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Wartburg 313 Pastel Green over Beige Revell 1:18

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Wartburg 313 Pastel Green over Beige Revell 1:18 09018 Diecast
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Revell's 1:18 diecast Wartburg 313 pairs pastel green bodywork with a beige interior, reproducing the open-top sports tourer East Germany's Eisenach factory built largely for Western export. A genuinely unusual subject for a diecast shelf, well outside the usual German saloon roster.
Wartburg 313 Pastel Green over 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
09018
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Wartburg 313 Pastel Green over Beige Revell 1:18

TL;DR: Revell's 1:18 diecast Wartburg 313 reproduces the East German open-top sports tourer in pastel green over beige. Built from 1961 at the Eisenach works largely for hard-currency export, the 313 gives a display an unusual Eastern Bloc subject rarely seen alongside the West German classics most collectors already own.

Few Cold War-era East German cars reached Western Europe in any numbers, which makes a diecast of the 313 a genuine discovery piece rather than another familiar shape off a well-worn shelf.

Revell's Diecast Rendering of an Unusual Colour Pairing

The two-tone scheme, pastel green body against a beige interior, is the first thing that separates this piece from the darker, more formal palette typical of the era's West German saloons, and it suits the 313's identity as an export-focused sports tourer rather than a staid family car. The open cabin puts real weight on the interior moulding, and the diecast body gives the compact shape a satisfying heft in the hand despite its small footprint. Panel lines around the long bonnet, needed to clear the car's two-stroke engine, are kept clean rather than fussy, matching the honest, unfussy engineering the original was built around. As an entry-tier diecast, it does not chase premium finish, but it does not need to: the subject itself, rarely modelled at all, is what earns this piece its place.

A Genuine Curiosity from Behind the Iron Curtain

Wartburg built the 313 at its Eisenach factory in East Germany specifically with Western export in mind, and its two-stroke engine and open-top body were unusual choices even by the standards of the wider Eastern Bloc car industry. It never competed with West German sports cars on outright ability, but it offered a rare taste of Western-style motoring from behind the Iron Curtain, sold in small numbers into markets hungry for hard currency. On a themed shelf, the 313 works best as the deliberate outlier, the car that turns a routine 1960s European lineup into something a visitor will actually stop and ask about.

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