Best Trabant?

[Kris Morgan]

I know revell did two different Trabant kits. Just wondering which one is best.

[Eshaver]

Kris , I'm only aware of a Revell AG kit . That one had an opening trunk, decent proportions and looked very nice when it was assembled .

[Tom Geiger]

Kris- of the two Revell Trabant kits, the newer one is better. The early one was a curbside and the new one has full engine detail.

With the early ones, if you are buying one at a show, check to make sure the roof pillars are intact and the roof is straight. It's a very weak assembly and gets crushed easily and often in the flatty box it came in.

Edited April 19, 2013 by Tom Geiger

[Kris Morgan]

Thanks Tom. I will be looking for one or, two at the show. Wanna do one as a gasser and maybe a stock one.

[W-Machine]

Either one is actually worth more than a mint 1:1 Trabant, even one with a full tank.

[GeeBee]

The older Trabant kit released by Revell nearly 24 years ago was actually developed by the Danish company, Heljan, I had a few of these years ago, and gave up building them, as the mold was pretty bad, with very bad fitting parts, and the wheels and tyres were molded as one, it didn't have an engine or much detail to speak of, however the newer release by Revell, which I have a couple, is a totally different kit, opening boot and bonnet, full engine and gearbox detail seperate wheels and vinyl tyres, and is a much better kit, and is available over here for around £16.00, so I suggest if you want to actually build it, go for the later model,

[ChrisR]

I have both. The second one is much better. But saying that I am busy finishing the first one as a racer. Sorry for the bad second picture but it was taken with my mobile: