Revell V8 reissue?

Is the Revell V8 kit thats available now a reissue of the vintage kit or somthing completly new?

Cheers ZOLTAR

not sure they sell them over here at hobby lobby , i just was looking at one the other day.

IIRC it is the same kit, but the electric motor is not present.
You'll need the vintage kit for a few of the parts.

Yes the early ones have all the parts you need, the newer version is missing the motor coil and fett ee-3 stock greeblie i think , there is another company that did it before revell as well but i cant think of the name right now

Renwal was the earlier company.

What parts are you looking for I have several parts left over in my set and the small motor with it.

lonepigeon said:

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Renwal was the earlier company.

I have the Renwal kit myself.
Kinda cool.

Thanks for replies guys

I might still pick one up as a curio but the parts I'm looking for are part #84 Distributer Retainer and #98 Motor coil plate for my gestating blaster project.

Cheers
ZOLTAR

Ahh renwal thats the one , Zoltar I have a mold of the motor coil if you want one save buying the whole kit, send me an SAE and you can have one for nowt:o)

I think this part is only on the pre 1977 kits as well.

tango'd fett said:

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Ahh renwal thats the one , Zoltar I have a mold of the motor coil if you want one save buying the whole kit, send me an SAE and you can have one for nowt:o)

I think this part is only on the pre 1977 kits as well.

Thanks buddy PM sent.

ZOLTAR

Im trying to locate a few parts if anyone has extras.They are
#92 Cover,starting gear case(Fett stock)
#97 Battery Box Top
#98 Switch Plate,battery box (motor coil)

Thanks Dex.

BTW, Hobby Lobby dose have the kit and you can use the %40 off coupon.

I remember this kit when I was younger. There seemed to be a major design flaw with the finished product though, the electric motor seemed to provide too much torque for the plastic parts to handle. The cam shaft eventually broke because of this. Probably why the motor was removed in later releases of the kit. There was also a problem with the plastic parts getting snagged - particularly the pistons - even after sanding with high-grit paper, using a buffing wheel with a dremmel and dousing the thing in plastic-friendly oil, it still had a tendency to get hung up in various places, which probably also contributed to the cam shaft problem. Great idea, but bad execution, IMHO.

I've heard of this kit being used for parts, but what props/models exactly are the parts used for?

Squall67584 said:

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I've heard of this kit being used for parts, but what props/models exactly are the parts used for?

You just have to go to " parts of SW " and check it out. There are many props that was greeblied because of this kit

Here's the V8 parts list:

http://www.partsofsw.com/v8parts.htm

This list isn't quite complete, but shows most of the parts used on the major props. The kit was first used in ESB and a lot of parts show up in ROTJ as well.

It seems the parts not issued in the new kit are #92,97 and 98. Everything else seems to be there and the numbers match up from the old kit. I think the price was around $35.00 after the coupon discount.

Here is a link.
http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/weekly.cfm