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Post by cfesmire on Mar 14, 2008 22:57:18 GMT 1
At the Springfield meet aand greet I was privilaged to meet quite a few folks. Among them were some fellas from NY State. Among them Andy (cny187 a new member) showed this little crawler that stumped everyone there. The tracks move very freely and it's a very impressive little piece. Can anyone identify it please?  |
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Post by Christian on Mar 14, 2008 23:38:06 GMT 1
I think I have seen this before. Russian origin, sold by ADP some years ago. Need to find a catalog again to be sure.
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Post by only87 on Mar 15, 2008 0:06:52 GMT 1
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stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on Mar 15, 2008 5:29:09 GMT 1
Dear All:
I have this piece as well, in yellow I believe. From the times when I dealt with my Buddy Dimitri.
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Post by Wayne87th on Mar 15, 2008 8:42:22 GMT 1
Is Dimitri still selling the Russian, etc. military vehicles in 1/87?
Wayne
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Post by stanhas87 on Mar 15, 2008 19:33:29 GMT 1
Dear Wayne:
I did not had any contact with him since mid-2002 but it seems that he is still active. And is true, his specialty was Buses, Military Vehicles and other assorted Russian Vehicles.
Nick K
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Post by cny187 on Mar 15, 2008 22:12:49 GMT 1
Thanks Chester!
I have 3 of these, this green one and 2 bright orange ones. I have had them for about 6 years or so... I picked them up at a RR show here in Syracuse. They had no identification on the little box they came in. I think I paid $6 a piece...
Does any one know the vintage, I model the late 40's to mid-late 50's.
Thanks to all for the help!
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Post by Ed on Mar 17, 2008 21:47:17 GMT 1
I got my yellow one around 1990 or so, from a guy I had been exchanging with for 1:43 (and other) scale Russian diecast. It was supposed to date from the late 1940's, IIRC.
I received it in a box that had a bunch of different 1:87 ZIS-5 variants in it (vans, tankers, etc). They were strange in that they had removable "rubber" tires. I should dig them out and look at them again. They were remarkably well detailed.
The same person was trying to make a mold for a 1/87 GAZ-69 "jeep", but I only think that he got as far as the grille, doors, and hood.
Ed
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Mar 17, 2008 22:11:17 GMT 1
I got my yellow one around 1990 or so, from a guy I had been exchanging with for 1:43 (and other) scale Russian diecast. It was supposed to date from the late 1940's, IIRC. I received it in a box that had a bunch of different 1:87 ZIS-5 variants in it (vans, tankers, etc). They were strange in that they had removable "rubber" tires. I should dig them out and look at them again. They were remarkably well detailed. The same person was trying to make a mold for a 1/87 GAZ-69 "jeep", but I only think that he got as far as the grille, doors, and hood. Ed This GAZ 69 USSR Jeep from 1952 I have here on my desk. This one is made by HB Model from Czech Republic. |
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Post by Ed on Mar 18, 2008 16:25:59 GMT 1
Sorry, I meant the UAZ-469. My familiarity with the old russian-made stuff is getting rusty.
Ed
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Mar 18, 2008 20:38:10 GMT 1
Nice Jeep!
By the way, UAZ is Russian for Liaz, I was told.
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Post by only87 on Mar 18, 2008 20:59:47 GMT 1
UAZ has nothing to do with LIAZ.
UAZ: Uljanowski awtomobilnij sawod, russian manufacturer
LIAZ: Liberecké automobilové závody, czech manufacturer, associated with Skoda, LIAZ was their division for heavy trucks
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Mar 21, 2008 14:18:09 GMT 1
Thanks Peter!
Somewhere I knew it didn't make sense, but it was me told by a Chechian model-manufacturer so I thought he should know more about the east-European models.
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Post by only87 on Mar 22, 2008 1:43:19 GMT 1
I'm not a real expert myself but I don't see no obvious connection between those two manufacturers. LIAZ was formerly known as RAF around wartime, as far as I know, there also was a Russian manufacturer named RAF, and all the Russian manufacturers were linked together anyway, so thre might be a connection and possibly they exchanged their know-how and man-power to some extent. It could very well be that the Czech pride exaggerated a little bit there, but like I said, there is no obvious connection between those two independent manufacturers.
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