Revell 57 Bel-Aire Sedan

[Rob D]

Just curious. Has anyone built this one yet? I wonder if it is as poor as the hardtop Revell has put out many times before? I really like the AMT and Monogram 57 Chevys personally.

[Longbox55]

The '57 Bel Air sedan that's currently out is based on the Black Widow/150 Business Sedan kit that was out last year.

[Bluzboy66]

Just curious. Has anyone built this one yet? I wonder if it is as poor as the hardtop Revell has put out many times before? I really like the AMT and Monogram 57 Chevys personally.

I have one in the works right now. It's great so far. Everything seems to be fitting together real nice.

Mike

[Fisher61]

Every thing fits real nice, no issues at all!

[charlie8575]

Everyone is right regarding this kit. The Revell ones you're thinking of first came out circa 1963, & over the years as the tooling aged & things weren't kept up, they got a reputation as "impossible to build", though I built several of the 55-57 Chevies from Revell back in the 70's & have a few still in my stash to build again.

The Bel-Air 2 door sedan kit traces it's origins back to the excellent Monogram 1/25 scale 55 Chevy convertible from around 1995. The basic underpinnings of that kit have been used for a 56 210, a 56 Nomad, a 55 Bel-Air hardtop, & the 57 150/Black Widow & Bel-Air sedans. All of them are great models that build up very nicely.

The Mongram 1/24 scale 56-57 Chevies? Given their horrible & inaccurate proportions I'd take the ancient Revell "impossible to build" Tri-Five Chevy kits over those any day!!!!

I agree 110% with everything Mark said. I have at least one of all of these variations and they're marvelous, well-made kits that assemble beautifully and look super- even during assembly!

Charlie Larkin