Revell US Legends 8th Air Force 1:72

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Three aircraft kits included:

North American P-51B Mustang
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Kit Ref: 05794
Price around £26.99 GBP (Apr 2014)
Review by Geoff Coughlin

Our thanks to Revell for supplying our review sample. Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For details visit www.revell.de/en, @RevellGermany or facebook.com/Revell

1a-HN-Ac-Revell-US-Legends-8th-Air-Force-1.72 — Photo: North American P-51C Mustang (very similar to the P-51B) courtesy of RadioFan

1b-HN-Ac-Revell-US-Legends-8th-Air-Force-1.72 — Photo: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt courtesy Editor’s archive

1c-HN-Ac-Revell-US-Legends-8th-Air-Force-1.72 — Photo: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress courtesy Editor’s archive

The Revell Kits

As you can see this package offers three kits, offering very good value for money, especially when you consider the quality of what’s on offer. The B-17G Flying Fortress dates back to 2010, the P-51B 1998 and P-47D 1999. All feature recessed panel lines, good levels of detail and pretty accurate so really, what’s not to like?

B-17G Flying Fortress first

I really think that the photos speak for themselves so I’ll highlight some of the key points below:

Recessed panel lines – perhaps a tad heavy, but they do break up the large flat areas of the model’s surface
Detail – high across the board: guns, wheels, tyres and hub detail are all pretty well done
Detailed cockpit – although virtually none of this will be visible when your model is finished
Fully detailed bomb bay with bomb load, racks and option for open doors – again, unless you are going to pick up your model this won’t be seen although the B-17 does look great with bomb bay doors open when parked
Engines – good detail in here for the cylinders and pipework.