I got the GR.1 REVELL as a gift a few days ago. It's very nicely detailed considering its age. I got extra exhausts and a full cockpit with seats from AIRES. If I had bought it myself I wouldn't pay for the extras and rather spent some time detailing here and there. The ITALERI kit is very nice as well and regardless of its price, I would enhance the cockpit a bit and leave everything else as it is. I believe that good weathering will do more for the exhausts than an aftermarket set.
Totally agree, I saw this Italeri kit in a hobby shop this morning & nearly dropped it when I saw the price! You would REALLY have to want dropped flaps to buy it over Revell
You get what you pay for. If you're building a 1/32. Budget need not be the issue. With this Italeri kit everything is already there. This kit goes together perfectly. The company really stepped it up a notch on this one.
I got the Black ECR version of the revell one and I gotta say this is gotta be the most detailed kit I ever worked on. It’s got all panel lines and rivets it looks great I gave it a gloss black primer wash and sanded down again it came out much to my surprise so much better than I thought. I got after market decals coming though and I’m going to do the RAF MED Sea grey… with gloss black top with all the Sqdns insignia along the main line going toward the tail. And I’m healthy jealous. I’ll just tell you all I had Squadron leaders and Flt Lt’s excited bout me in Cadets when we went flying I couldn’t get enough of it and cos I turned up to all those fundraiser days no one else did I got to fly often. Did aerobatics the lot I love the little Bulldog so yea you lot are lucky I got terrible eyesight-7.50 short sighted or I’d have shown you some top gun stuff and then there is (actually I’d have just done as I was told) 😂 safety first. I am gutted it was my dream I did seek it out early age. But is my hand. So I build small ones 😂. Great job thank you for your service.
@@RWHobbies by all means do. If you haven’t bought the Xtradecal sheet yet I already have it on its way any day now and I’m not using all those for desert babe plus where mine is originally the 1/32 ECR I also got those decals for the sides so if you want them I can P.O. Box to you free (I won’t need 2 tornadoes in 1/32 haha) the decals for desert babe commemorative edition I’m not using this decal set comes with 3 variants the desert pink babe, RAF Camo and Med grey so I only need the key decals tail and main featurette if it helps that is. I am just glad we are keeping the hobby going. I remember the 90’s modelling and so forth it’s kinda our time to shine but I’m all for just sending it on it’s gonna lack daylight in my drawer otherwise haha
@@Trac3r. be careful with the Revell/ Eduard boxings and check the contents. My Desert Babe is full of parts with short short molding. Fortunately I have other kits I can take replacement parts from.
Thanks for taking the time..and money...to do this comparison., Richie. Hope the price of the Italeri comes back a bit in a year or two. Also wish Eduard would up-scale their Brimstones to 1/32. Regards, Aaron
Revell at all cost. Atleast in my country the Revell costs 65€ and the italeri costs 105€. The Revell one got bigger range of aftermarket and it got better detail oob.
Just bought the Revell Tornado "cheap" for $130 Aus, the Italeri kit sells @ $260-290 here in most shops. I can remember when this was a hobby, so damn expensive nowadays even for kits that are 20+ years old!
Fair play to recap I see why it’s the money I also got the F14 Tamiya one which is £90 for 1/48 😂 and £30 for the Édouard photo etch I got. Then there is do I do all those other aftermarket parts now I started. It gets expensive but I am thinking of the aftermarket landing gear for these in Alloy
Italeri is ALWAYS extremely overpriced. Especially their 1/35 "ancient" armor kits. They try to charge AFV Club prices for kits that originated from 30 or 40 years ago.
High praise for doing this review Richie.! I've owned the Revell 1/32 for a long while and even though it might be old tool it certainly had more effort put in way back then. Everything is just so much sharper, more subtle than the Italeri. I bought the Italeri for low $ recently so thought I'd compare as well. Hugely disappointed with the Italeri and its Airfix panel lines. These are not even consistent when comparing the upper and lower fuselage halves. Upper is just awful, moulded in play-doh, whereas the bottom which won't be seen is pretty nice.! Revell may have fading panel lines but everything where it will be seen is absolutely beautiful - still holds up against modern Kinetic etc. What is really strange is that the Italeri 1/32 Mirage which I also have is rather beautifully panel-lined. Seemingly a different design/production team on that one. Revell undercarriage legs have crisper detail, and 1/10th the flash that Italeri's has. Come on Italeri.. even if they cost the same I'd go for the Revell.
Great review Richie! I've had the Revell kit in the stash for decades. I don't see anything in the Italeri kit to make me want to buy it. Very disappointing to see the trench-like panel lines. A deal breaker for me. As far as photo-etch, I'd bet Eduard have a better etch set for the Revell kit.
Looks like this is going to be a story of two halfs for a long time. I guess the price of the Italeri kit is based purely on the fact that they had to completely tool up for it. Italeri has the edge slightly in the fact that they added the extra features such as the complete engines and dropped flaps and open spoilers. To do the flaps on the Revell kit you either need the Paragon set which is out of production, difficult to get hold of and just as expensive as the kit when you can get hold of it. Alternatively Flightpath do their Photoetch flap set which is tricky. I think Italeri also missed a trick in that the GR4 tornado common load out in Operation Telic and others like it was a Litening II or TIALD designator pod, Paveway IV and 6 Brimstone missiles mounted on two launchers mounted at the back of the belly rails. The weapons included in the kit, don't really reflect an operational GR4 however I like that they've catered for the ASSTA upgrades on the German and Italian Tornados which will allow them to deploy JDAM GBU-31s and AIM-9X Sidewinders. Nice bit of forward thinking there but the kit overall is still a mixed bag of tricks. I have just ordered one despite having several of the Revell kits, more just out of curiosity and the fact that I love the Tornado and my dad was stationed at Lossiemouth, Marham and St Athan, so was used to seeing them.
I’ve got the Revell kit…Thanks for the look at the resin aftermarket parts..Shame about the Italeri kit.If it was priced more sensibly it would be a good option as well as Italeri probably selling more..Thanks for your video👍
@@RWHobbies Thank you.Would be wonderful to see your build of your Tornado,(when the time is right).Your videos,commentary on kits and builds are great.Really glad to find your channel👍 I got resin seats but will be looking at the other resin now for my Revell Tornado…Take care and all the best🇬🇧⚽️✌️
I got the italeri one at its honestly one of the most enjoyable kits i ever build, fit is great as well, and i heard the revell kit fit is crappersonnaly i dont think the panellines are overdone.
I managed to get the Italeri kit for £80 where it suddenly becomes a great model for the money. I'm certain that if that was the RRP it would be sold out all over the place.... Having said that, I still then bought aftermarket seats, cockpit panels, wheels, probe etc. And I still need a pair of 1500KG tanks which the Revell one comes with...
I have a slightly older copy of the Revell kit - sadly the moulds looked like they needed a clean, as underside and part sides is missing any panel details, if you squint you can see something should be there but just didn’t come out of the mould correctly. And I can’t scribe what I don’t know is there or not! Would be interested to see if they cleaned up the moulds and the details now show on the sides of the rear fuselage. I also own a Revell F/A-18 in 1/32 and can see how much of a mess that kit is in parts, when instructions tell you to clean flash off of parts you have a problem!
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave the kind comment. I actually have the IDS cockpit #2130. I dont think the Gr.1 version was released when I purchased it. Looking at the Aires website early is #2243 and late #2240. Richie.
Italeri, used to be a reasonably/cheaply priced range. I noticed a difference when they introduced their Italian WW2 aircraft a few years back & their prices went through the roof. Obviously new tooling & research costs money, but If you are charging the same as the Asian manufacturers, you need to offer the quality. Italeri have never offered the shake & bake kits. Sorry (not that I would be considering the cost of the 1/32 Tornado anyway), Italeri you need to drop the prices, to more realistic prices otherwise you will not have a market for much longer.
Yes, way too expensive for what you get. Italeri prices are going up, but quality does not warrant the price. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Richie
the revell kit didn’t have panel lines on the bottom, on the front, and on the sides of the back of the fuselage, too bad. It also doesn’t have flaps lowered, just for that the italeri kit wins
IMHO Italeri is overpriced. Naturally italeri has some more detail, but hey...Revell kit has far more years. I have a Revell and really cant see myself buying Italeri at that price range.
I got the GR.1 REVELL as a gift a few days ago. It's very nicely detailed considering its age. I got extra exhausts and a full cockpit with seats from AIRES.
If I had bought it myself I wouldn't pay for the extras and rather spent some time detailing here and there. The ITALERI kit is very nice as well and regardless
of its price, I would enhance the cockpit a bit and leave everything else as it is. I believe that good weathering will do more for the exhausts than an aftermarket set.
Yeah the Revell kit is nice with a few upgrades. Enjoy your build. Richie
Totally agree, I saw this Italeri kit in a hobby shop this morning & nearly dropped it when I saw the price! You would REALLY have to want dropped flaps to buy it over Revell
Yep, crazy price. Especially when you compare it to the Tamiya F-16 which is in the same ballpark. Richie
I suppose if it really means that much to someone then yes they will pay that over the Revell. You pay sour money and take your choice.
You get what you pay for. If you're building a 1/32. Budget need not be the issue. With this Italeri kit everything is already there. This kit goes together perfectly. The company really stepped it up a notch on this one.
I got the Black ECR version of the revell one and I gotta say this is gotta be the most detailed kit I ever worked on. It’s got all panel lines and rivets it looks great I gave it a gloss black primer wash and sanded down again it came out much to my surprise so much better than I thought. I got after market decals coming though and I’m going to do the RAF MED Sea grey… with gloss black top with all the Sqdns insignia along the main line going toward the tail. And I’m healthy jealous. I’ll just tell you all I had Squadron leaders and Flt Lt’s excited bout me in Cadets when we went flying I couldn’t get enough of it and cos I turned up to all those fundraiser days no one else did I got to fly often. Did aerobatics the lot I love the little Bulldog so yea you lot are lucky I got terrible eyesight-7.50 short sighted or I’d have shown you some top gun stuff and then there is (actually I’d have just done as I was told) 😂 safety first. I am gutted it was my dream I did seek it out early age. But is my hand. So I build small ones 😂. Great job thank you for your service.
If you like Tornado’s, I have a build series for the 1/48 Desert Babe coming up soon.
@@RWHobbies by all means do. If you haven’t bought the Xtradecal sheet yet I already have it on its way any day now and I’m not using all those for desert babe plus where mine is originally the 1/32 ECR I also got those decals for the sides so if you want them I can P.O. Box to you free (I won’t need 2 tornadoes in 1/32 haha) the decals for desert babe commemorative edition I’m not using this decal set comes with 3 variants the desert pink babe, RAF Camo and Med grey so I only need the key decals tail and main featurette if it helps that is. I am just glad we are keeping the hobby going. I remember the 90’s modelling and so forth it’s kinda our time to shine but I’m all for just sending it on it’s gonna lack daylight in my drawer otherwise haha
@@Trac3r. be careful with the Revell/ Eduard boxings and check the contents. My Desert Babe is full of parts with short short molding. Fortunately I have other kits I can take replacement parts from.
@@RWHobbies I’ll be sure to do that. Thank you. Right now it’s coming along I’m very pleased.
Thanks for taking the time..and money...to do this comparison., Richie. Hope the price of the Italeri comes back a bit in a year or two. Also wish Eduard would up-scale their Brimstones to 1/32. Regards, Aaron
Did you see Eduard are releasing a 1/72 Desert Babe Tornado next summer?
Yeah. I could use some to add to my typhoon kit.
@@RWHobbies cool, which brand is the donor kit ?
@@mikemontgomery2654 yep, me too :)
The Revell kit I believe.
Revell at all cost. Atleast in my country the Revell costs 65€ and the italeri costs 105€. The Revell one got bigger range of aftermarket and it got better detail oob.
Just bought the Revell Tornado "cheap" for $130 Aus, the Italeri kit sells @ $260-290 here in most shops. I can remember when this was a hobby, so damn expensive nowadays even for kits that are 20+ years old!
Yes, that is why I build more 1/72. Italeri are expensive kits for what they are.
Fair play to recap I see why it’s the money I also got the F14 Tamiya one which is £90 for 1/48 😂 and £30 for the Édouard photo etch I got. Then there is do I do all those other aftermarket parts now I started. It gets expensive but I am thinking of the aftermarket landing gear for these in Alloy
Italeri is ALWAYS extremely overpriced. Especially their 1/35 "ancient" armor kits. They try to charge AFV Club prices for kits that originated from 30 or 40 years ago.
Agreed. Had I seen a comparison before I purchased, I would have just passed and kept the Revell. Richie
High praise for doing this review Richie.! I've owned the Revell 1/32 for a long while and even though it might be old tool it certainly had more effort put in way back then. Everything is just so much sharper, more subtle than the Italeri.
I bought the Italeri for low $ recently so thought I'd compare as well. Hugely disappointed with the Italeri and its Airfix panel lines. These are not even consistent when comparing the upper and lower fuselage halves. Upper is just awful, moulded in play-doh, whereas the bottom which won't be seen is pretty nice.!
Revell may have fading panel lines but everything where it will be seen is absolutely beautiful - still holds up against modern Kinetic etc.
What is really strange is that the Italeri 1/32 Mirage which I also have is rather beautifully panel-lined. Seemingly a different design/production team on that one.
Revell undercarriage legs have crisper detail, and 1/10th the flash that Italeri's has.
Come on Italeri.. even if they cost the same I'd go for the Revell.
Thanks for watching. Yes, I prefer the Revell too. Richie
Great review Richie! I've had the Revell kit in the stash for decades. I don't see anything in the Italeri kit to make me want to buy it. Very disappointing to see the trench-like panel lines. A deal breaker for me. As far as photo-etch, I'd bet Eduard have a better etch set for the Revell kit.
Agreed. The price is ridiculous for a kit like this. $80-90 I think it would be fair, but not Tamiya prices.
I had the Revell 1/32 eurofighter. This is a new tool and absolutely fine panel lines. The italeri tornado looks a bit crude
Yep, Airfix panel lines.
Looks like this is going to be a story of two halfs for a long time. I guess the price of the Italeri kit is based purely on the fact that they had to completely tool up for it. Italeri has the edge slightly in the fact that they added the extra features such as the complete engines and dropped flaps and open spoilers. To do the flaps on the Revell kit you either need the Paragon set which is out of production, difficult to get hold of and just as expensive as the kit when you can get hold of it. Alternatively Flightpath do their Photoetch flap set which is tricky. I think Italeri also missed a trick in that the GR4 tornado common load out in Operation Telic and others like it was a Litening II or TIALD designator pod, Paveway IV and 6 Brimstone missiles mounted on two launchers mounted at the back of the belly rails. The weapons included in the kit, don't really reflect an operational GR4 however I like that they've catered for the ASSTA upgrades on the German and Italian Tornados which will allow them to deploy JDAM GBU-31s and AIM-9X Sidewinders. Nice bit of forward thinking there but the kit overall is still a mixed bag of tricks. I have just ordered one despite having several of the Revell kits, more just out of curiosity and the fact that I love the Tornado and my dad was stationed at Lossiemouth, Marham and St Athan, so was used to seeing them.
Agreed. Shame about the weapons. Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment. Richie
That’s a very helpful video. Thank you for posting.
You are welcome. I appreciate you taking the time to watch and leave a kind comment. Richie
Revell for me good show ty keep them cominng
Agreed. Had I not pre-ordered it and if I had seen it in advance I would probably have passed. Or picked it up if it went on clearance.
@@RWHobbies ty you sharing this video you saved me $$ keep them coming
I’ve got the Revell kit…Thanks for the look at the resin aftermarket parts..Shame about the Italeri kit.If it was priced more sensibly it would be a good option as well as Italeri probably selling more..Thanks for your video👍
You're welcome. I was actually thinking about buying another Revell kit before they disappear. They are get value for money. Richie
@@RWHobbies Thank you.Would be wonderful to see your build of your Tornado,(when the time is right).Your videos,commentary on kits and builds are great.Really glad to find your channel👍
I got resin seats but will be looking at the other resin now for my Revell Tornado…Take care and all the best🇬🇧⚽️✌️
I found a Revell 1/32 Tornado IDS in German markings. I need to research as I want a Brit version from Operation Granby, not sure of cosmetics.
Probably better off just buying Revell 03892. It is cheap and readily available still. Everything you need will be in the box.
''The return of the Matchbox Trench Digger''
Haha.. indeed! Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment. Richie
I got the italeri one at its honestly one of the most enjoyable kits i ever build, fit is great as well, and i heard the revell kit fit is crappersonnaly i dont think the panellines are overdone.
Great kit, but price 😬 it is not cheap at all. You can get 3-4 Revell kits for price of one Italeri
@@RWHobbies yeah but i would argue its 3 to 4 times as good if not better
I managed to get the Italeri kit for £80 where it suddenly becomes a great model for the money. I'm certain that if that was the RRP it would be sold out all over the place.... Having said that, I still then bought aftermarket seats, cockpit panels, wheels, probe etc. And I still need a pair of 1500KG tanks which the Revell one comes with...
Great price. I am thinking of getting the Redfox 3d printed cockpit instruments. But it is a lot of cash for what it is
@@RWHobbies I got the Kits World 3d printed cockpit in 1/48 and it was dreadful - heard good things about the Redfox though...
Thanks for letting me know. They looked bad in the pics.
Ah nice thanks for this
No problem. Sorry for the quality it is an old video and before I created my studio.
I have a slightly older copy of the Revell kit - sadly the moulds looked like they needed a clean, as underside and part sides is missing any panel details, if you squint you can see something should be there but just didn’t come out of the mould correctly. And I can’t scribe what I don’t know is there or not!
Would be interested to see if they cleaned up the moulds and the details now show on the sides of the rear fuselage.
I also own a Revell F/A-18 in 1/32 and can see how much of a mess that kit is in parts, when instructions tell you to clean flash off of parts you have a problem!
Great review
Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a kind comment. Richie
Great comparison video, is the early type or late type aires cockpit.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave the kind comment. I actually have the IDS cockpit #2130. I dont think the Gr.1 version was released when I purchased it. Looking at the Aires website early is #2243 and late #2240. Richie.
@@RWHobbies many thanks for your answer. Appreciate
Italeri, used to be a reasonably/cheaply priced range. I noticed a difference when they introduced their Italian WW2 aircraft a few years back & their prices went through the roof. Obviously new tooling & research costs money, but If you are charging the same as the Asian manufacturers, you need to offer the quality. Italeri have never offered the shake & bake kits. Sorry (not that I would be considering the cost of the 1/32 Tornado anyway), Italeri you need to drop the prices, to more realistic prices otherwise you will not have a market for much longer.
Yes, way too expensive for what you get. Italeri prices are going up, but quality does not warrant the price. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Richie
I see the Airfix trench digging panel lines are present on the Italerai - a shame, really.
Yep... what a shame hey? Especially as they are asking Tamiya prices. Richie
Who agrees that the Tornado needs to be brought to DCS and Ace Combat 7? :)
the revell kit didn’t have panel lines on the bottom, on the front, and on the sides of the back of the fuselage, too bad. It also doesn’t have flaps lowered, just for that the italeri kit wins
If only someone like Tamiya or GWH produced a Tornado hey? Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment. Richie.
Italeri fits together better,trust me
IMHO Italeri is overpriced. Naturally italeri has some more detail, but hey...Revell kit has far more years. I have a Revell and really cant see myself buying Italeri at that price range.
Agreed.