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28/10/2019 10:44 am
Cars of the World?
Hi all, I hope you're doing well!
We each have our own criteria/focus for our collections, and I was curious, does anyone here try to collect a car from every auto-producing country?
For instance, while my focus is mainly the US muscle-era, I'm trying to expand into the little, obscure cars and trucks from overseas. Beetles and 2CVs (okay, not always obscure), but also Steyr-Puchs from Austria (I'd love a 1/18 Haflinger), the Trabant from East Germany, Volvos or SAABs from Sweden, etc etc etc.
I've got the UK, West Germany, Italy, France, Russia, Poland, Japan, and Australia covered (I'd imagine those are the "easy" ones), but in the realm of 1/18, focusing mainly on the 50s-70s era, what are some cars from other countries that have been made in 1/18 that you recommend? On my short list is Revell Germany's Volvo 121 Amazon (I don't have a Swedish car yet) and the Trabant (from Sunstar I believe).
Thank you!
28/10/2019 1:24 pm
That's an interesting collecting criteria. It's not something I pay much attention to.
Based on your post I checked and I only have six countries. Those being the USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France, and Italy.
28/10/2019 8:30 pm
Great History behind world cars as you named them..
There is one more interesting theme called "Micro Cars". European countries once produced very small and tiny cars.. However, these models are little costly and hard to find.