rusian diecast

[fixer]

didn't know where to put this request
they are 1:43 scale and obviously Russian ,the bases are very plain ,headlights light up the same as the corgi rover
I did post these on the old site but can't remember if anyone replied and now I can't get back in

[motorman]

Very Interesting Reg, something different. Do all four come in the one box?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

They do Alex, just add water and they grow...

Ghosty.

[motorman]

They do Alex, just add water and they grow...

Ghosty.

Wrong Ghosty, the instructions state "Just add Vodka...stand back and watch them grow!"

[fixer]

Very Interesting Reg, something different. Do all four come in the one box?

no they all have their own boxes just showed one as an example , the boxes are not made from card but from what seems to be a thick paper

[fixer]

They do Alex, just add water and they grow...

Ghosty.

Wrong Ghosty, the instructions state "Just add Vodka...stand back and watch them grow!"

you guys

[motorman]

What model car are they....... is it a Trabant??

[fixer]

I think they are volgas i'll take one to sandown tomorrow maybe find someone who could identify them
somewhere in my old muddled head I can recall an item in Diecast Collector about them it said they were rare but I can't remember any other details

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Yes Reg, they are Volga cars, they are the series 24, called GAZ-24 and first available from 1968 to the mid 1980's in various forms.

The models in your pictures are GAZ-24 (24 denoting saloon with single headlamps), and several Russian based toy companies have made models of almost the same car. Yours however seem to have come from the factory making the real car as a promotional hence the logo on the box and the three letter name on the base under the front axle housing...Gorky Automotive Plant (BUT OF COURSE IN RUSSIAN), and I have posted a picture of the factory logo below, the same logo appearing on the box for your models.

An earlier version of the car had a bonnet mascot designed as a miniature deer and that is also used in their logo.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[motorman]

Brilliant Ghosty, very well informed as usual!!