Jakko’s Revell Spad XIII C-1

[Guest]

In town today, I thought I’d pick up a kit for this one too:

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A Revell Spad XIII that comes with all of two pots of paint, a brush I won’t be able to put down (because setting it in a jar like I normally would, will ruin one end ) and hopefully a usable pot of glue. Interestingly, the box art shows at least four colours on the plane, so I’m kind of wondering how to do that with just two

[papa 695]

Nice one Jakko

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko
A challenge indeed. Love that brush - each end for a different colour!! If that is Contacta glue then it isn't too bad. Does it suggest mixing the paints to make enough colours.
Jim

[Dave Ward]

Jakko,
ouch - 2 paints! - doesn't give you much wiggle room! Scalemates dates this mould to 1963 - must be the oldest in the GB - I'll follow this with interest!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

I made this when I was about twelve.....it was really robust.....even then the moulds were over ten years old......

[Guest]

A challenge indeed. Love that brush - each end for a different colour!!

All the Revell starter kits they had, had that brush. I guess it saves on providing two like Airfix does

If that is Contacta glue then it isn't too bad.

I was actually hoping for a kit with a tube of glue …

Does it suggest mixing the paints to make enough colours.

I’ll let you know when I’ve opened it …

about a minute later

Right, I’ve now opened it, and I think I have a problem finishing this as per instructions The painting guide lists ten colours, of which seven are needed for the outside alone. The only ones provided in the kit are two of the three main colours for the camouflage. It’s supposed to be large areas of beige (Revell 89), dark green (Revell 68), dark earth (Revell 82) plus smaller areas of anthracite grey (Revell 9), but the pots provided with the kit are only Nos. 68 and 82. This is going to be great fun

Also fun is that the red end of the brush has been squashed a bit in the packaging, while the brush on the blue end seems to have been impregnated with glue … hopefully that’ll just wash out, but I’m not holding my breath just yet.

Scalemates dates this mould to 1963 - must be the oldest in the GB

The mouldings don’t look half bad for a kit of that age. Hardly any flash, for one.

I made this when I was about twelve.....it was really robust.....even then the moulds were over ten years old......

I remember I built two Revell biplanes around that same age, but I’m a bit younger than you so it must have been 30–35 years ago They were made in a kind of olive drab plastic (this kit has tan) and when I saw this one in the shop, I decided to go for it mainly for that reason.

[stillp]

Does it suggest mixing the paints to make enough colours.

Hard to mix sand, or black, from dark earth and dark green!
Pete

[Guest]

I was thinking much the same when I looked at the box art and the paint provided while I was still in the shop. But I’ll make it work somehow!

In fact, I already have a plan that might just work …

[Tim Marlow]

You could always use the kit plastic as the tan colour :upside:

[Guest]

You could always use the kit plastic as the tan colour :upside:

Ooh! Good one, I hadn’t even thought of that yet. I have a feeling I might just get the camouflage to four colours after all

[spanner570]

Any rigging stuff with it? Be a blow if you have to build it without the rigging as this is the most interesting and difficult part.....

[Guest]

The instructions say to use black thread (not included).

[stillp]

I'd say that counts as a common household item.
Pete

[Jambo]

That's a bold choice with the paints!

I'm not sure what revel are playing at with the included paints, I think I saw an HMS Titanic kit without the black when I was looking...

Good luck!

[Guest]

I'd say that counts as a common household item.

I couldn’t find anything in the chat thread that allows those, so I’ll not be adding it

That's a bold choice with the paints!

I didn’t actually look at those much before deciding on this particular kit …

I'm not sure what revel are playing at with the included paints, I think I saw an HMS Titanic kit without the black when I was looking...

I think the idea is that they give you some of the colours, and you buy the rest separately. On the back of the packaging there’s a bit at the top right where it says that paint and tools are “Additionally available”. It would have been better if they’d listed the required paints somewhere on the outside, but it looks to me like the backing card is the same for all these sets, only the vacuum-formed plastic and the actual kit and paints included differ.