{"id":4484,"date":"2013-10-25T08:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2013-10-25T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:17:12","slug":"fireball-roberts-57-ford-125-scale-revell-model-kit-85-4024-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=4484","title":{"rendered":"Fireball Roberts &#8217;57 Ford 1:25 Scale Revell Model Kit #85-4024 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=4484&text=Fireball Roberts '57 Ford 1:25 Scale Revell Model Kit #85-4024 Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">RoR Step-by-Step Review <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">201310<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25*\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fireball Roberts &#8217;57 Ford 1:25 Scale Revell Model Kit #85-4024 Review\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"IMG_0000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/10462830884\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0000\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3690\/10462830884_419614d854.jpg\" width=\"551\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Review and Photos by Tony Gibson <a title=\"Tony Gibson by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/5472886156\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Tony Gibson\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5179\/5472886156_f2b54868a5_t.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Before Edward Glenn Roberts started driving race cars, he was a baseball player, where he earned his nickname \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fireball\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 When he started racing, the name stuck.\u00c2\u00a0 He started racing full time on dirt tracks and with NASCAR.\u00c2\u00a0 This \u00e2\u20ac\u212257 Ford was one of his most famous cars and numbers during his career with the \u00e2\u20ac\u009dThunderbird Special\u00e2\u20ac\u009d supercharged 312 c.i.d. V8.\u00c2\u00a0 Before his death in a 1964 racing accident, Fireball was voted most popular driver and won a total of 33 NASCAR races in only 206 starts.\u00c2\u00a0 He also won the Daytona race in 1962.\u00c2\u00a0 Roberts has been inducted into the Motor Sports Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>For the Modeler:<\/b> This is the Revell \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fireball\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roberts 1957 Ford race car 1:25 Scale Model Kit #85-4024. It is a Skill Level 3 kit. The pieces are molded in; white, chrome and clear plastic with four vinyl no-logo street tires and waterslide decals. This kit includes 171 parts and two different designs to choose from including gauges and many extras.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a nicely laid out direction sheet and the tooling for this kit is awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 The body is super clean and has only minimal die marks, making cleanup easy.\u00c2\u00a0 The parts on the tree are sharp, clean and highly detailed.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also several fine detailing parts to make things more realistic.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a split bench seat for racing, roll bars, and a rear seat pan filling the rear cockpit.\u00c2\u00a0 The chrome is bright and really clean.\u00c2\u00a0 The glass is very clear and polished.\u00c2\u00a0 The decals are beautiful and colorful with crisp and clear designs.\u00c2\u00a0 Finished dimensions 7\u00c2\u00be\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 long, 2\u00c2\u00be\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 wide, 2\u00c2\u00bc\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 high. 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