The RAF-251 bus is a kit of a small bus of Riga manufacture in 1:43 scale from AVD Models. The subject stands for the Baltic chapter of the Soviet motor industry.
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This kit of the RAF-251 bus belongs to the extensive line of Soviet transport vehicles that AVD Models releases in 1:43 scale. The abbreviation RAF refers to the Riga bus factory, a maker whose vehicles became a typical image of Soviet transport in the second half of the twentieth century. 1:43 scale is the established standard of collector car models, so the model will stand among the other vehicles in your cabinet without trouble.
The Riga factory made its name as a builder of smaller buses and minibuses, for which it paid to build lighter bodies rather than large city vehicles. The RAF-251 type falls into the time when the works was still forming a face of its own and the buses came about in fairly small batches. Vehicles of this size served routes on which a large bus would have made no economic sense, and they also served institutions and companies as a means of carrying work groups. Baltic production holds a special place among collectors precisely because it differs visibly from the Moscow and Volga types.
On a smaller bus every error is magnified, because the eye compares the details against a short body. Give your time above all, then, to keeping the window openings square and the roof free of waviness. Fit the parts dry and glue them step by step, not the whole shell at once. The light shades that appeared often on this class of vehicle call for a good primer, or the material beneath will show through. The window frames and the trim strips come out cleanly if you spray them along with the body and only then mask and spray the second shade.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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