Hello Trabi and Speed Champions fans,

Trabant 601 (or Trabant P601 series) is one of the most iconic Eastern Bloc cars of my childhood. It was a Trabant model produced by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau, Saxony. It was the third generation of the model, built for the longest production time, from 1964 to 1990. As a result, it is the best-known Trabant model and often referred to simply as “the Trabant” or “the Trabi”. During this long production run, 2,818,547 Trabant 601s were produced overall and it was the most common vehicle in former East Germany.

It is a studless build in the original, 6 studs wide Speed Champions scale and fits perfectly to the new City style cars too.  I have minimized the number of the stickers to keep the flexibility of the parts in further builds, therefore only two standard vehicle registration plate stickers and a Trabant logo sticker are used.

I wanted to build the model as accurate as possible in this small scale, therefore it contains lots of details: for example the iconic head and rear ligths, the front grill, the side view mirror, the door handles etc… Maybe the most challenging one was the wheel and mudguard detail with a half stud offset.

The model has space for one minifigure with small or middle sized hair. The instructions and parts list files do not contain the minifigure shown on the pictures.

If you prefer the Universal version (picture 5), then you need only 3 extra parts and the inventory and parts list files include them too (1pc of 1×4 plate, tan; 2pcs of 1x2x2 panel, trans clear). It is an easy modification and the instructions explain how to make it.

In the inventory there are some rare parts and some modification can help to make the model cheaper. For example: a) the Trans-red “Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Tooth Horizontal” (part 49668) can be replaced by a red one, or b) 2pcs of tan “LegoPlate, Modified 1 x 2 with Pin Hole on Top” (part 11458) can be replaced by 1pc of 2×2 tan plate and 2pcs of tan “LegoSlope, Curved 1 x 1 x 2/3 Double” (part 49307). 3pcs of part 11458 have to be kept as they are because they are necessary for SNOT connections.

I hope you enjoy the build and the car. Many thanks for your support!

_TLG_ (Laszlo Torma), Feb, 2023

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Purchasing instructions for this model you will get the following files:

•     High-resolution, professionally designed PDF Instructions file with a detailed parts list (showing quantity, color, Item No. and images of the parts)
•     Parts list in XML for Bricklink
•     Detailed parts list in CSV (showing details without images)
•     Sticker design in png format

There are 70 parts in the inventory with 178 total quantity. The approximate cost of these parts is 38€ (41$).

NOTE: Instructions and parts list do not contain any minifigures.