Another Revell Rebox?!

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Skit

All right, brand new release from Revell. You all right, man? Please don’t make me review that. The kit. You have to. It’s a new release. New release. That thing looks older than my parents. David. David. David. No. In the studio. No. No.

Intro

Hello all. This is David from Loisirs vers le soleil and in today’s video I’m going to be unboxing Revel‘s brand new release. This is their 1/48 scale T-28B Trojan. Let’s check it out. My lord.

Unboxing

So, as you can see, everything is thrown together in one tiny bag. The parts are all over the place. This is not a sprue tree. This is a sprue twig. At least the paints and the glue are from this century. And look at this color instructions. Wow. I’d rather do an unboxing on these.

Closer Look at the Sprues

So, where do I start? I don’t even know which sprue is sprue A or sprue B. Yeah, just as I thought. The sprues are not labeled, just the parts are numbered. Classic. All right. Well, let’s start with the bottom wing. To its credit, the one good thing about raised details is that the rivets are accurate. I don’t even know what this writing’s all about. If you know, please let us know in the comments. Now, we have the top wing as well as the elevators. I mean, at least the control surfaces are recessed. They do seem to include this uh anti-slip texture for where the pilots walk on. Okay, I’m I guess that’s a good thing.

The uh wheel well, the nose wheel well, and this tiny little piece here, which is hanging on by a thread. And then we’ve got our last two sprues here. Uh, we’ve got one half of the fuselage as well as landing gear legs and a barebones cockpit as well as an engine cowling with the engine molded inside. So, have fun painting that. And this last sprue here is the other fuselage have with the tires, the landing gear covers. I mean, they give you some pilots and ground crew, which is nice, except for this pilot, who literally looks like they were cut in half. Lastly, we’ve got the clear parts, which is just a canopy. Funnily enough, this is probably the one part I don’t really have complaints about. And now we’ve got our instruction booklet.

Decal Sheet

So, here’s our decal sheet, which is without a doubt the only thing in this kit that was tweaked. And there’s your proof. It’s basically got uh US Air Force roundles and some Red Bull decals.

Instruction Booklet

It’s a very thin booklet. I mean, 39 parts. How many steps can there possibly be? Obviously, very basic. Construction starts in the cockpit. It’s a two-seater. For some reason, though, they include a control stick in the rear seat where there’s nobody sitting. But where the pilot actually is sitting, and you can clearly see they got their hand out like they’re grabbing the control stick, there is nothing. So, then the completed cockpit goes into the fuselage. And then what is this? So you insert the elevators from the inside, right? That’s how everybody does it. And so then the kit gives you the option of having the landing gear be retractable, which uh news flash, that’s not going to work when the thing is completed. it’s just going to collapse in on itself when you try to sit it down.

So, that was just a dumb gimmick that these airplane kits used to have. Then the fuselage halves go together. The nose landing gear goes on. Then there’s some construction in the wheel well. And again, that’s not going to be sturdy once it’s complete. You’re better off to just glue it in. And then the fuselage connects to the wings. And you assemble your engine, which is just an engine and its cowling, the propeller and the peg to make the propeller spin. And the uh engine goes onto the fuse collage and the clear parts. and this poor soul waving goodbye to you. And there’s just the one marking option. And mercifully, you’re done.

David’s Conclusion

How does Revell keep getting away with this? This mould has not been revised or even changed in the least bit in 70 years. It’s 2026. I mean, Heller made a 72nd scale Trojan in 1981, and I bet even that looks better than this. And I’m sorry if I’m offending people who like these old school vintage kits. I’m sure they were cutting edge in their day. But you can’t get away with raised panel lines and all this flash. So, no, I don’t really recommend the kit, but if you want something to practice painting on, then you can pick one up for yourself at Loisirs vers le soleil in store or online. So, thank you very much for watching this rant. Remember to like, comment, subscribe, follow us on our socials, and until until the next one, a adios.

About the Author:

David Peckam has built scale models since he was 12, specializing largely on military aircraft. He is a makeup artist and background actor for films and TV. He enjoys watching hockey and of course, movies. He has an excellent knowledge of hobby products and if you have questions concerning scale model airplanes.

*Video by David Peckham
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