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NSU 1000 TT Orange Revell 1:18

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NSU 1000 TT Orange Revell 1:18 08884 Diecast
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Revell's 1:18 diecast NSU 1000 TT in orange captures the rear-engine layout and sporting TT badge of NSU's performance-tuned compact sedan. A distinctive, lesser-known 1960s subject at accessible diecast pricing.
NSU 1000 TT Orange Revell 1:18
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Brand
NSU
Manufacturer
Revell
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08884
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About the NSU 1000 TT Orange Revell 1:18

TL;DR: Revell's 1:18 diecast NSU 1000 TT in orange reproduces the 1967 rear-engine compact sedan, the sportier sibling in NSU's 1000-series lineup. Its TT badge signaled genuine performance ambitions in a small, affordable package rare among German compacts of its decade.

NSU built its reputation on unconventional engineering, and the 1000 TT carried that spirit into a small sedan by putting the engine behind the rear axle and tuning it for a driving character its size didn't suggest.

A Small Sedan With Sporting Intent

The rear-engine layout gave the 1000 TT a distinctive weight balance that period road testers noted for its agility, a trait NSU leaned into rather than disguised. The TT designation borrowed the performance shorthand associated with tourist-trophy racing to signal that this was the enthusiast's version of the 1000-series, not merely the family runabout. Orange suits the car's sporting pretensions far better than the sober tones typical of period German compacts, and it makes the rounded, upright sedan shape genuinely eye-catching on a shelf. NSU's engineering independence, later expressed in the rotary-engined Ro 80, is visible in embryonic form in a car this ordinary-looking underneath the surface.

Revell's Diecast Approach to a Rear-Engine Compact

Built as accessible zinc alloy diecast, the 1000 TT carries the reassuring density metal construction provides, distinct from the hollow lightness of a plastic toy. Opening doors and hood are typical on this Revell street-model line, giving a view into the unusual rear-mounted engine bay rather than a sealed shell. The orange paint is applied with even, factory-style coverage rather than the layered depth of premium resin builds, an honest trade for a subject collected for its engineering curiosity rather than concours pedigree. Paired with other rear-engine oddities from the same decade, this NSU rewards a collector willing to look past the obvious German marques for something genuinely different.

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