New Release: 1:24 Revell 4.5 litre Blower Bentley

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I noticed this in the LHS last week:

http://www.revell.de/en/products/model-building/ca...

I'm pretty sure it's a re-boxing of the Heller/Humbrol kit, which I built a long time ago as the Humbrol boxing. For anyone interested in these cars, it's a very good model, especially if the £16 price from some online shops is correct. Not over-complicated, plenty of detail and IIRC the mouldings were very sharp.

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Sway said:

I have a still shrink wrapped Heller Blower Bentley, which I bought as a reminder of my old man who worked on them as an apprentice back in the day.

Have been putting off building it as I have it in my head that the older kits are bloody hard to get a good finish with for an inexperienced modeller like me.

If this is likely a re-issue of that old kit, am I right in thinking I should be able to make a good fist of it?

As I said in the O/P, I built the Heller/Humbrol version in the early 80's. I still have it, and can't see that I had any issues with it. It stands comparison with much more modern offerings.

I'd make a start on it and see how you get on. If it doesn't turn out as you wanted, you can now always easily get another to keep, if that's what you want.

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My LHS has a Heller Dragon Rapide in stock, which I'm tempted by. It's actually the Airfix boxing from when Heller and Airfix were both Humbrol companies. I might risk divorce this week and buy both that and the Bentley.

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Neonblau said:

dr_gn said:

I noticed this in the LHS last week:

http://www.revell.de/en/products/model-building/ca...

I'm pretty sure it's a re-boxing of the Heller/Humbrol kit, which I built a long time ago as the Humbrol boxing. For anyone interested in these cars, it's a very good model, especially if the £16 price from some online shops is correct. Not over-complicated, plenty of detail and IIRC the mouldings were very sharp.

Thanks for this - I've been admiring the box artwork in my local shop for the past couple of weeks but held off buying as I thought it would be a poor quality rebox. Given your comments on the quality I think I'll be taking one home for the stash tonight.

Have a look at the parts before you buy it - the moulds obviously aren't new, but I doubt they will be knackered.