Brand |
Wiking |
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product type |
road vehicles |
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technical & model details |
scale |
1:87 |
material & finish |
Plastic model |
gauge |
HO gauge |
Age notice |
not suitable under 14 years |
era |
era III |
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era IV |
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Model: HO gauge. Finished model made of plastic, painted and printed. Dusty gray driver's cab, tent gray interior with steering wheel. Black front fenders and dusty gray headlight bar, but also dusty gray chassis with cardan shaft and black rear fenders. Silver gray rims. Blood orange radiator grille with silver Henschel star. Bonnet with silver-plated hinge and black bonnet buckles and silver Henschel lettering on a black background. Moldings and door handles silvered. Front headlights also silver, rear lights printed carmine red. Trailer with a dusty gray chassis and plateau. Fender black. Rims silver. Traffic yellow Friderici lettering on the front of the cab and company logo on the doors. In addition also traffic-yellow vehicle number 6. Trailer with yellow-black warning hatching and traffic-yellow vehicle number 11.
The appreciation of the Kassel trucks extended far beyond the Alps - the Henschel HS 140 also gave a rendezvous with the Swiss. Anyone who explores the history of the Swiss forwarding company Friderici will find a long chapter of loyalty to the Kassel truck manufacturer Henschel. In the 1960s and 1970s almost all hoods and cab-overs with the Henschel star were in use, and later Hanomag-Henschel were also used in long-distance transport. So Friderici used the Hauber tractor for various heavy-duty tasks. With the Henschel HS 140, the truck builders from Kassel once sent their first high-horsepower post-war draft horse onto the streets. WIKING is thus realizing a completely new development in 1:87, after the construction was able to be carried out very closely to the historical documents. The cab has the typical bulbous doors. Extensive engravings on the rear window and roof vents, but also on the radiator grille and bonnet are well proportioned. Of course, the radiator grille has the typical Henschel star and is even used as a separate part. There is also the Henschel lettering on the side and the raised hood buckles.