A Marty Feldman van?
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Reminds me of hide and seek game with VoPos during patrols along the wall when I was on a tour in West Berlin. I’d be glad to get one.
Olivier
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I believe there was a specific Caunter scheme developed for the AEC “Dorchester” Armoured Command Vehicle which would look perfectly at home on the Citroën HY…
Cheers,
M
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That would be darker with a more blueish tone. It needs repainted - as the “A-Team” van…
I have a Revell 1:24 Trabant somewhere which I always intended to give a California '50s Retro Custom Job; lots of Chrome, Fins, Side Pipes, Flamed/Metallic paint job, Alloy or Wire wheels possibly with a Low Rider stance, Fur interior…
Cheers,
M
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AI
AI
Just don’t turn it into something like this…
H.P.
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A quiz from the socialist times:
-Can you name the longest car in the world?
-Mhm-Volga?!
-No! With length of the exhaust smoke considered-Trabant!
Cheers,
Angel
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The ‘cool kids’ would pick these Trabbis up for practically nothing, 1979-89, then put a banging ICE stereo in it, worth more than the car, with a massive ‘Pioneer,’ ‘Bose’ or similar sticker in the back window.
Called them Trab-cedes 
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French Air Force low-profile version (to be carried by a Noratlas cargo aircraft)
More inspiration
https://fr.pinterest.com/michelringenbac/hy/
https://fr.pinterest.com/FabOll69/citroën-type-h-et-hy/
H.P.
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Oh, with my skill set and bad taste that would be exactly what it would look like, only in Metallic Fuchsia…
Looks like it’s been done to death.
I’ll have to think of something different now; maybe I’ll steal that “Rubik Cube” Berlin Brigade idea (but in shades of pink and purple?)… Or Graffitied like the wagons on the railway board… Or fully Sticker-bombed…
or not…
Cheers,
M
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I vote for the pink-purple (add green for a nauseous effect) Berlin urban camouflage.
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No worries, there will be further variants… 
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Oh yes!
But it also has a lot of potential for fun projects
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I agree - just give me those bleak, grey East German streets!
Seriously though, always what I refer to as a secondary vehicle in supporting say, a larger, military vehicle - whether AFV or softskin; it just helps, literally, in setting the scene.
I’ve always liked the opening scenes of East Berlin in this animation - plenty of Trabants there:
I’m not suggesting you watch the whole - just the beginning, but as a template recording oppression it takes some beating. Standby to watch my Inner German Border dio - soon I hope(!)
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H.P.
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That 6-wheel limo is cool
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