Revell 1/25 Ford F-250, Regular Cab, Shortbox, Dualie, 4x4 kit

[stavanzer]

HPI Guy has a build of it. Pretty Neat, other than needing new Resin Wheels and Tires. And it does need them, Badly.

That said, the rest of the kit looks really decent for a kit tooled in the early 1980's. The new decal sheet is awesome, and if you intend to build any 1980's Ford Pickups, I'd order a replacement sheet from Revell just for the many sharp decals on it.

 

[thatz4u]

personally, I will pass on this one

[Luc Janssens]

Wonder what the body of the same era Revell Venice designed Bronco looks like, dimension wise. For using it to convert an 93ish amt Ford F150 to a Bronco.

Edited March 16 by Luc Janssens

[mikemodeler]

I passed on this 40 years ago, will do so again. The toylike nature of this kit does not get me excited for this one.

 

[maxwell48098]

Interesting that only F350's had dual rear wheels ans only the long bed or cab and chassis.

But with a little work, you can turn them into something like this mini-pumper.

 

 

A.J.

[Fabrux]

23 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Wonder what the body of the same era Revell Venice designed Bronco looks like, dimension wise. For using it to convert an 93ish amt Ford F150 to a Bronco.

https://www.sprue.xyz/articles/revell_ford_trucks

[av405]

Meh. Years ago, I might have bought one to use as a chassis cab project, sort of like AJ's fire truck. But this recent 3D-printed option looks better if one wants an accurate F-350 Dually bed:

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/hobby-diy/automotive/pickup-truck-f-350-dually-1980

[DJMar]

Out of all the kits to dig out of the R/M vault, they chose this?

[stavanzer]

1 hour ago, DJMar said:

Out of all the kits to dig out of the R/M vault, they chose this?

Yep.

Cheap, Tooling is paid for, Not seen in 30+ years, and not a usual subject.

I'll be getting one, and I'll bet you don't see them at Ollie's.

[DJMar]

14 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

Yep.

Cheap, Tooling is paid for, Not seen in 30+ years, and not a usual subject.

I'll be getting one, and I'll bet you don't see them at Ollie's.

There are plenty of older Monogram subjects that 1) meet most of the same criteria 2) were arguably better engineered kits and 3) might have more appeal than a phantom pickup.

But hey, if this floats your boat, have at it. Nobody is telling you not to buy one.

[av405]

53 minutes ago, DJMar said:

There are plenty of older Monogram subjects that 1) meet most of the same criteria 2) were arguably better engineered kits and 3) might have more appeal than a phantom pickup.

I think the Ford truck generation brings most of the appeal. Moebius has been covering the 1960s - 1970s pretty well, and AMT has the mid-late 70's version that's been floating around for years. The Revell Monogram "bricknose" 1987-1991 models are still easily found, with various re-releases through the years. And AMT also has the 1992-1996 generation covered. The 1980-1986 generation never got much love. It's pretty much just this and the 1980 Ranger Flareside. I don't love either, but this gives modelers more options if they want to replicate this generation of trucks. 

[Robberbaron]

3 hours ago, DJMar said:

Out of all the kits to dig out of the R/M vault, they chose this?

 

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

Yep.

Cheap, Tooling is paid for, Not seen in 30+ years, and not a usual subject.

I'll be getting one, and I'll bet you don't see them at Ollie's.

Comes from the same era as the recently reissued 1981 Camaro.  And Revell is using the same playbook: no mention that it's a snap kit.  Also guessing their MSRP will be about the same as a full detail kit.  Lots of people felt ripped-off big time when they opened that Camaro kit.

For what they were in the early eighties, these were nice snap kits that had better detail like opening hoods, engines (albeit crude), etc. compared to many other companies' snap offerings.  Unfortunately, presenting them as conventional kits as Revell is now doing is a good way to alienate casual buyers.

Frankly, I'm surprised stuff like this wasn't left behind during the Hobbico bankruptcy.

Edited March 18 by Robberbaron

[slusher]

On 3/15/2025 at 8:03 PM, stavanzer said:

HPI Guy has a build of it. Pretty Neat, other than needing new Resin Wheels and Tires. And it does need them, Badly.

That said, the rest of the kit looks really decent for a kit tooled in the early 1980's. The new decal sheet is awesome, and if you intend to build any 1980's Ford Pickups, I'd order a replacement sheet from Revell just for the many sharp decals on it.

 

A kit that could be useful for other builds..

[maxwell48098]

Another fun fact is that the wrecker body from the old Revell Midnite Cowboy tow truck literally drops right on the short F350 4X4 chassis.

A.J.

[stavanzer]

I'll bet it does. Then the Short Wheelbase Duallie makes sense.

[wrenchr]

Those midnight cowboy kits are getting pricy right? Revell should repop that now.  

[niteowl7710]

On 3/19/2025 at 12:57 PM, stavanzer said:

I'll bet it does. Then the Short Wheelbase Duallie makes sense.

But it doesn't, the Midnight Cowboy (Sneaky Pete) is a glue kit of a Chevy with a modified "Peterbilt" hood from 1977. This weird-o short wheelbase Ford is part of a 3 kit SnapTite series that has a Styleline, Stepside and "Dually" beds tooled up in 1981. Might be a happy accident that it fits, but it certainly wasn't intentional - given the tow bed from the M.C. has never been reissued, but the Sneaky Pete was in 2001 as the "Alley Rat".

[stavanzer]

There is a Snap-Fit Wrecker. Last seen as the "77 GMC Wrecker" or "Captain Hook Wrecker" it was released about the same time.

[niteowl7710]

7 hours ago, stavanzer said:

There is a Snap-Fit Wrecker. Last seen as the "77 GMC Wrecker" or "Captain Hook Wrecker" it was released about the same time.

And for some ungodly reason Revell is reissuing it as the Captain Hook again in 2025.  That kit is less than 50 pieces and the bed makes up 28 of them.  The Captain Hook is actually a 1:1 truck for what that's worth.  The tow bed in this kit isn't the same one from the Midnight Cowboy, and it's very specific to the 1:1 truck.  The bed's front wall is also the rear wall of the Chevy truck cab, so I'm not sure how well that would fit anything without major surgery.  

I'm never one to tell someone how to build their own model, but given that Moebius has just given the modeling world the most accurate to date 70's tow bed, I don't see the point playing around with these literal kid's toys,

[stavanzer]

Well, the Revell kits are simple and maybe fun for a Palate Cleanser.

I might be ready to try the surgery on a Hook/Ford Mash-up, just for the fun of it.

And the Wrecker and Cab back walls are separate parts, on the Hook/ 77 GMC Wrecker kit. Cab is #2, Wrecker rear bulkhead is #33..

Looking at the instructions, it seems clear that both kits were tooled with much the same philosophy, as far as detail and parts count.

Not Brothers, but certainly Cousins.

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/4/3/6/191436-61-instructions.pdf

Edited March 25 by stavanzer
Added Instruction sheet.

[Junkman]

23 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I don't see the point playing around with these literal kid's toys,

I actually quite enjoy playing around with literal kid's toys, since that's still better than not having a kit at all.
Although, I stopped emulating engine sounds when playing with them at age 12, or so.
The other day, I had a chat with a friend who is in his 70s now, and he told me, he started doing it again.
I'm not quite there yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

I must admit that those tyres are awful, though. Will that keep me away from buying the kit?
I really thought about this long and hard, and no.

[Sledsel]

I wish it wasn't a dually. Looks good built tho.

 

[1930fordpickup]

On 3/24/2025 at 6:03 PM, niteowl7710 said:

I'm never one to tell someone how to build their own model, but given that Moebius has just given the modeling world the most accurate to date 70's tow bed, I don't see the point playing around with these literal kid's toys,

Not a bad point of how dated the caption hook kit is.  But it does give us the hydrolic wheel lift that many companies around Toledo used until they picked up the rollback trucks. It just takes more work to look good.

[Model Builders Mafia]

On 3/17/2025 at 5:42 PM, DJMar said:

Out of all the kits to dig out of the R/M vault, they chose this?

More exciting than another Boring mustang or lame Mopar junk round 2 keeps vomiting up

[mk11]

Definitely look a lot less goofy as a long box...