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.
Sources