Plastheniker Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Hi, originally Henschel was one of the oldest and largest German locomotive manufacturers. Due to the economic crisis after the end of WW1 the demand for locomotives dropped to zero, so Henschel had to look for further business activities. As a result Henschel started producing trucks in 1925 - late by comparison, but very soon Henschel trucks gained a very high reputation. During WW2 Henschel became one of the leading German arms factories. F. e. Henschel designed and solely manufactured both Tiger tanks I and II and a rather effective video guided RC smart bomb; a few advanced jet plane prototypes did not go into production before the end of the war. Thus a permanent target for allied bombing all Henschel factories were completely destroyed. Nevertheless Henschel managed to resume the production of heavy-duty trucks in 1949. While gradually other German truck manufacturers dropped behind in terms of quality Henschel matched up to Mercedes. Finally, however, Henschel was too small to survive as a truck manufacturer. A merger with Hanomag in 1969 did not help, Mercedes bought Hanomag-Henschel and soon after the name Henschel disappeared from the truck market. One of the most successful Henschel truck series were lightweight short hood 6x4 and 6x6 trucks, particularly adapted e. g. for dumpers and concrete mixers. This series made Henschel dominate the German market for concrete mixer trucks. The final concrete mixer chassis of this series was the 1962 HS 22 HBM. Most German mixer chassis were equipped with Stetter mixers. Driving a mixer drum requires appr. 60 HP, so if truck engines, as mostly in those days, had not enough power separate engines for the mixer were necessary. My scratch build replicates such a combination as shown f. e. on this historic picture: As with my other scratch built trucks already shown here my sacrifice of time was appr. 1000 hours. Sadly most chassis details are no longer visible after the final assembly. Edited August 29, 2022 by Plastheniker 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Wow! Fantastic work. Really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traditional Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Jurgen, you've done it again! An absolutely stunning model shown with gorgeous photography. What a superb model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Absolutely stunning! Great work, I think the color choices really go well together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 WOW! That looks Amazing!!! Excellent scratch building as always! Beautiful build!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Awesome build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Wow. Superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Wunderbar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 AWESOME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Beautifully done. Interesting subject matter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Totally, 100% fantastically AWESOME! Wow, the details, workmanship, and paint are just incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Outstanding truck! Paint work and detailing looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Fantastic model of an awesome truck, Jürgen - period perfect paint scheme and top photography, as we are used from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Jürgen, your builds always amaze me! Ausgezeichnet 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzekeg Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 9/14/2022 at 3:36 PM, 1959scudetto said: Fantastic model of an awesome truck, Jürgen - period perfect paint scheme and top photography, as we are used from you. x2!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 This is museum quality modelling. Outstanding build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 Thanks for the replies! Since response for my scratch builds declined here steeply during the past years I will consequently confine myself to the German Modell-Laster-Forum and the British 1:24th Scale Model Truck Forum - a good occasion to recommend these outstanding forums once again. Nevertheless I would show any further AITM cabs still here, and anyhow I will continue to post in the car section occasionally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Plastheniker said: ...Since response for my scratch builds declined here steeply during the past years I will consequently confine myself to the German Modell-Laster-Forum and the British 1:24th Scale Model Truck Forum - a good occasion to recommend these outstanding forums once again. I will certainly miss seeing your always-inspirational world-class work here, and will most definitely look for you on those other forums. Edited October 21, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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