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{{Short description|Scale model manufacturer}} {{About|the company|the surname|Revell (surname)|the publishing house|Baker Publishing Group}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=April 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Revell GmbH | former_names = Revell-Monogram <br />(1986–2007) | logo = Revell_company_logo.png | logo_size = | image = Revell 4307.JPG | image_caption = Revell corporate headquarters in Bünde | type = [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] | industry = | fate = Merged with [[Monogram (company)|Monogram]] in 1986, merger then dissolved and acquired by other companies | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{start date and age|1943}} in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] | founder = Lewis H. Glaser | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = [[Bünde]] | hq_location_country = Germany | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = [[plastic model|Plastic scale models]] [[model car|cars]], [[model aircraft|aircraft]], [[model ship|ships]], commercial vehicles | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = {{plainlist| * Quantum Capital Partners (2018–pres.) * [[Hobbico]] (2007–18) * [[Hallmark Cards]] (1994–2007) }} | subsid = Revell Plastics [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]]<br /> (1956–2006) | brands = Revell Control <ref name=hist/> | website = {{url|https://www.revell.com/|revell.com}} }} '''Revell GmbH''' is an American-origin manufacturer of [[plastic model|plastic scale models]], currently based in [[Bünde]], Germany. The original Revell company merged with [[Monogram (company)|Monogram]] in 1986, becoming "Revell-Monogram". The business operated until 2007, when American Revell was purchased by [[Hobbico]], while the German subsidiary "Revell Plastics GmbH" (established in 1956) had separated from the American firm in 2006 until Hobbico purchased it in 2012, bringing the two back together again under the same company umbrella.<ref name=hist>[https://www.revell.com/history/ History] on Revell website</ref> After the Hobbico demise in 2018, Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) acquired Revell.<ref>[https://www.quantum-capital-partners.com/en/news/article/quantum-group-acquires-revell-gmbh.html Quantum Group acquires Revell GmbH] on Quantum, 17 Mar 2018</Ref> Some of the scale products manufactured and commercialized by Revell are [[model car|cars]], [[model aircraft|aircraft]], [[model ship|ships]], and commercial vehicles.
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