r1c0cH3T 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Here's a thingamabob for you. Guys over at FLASHPOINT.RU released a old lookin' car. Here's a pic.: ... and the download link... DOWNLOAD (.RAR FROM FLASHPOINT.RU) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee_h._oswald 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Hrhr, that is a cool car! MfG Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzlie 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Something for gen. Guba If i remember well it was car for VIPS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fighter 0 Posted November 23, 2003 DOWNLOAD - ofp.info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee_h._oswald 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Something for gen. Guba MfG Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r1c0cH3T 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Something for gen. Guba http://lee.plankton.ch/Staatskarosse.jpg MfG Lee  LoL! They don't have many clothes stores around there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzlie 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Last pic of series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lenin 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Cool car, what a pity that it does not has lights/siren like MONAX Volga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianTerror 0 Posted November 23, 2003 It's a great addon with great detail! ...except for when you back up a bit from the car. It turns into a black box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blink Dog 0 Posted November 23, 2003 All these great soviet cars and still no VW Beetle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Lovely car, but it needs some improvements wich I hope to see soon. From a distance of about 100 metres the car turns in to a compilation of black squares. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milkman 1 Posted November 23, 2003 Bad LOD Settings, easily fixable I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianTerror 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Yep, and that's the only real flaw I see at all. Very cool car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crewcutkid reincarnated! 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Looks like an old chevy, or maybe a pontiac, with the chrome , fins, and bullets. Kinda goes against commie philosophy, duzzent it? -Crew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee_h._oswald 0 Posted November 24, 2003 One year after the sea blockade against cuba. Peace talks are going on. MfG Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desantnik 0 Posted November 24, 2003 I thought chaika meant Swallow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baron von Beer 0 Posted November 24, 2003 чайка - chaika. Translates to Seagull. *edit:If that displays as a bunch of letters and numbers, it WAS the word as it appears in Russian. Seems it keeps getting eaten and spit out in computer talk. Another Chaika: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Yeah cool! That is a policarpov from the Alpine Fighter Collection in Wanaka New Zealand. They have 6 of them. They are beautiful to watch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Looks like an old chevy, or maybe a pontiac, with the chrome , fins, and bullets. Kinda goes against commie philosophy, duzzent it?-Crew I don't think that fancy cars were prohibited in the Soviet Union. The high-rollers got them since they had the money the people was supposed to have. And yes, these cars did get inspiration from American cars. But if you ask me these old Russian ones are more appealing, I'd take an old Trabant or a GAZ over a chevy any day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted November 24, 2003 I'd take an old Trabant or a GAZ over a chevy any day You just don't know what you're talking about... Finally someone seems to have read my suggestions in the threads about russian cars! I hope the fixed version will follow soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozanzac 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Looks like an old chevy, or maybe a pontiac, with the chrome , fins, and bullets. Kinda goes against commie philosophy, duzzent it?-Crew I don't think that fancy cars were prohibited in the Soviet Union. The high-rollers got them since they had the money the people was supposed to have. And yes, these cars did get inspiration from American cars. But if you ask me these old Russian ones are more appealing, I'd take an old Trabant or a GAZ over a chevy any day Personally, I thought these russian vehicles weren't available for the masses, more like party officials and those who did business with the party. Personally, I think american cars were/are poorly built, and eastern european cars were/are grossly underpowered. I do love our native vehicles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted November 24, 2003 Not to the general public, but there are quite a few GAZ models running around wich were made but never sold untill the eighties when the Soviet union was crumbling. I remember when I was a kid on a trip to Hungary with my dad. We borrowed a Trabant P50 from one of his Hungarian friends. It was really old, but the paint was still all glossy and nice. I remember almost everyone waving at us, a police officer even stopped us to talk about "our" Trabant, but as my dad doesn't speak Hungarian very well it was quite a quick conversation. It did stop on us a few times. But if you are car enthusiast you never care too much  about the flaws of a car, those are what makes the vehicle charming. The Trabants can't do much, they don't look as much but they still manage to get off the driveway. Now if only the Swedish goverment would make it legal to import these babies By the way, wasn't owning a Trabant (or a car in general) a bit of a status symbol in the Soviet union? I remember my fathers uncle telling me about when he bought his first car during the 60's. The entire neighbourhood wanted a ride in his little car Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalcenturion 20 Posted November 24, 2003 From what i gather, owning a car at all was mucho status in the SU. And about taking a russian car over a chevy (or another american car)... WHAT?! Are you insane. Even though i'm a bit of a fanatic I don't think anything russias car industry has made could match an american car. That might come to change in 10 years or something but the american car industry has churned out so many classics... Look at this Plymouth Roadrunner 1971 for example (which BTW is the best looking car ever. If anyone has $16.500 to spare please PM me :P) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted November 24, 2003 I don't really care about the looks of the car. I care about the cars history, and the feel of it. Most American cars have no "personality" Sure they are big and bad, but so are most cars made in America. These barely start, but I love them more for that. I cried rivers when my dad sold his old Alfa Romeo wich couldn't even drive twenty kilometers without breaking down. It's like the people you hang out with, hanging out with "perfect" people might be fun. But it's more fun to hang out with imperfect people ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted November 24, 2003 I think everyone who had a good job and worked hard could own a car in the SU. My granpa had 3 cars and several bikes (not at the same time of course). And he wasn't a kind of party official, he had an average job in a steel construction factory (don't know the right term), but he was a very good worker and got many medals and honorations. He spent the rest of his time in his garden and was looking after his cows, pigs and chickens. His life wasn't as easy as the life of a party official! We had a car too and my parents were average engeneers. And a brand new car in the 60ies was a status symboleverywhere, not only in communist countries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
