Revell

Revell was founded in 1943 in Venice/Hollywood, California, USA, by entrepreneur Lewis H. Glaser as a plastics molding firm originally called Precision Specialties. The company pivoted to hobby products, popularizing plastic model kit assembly in the early 1950s and adopting the Revell brand name; an early landmark kit was the USS Missouri battleship. In 1956 a German subsidiary, Revell Plastics GmbH, was established in Bielefeld (soon relocated to Bünde), which later grew into an independent design and manufacturing arm. Corporate ownership has changed hands many times: the American company merged with Monogram in 1986 to form Revell-Monogram, was later owned by Hallmark Cards, then Hobbico, and since 2018 the German-headquartered Revell GmbH has been owned by Quantum Capital Partners. Revell is now based in Bünde, Germany, and is recognized as one of the best-known names in plastic scale modeling worldwide, with a presence in dozens of countries. Revell is known for injection-molded plastic scale model kits across aircraft, automobiles, military vehicles, spacecraft, and ships/submarines, spanning skill levels from simple snap-together kits to detailed builder's kits, plus licensed pop-culture subjects (e.g., Star Wars, Jurassic World, Stranger Things).

Notable ship/naval subjects include the USS Missouri, the Bismarck battleship, and Titanic-themed kits, alongside various submarines and historic vessels, typically offered in scales like 1:72, 1:144, 1:200, and 1:700 depending on the subject.