traditional Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) My brother and I have wanted to build one of these large 1/8 1956 to 1958 Volga kits for a while, but it was only available in Russia and sold as a subscription of 110 parts packages over a long period of time. Anyhow , an Ebay vendor in Russia was recently selling the complete set of packages unopened along with the 110 magazines that serve as building instructions. The wording is only in Russian, but the illustrations and photographs make it reasonably easy to follow the construction and it's much more pleasurable to have the complete kit of parts all at one time, so we pulled the trigger (it was expensive but the quality makes it worth the high cost). It's taken approximately seven full days to assemble the many hundreds of parts (everything comes painted) and I was amazed at the fit and finish of everything.....screw holes all line up well and they supply extra fasteners (tiny) in case one gets lost during the build. Theres a tiny speaker for the horn sound and all the lights work. I'm delighted with the result, and I find the model (and the real car) quite attractive. Edited December 6, 2020 by traditional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Nice. It reminds me very much of a Hudson Jet (53?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Well, that's interesting subject matter. Looks cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 THat's really cool. THanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Extraordinary model, looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Growing up in Poland in the '70s, I remember seeing these cars (usually painted black). I thought the see-through speedometer was so cool (without realizing that the concept was probably "borrowed" from the American Thunderbird). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Man, that really looks nice... The detail is remarkable... Very well appointed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Very nice indeed. It’s not a car I’d ever heard of. Great to see something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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