TheBEAUMONTGURU Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Thanks, oldskool. same here, decals are not going to make a 20 dollar difference for me, i will stick with the cheaper kit as long as all the parts are the same new tooling.
Chuck Most Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Back to me griping about the grille... Learn from my mistake and DON'T try opening it up by removing material from the back. It looks like it might be just thick enough for that to work. But it's not. 🤣 And in hindsight, had that been successful I'd have likely shattered it during assembly. 1 2
stavanzer Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I can report seeing this kit in the Wild at Hobby Lobby. There were 4 on Tuesday, none on Wednesday. So even out here in the sticks, the Blazer is a hot commodity. 2
TheBEAUMONTGURU Posted March 11 Posted March 11 I just got my blazer kit. So here is my review of this kit. Pros: highly detailed parts Cons: more than 1/2 of the engine parts seem to be oversized to about 1:20th scale, along with the master cyl and engine bay parts, teh Carburetor is the worst, looks like 1/16 scale. Chuck Most is correct with the grill comment, a terrible piece with shallow grill depth. And the whole kit just seems to be a larger scale for some reason(maybe its just me). When i compare the back end to the old MPC fallguy kit, the proportions are bang on, but then the front end and all the components associated with the front seem to be a bigger scale. also, i know the american kit has a smaller decal sheet, but the quality of it is really bad and not crisp either. other revell kits have much nicer cleaner clearer decals, so why not these. I also lost count of the number of injection pin circles on the carpet and wheel tubs, good grief!! I certainly wont feel bad about cutting it up and using some of the detailed parts on an old MPC fallguy body, ohhh the posibilities!
eran_k Posted March 19 Posted March 19 what would be a good color choice (in Tamiya or mr hobby) to build it box stock? chat gpt says XF-57 for the beige and XF-10 for the brown, but im not sure how accurate that will be
Rbray47 Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM On 3/11/2025 at 12:11 AM, TheBEAUMONTGURU said: I just got my blazer kit. So here is my review of this kit. Pros: highly detailed parts Cons: more than 1/2 of the engine parts seem to be oversized to about 1:20th scale, along with the master cyl and engine bay parts, teh Carburetor is the worst, looks like 1/16 scale. Chuck Most is correct with the grill comment, a terrible piece with shallow grill depth. And the whole kit just seems to be a larger scale for some reason(maybe its just me). When i compare the back end to the old MPC fallguy kit, the proportions are bang on, but then the front end and all the components associated with the front seem to be a bigger scale. also, i know the american kit has a smaller decal sheet, but the quality of it is really bad and not crisp either. other revell kits have much nicer cleaner clearer decals, so why not these. I also lost count of the number of injection pin circles on the carpet and wheel tubs, good grief!! I certainly wont feel bad about cutting it up and using some of the detailed parts on an old MPC fallguy body, ohhh the posibilities! Lol I'm working on my kit right now. That carburetor looks cartoonishly oversized. Hopefully the air cleaner will hide it. I was looking forward to this kit, and in a lot of ways, it's great. The chassis will no doubt find itself lengthened and under an MPC pickup by someone. But, the odd sized parts, and the odd engineering (there's a dimple in the frame so the fuel pump clears) makes me wonder if we wouldn't have been better off by getting a simplified kit like the 76 Torino. It would've looked good and went together faster. I'll still buy more, and I guess that's what Revell was counting on anyhow.
stavanzer Posted Monday at 12:31 AM Posted Monday at 12:31 AM Well, we know for sure that Revell is giving us Two Kits from this tooling. The Blazer, and now a Jimmy. I wonder what else (if anything) they do with it next?
Fat Brian Posted Monday at 05:34 PM Posted Monday at 05:34 PM 17 hours ago, stavanzer said: Well, we know for sure that Revell is giving us Two Kits from this tooling. The Blazer, and now a Jimmy. I wonder what else (if anything) they do with it next? The thing I want most is a Suburban, then a long bed 4x4 pickup. 4
stavanzer Posted Monday at 08:00 PM Posted Monday at 08:00 PM 2 hours ago, Fat Brian said: The thing I want most is a Suburban, then a long bed 4x4 pickup. Frankly, I do not see either one of those coming from this tooling. More variants of the Blazer/Jimmy, yes. But, Trucks or Suburbans seem to me like 'wishcasting' at this point, rather than plans Revell really has. But, I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
Fat Brian Posted Monday at 08:26 PM Posted Monday at 08:26 PM 23 minutes ago, stavanzer said: Frankly, I do not see either one of those coming from this tooling. More variants of the Blazer/Jimmy, yes. But, Trucks or Suburbans seem to me like 'wishcasting' at this point, rather than plans Revell really has. But, I'd be happy to be proven wrong. The tooling seems pretty modular, longer frame rails and another body would let them reuse the majority of the kit. It seems purposely designed to allow them to swap some trees around and produce different vehicles. 2
mikemodeler Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago On 4/28/2025 at 8:00 PM, stavanzer said: Frankly, I do not see either one of those coming from this tooling. More variants of the Blazer/Jimmy, yes. But, Trucks or Suburbans seem to me like 'wishcasting' at this point, rather than plans Revell really has. But, I'd be happy to be proven wrong. There are only so many more versions of the Jimmy/Blazer that can be milked from this kit as it's mostly grille changes from 81-91. As Brian pointed out, modular design means new frame rails, body and interior and the rest of the kit can be used to make pickups and Suburbans. And if Revell has the 2wd front end suspension designed, a whole bunch of kits can be made. I suspect they will take a page from Moebius and milk this one for years! 2
niteowl7710 Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 13 hours ago, mikemodeler said: I suspect they will take a page from Moebius and milk this one for years! You'd think...but then the Revell '29 & '30 Ford were only designed to be those two kits and you'd think that's a milkable base for a series too.
Fat Brian Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, niteowl7710 said: You'd think...but then the Revell '29 & '30 Ford were only designed to be those two kits and you'd think that's a milkable base for a series too. I hope they do revisit his one eventually, and 27 turtle deck body, a track nose, and a flathead would be a neat variation for that tool. 3
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