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26/01/2021 8:37 pm
This is the big '36 Zis 101A limo, as very nicely done in 1/43 scale. Besides Stalin, other big shots from the Soviet Union could be driven around in this rather Buick-looking vehicle. Philanthropists like Yagoda, then Yezhov then Beria, undoubtedly for a time, enjoyed rides in it's comfortable interior.
27/01/2021 2:03 am
Great pictures, Mike! Thank you for posting. Is it IST?
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27/01/2021 8:59 am
I had to look up those 'Philanthropists' on wikipedia. but I gave up after the 1st one. It was too much... I think it is an IST though!
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27/01/2021 9:19 am
This is a pretty nice model. Your photos are exceptional.
I picked this model up this past summer. I was really surprised as to how much it looks like the Buicks of the period.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
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27/01/2021 11:03 am
Mike, Pic #2 is a hoot. Uncle Joe in the back seat!
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27/01/2021 11:13 am
Mike, Great photography and what a clever collection of scenes. That image of St. Basils from Red Square is something else. Thanks.
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27/01/2021 12:23 pm
I have this one, as well as the ZIS 110 Packard clone from 1947 (pictured). Has anyone watched "The Death of Stalin"? A hilarious movie about the scramble for power following Stalin's death. I think there is a restored ZIL 101A in there - film locations included Ukraine and Moscow.
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27/01/2021 8:29 pm
Great pictures, Mike! Thank you for posting. Is it IST?
Thanks ! Yep, this is an Ist model.
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27/01/2021 11:44 pm
I like the Zis, and also the one that Harv posted. Here are a couple more, even though the boxes aren't handy and I'm incomplete on identification.
First is a ZIS that looks very much like a pre-WW II Packard. These were largely handbuilt in the USSR and were not constructed with old Packard dies.
This one is a later Russian limo, and I have seen it under a couple of different names, most commonly as a GAZ 13 CHAIKA. I am including a shot of the underside just in case you can read Russian. This one is old enough to be marked "Made in USSR."
28/01/2021 9:02 am
This forum isn't just fun, it's highly educational! Keep 'em coming fellas!
01/02/2021 5:57 pm
I have a model 1939 Zis 101A Sport by Nash Avtoprom Ukraine. I am new to forum.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
01/02/2021 6:04 pm
Welcome to the forum, Frank. With the re-building of this site, many of us are "new" members as well. It's a welcoming place, a great site for exchanging information, sources, and sometimes new and old item pictures. Some have large holdings, some have small numbers, but we share a common (but not always exclusive) interest in the 1:43 scale. Enjoy! David H
01/02/2021 6:15 pm
@d-m-holcombe. Thanks for the welcome. I have about 200 143 models various makers.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
01/02/2021 6:45 pm
I'm sorry to appear to show off, but I am mad keen on Soviet limousines...............
Sadly, I do not have photo's for most of the '50s, '30s and '20s. Have just got 3 Russobalt so I shall try and post those before too long.
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