SPA Modeler

Hi folks...

This kit is something special. I grew up in the former GDR and the only plastic kit brand we could get (besides something from the Czech Republic etc.) was Plasticard. Well, I guess, most of you never heard of those. Lucky us that a company not so far away from my hometown dug the old forms out andstarted to reissue those plastic kits:

http://www.reifra.de/shop/index.php?cat ... crue28ppa4

One of them is the "Energija/Buran", which I want to build. Its a real simple kit and as far as I know theres absolutely NO AM stuff. Funny eh? For me its as well a support of the local industry, if you can say so, and a fun project as always. Anigrand brought a pricey Buran shuttle, but its only the shuttle itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVcJteQp6Io


I started with the ramp:

Those memories from our childhood are priceless. Pretty cool they started reissuing those kits.

VEB Plastikard! Heck yes, I remember those. When the wall come down the market overhere was flooded with Plastikard and KP kits. At absolute bargain prices, a guilder (we still had those) for a kit. I have build several of their kits. And Revell has some of there molds: be-6, il-4, g-24 can all be found in Revell boxes. How is that Buran kit?

Lets say its a "Snap kit". The ramp is build quite quickly, the only negative thing - and thats a real PITA - are the unsharp photos. Two times I glued a part the wrong way and then I recognized it a bit later. NARF!!!

Plasticard was partly designed by Axel Dietz - responsible for later Revell kits like the MiG 21 F-13 (1/72) and the He 177 for example.

There is a very nice history page on Plasticart:

http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/History/plast.htm

Bought some Plasticart kits in Moscow back then. Oh, memories!