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Russian 427 Wagon; 1/43rd something or nother
Topic Started: Mar 27 2009, 08:36 PM (603 Views)
QuicksilverDC
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I am clueless here my Russian is about as good as my Japanese.

My Keyboard doesn't have letters like what on is the base....so....... :pancakebunny:
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

At least your implementing good use of the pancake bunny. You really do get how things work here on the Garage. :bangles:
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
It's a very nice something or other....something something. :pancakebunny:
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James
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IS it a Trabant?

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Pretty sure it's a Moskvich ;)
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QuicksilverDC
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I guess in a sorta twisted way it looks like it sez toyota backwards on the side....or maybe the 1st star wars unit out...didn't fly...b3po didn't make it either....and of course we all know c3po was a hit.....
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Sak
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Ezekiel 25:17
It's a Moskvitch 427 station wagon. 'Aeroflot'. Perhaps an airport shuttle.
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Despite being incredibly awful cars, I enjoy collecting Russian car models because unlike the real things, they will never let you down. For a start, they are much better built than real Russian cars, and for models that were probably made 25-30 years ago, they are actually of better quality than other 1:43 cars made by other manufacturers of the time such as Solido, Norev and Dinky.

They all have rubber tyres, good detail, good quality-paint and most have opening parts. Some have opening parts all around. And, for models that would have only originally been sold in the home market, they seem to show up quite often at UK toy fairs for very reasonable prices (I've never paid more than £5 for a boxed example). It's always baffled me how they ended up over here, but I was told a few months ago that Russian fishermen bought them over here to swap for tobacco and alcohol. Funny, eh?
Edited by james_autos, Mar 30 2009, 10:00 AM.
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Sak
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Yes, James, I've often felt that the Russians must've made a pleasant alternative to the Dinkys of the time, which, like the Corgis, were already up to 1:36 and of an appalling build quality.

I like 'em...
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THECHEVYGUY
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the markings on the moskvitch say aeroflot which is the soviet state airline
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Nice stuff! I have this car, but not in this livery! Russian cars are awesome, pretty much everything James_Autos said goes the same for me!
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