Revell Golf 1 GTi 1:24 – build review

Feature Article with Geoff Brown

Here’s a look at how it all turned out…

When this was released back in 2014, I couldn’t wait to get hold of one, as for 6 years I actually worked for Volkswagen-Audi UK, but other work commitments got in the way. So this model sat on the back burner for a few years after only getting the body shell and body coloured parts airbrushed in primer.

Fast forward to 2020, and I managed to pull this model out and get some more work started on it.

The model can be built as either a right or left hand drive, two dashboards are supplied along with stages marked on the instruction sheet to which holes need to be drilled on the body shell and various other parts. This all depends on which configuration the builder goes with, on this occasion I chose to go with a left hand drive vehicle.

Read on…