Revell 1:16 BMW Isetta

[Junkman]

 

 

 

 

The shape of the windshield is completely wrong. I hope it gets corrected on the production model.

[unclescott58]

I'm no Isetta expert by any means. But, that windshield just looks so wrong to me. It ruins the kit for that reason alone.

[Foxer]

That's seems too obvious to get into final production.

 

hmmm .. a 1/16 Isetta ... I might even have shelf space for that

[Junkman]

Not making it 1/24 will cost them a lot of sales.

[unclescott58]

Not making it 1/24 will cost them a lot of sales.

I agree. At the same time, doesn't somebody offer this car in a 1/24th scale kit already? If not. I can't imagine how that one has gotten passed over all of these years.

I remember a neighbor kid back in the early 60's having a plastic toy, complete with a opening door, of this car. Even then I knew of the real car. And have always thought it cool.

[GeeBee]

I agree. At the same time, doesn't somebody offer this car in a 1/24th scale kit already?

Gunze Sangyo used to make one, they come up from time to time on eBay, but they end up going for silly money 

[Junkman]

Gunze Sangyo made a very crude and ill proportioned 1/24 kit, which had only three wheels.
Three-wheeled Isettas were only built for export to the UK, where threewheelers enjoyed a tax benefit and
could be driven with a motorcycle licence.

I hope Revell does the reverse process it did with the Samba Bus and follows up with a scaled down version.
Then again, it's Revell, so the lower I keep my expectations, the less I will be disappointed...

Ironically, Revell made a very nice 1/18 diecast for many years in many liveries, which makes an ill-windshielded
(unless they fix it for production) 1/16 kit seem even more redundant.