REVELL KIT COMPANIES JOIN HANDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Mat Irvine reports:

The two Revell divisions joined forces again recently, when Hobbico, US owner of Revell-Monogram, bought out Revell-Germany, so bringing two companies under one banner. Revell-Monogram will continue with US-market kits, in which cars dominate, while Revell-Germany’s catalogue is more aircraft and military. However, more non-static kit products - the bulk of Hobbico’s sales - might come to Europe. 

REVELL GERMANY ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SCALE 2010 COMPETITION

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Revell’s annual scale-fest winners were announced this week. Model maker Joachim Balkenhol won the 2010 contest with his 1:96 scale clipper ship Thermopylae, which took him more than two years to build. The kit’s basis was another Revell ship, the Pedro Nunes, a vessel named after the Portuguese mathematician and pioneer of modern navigation methods. Joachim’s conversion mods included a full set of paper sails, and rigging that used up a staggering 160 m (525 ft) of fine twine. Amazing stuff.

Here are the other winners:

Patrick Simon (Bucket Wheel).

Ingo Hartmann (USS United States).

Karsten Schmidt (Ford Cabrio).

Fabian Schulz (Ford Rat Rod).

Andreas Dyck (P-51D).

Michael Sabusch (Kanonenjagdpanzer).

Thomas Plösser (Canadair CL-13B Sabre).

Peter Hofstetter (Diesel locomotive).

Thorsten Hofmann (Junkers Ju-88 A-1).



There was a mixed jury, consisting of:

Helge Schling, Berthold Tack (Modell Fan magazine). 

Volker Helms (DPMV and IPMS, Germany).

Karl-Heinz Dué, Franz-Josef Heckmann (German model building club).

Ullrich Taubert, Volker Vahle, Holger Eidberger (Revell-Germany).

Visit the Revell competition page here.

Pictures courtesy Revell, showing the entries, in winning order.