Info on a couple kits

[RichCostello]

I found a Revell/Monogram 1/25 Jaguar XKE and Aston Martin DB 4. 

Does anybody know what these are like, and what they might be worth? They are in new, unbuilt condition.

Thanks

[SfanGoch]

This was originally released bu Aurora in 1965.

This kit has been reissued three times by Revellogram since 1978 (Monogram 2246),

Monogram 77003, in 1991

and, the last being in 1996 with the original Aurora box art.

My opinion, it's a nice, detailed kit which can be built into a real good looking model. As far as price, it can fluctuate between extremely inexpensive to ridiculously expensive. Some ebay listings.

 

[RichCostello]

Thanks Joe, that's what I needed to know. I think I can get them both for CHEAP!

[Mark]

As for the Jag, is it a coupe or convertible?  Coupe will also be an ex-Aurora kit, open version will be a Revell kit.  Aurora did make an open version but it has not been reissued in that form even by Aurora let alone Monogram or Revell.

With Revell having just announced an all-new XK-E in 1/24 scale, I would suspect that they have offloaded the old 1/25 scale tools to Atlantis.

[robertw]

As stated they are old Aurora molds but in their day were considered amoung the best kits Aurora ever did. In particular they were noted for having the best wire wheel look going. They also had opening doors, hood, trunk and fairly nice engine detail. There was also a Maserati 3500GT in the line and one other car Name escapes me). None of them have been reissued for a couple of decades so worth picking up. A hobby shop I frequent from time to time has a pre-owned DB4 priced at $70 so as one poster said they can go for fairly high prices.

[Mark]

Aurora also did a Ferrari, but the consensus on that one is that it's not very good.  Same level of detail as in the others (including opening doors) but the body is a composite of two different series and not too accurate to either of them.

There was also an Aurora Studebaker Avanti, but from what I have heard the AMT kit is far better.

[NOBLNG]

This is the Aurora kit that I got at a flea market for cheap. I don't know if it's the same tooling as the one you are looking at?

[SfanGoch]

That's Aurora 567-1, which was released in 1962. The previous Jaguar kit was 566-149, which was the coupe.

After the Aurora molds were acquired by Monogram, it was reissued in 1978 as Kit 2243

and by Revellogram in 1997 as Kit 2907

Unlike the coupe, Aurora 567-1 was never reissued by Revellogram since the Revell convertible was a superior kit.

These are the instructions for 2907. They can be used to build any of those three kits.

 

 

Edited February 12, 2020 by SfanGoch

[RichCostello]

1 hour ago, SfanGoch said:

That's Aurora 567-1, which was released in 1962. The previous Jaguar kit was 566-149, which was the coupe.

After the Aurora molds were acquired by Monogram, it was reissued in 1978 as Kit 2243

and by Revellogram in 1997 as Kit 2907

Unlike the coupe, Aurora 567-1 was never reissued by Revellogram since the Revell convertible was a superior kit.

These are the instructions for 2907. They can be used to build any of those three kits.

 

 

The kits I'm looking at are the bottom pictures in both of your posts(red Revell Aston Martin and red Jag coupe). I might get to see them in person, in the next few days, and I think I'll grab them since I can get them for a lot less than they're going for on Ebay.

[keyser]

Aston is great kit, tires and wheels could be a bit better but really builds up into nice replica

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

The downside to these is that there are proportion and line issues with all of them.

Though they can all build up to be very attractive models, they're not extremely accurate. 

I bought a bunch of these really cheap back in about 2005 or so, when I'd been away from the hobby for decades.

The box-art sold me. The beautiful illustrations look like the cars they represent.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the kits themselves, and heavy surgery with a very good eye is necessary to correct them (as the later box-art photos of the kits built up demonstrate).

EDIT: The old Revell Jag E-type roadster, the one that was originally made by Revell, actually looks like a Jag.

Edited February 12, 2020 by Ace-Garageguy