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rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:31 pm
by 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
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:51 pm
by motorman
Very Interesting Reg, something different. Do all four come in the one box?
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:00 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
They do Alex, just add water and they grow...
Ghosty.
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:13 pm
by motorman
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:They do Alex, just add water and they grow...
Ghosty.
Wrong Ghosty, the instructions state "Just add Vodka...stand back and watch them grow!"
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:15 pm
by fixer
motorman wrote: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
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:15 pm
by fixer
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:19 pm
by motorman
What model car are they....... is it a Trabant??
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:23 pm
by 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
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 12:14 am
by 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.
Re: rusian diecast
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 12:30 am
by motorman
Brilliant Ghosty, very well informed as usual!!
