Revell EasyKit Star Wars Millenium Falcon Model Kit

For some reason I had it in my head that the new Revell Easy Kit Falcon was the same tool as the original AMT vintage ship, but I was wrong. It's a brand new kit, specially designed for snap building, pre-painted and needs no glue. But as many of you know, the snap together theory never usually works properly so I still had the old glue handy in case of emergencies!The detail here is very nice and crisp on the surface, panels and greebel detail being slightly better than the AMT. The paint apps are not bad but I would recommend a new coat of paint and adding better weathering to get it looking closer to the A New Hope filming prop. This ship depicts the Falcon from A New Hope, so it is missing the two box like structures from under the front of the hull, the A New Hope version just has the two cut outs showing internal detail. It does have one negative in common with the AMT kit in that it is still too thick in the side walls, the actual Falcon model is thinner.The landing gear can be displayed deployed or there are covers you can use to cover the very shallow bays in the hull. The internal detail in the bays is simple with no wiring, just a replication of the raised panel style of the hull. The landing gear itself is a little of a let down, simple but with a little work and paint they can be made to look realistic. The circular parts are patterned and engraved very nicely though.The turret guns are placed on the top and bottom of the ship and are let down by the soft detail and block line design of the barrels being near all in one part, I would suggest removing these and making four separate barrels to add detail. The bottom turret is quite loose and hangs down in the vertical so it will need gluing in place after correcting. The windows under the guns are quite nice and clear, adding something to the whole area.The cockpit internal detail is sparse, the console is lightly detailed, there are two piloting seats and to passenger sears and a black read wall but no side wall detail that is seen in the movie, but it can't be seen from the outside after the canopy is in place. The figures of Han and Chewie are provided and are not so bad, if a little toy like. The engine is a piece of clear perspex painted blue from the inside and seats by the use of three small pins in the clear fitting into three small hole in the hull.Construction is really quite straight forward, and I have to say the snap function is really not bad, the best I have come across in any kit. There was only one part that refused to stay in place whilst I was building it and that was the rear part of the starboard side, basically a strip of detailed plastic, that runs from the front fork to the middle escape pod. A little dab of super glue did that justice. The three parts that form the inner walls of the front loading forks need to be secured with tape to hold them in place whilst the dorsal hull is snapped down. There is a small gap on the front of the forks that needs a spot of glue to hold it in place, and the radar dish could use some to Keep it in place.Here is the only negative in the kit, the landing ramp. This can be either in the upwards closed position or in the down and open position. I glued mine in place closed as the inner area of the ramp is just not worth seeing. The hydraulic rams are included but sit too close together leaving no room between then, and the circular seating holes for the rams are raised and so large the diameters almost touch. There is no detail inside the side walls either and only a simple blanking plate at the top of the ramp to prevent you seeing into the kit. I would leave this closed as it's not the best feature.I would have given 5 stars if it was not for the landing ramp and the cannon barrels, but to sum up it's a great looking kit, detail is very nice, the snap function and paint apps are good enough if your not a skilled model builder.

I boughtb this for my son as he has started model making and likes the star wars films (pus its my favourite space ship). It snaps together quite well and has a lot of detail including the paint finish out of the box.I sat with him for a little over an hour and completed this model very quickly. The instructions are easy to follow and tha parts are well moulded. Some details are in my opinion wrong and for the experienced model maker this would be a great starting point to add a lot of detail to make something really special.There is a choice of having landing gear out or retracted (different parts for each) and the personel ramp opens like in the film. The landing gear needs a lot of re working to make it more realistic.My son likes the finished model and enjoyed working on with Dad but at 9 years old found the instructions still to difficult to follow without any help. Some of the parts had to be removed with a sharp knife and as such I would not recommend this for assembly by younger unsupervised children.All in all a pleasent hour spent with my son leading to a good static model that will take some playing with if you are careful with it.

I'm a quite experienced modeller - and this really impressed me. As soon as I took it out of the box, it was quite obvious that the picture didn't do it justice - the detailing is significantly better than it lets on. There are few mold lines, and the pieces fit together marvellously well. Unlike other non-glue kits, the extremely tight fit of the pieces means you really could get away with avoiding the sticky stuff, though I'd use some anyway - for posterity - although this does mean that certain fittings require a bit more strength than a young modeller could offer (if it's too much, remember, you can always trim the parts a little and use glue). I'd echo the previous reviews in their commendation of the paint-job; if you want a little extra detail, then you can add it yourself (as I plan to), but the basic job is certainly not to be scorned, and could easily be left alone. Thus far, it doesn't look out of place alongside my X-wing and Enterprises, both of which are carefully hand-painted; and that's only with the basic paint job.Note: I've rated the durability at 5*. Objectively, this probably doesn't merit such a high rating. However, for a model, when careful gluing is used, this really is a very strong piece - I wouldn't let your kid play with it though!

I bought this in the sales before Christmas and have only recently had the chance to put it together. The kit was a lot of fun in all. There were a few moments where i wasn't too sure i had fit the pieces in correctly - mostly with the detail panels around the nose of the Falcon. I find the turrents a bit floppy; it would have been good if they stayed where they were set, which neither do. The same can also be said for the antenna dish. The entry-plank detail is superb, but again, it doesn't click closed and falls down again a bit too easily.What sets this model apart, for me, is the quality of the painting. Revell have a some sort of coarse powder paint all over, which gives the Falcon a lovel gritty feel. They have also used techniques to apply like a grey-ish rub that gives the falcon a real battle-hardened and dirty look, which is just amazing.I'm 48 and i have already spent 10 minutes whooshing it around the kitchen, and whenever i can get it out of the paws of my 5 year old, who is desparate to have it hanging from his bedroom.As nice as it is, i'm not sure it's worth £50.00. I picked it up for £24, and it's worth every penny of that.