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Ruch - Packing Styles
Introduction
Generally I have made out three types of packing styles
of RUCH kits. Two variants of bags and a end-opening box
with a tray. Kits from RUCH , were produced in a period from the
early 1960's up to 1972 (see RUCH History).
As I did not
find any reference to dates on the header cards, boxes or
instruction sheets, I have no idea when the
individual packing type was issued. But I assume that RUCH kits
were first issued in bags.
Bagged Kits
The
kit in picture 1, right, is probably the first issue of the RUCH
Westland Whirlwind S-55. This is until now the only example of
this type of header card, which I will call TYPE 1.
The complete factory name and address
PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO PRODUKCJI POMOCNICZEJ "RUCH“ WARSZAWA 47, UL.
WOLNOSCI is printed on the lower
end of the header card (see detail in picture 2). That
translates to: Auxillary Production Works "RUCH“ Warshaw 47,
Wolnosci Street.
It was not
yet produced in the Zaklady Przemyslowe "Ruch" factory in
Kobylka as the other kits reviewed below.
Compare artwork with that from the
Airfix Type 1 header card
of the Westland
Whirlwind S55.
The type of bagged issue
shown in pictures 3 and 4, right, for the S 55 helicopter
and the TS-11 Iskra, I come across most often and I consider
it as the main bagged issue, caled Type 2.
Both helicopter kits use the generic name SMIGLOWIEC for
helicopter instead of the type name proper Sikorsky S-55. Probably as it is a Western aircraft
opposite to the TS-II Iskra (picture 4), which is an indigenous Polish aircraft type.
Title is Samolot odrzutowy (=jet) TS-11 ISKRA.
Opposite to the Type 1 header card the Type 2 cards do not show the
complete company name and address. Instead there is a logo RUCH
on the left panel and the
complete company name and address is located at the inside of heheader
card (see picture 5). It reads there: ZAKLADY
PRZEMYSLOWE "RUCH“ KOBYLKA K. WARSZAWY, UL. NAPOLEONA 7, POW.
WOLOMIN.
Type 1 header cards have the additional lettering:
SERIA MODELLI PLASTICU
which translates to: Series of plastic models.
and
ZESTAW KONSTRUKCYJNY SAMODZIELNEGO MONTAZU which
translates to something like: self construction kits
Type 2 header cards have the additional lettering:
SERIA MODELI Z TWORZYW STUCZNYCH which
translates to: Series of true to scale models.
and
ZESTAW KONSTRUKCYNY DO SAMODZIELNEGO MONTAZU as above, which ranslates to:
Series of plastic models.
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Plastic Kits
(Forum Modelarstwo z pasaja)
Picture 1: Type 1 bagged issue of RUCH Westland Whirlwind S 55
with the generic name Smiglowiec for helicopter.
Picture 2: Detail of company name and address.
Picture 3: Type 2 header card
from second bagged issue
of the RUCH Westland Whirlwind S 55.
(Courtesy of Seria
Miniatur RUCH 1:72)
Picture 4: Type 2 header card of
RUCH TS-11 Iskra. (CJK collection)
Picture 5:
RUCH TS-11 Iskra. Unfolded header card shows complete company
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Boxed Kits
The company name appears
on the lower edge of the boxart:
ZAKLADY PRZEMYSLOWE "RUCH“ KOBYLKA K. WARSZAWY,
UL. NAPOLEONA 7, POW. WOLOMIN
which translates to:
Industrial Works "Ruch" in Kobyłka near Warshaw, Napoleona
street 7, Wolomin district.
As with the bags there is a generic name SMIGLOWIEC for
helicopter, wheras the Iskra kit shows the type name proper
(picture 8)
On the left there is the logo ZP RUCH.
The stamp on the center of the boxtop says Hubschrauber, the German word for helicopter.
This copy is obviously an export version for former Eastern Germany
(GDR).
The boxes are of end-opening style and contain a tray (see
picture 7, below)
At the rear of the boxes there are printed colored profile
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Picture 6:
RUCH SMIGLOWIEC (= Helicopter) boxed issue. (CJK collection)
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Picture 7:
Ruch TS-11 Iskra. Boxed issue (CJK collection)
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Picture 8:
Ruch TS-11 Iskra. Rear of box. The label seems to be from a
model shop in Paris and not from the manufacturer. (CJK collection)
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Started: 11/2017 |
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Author: cjk |
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