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Opel Laubfrosch

Donderbeestje · 2024-02-01T18:51:02Z

A hundred years ago in 1924 this little Opel 4 PS (4hp) was introduced by Opel in Germany. It was also known as the Opel Laubfrosch ("treefrog"). It was produced untill 1931 (119.484 total). Its boattail shape looks like the Citroën Type C.Hachette made this little car correctly in the green colour like almost all the Opel cars produced in the early years. Green in Germany was a lucky colour in those days. Hachette also made the Citroën 5hp Torpedo type C (1922-1926). I pictured them both to see the differences. Too bad the type C isn't in grapefruit yellow (the cars nickname was 'little lemon') which was the more common colour for this type, but the greenish blue version is nice.To complete the picture and compare sizes I have put a 1919 Citroën type A 10HP and the 1925 Ford model T in the garage as well. I hope Hachette will continue these series with some more little cars from the early days.There is also a 1:24 green Laubfrosch version made by Whitebox. Main difference are the green coloured wheel discs, which I never saw on photos of original cars.

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04/02/2024 5:29 am

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Very cool truck - I like the wooden boxes and pallet in the back.

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05/02/2024 2:26 am

thanks Tony, the pallet is actually real wood but the boxes are plastic 'painted wood'. All sold as unassembled diorama accessories

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Posted by: @geoff-jowett

thanks Tony, the pallet is actually real wood but the boxes are plastic 'painted wood'. All sold as unassembled diorama accessories

It sells realism very well!

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