[Closed] The Horch 855 Roadster, 1939, by Plumbies spielwaren danhausen (and me) -PICS

The Horch 855 Roadster, 1939, by Plumbies spielwaren danhausen (and me) -PICS

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I'm not sure of the age of this kit, probably in the 1970's, but it is detailed quite well and had only a couple of parts missing; one was the closed roof. Oh well, I enjoy the open air.

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Note the "WM" on the bottom. I assume this is one of the Plumbies models built by Western Models.

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I confess that I added the license tag. Somehow it seemed to fit.

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The Horch company had recently joined others to form Auto Union; they built only seven of this 855 Roadster.

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1939 was not a good year for Germany's political situation, but they sure built some good looking cars.

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Minichamps has recently offered this Horch 855 in 1:43 scale, both in a bright blue and a red & white combo. Some of the detailing seems a little simplified. Sun Star has it in a larger size with nice lights and accessories. I think I'll just stick with this old kit.

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The web site Hobby db gives this information on Plumbies:

Danhausen was a trade company established in 1921 which sold a variety of products like bicycles and motorscooters. As time passed it focused more on toys and by the 1971 the company was owned by the Grandsons of Emma Danhausen, Hans Peter and Paul Gunter Lang. At this time the Langs moved into selling model cars both over-the-counter and by mail order. The brothers distributed many different marques of mainly 1/43 scale models and began to publish the famous Danhausen World Model Car Book annually from 1971 to 1993, which was the last word in available 1/43 scale models worldwide. The last edition of the catalog in 1993 was 350 pages and listed 15,000 models.

During the mid-1970s, the Langs contracted with several companies, including Tin Wizard, Western Models and AMR (Andr? Marie Ruf) as suppliers of the models they desired. These were almost exclusively white metal and the cars provided were given several different names; one was 'SD Modelle', another 'Metal 43', 'Plumbies' and 'Plumbies Inter'. Yet another was to go on to become the permanent name for the company - Minichamps by Danhausen.