WIF? not really........... but should be?

[JayBee]

I can think of many much better cars they could have done that scheme on.

In fact ANY car with that scheme would be better than putting it on a Trabbie! 

I remember reading that the nickname for Trabbies was "TIGER".

"It's a Tiger because it is certainly not a Jaguar!" 

Jim

[PR19_Kit]

When I was driving to Berlin and back on a regular basis in the 80s and 90s the autobahn past the Helmsted border crossing was littered with dead Trabbies! You'd usually see half a dozen of them, either abandoned or undergoing 'heavy maintenance' on the hard shoulder, often accompanied by a Polizei Polski Fiat.

[rickshaw]

Oh,Hell yes ... !!!!!!!   I love it ... !!!  I want to do one ......    Yep,Yep,Yep !!!!!!

Father, if you want to model it I've one more photo.  Unfortunately, I've never been able to find a shot of the rear.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaramanga/21346646/in/photostream/

I love the numberplate... 

[Hobbes]

Also the text on the windshield, 'Waffensystem 601' (Weapons system 601, where 601 refers to the Trabant's type number)

[Father Ennis]

I think they did it just because people felt that way about them.  Their one of those things that are just so bad they are Kool !!!  I remember back in the 80's, I wanted to get one of the Airmodel vac kits but never did find one.

[PR19_Kit]

I think they did it just because people felt that way about them.  Their one of those things that are just so bad they are Kool !!!  I remember back in the 80's, I wanted to get one of the Airmodel vac kits but never did find one.

I'm sure you're right there, Trabbies are SO bad they're actually good. 

One of the guys in our Berlin office, who came from East Berlin originally, grafted most of the running gear from a VW Golf R32 under a Trabbie. It still looked total junk but went like CRAZY!

Revell do a 1/24 scale kit of a Trabbie now, or they did a very short time ago, if you're still desirous of getting one Father.

[Father Ennis]

Yep,that's the one I been eyeing,alright.  Only real down side is cost. I'm just waiting for a good deal to show up.  I do know they call it a limozine !!!   

[Joe C-P]

Didn't we have a theme build some time in the past to paint vehicles in aircraft styles?
I did do a tank in a style inspired by naval camo, but not quite the same as these impressive efforts. 

[famvburg]

ISTR in the early '70s Aurora catalogs they listed a number of their car models with WWII airplane markings. ISTR a Chapperal Lightning, (P-38), maybe a Porsche of some kind in Me 109 markings and I think something in P-40 markings and I think a Corvette in airplane markings.