realgone58 Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 Was lucky to score one of these advertised as possibly not complete. I've included a "before" pic. Thankfully, the only thing missing is one exhaust tip. The body was heavily glued together, so I had to carefully mask it for the two tone. The dark green metallic is Dupli color laquer and the lighter green is Rustoleum satin finish. I then masked off the fabric part of the roof to leave it satin, and cleared the rest of the car with DuPont 7480S. I applied BMF to the front wheel lip moldings, and also around the fabric landau roof. I've got two of these revivals, now I need to score the other five for a complete set!
superbike-shaun Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 Wow, what were they thinking, you did an awesome job but man that thing is just,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well,lets just say you did an awesome job!!!!!! Shaun.s
bbowser Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 Great save, nice work! I built a couple of these back when they were new but I never did get the styling connections they were trying to make with the classics, I guess I still don't? This one really isn't that bad, the Mercer was a piece of work however.
unclescott58 Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 I keep wondering if Revell-Mongram, the owner's of Rewal's tooling, still have the molds for the Revival kits? I'd love to see them come back. Any way, very nice job on the Packard Alan. Scott
realgone58 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Posted May 22, 2014 Great save, nice work! I built a couple of these back when they were new but I never did get the styling connections they were trying to make with the classics, I guess I still don't? This one really isn't that bad, the Mercer was a piece of work however. LOL........I'll agree about the Mercer. I still want to have all seven of them however. Mostly because Virgil Exner is my favorite stylist ever.
Tom Geiger Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 I keep wondering if Revell-Mongram, the owner's of Rewal's tooling, still have the molds for the Revival kits? I'd love to see them come back. Any way, very nice job on the Packard Alan. Scott Do you really want to see them as the next seven Revell releases? Renwal models were marginal quality when they were new. I don't see these as viable today. Maybe they would sell a few cases to guys who remember them, but the rest would hit the clearance rack.
Phildaupho Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 A very interesting piece of automotive and model car history!!
Danno Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Phil said it! You did a great job with a marginal kit, Al.
unclescott58 Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Do you really want to see them as the next seven Revell releases? Renwal models were marginal quality when they were new. I don't see these as viable today. Maybe they would sell a few cases to guys who remember them, but the rest would hit the clearance rack. Yes I do. I'm tired of people telling me it's not OK to want see old kits like these reissued. That Revell or who ever can use their resources better. Just because it's something you may not favor, doesn't mean others can't want it. Now do I really expect that Revell will ever reissue the old Rewal Revival kits? I doubt it. Were the old Rewal Revival kits any good? By today's standards probably not. But I would still love to see them. People need to quit be a wet blankets. Telling us what we must or must not like or want. It is OK that I want something different than you do. Scott Edited May 23, 2014 by unclescott58
Tom Geiger Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Yes I do. I'm tired of people telling me it's not OK to want see old kits like these reissued. That Revell or who ever can use their resources better. Just because it's something you may not favor, doesn't mean others can't want it. Now do I really expect that Revell will ever reissue the old Rewal Revival kits? I doubt it. Were the old Rewal Revival kits any good? By today's standards probably not. But I would still love to see them. People need to quit be a wet blankets. Telling us what we must or must not like or want. It is OK that I want something different than you do. Scott Touchy touchy! I like the business end of the hobby and when kit releases are mentioned I always run them through the 'sales' filter. It has nothing to do with my liking or not liking the subject. Actually I LIKE the old Renwal classics and enjoy seeing them built up nice and posted on the boards. I actually own a couple. They aren't elusive, an eBay search agent would find them regularly in the $20-50 price range. Figure that a new kit is $20-25, that's not bad and if you were diligent you could probably buy examples at the low end of this range.
Lunajammer Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Kudos. Wonderful job. Be sure you bring it to shows so everyone can enjoy it. Nice work... but that's one ugly car! This is one of those cars that are beautiful and ugly at the same time. If you crop it down to isolated segments they're beautiful. But as a whole, the sections fight with each other. Probably why I'm so endeared to it, along with other six Renwal head scratchers.
peekay Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Nicely saved, Alan! And I don't think it's ugly, but I've always liked oddball stuff. Did a couple from the series when they were new.
realgone58 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Posted May 23, 2014 Kudos. Wonderful job. Be sure you bring it to shows so everyone can enjoy it. This is one of those cars that are beautiful and ugly at the same time. If you crop it down to isolated segments they're beautiful. But as a whole, the sections fight with each other. Probably why I'm so endeared to it, along with other six Renwal head scratchers. Mike, I think you hit the nail on the head here.
unclescott58 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Had too look at this one again. I like it! And again Alan, you did a great job on it.
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