DDR diecast vehicles

[Paul Spain]

I see Torsten has one of those GRELL diecast VolksPolizei vehicles up for bids now.





I have seen these numerous times and was once thinking of buying one..But it seems GRELL leaves some details off:

1. WRONG green, VolksPolizei had white with army green,Appears GRELL used regular German police green.

2. They forgot the star decals on the sides..While I do know not all the vehicles had them on the hood and trunks and had some with just lettering: VOLKSPOLIZEI I know they always had the badge on the side of the vehicles or on the front doors.


Thus I have decided to make my own 1:64 scale VolksPolizei fleet..But it's hard to find good blank Ladas,Wartburgs,Trabants,Moskwitchs,and Wolgas.

I do have a Wartburg 353 and Wolga Gaz M21 but those is 1:87..A bit tiny for a Matchbox-Hotwheels diorama.

I will post pics of my fleet once done.

[torstenbel]

there is certainly some detail missing on these modells, but they still make a good starting point for a collection.