Nightshift does a “basic” build with more effort than any of the models I’ve done together

"It doesn't even look that good" It looks better than anything and everything I've ever sculpted....

That's easy, "Revell" is pronounced like "Revell"

"It looks pretty bad." Me, who can't build a Gundam kit without adding battle damage on accident: Hehe, yeah...

Me - "Those sand bags look great" Nightshift - "I don't like them" Me - "oh yeah...erm me too"

“Bend with help of hot water” Tracks made out of spaghetti

Models are so small now--and the parts so tiny and delicate--that you HAVE to be a dedicated modeller to finish one...I grew up building them in the 70's and loved it, but discovered how awful they are these days when trying to introduce them to my son...we got through about 3 before giving up...

Huh, this is actually really refreshing to hear an experts opinion on revell, I had a few car kits lying around from my childhood that I never got to putting together, and a few years ago decided to try it out while dealing with some medical issues. I followed the directions to the T, but was extremely disappointed at the finished product, I didnt use the best paints or anything, so I knew it wouldnt look amazing. But the wheels were like falling apart, the suspension geometry was all wonky, it just looked horrible. I always assumed I just wasnt good at modeling real world physical models and should stick to 3d computer modelling. But Now I'm wondering if I should take a swing at it with a better kit.

NightShift: "I also added some sandbags" Me: "They look really good!" Nightshift: "I hate them" Me: "I hate them."

Your story about a boy and his dad getting insanely frustrated trying to build a kit like this brings back so many memories

The "Dad and his kid" had to go into therapy, shortly after trying to build this.

You can find _Revell_ kits in every toy store here in Germany too. It's probably how they got so successful, pushing their kits into every toy store, small or large, all over the country. When it comes to the model kit market here in Germany, _Revell_ has a market share of about 77% (yeah, I don't know why and how either) and like every company that absolutely dominates its niche, there is little incentive for them to improve in any way. btw _Revell_ originally was an American company founded by Lewis H. Glaser in New York City in 1943. The name comes from the French word "reveille" meaning "new beginning".

Him: This is the worst model that I’ve ever built Me (who has never built a model and doesn’t know anything about models): yeah, you know what I agree

As a builder of mainly Revell, in their defence, not all of their kits are horrible. The newer ones are actually pretty nice, and the fit not tooooo bad, compared to older ones.

Russian Military: Turns out, the real thing's no good either...

When I was a kid I assembled lots of Revell Models. The tracks were always several parts. This video gave me memories

I have built precisely one Revell model kit that I like, and it was an Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars, which isn’t saying much considering it’s really hard to screw up a flying triangle.

Night shift : taking a break from assembling model kit by assembling other model kit Me: yeah that makes sense But for real great video as always!

Thank you for all the love you have put into this model. I really enjoyed it and learnt a thing or two from you.

I see those in toy stores everywhere in Poland too! I remember how discouraging it was for me as a kid to just not be able to put them together well ;_; I was always fascinated with models and it took me years to even give it another try...

Revell often remarket other peoples kits under their own banner. That might explain the inconsistencies

"They're basically WalMart bikes of the scale modeling world." Hilarious because it's true.

I grew up with Revell models from the 60s and 70s. I think Monogram was another manufacturer, but not as available as Revell. I was young, didn’t really understand engineering quality and just went with it. Decades later, I started building them again and am thankful at all the variety available to me from anywhere in the world. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, I am nowhere near your skill level and consider you a master modeler, plus you add some comic relief included with your verbal instruction and knowledge sharing.

I'm glad KZfaq recommended this video! Awesome work and I just subbed!🤘🤘

C'mon Uncle Nightshift, it's obviously pronounced Revell. 😉

What did you expect? Revell is from Germany, and as I recall, Germans dont like russian tanks...;)

"It doesnt look that good (sandbags etc.)" Me a beginner: what this is better then anything Ive ever build

>MFW the build quality on this model is better than the actual tank it's designed after

that t-90 is gonna haunt night shift with the glowing red eyes

...""It doesn't even look that good" ...lookin at all my models ive ever made.... Lookin back to this great work again... Now im crying hysterically in the corner :D This work, as usually just great in my eyes...

Night Shift making a Revell model: this is like Squidmar painting with Ikea paint 😅

I started watching this purely out of nostalgia as I used to make kits/dioramas when I was a teenager.. I've not grown out of it, I just switched to digital.. my eyesight and shaky hands wouldn't stand up to the real thing now.. Anyhow, I stuck with it and found it really entertaining, your humour is a win over and your skill is second to none.. I'll be watching more I think..

Night shift: Revell models are for toddlers Airfix: You underestimate my power...

In Russia, we say "Révell" and "Síria" (your first variant). Uncle Martin, you should check new Zvezda's modern AFV 1/72 models like Armata, Terminator (LoL), T-90 A and MC. They're easy to build, have much better quality and they are pretty cheap. Also check on the Scalemates site some revell's kits, some of them are reboxing of Zvezda (but not this disgusting T-90A)

Night: If you look at photo references of the tank in action, tons of damage Me: *Chuckles in Javelin*

I know you probably won't see this, but as always I found this video, like your others, inspirational. There was a joy to seeing what you did with this kit as i would have just built it out if the box. Yes, I am a 50 year old child, what can I say!!! 😂😂 Wonderful stuff Martin, thank you.👍😉

I love how he says he’s just going to do an easy, quick model and already he has made a better model than I ever had.

Nightshift: this was quite discouraging so i decided to take a break by working on it more. Everybody else:

First time watching your build videos - laughed my a** off! Well done man, great sense of humor and great building skills. Instant follow !!!

As a kid I used to love putting together these models. Back then, I was aware of Airfix and Revell and even at the young age of 6 or 7 i knew that Revell was inferior. I cant remember the reasons why but I do recall I allways used to specify Airfix over Revell when I was asked what I wanted for Xmas / Birthday.

I could never make models because even as a child my hands were too shaky so I got into percussion, much better fit. But I have always had a passion for model building because my grand father loved building model trains and landscapes. I can safely say this is one of the most impressive models builds I have ever seen, the details you added are beautiful.

it’s pronounced RevHELL

"This is the worst model I've ever built." [Looks at all my Vacuform aircraft kits and cries]

Nightshift: I need to take a brake from last night's build. *Continues to build another tank*

I’m 60 and I’ve avoided Revell models since I was a kid. Foolishly I bought a Ju-88 a few years ago. Pure junk. Nice work as usual.

Airfix hold our Tea ☕️🇬🇧 He obviously haven't built our Churchill 🤣

This reminds me of the 1:76 scale airfix tanks you can get for like $12, with more flashing than detail and the horrible rubber band tracks that you need to melt the ends together and are so tight they tend to break the running gear. a bit of fun for cheap and good test models for trying new painting techniques.

I've been seeing a lot of these lately, and I have to say, I think you made a mistake. The turret is suppsed to be upside down, 20 feet from the tank!

Oh Revell, that brings back memories. Back in the early 2000's I used to build pretty much only Revell kits as they were the only ones sold by the toystore nearby. Some went together perfectly and were a lot of fun (I still have a Bf 109 and a P-51A with fond memories attached) but some were absolute monstrosities. In my experience, it was mostly the airplanes that went together well, the tanks were a pain. I honestly never cared too much about scale accuracy as they were used for playing, and I'll give them being sturdy enough to withstand a couple of months of abuse by a 10- and 12 year old. What did strike me was that when I walked into a model store last week for the first time in over a decade, they were still selling some of the exact same kits that I built back then. Just for fun I looked up the descendants of some of the old kits given to me by my grandfather all those years ago, and they still used the same tooling for their Sturmpanzer IV (1993) as the kit given to me from 1975!

Revell do produce some good kits, admittedly the more expensive and newer ones, but nonetheless they do, however I have never rated their tank/ACP/artillery or any of their tracked model kits. This is the first time I have watched any of your content, and I am pleased to say I really like your commentary and presentation, definitely a new recruit to your channel. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Ahoj Martin. Ďakujem za super typy. Niečo z toho vyskúšam na mojom projekte. Pracujem na T-80BV od Zvezdy. Je to lacná stavebnica a aj to dáva pocítiť. Tvoje rady sa mi hodia. S pozdravom Michal 🙂.

truly incredible. you are amazing Mr. Night shifter

In my experience their aircraft kits are generally good, but their 1:72 tank kits are awful.

Revell is the most inconsistant brand on the market. These tracks are a nightmare, but i have done a t72m1 from them like a month ago and it was nice

man, as a someone who just wanted to start building model kit at 22, this looks very discouraging. I look forward to this kind of video, where u have commentary as well as the building process to know what i will be dealing with if i choose to do this type or any other brand of model kit.

Does anyone know what particular tank he’s modeling? I googled it, but didn’t find anything

The sculpted putty details look great, in my opinion. I think, as a model maker and an artist on general, I tend to fall for the same trap of only seeing the tiny flaws in my work. Especially when I'm holding the thing half a millimeter from my eyeball.

Honestly revell isn’t even too bad they have some great kits

Stuck at home with COVID, a friend brought me a kit for the Arizona. And I can't even get past step one, the hull of the ship looks great, until you try and fit them together

I used to get revell model kits all the time when I was a kid. I had a really hard time building them and they always turned out terrible. I thought that's just how model kits are. But now I see these kits are just crap and there's actually a reason I had such a hard time with them as a kid.

I don't think relaxing and Revell belong in the same sentence. Just sayin'.

revell 1/72 kits... dont get me started, if i wanted a good 1/72 scale kit id just buy one from zvezda or model collect, the model collect kits have lots of parts and nice details and zvezda kits are fun to make with neat tracks

3:38 "other parts are loose or may fall off" I have that exact issue with the tender wheels on my Big Boy model

I love your modeling content. The only one that doesn't bore

Me: **See's Revell kit** Also me: **Screaming begins again**

I had to build a revell p61 for my brother’s air and space class literally the worst kit I’ve ever done barely anything fit together and all the glass parts literally all of them were probably 5mm to small

They were just trying to make it accurate.

Them saying the T-90 is the most modern tank is fair enough, the kit is from 2013. Besides it's now 2023 and the T-14 still isn't really a thing. The T-90 is still the most modern tank Russia can actually field.

Martin: "This is probably the worst model I've ever build..." Also Martin: Builds terrible Revell kit in almost Alex Clark quality Jaaaaaa..... XD

I still vividly remember building a revell kit with this exact track bending thing and being frustrated as hell. I was probably 11 or 12. In the end it worked out fine, but it definitely wasn't fun

Very nice build for a basic kit, thank you for sharing!

2:18 When I heard "T-14 armata is better then T90" I laught, then I forgot this is four two years old video.

Your attention to detail is commendable and creative! An artist with a model kit! You put something extra into what is just a basic T-90 tank kit. Cheers!

Kv 1 from PST: i am the worst Kit T 90 from revell: hold my tracks

Been watching your videos for a while now and I must congratulate you on your excellent English

Looks like the real thing 🤣

Honest review. There are not enough of those.

Making a masterpiece out of a Revell kit separates the men from the boys 👌😂😂😂

2:25 well that aged like a fine egg.

Found some old Tamiya acrylic paint which were either dried out or has separated.... can they still be used? if so how?

Tonight on "Why is this in my recommended?"

when you talk I instantly think of Steve Martin with his "2 Wild and Crazy Guys" skit...

I bought 3 replicas from revell and building tracks on them is painfull, they dont even fit on properly (on Jagdtiger, Panther D, Tiger 2 H) i kinda messed up the, wheels? And now thentracks cant go on as they should but its not like they could fit together as they should Can you do one of these?

I'd say the only good Revell one was an M1 Abrams one that was simpler than this T-90 kit from an American toy store. The tracks were two rubber pieces, one on each side, already connected. Can't say anything about realism since ten years old was a long time ago, but I believe it was already painted like a generic US tank

The amount of detail that was put into this is fantastic!

i know that revell kids are not really sonsumer friendly, and yes they are mostly for kids, but i started with models from them in an age of 8 and found it pretty easy to build them. so yes i can imagine to give them to my own kid haha.

interesting, can you please tell me what glue you are using on your models? i havnt seen that here. thanks

I enjoyed the heck out of watching this. Going to find the 2nd part now.

My first model was actually a Revell “level 2” F-18 some time in the early 2010s. This was back when they only had three leaves, and when you jump straight from snap together and prepainted to glue it all and get your own paint.... It honestly made me never want to try modeling again.

Near my area their pretty good and my local model store has a lot of the models but you need to make sure you don’t buy lvl 1. My experience with Revell is pretty good I prefer it. My worst experience is with italeri

I remember getting a metalic build set for the USS Arizona, and it was supposedly the hardest one to assemble in their brand. I didn’t even make it past the helm.

I love your videos. What rotary tool do you use?

Yes. Revell kits are awful. Bad details and most of the time no clear lines so there are holes to fill and so on. Some parts don't fit at all. When you take your time you can make something decent. My first kits were from Revell, it wasn't my best experience to be honest. It was OK. But after building some good kits like flyhawk (which they don't have in any store so I have to order them from China every time) I really started to appreciate modeling as a hobby. But once I ordered a katyusha rocket launcher bm-13 from the brand PST. It was worse. Even the paint would not stick to the model (with cleaning of course). Greetings from Germany, home of Revell (seriously, these are everywhere here)

Diluted putty, with anti- Revell rant tears...😭😭🥺🤯 I've built tons of Revell kits , some are easy, some are crap. But, aren't we all modelers, sometimes we like a challenge. Revell kits can be nicely finished replicas if you put the work in. Shep Paine comes to mind. You definitely polished a turd in this video..great job!

Hey what did you use for the extremely small rivets / bolts?

I currently picked up a Revell model kit at a hobby store. It's from the "fast and Furious" series they put out. I have already done 2 of them, so I saw it and remembered that they were okay builds. Not worth the money IMO, but I like building models so I got it. This one is Brian's Ford F-150 SVT Lightning. I don't watch TV or movies, but have heard of it and seen a few short clips of them. Anyway, this one came with lots of extra parts that do not fit and are not in the instructions, which I like, but when the parts don't fit and I mean I can't even file them down or work with them in any way, it pisses me off. Just wanted to get that off my chest lol

Was hoping to see some modern armor (secretly hoping for a M2A2 ODS Bradley). Thanks for making my Friday!

Nice video! I'm just building a jagdpanther in this scale, and I almost cut my finger while doing combat damage :D

That hand drill you were using on the smoke tubes, was that a drill bit in a watch stem holder?

i got into moddeling and already did 2 revell models. what brands would you recommend for beginner modellers?