Scale model UAZ - 469 1:43 A34

Scale model UAZ-469 1:43 A34, though not made in Saratov (Tantalum-Agat-Radon), but in Ulyanovsk in the 1980s. One of the best large-scale copies of the Soviet era. The Soviet numbered (A34) model UAZ-469, perhaps, ranked second in terms of development and attractiveness for Soviet schoolchildren and hardened collectors of the times of the decline of the USSR, after a large-scale copy of the Niva. Everything opens, a well-designed chassis and engine, a reclining spare wheel bracket, an awning and a windshield frame are removed - everything would be fine, but for some reason the Soviet developers of the model decided to abandon the side window inserts - the holes instead of windows deprived the model of its usual outlines. Perhaps one of the readers in childhood was the happy owner of large-scale models of domestic cars. Then they were toys, and now they are collectible rarities, for which they pay thousands and even tens of thousands of rubles. Large-scale copies of cars, which appeared as souvenirs or toys, gradually became objects for collecting. Naturally, keen collectors want to take possession of the most valuable pieces, that is, those that are either released in a limited edition, or have long been discontinued. Better both at the same time. In our country, many have special feelings for cars produced in the Soviet era, and for their smaller copies. Nostalgia, the traditional “it used to be better”, and the status of a rarity, to which many large and small cars...