Revell/Monogram 2 Race Cars, 2 Cars, 1 Van, 3 Planes And 1 Jet

Summer is fast approaching and what better way to spend your Summer than kicking back, hanging out, eating, drinking and making models? OK, maybe that last part is stretching it a bit but ya gotta admit taking the time and effort to put together a model is extremely satisfying.

No matter your level of model making expertise Revell/Monogram has the model just for you.  To prove my point Revell/Monogram just released nine new models that are sure to satisfy any model maker's taste in models.

For the automobile fanatic comes five new models: four at 1:24 Scale, one at 1:25 Scale, three Skill Level 2, one Level 1 and one Level 3.  How can you loose!?

All feature precise sculpting of parts to scale, easy-to-follow instructions, paint and decal application guides (if needed) and require very little prep work such as flashing cleanup.

Revell's Snap-Tite series, Skill Level 1 features a fire red Enzo Ferrari with just over 45 parts.  Although made for the novice or young modeler, the car is still packed with details including chrome wheels, rubber like tires, full interior and exterior detailing, pre-painted parts, snap together assembly and best of all-no cleanup.  

The Level 2 Performance Audi R8 Spyder is a compact convertible made for two with its custom black seats and interior, teardrop shape, wheel-hugging chassis, chrome wheels, grill and trim and engine situated in the rear.  The rear engine compartment opens and the lush interior of this baby blue metallic roadster surprises drivers with its 195 mph speed capabilities.

Motor Sports' Steve Kinser Bass Pro Shops Sprint Car is so powerful and so fast that it requires twin oversize airfoils just to keep it on the ground.  All engine and with very little chassis this bright orange Sprint Car features oversize rear tires roll bars, a removable chassis revealing the massive engine and even a driver.  Check out the chrome job on its custom engine-sweet!

Equally impressive is the Tony Nancy 22 JR Roadster/Dragster 2 Car kit combo.  Another Skill Level 2 model, this combo gives modelers more muscle for their money.  

Customize it to be a square back, bright orange Roadster with mid-mounted chrome trim engine with oversize exhaust, small front wire wheels, oversize rear wheels and driver cockpit snuggled in its box body.

Or...trim things down a bit with a silver streamline body, same wheel configuration but with a full-chromed engine. Whatever way you choose to build it the 22 JR is twice the fun.

For the slightly more subdued driver comes the '77 Chevy Van from Revell's TRUCKS series.  With its all-white body, wave side decals and enclosed rear compartment this two-door, chrome trim, wheel and bumper and grill workhorse makes for the perfect hauling machine.

It's all business with its heavy frame, utilitarian interior, large cargo space and twin rear doors, the Chevy Van puts the buzz in business.

The second world war was responsible for a huge leap in aeronautics.  Desperation and determination make a great pair of motivators and whether the airplanes were Allied or Axis there can be no doubt tremendous strides were made in the manufacture of aircraft.

The U.S. Navy's F6F-5 Hellcat proved to be one of the most deadly and efficient fighter planes ever created.  The primary carrier based aircraft during the war , the Hellcat easily outpaced the Japanese Zero in every area.  

The sleek single engine, single pilot blue aircraft was small but carried impressive weaponry including wing-mounted machine guns, rockets and bombs.  The aircraft can be configured and decaled and painted in two configurations and comes with a pilot and ground crewman.  Display the aircraft as if in flight or with landing gear down and pilot ladder in place.

The B-24J Liberator was a massive Allied bomber with twin bomb bay doors, four engines, top and front swivel turrets and a full fuselage of bombs.

The model features full interior details such as working bomb bay doors and bombs and full ground crew with tractor.  Complete instructions guide model builders through assembly, decal and paint application for this Skill Level 2 monster of an aircraft scaled at 1:48 from Monogram.

Just check out the cockpit details with full instrumentation, complete gunner bubbles, incredible wing and body details with each panel visible right down to the rivets.  The working landing gear makes this a fine table model but the aircraft can also be shown as if aloft with landing gear hidden and bomb bay doors closed.

Faster than most fighters the Nazi Heinkel He III P mid-size bomber was the German workhorse during bombing raids.  Small, fast and capable of impressive bomb loads despite its size, the Heinkel was a twin engine terror of the skies.

A top mounted gunner kept fighters at bay as the segmented front windows gave the pilots almost a 360 degree view of their aerial environment.  The aircraft is decked out with three MG 15 machine guns, twin bomb bay doors, bomb racks with bombs and working landing gear. Instructions for painting and decaling the bomber in three different configurations help when assembling this Skill Level 3 aircraft model that is not for the timid.

Full interior details include a cockpit, gunner stations, bomb compartment and weaponry controls.  Exterior details are just as impressive on this special Pro-Modeler aircraft.

Another Snap-Tite aircraft model is the Revell YF-22 Raptor at 1:72 Scale. 

The Advance Tactical Fighter features sweptback integrated rear and front wings, twin tail wings, a single pilot cockpit, streamline fuselage with slit air intakes and with its stealth design the fighter becomes almost invisible during flight.  A stand comes with the model and with its stick-on decals, pre-painted parts and 'no glue required' assembly lets kids can get in on the aviation fun.