IN MEMORIAM - THE PASSING OF A TRUE MODEL ENTHUSIAST

AN APPRECIATION BY MAT IRVINE:

If you have an interest in model cars, particularly Revell-Monogram 1950s-era American cars, you can likely thank Bill Lastovich, who sadly died on June 7, 2012, age 71.

2012 PRODUCTS REVEALED - INCOMING KITS FROM REVELL-MONOGRAM

From Mat Irvine:

Here’s a look at Revell-Monogram kits for release in 2012. I’ve previously  mentioned the recreated Renwal Blueprint series, with the futuristic Teracruzer and Mace missile, but there’s much more coming down the line.

‘BIG DADDY’ ED ROTH LIVES ON WITH THE REISSUED REVELL ‘OUTLAW’ CUSTOM CAR

Mat Irvine goes custom crazy

Although the wacky cartoonist and car customizer Ed Roth died in 2001, his legacy of amazing ideas and art - and not forgetting the infamous ‘Rat Fink’ character - lives on. Since Revell started making kits of Roth’s ideas in the 1960s, they have rarely been off the shelves.