1/20th Revell Fendt 728 Vario Gen7

[blubaja]

On 6/21/2025 at 8:20 PM, PintoKING said:

 

I believe that the molds for all of them are still the property of ERTL?

I asked the people at Ertl, in Dyersville, now owned by Tomy. They have no idea where the tools are🙃

[niteowl7710]

3 hours ago, blubaja said:

I asked the people at Ertl, in Dyersville, now owned by Tomy. They have no idea where the tools are🙃

That's cause Ertl as an entity stop existing back when Racing Champions bought the whole ball of wax in the 90s. They're just a sub-brand of Tomy and what used to be the Ertl property in Dyersville is the North American Distribution Center for Tomy. 

[Luc Janssens]

Here links to an online build by Guido Kehder.

 

Photo and review: courtesy of Guido Kehder and kitreviewsonline.de

Part one:

https://www.kitreviewsonline.de/baubericht-revell-fendt-728-vario-gen7-in-120-von-guido-kehder-teil-1/

Part two:

https://www.kitreviewsonline.de/baubericht-revell-fendt-728-vario-gen7-in-120-von-guido-kehder-teil-2/

Part three:

https://www.kitreviewsonline.de/baubericht-revell-fendt-728-vario-gen7-in-120-von-guido-kehder-teil-3/

 

[Rbray47]

Those Revell tractors are nice. I just wish someone would market north American sold tractors. Id love to have a Kubota or newer JD. I'd even settle for a RK lol

[allis200]

10 hours ago, Rbray47 said:

Those Revell tractors are nice. I just wish someone would market north American sold tractors. Id love to have a Kubota or newer JD. I'd even settle for a RK lol

Fendt is sold in North America.

[Bennyg]

I just ordered one from EBay. Chasing down Fendt nature green now. I think I’ll use Tamiya bright red for the wheels, Tamiya German grey for the grey areas, and Tamiya semigloss and flat black. 
 

cheers

Ben

[stitchdup]

1 hour ago, Bennyg said:

I just ordered one from EBay. Chasing down Fendt nature green now. I think I’ll use Tamiya bright red for the wheels, Tamiya German grey for the grey areas, and Tamiya semigloss and flat black. 
 

cheers

Ben

german grey is actually green as i recently found out. the cab is weathered but the headboard on the deck isn't yet

 

[blubaja]

On 11/9/2025 at 6:47 AM, Bennyg said:

I just ordered one from EBay. Chasing down Fendt nature green now. I think I’ll use Tamiya bright red for the wheels, Tamiya German grey for the grey areas, and Tamiya semigloss and flat black. 
 

cheers

Ben

https://parts.agcocorp.com/us/en/p/fendt-nature-green-paint-aerosol/79037191

 

https://a.co/d/jfhbmXq

🤷🏼‍♂️

Edited Wednesday at 02:52 AM by blubaja

[Junkman]

If the stated dimensions of the kit are correct, it's definitely ~  1/24.

The dimensions of the real thing are in the sales brochure.
It says the real thing is 5,516 mm long.

5,516/24 = 229.83 mm
5,516/20 = 275.80 mm

They say the model is 235 mm long, so the exact scale is

5,516/235 = 1/23.47234042553191

Being merely half a scale off could actually be a new precision record for Revell.

 

Edited yesterday at 10:35 AM by Junkman

[stitchdup]

9 minutes ago, Junkman said:

If the stated dimensions of the kit are correct, it's definitely ~  1/24.

The dimensions of the real thing are in the sales brochure.
It says the real thing is 5,516 mm long.

5,516/24 = 229.83 mm
5,516/20 = 275.80 mm

They say the model is 235 mm long, so the exact scale is

5,516/235 = 1/23.47234042553191

Being merely half a scale off could actually be a new precision record for Revell.

 

hiduldae me, seems odd the box says 1/20 as i think that could cost them sales. it was putting me off from buying one anyway

[Junkman]

It will cost them a lot of sales. A lot.

I better stock up now, because once the truth becomes generally accepted in a decade or three, prices for unbuilt minters will skyrocket.

Edited yesterday at 10:50 AM by Junkman

[stitchdup]

i only need one, its no a fergie and they are what i've worked with. we just need some actual implements for them now like ploughs, balers and harrows

[Junkman]

Yeah, I was thinking that, too. The implement part.
We also need these for the vintage tractors that have cropped up everywhere as of late.
A start for at least the old tractors will be Heller's upcoming universal 3 ton trailer you can use for anything from the 30s onward.

[stitchdup]

27 minutes ago, Junkman said:

Yeah, I was thinking that, too. The implement part.
We also need these for the vintage tractors that have cropped up everywhere as of late.
A start for at least the old tractors will be Heller's upcoming universal 3 ton trailer you can use for anything from the 30s onward.

Its more mainland europe than what we used. 2 axles is too flash for us but i'll still get a couple. 

[Junkman]

On 9/7/2025 at 3:38 PM, Rbray47 said:

Those Revell tractors are nice. I just wish someone would market north American sold tractors. Id love to have a Kubota or newer JD. I'd even settle for a RK lol

I completely agree. Some old and the odd new American tractors wouldn't go amiss.
They were/are surprisingly common in Europe, too. Kubota not so much, but definitely JD and IH.