Originally posted by coolgeek84:
Hi FERRARIman!
I had seen your collections in the other threads!
Just awesome! Since you opened a mini Maranello, maybe I should open a mini Modena?
Just curious, is this ur hobby or "full time" work?
Are kits by Revell of good quality? I am not so much into kits but have built 3 Tamiya kits. I am thinking of importing some Revell kits thats why. You can pm or reply me here also can.
Can I have ur eBay link if you are selling online?
Regards,
Arjun
Hello Arjun..
Haha.. mini modena? hahaz.. open as u like... lol
Ok actually that's my hobby which i've collected since in the 70's ermm.. yea the old model has been sold and scrapped and so on.. sold? yea ppl look at it.. and they love it.. so they purchase it!.. Scrapped? yea.. some models which are too old and the quality is not there.. so i decided to ermm take their parts eg. tyres windscreen etc2 and it can be serve as my spare parts for future projects. How bout the body kit... well as u know, as a modeler, many things can be done.
So wats my full time? My fulltime i worked as an artist.. so as u can see my room there're chequered flag and logos been drawn at wall and ceiling... so my full time is isn't a modeler.
Talking about revell, its not about quality, its not about how big the size is, its not about "can the doors be open?", and its not about how expensive it is. It is about how the way u assemble them, how skill are u in putting the parts together (make sure the 'glues' is unseenable) and most importantly,
THE ACCURACY OF THAT MODEL COMPARED TO THE REAL ONES. Honestly, I don't buy products from burago, maisto... the model is not that accurate looking and shapes 'it looks like a cartoon instead'. BBR, Autoart, kyosho, revell if u heard this model brand "bang" is not bad at all.. it has 90% of the accuracy looking.
So, if u gave me a maisto, burago (worst) or a hotwheel... well i need to modified them to be a accurate looking. Im am very particular of that. So, mostly my collections are - can be proudly say 95% of my models are very accurate shapes when u compare to the real ones...
So back to ur questions is Revell a good quality? I does not think about quality, if u mean quality is (can be it last long etc) for me quality is the SHAPES OF THE CAR IS ACCURATE! u need sharp eyes to see the details...
So Revell kits is not bad. PASSED!
Tamiya and BBR kits are at their own class.......