ROCK ’N’ ROLL ERA RACER: 1:25 SCALE FORD ANGLIA DRAG COUPE FROM REVELL
THE 1:25 SCALE REVELL ANGLIA DRAG COUPE is a neatly presented blast from the past, for the kit goes back many years. Mat Irvine: This is a welcome reissue of a Revell kit first released in the 1960s, and now presented with an SSP (Selected Subjects Program) roundel. Based on the British Ford E95A Anglia body, the real cars were popular as the basis for altered drag racers. The box photo depicts the dragster in action, and is the same pic used for the first release, around half a century ago. The box side ( below ) has useful reference photos of the assembled and finished model. Note the realism of the inner door panels. The Anglia Drag Coupe is now moulded in white, instead of the the original red. A large chromed runner is supplied, though there’s no injection-moulded transparent plastic for the window glass. Instead, you get a clear sheet of acetate that has to be cut and trimmed to shape. This was a common procedure with kits of this era, and although, OK, it migh...