard Bartrop]

You do know eBay charges for shipping, right?  This means another $20-30 on top of that, depending on how larcenous the seller is feeling.  Factor in wait times, exchange rates, brokerage fees, and the usual eBay malarkey,  $90 Canadian to just walk in a store and pick up a kit starts looking pretty good.

[Luc Janssens]

Indeed postage went thru the roof, factor in customs fees (they include shipping in their calculation of the value of parcel) and that eBay bargain became very pricey.

Gift parcels get the same customs treatment, a big sign that our greedy government needs mo money!

The main reason my US Ebay purchases went to zero this year.

Local swap meets and hobby stores now...

 

[niteowl7710]

Shipping cost more from everywhere to everywhere, the shipping out of Japan in "bulk" (more than 3 kits) has gone from around $6 per kit, to around $10. FedEx used to be cheaper than the Postal Services, but they've jacked their rates up to the point it costs 1.5x MORE than EMS, when it always used to be far cheaper option. Meanwhile FedEx is having all sorts of losses on their International Shipping...Wonder why...

[martinfan5]

Yep, my last shipment was 6 kits( a shirt and a pen and a detail up set) it ran me $58 US( it was like 6000Y)

Fedex was almost double that at around 8000Y,  I hate, I mean I hate using EMS, the tracking simply sucks ( at least for me) and I never have an idea when its coming once it clears Customs in Cali.   But I like the savings so there is that. 

Because of the higher shipping I no longer let my PWH get past  6 kits.

It really does suck for you guys up north, you are really getting screwed over shipping cost.

Edited December 22, 2018 by martinfan5

[Rob Hall]

Interesting..I haven't had any issues with HLJ and EMS shipping...I'm able to track in through USPS the whole way to my local PO and then when it's out for delivery.  The only issues I've had have been w/ my local PO..sometimes they show a delivery exception when they haven't even brought it to my house (I always catch them delivering w/ my Ring doorbell camera). 

[niteowl7710]

My only issue with EMS tracking is that if it doesn't get scanned properly at Narita (the airport in Tokyo for the uninitiated), then that leg of the trip is dark and it will sometimes not reappear on the USPS tracking until the package is being held at the Post Office. The box I just shipped was picked up 2 1/2 days ago...and that's it, but I bet it shows up magically the day after Christmas.

[Mike999]

On ‎12‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 9:36 PM, Richard Bartrop said:

The ICM kits go for $90 here, so if they can bright the price down to the ballpark of other RoG kits, this will be very good news.

Sometimes on-line vendors heavily discount those kits.  Just checked my Spend Log for the past year. Back in May,  Freetime Hobbies had a sale with the ICM 1913 Model T Speedster going for US $19.95.  I know your shipping to Canada will still be expensive, but a discount that steep might offset the shipping costs somewhat.

[Richard Bartrop]

I already have plenty of kits to work on while I wait for it to hit the shelves here.