Trabant "Freedom Fighter"

[Modellpularn]

This one was built in the early 90's. Don't think I've shown it before, memory fade..... Chassis is from an MPC "Mount n' Goat" The rest is from the "Trabbi" kit. Wow Virgil, you're an early bird. Had a little computer trouble....

I think the mufflers came from the parts box. Exhaust pipes from the engine was made from solder.

Edited October 21, 2011 by Modellpularn

[Dr. Cranky]

Picture?

[Chuck Most]

Hadn't thought of trying THAT with a Trabant!

[RodneyBad]

Looks Very Cool..

Great Idea...

Mmmm, I have one and parts of a Suzuki Samurai

Edited October 22, 2011 by RodneyBad

[robertw]

A Communist rock crawler, clever idea that has been well executed.

[jeffs396]

Neat build Hans!

[Jeff Johnston]

you probably won't believe me, but I swear I saw one of these following me recently here in Southern NH. My son was driving and I kept looking behind me trying to figure it out. We took a left and when it went by it looked (as my son said) "like the Harry Potter car on a Jeep frame". It was black, and very weird in a cool way (if that makes sense) LOL. I can't say I didn't like it...

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Wow haven't seen a trabant since I last visited Hungary about 5 years ago. Nice model

[Modellpularn]

Thanks for your positive comments guys! How come I built it, you might wonder..... I guess it was one of those crazy ideas that comes from tinkering with different parts. "Hmmm, this Jeep chassis looks about right for the Trabant" Paint is some Testors rattle can red. Doesn't sound like a big deal. You guys have all the paint over there, but here in Sweden we always had Humbrol. Sometime in the early 70's, Pactra appeared on the modeling scene. I've painted a lot of models using Pactra paint. I got some Testors paint sent to me by my sister, who worked as a nanny in Carmel in the mid 80's. I still have a lot of those cans unused.

[Rob Hall]

Clever idea and clean execution!

[Tony T]

That's one way to make it reliable!! Nice job!!