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Wartburg 311 Coupe Red & Beige Revell 1:18

Wartburg 311 Coupe Red & Beige Revell 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Wartburg
Model Manufacturer
Revell
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08418
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About the Wartburg 311 Coupe Red & Beige Revell 1:18

TL;DR: This Revell 1:18 diecast reproduces the Wartburg 311 Coupe in red and beige two-tone, the East German classic built in Eisenach through the late 1950s and 1960s. It gives a vintage classics shelf a genuinely distinctive Eastern Bloc subject with real coupe styling.

Wartburg's 311 surprised people who expected another dull East German saloon, since the coupe body actually looked like something a Western stylist might have signed off.

A Genuinely Stylish Eastern Bloc Coupe

Built in Eisenach from 1956 onward, the Wartburg 311 used a two-stroke three-cylinder engine, a technical footnote that mattered less than its bodywork, since the coupe variant carried flowing fenders and a low roofline that gave it real presence for a car built behind the Iron Curtain. The two-tone red and beige scheme on this diecast highlights the coupe's waistline and roof pillars clearly, a period-correct colour treatment that many original cars wore. Revell's diecast handles the rounded 1950s bodywork with clean, consistent panel gaps, and the two-tone paintwork is applied with a crisp division line rather than a blurred edge, a small but noticeable sign of careful production.

An Uncommon Subject Worth Seeking Out

This 311 Coupe stands out on a vintage classics shelf precisely because Eastern Bloc cars rarely get this kind of attractive coupe treatment in scale form. Collectors interested in automotive history beyond the usual Western European and American subjects will find it a genuinely rewarding, characterful addition.

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