One of the most prolific and important slot racing companies of the 1960s, Revell was already one of the world’s largest model kit company when they decided to immerse themselves into the new hobby in 1963.

They began by issuing components that included a simple aluminum ladder frame chassis, wheels, tires and gears, and various other items for the scratch builders.  They also made an agreement with Pittman to sell their motors in Revell-Pittman packaging, under the RP66 and RP77 names. Next were complete kits in 1/32 and 1/24 scale, with injected bodies of good quality and accuracy, of typical sports and racing cars of the early 1960’s. Their 1/32-scale Corvette Sting Ray, Ferrari 250 GTO, Aston-Martin DB5 and Mercedes-Benz 300SL kits were quickly joined by a Cobra roadster. All were sold in colorful boxes with the parts sealed under shrink-wrap and presented on a colored card tray.  On the 1/24 front, a Lotus 23 and a PORSCHE RS60 followed the original BRM and Lotus-Ford F1s.