EKO Model and Kits

Introduction

Inspired by a message in theYahoo group [ 1 ] from Nov 18, 2005 I decided to do some research on EKO models and open an entry of EKO in the Kits 70 up section. It was an experiment to find out , how long it takes to create an EKO page from scratch , having not known anything about EKO before. Next I lookied up PAK-20 [ 2 ] and noticed that I already had bookmarked the page were EKO models are listed. I did it some time ago. Obviously I was interested in the Hispano HA.200A Saeta and Republic RC-3 Seabee.

I succeeded to buy a couple of secondhand EKO kitsin auctions. That helped to get a better impression what EKOs are like. Additionally I found some closed auctions of ECO models with the help of. I contacted the sellers and asked for the photos. Many thanks to BDB Modellen Holland, Isabel Baeza García de Quirós and Jesus Vera !  On 1. December, 2005 I was able to  open an EKO page on this website. In the meantime I have most of these models myself and the EKO pages were updated. The original state of these pages is archived here.

General Remarks

EKO models came as built-up models and as kits.

I have identified 3 types of boxes for the built-up models. The kits came in blister packs. All variations of package style are depicted on the right.

The back sides of the blister packs are void, the back side of the boxes have a description of the particular aircraft in Spanish language.

The readymade models came with a stand similar to that of the WIKING ready made models.

List of EKO Aircraft

I have compiled a list of EKO aircraft in aphabetical order with the help of PAK-20, and checked the catalog numbers (Ref.) with the Spur N website, the closed auctions and my own EKO models and the 1976 catalog.

History of EKO

I did not yet find much about the history of the Spanish company EKO and their 1:150 scale aircraft models.

In the website 87thScale.info [3] , which deals with 1:87 model cars you can read, that at the end of the 1950s, Blasco Industries in Barcelona (Spain) released a series of miniature vehicles under the EKO name.

In PAK-20 [2] you learn, that EKO aircraft kits were marketed in 1978 and were the only unassembled kits ever issued by EKO. The F-84F (#5002) is definitely a copy of the Busch kit. Burns speculates that 5001, 5003, 5005 and 5014 could be Busch copies as well. The built-up models were available in Spain at the time of writing. There are no entries on EKO kits in PAK-20 updates 2003 and 2004.

According to a mail dated November 2005 from the webmaster of the Spur N website, to his knowledge EKO does not produce items in N-scale (1:150 ) since a long time.

Catalogues

The aircraft section of the Eko 1966 and 1976 catalogues are pictured here.

Remarks and Observations.

The built-up models came with a stand similar to that of the WIKING built-up models.

The back sides of the blister packs are blank, the back side of the boxes have a description of the particular aircraft in Spanish language.

I have identified 3 types of boxart for the readymade models, they are all depicted on this page.




Dornier Wal Probably built-upmodel. Another typeof boxart ©Isabel Baeza García de Quirós.

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