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Hello Trabi and Speed Champions fans,


Trabant 601 (or Trabant P601 series) is one of the most iconic Eastern Bloc cars of my childhood. It was a Trabant model produced by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau, Saxony. It was the third generation of the model, built for the longest production time, from 1964 to 1990. As a result, it is the best-known Trabant model and often referred to simply as "the Trabant" or "the Trabi". During this long production run, 2,818,547 Trabant 601s were produced overall and it was the most common vehicle in former East Germany. Building instructions are available on the following links:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-137852/_TLG_/trabant-601

https://www.mocsmarket.com/lego-mocs/trabant-601/


It is a studless build in the original, 6 studs wide Speed Champions scale and fits perfectly to the new City style cars too.  I have minimized the number of the stickers to keep the flexibility of the parts in further builds, therefore only two standard vehicle registration plate stickers and a Trabant logo sticker are used.


I wanted to build the model as accurate as possible in this small scale, therefore it contains lots of details: for example the iconic head and rear ligths, the front grill, the side view mirror, the door handles etc... Maybe the most challenging one was the wheel and mudguard detail with a half stud offset.


The model has space for one minifigure with small or middle sized hair.


If you prefer the Universal version, then you need only 3 extra parts and it is an easy modification.


Thanks for visiting,
_TLG_

52677936732_3b865dee6e_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 1 by László Torma, on Flickr

52677935747_5eb0d8e101_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 2 by László Torma, on Flickr

52677935977_c423bff7fe_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 3 by László Torma, on Flickr

52678448526_46c983e8a7_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 4 by László Torma, on Flickr

52678734409_a0b2124be9_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 5 by László Torma, on Flickr

52678884285_b40f11b28a_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 6 by László Torma, on Flickr

52678884840_aa6ed258f8_z.jpgTrabant 601 - instructions 7 by László Torma, on Flickr

 

 

 

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I remember those from Polish streets, both versions but the estate type was less common (although I personally knew a guy who owned one).

Great job overall, it's instantly recognisable! :classic:

Posted

Oh god,
A Trabant....made of polyesther mainly
with 2 Stroke motor Kedengdengdengedenk....pruttel...

I once had a girlfriend that drove one as oldtimer,
She was a nice clever girl with long blonde hairs.
One day she wanted to fuel,
So she stopped at the MOPED pump at the gasstation.

Image
A blonde that wants to fuel her car with 2stroke gas
The pumpservant ran outside.....

Nice moc

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13 hours ago, Dreamweb said:

I remember those from Polish streets, both versions but the estate type was less common (although I personally knew a guy who owned one).

Great job overall, it's instantly recognisable! :classic:

 

6 hours ago, Dreamweb said:

A plastic car made of plastic bricks. :laugh:

Thanks a lot! Yes, a plastic car made of plastic brick :D One of my friends had an estate version in 90s, a white one. Firstly I wanted to build it in white, or a light blue would be very nice, but unfortunately some parts are not available in those colors...

 

11 hours ago, JaBaCaDaBra said:

Oh god,
A Trabant....made of polyesther mainly
with 2 Stroke motor Kedengdengdengedenk....pruttel...

I once had a girlfriend that drove one as oldtimer,
She was a nice clever girl with long blonde hairs.
One day she wanted to fuel,
So she stopped at the MOPED pump at the gasstation.

Image
A blonde that wants to fuel her car with 2stroke gas
The pumpservant ran outside.....

Nice moc

Nice story :) and thanks, I am glad you like it!

8 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Great LEGO version of the iconic Trabant. It's even Speed Champion sized! 

Thanks a lot!

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