Herpa’s package for May and June 2006 contains quite a number of pleasant surprises:
Airplanes
019200 Cessna 172 Skyhawk $46.95 “Cessna” is almost synonymous with single-engine aircraft, although the Kansas-based manufacturer of aircraft offers a variety of machines. They introduced the Skyhawk 172 in 1956 and kept her in production ever since, making her the most popular airplane in history. 160hp are enough to lift it 2,450 lbs into the air and keep it exactly there for five to six hours, at a top speed of around 142mph (123 knots). – Herpa surprised everyone with a sample on display in Nürnberg in February and readied the model for delivery in June. When the Junkers Ju52 in 1/160th scale was introduced some 15 years ago, there were rumors a 1/87th scale plane might follow. It took them until 2006 to deliver, and the carefully selected prototype suggests this will end up very successfully. Herpa even hints at other 1/87th scale aircraft to follow – probably not a 747 jumbo jet, but smaller items just as this Cessna.
Passenger Cars
023504 – 1971 Volvo P 1800 ES, pearl white $9.75 033503 – 1971 Volvo P 1800 ES, metallic red $10.50 “Shooting brake” is what the British would call this type of car. In 1971, the most beautiful Volvo ever complemented the P1800 coupe with its identical front-end styling, but unconventional rear-end. With respect to the greenhouse, it was soon called “Snow White’s coffin” in Germany. 8,077 units were built between 1971 and 1973, as compared with around 40,000 P1800 coupes.
023511 – 1971 BMW 2000 tii touring, orange $9.75 033510 – 1971 BMW 2000 tii Touring, metallic blue $10.50 The proverbial hot hatch – and one of the first - BMW’s wagon-coupes were made from 1971 to 1974, featuring 1.6 to 2.0 liter inline-fours and quite a striking design. Different from the BMW 2002 sedan of a couple of years ago, the Touring promises to be one of Herpa’s best models. It happens to be one of the very few BMW models which have not yet been done in 1/87th scale. Incidentally, Herpa promised at Toy fair these three “youngtimers” (including the Fiat X1-9 to follow in August) would be the start of a whole new series of quality automotive classics.
Emergency Vehicles
047012 MAN LE 2000 Metz aerial ladder L 32, fire brigade (generic) $27.25 047029 Mercedes Vito passenger van “Bundespolizei”. Germany’s former border patrol was renamed "federal police" last year. At the same time, their vehicles’ paint scheme was changed from all-green to white-and-blue. $17.75 047036 BMW 525d touring, Nördlingen emergency doctor (German Red Cross) $15.95 047043 MAN TGL stake-truck with loading lift, fire brigade (generic) $26.50 047050 Mercedes Sprinter facelift box-type EMS intensive care van, German Red Cross, Stuttgart $23.25
European Trucks
152204 MAN TGA XLX-cab truck-tractor, blue $16.75 152211 MAN TGA M-cab truck and trailer with milk tanks, “Zott dairy” $35.25 152228 Scania R Topline tractor-trailer (walking floor) “Vetten“. $35.25 152235 Mercedes Actros LH-cab MP2 tractor-reefer trailer “Kraftverkehr Torgau forwarding“, featuring the Actros’ Chromeline package for the first time. $39.25 152242 MAN TGA XLX-cab tractor-beverage trailer “Warsteiner brewery/Merck forwarding”. $31.95 152259 Scania R Topline tractor-silo trailer “Dirnhofer”. $35.25 152273 Scania R Topline tractor w/semi-trailer and 40ft pressurized silo container “GE Simons” (The Netherlands). $35.25 152280 Volvo FH Globetrotter XL tractor w/semi-trailer and 40 ft. reefer container “NTK / OOCL”. $35.25 152297 MAN TGA XLX-cab truck-tractor with Spitzer bulk-semi trailer “Stermann forwarding”. $35.25 152303 Scania 4-series Topline tractor-trailer “Sturm forwarding / HARIBO sweets”. $39.25 152310 Scania R Topline tractor-trailer with tandem-axle trailer "Rotra" (The Netherlands). The Dutch raised length limits for rigs in 2005, resulting in 320 oversize units traveling across the country to date. A tandem-axle trailer is coupled to a regular semi-trailer, which is road-legal all over Europe. $43.95 152341 DAF XF95 SuperSpaceCab tractor-trailer "Neier" (A). $35.25
152358 MAN TGA L-cab tandem-axle tractor with dump trailer, "Max Wild" (w/sand load). $31.25 152372 Scania R day-cab truck-tractor, green. $16.75 152389 MAN TGA M-cab four-axle dump truck, red/silver, with real sand load. $25.50
Riwatrans – Herpa’s fictitious forwarding company
152266 Renault Magnum truck-tractor with Gotha jumbo-silo semi-trailer. $31.95 152334 DAF CF85 truck-tractor with semi trailer and 30ft pressurized silo-container. $31.95
Truck Highlights – in PC case
In May and June, two of Herpa’s best selling series are expanded: Both Austrian forwarder Silo-Melmer and Bavarian convenience-food maker Henglein receive new rigs. 120814 Scania T Topline conventional tractor-silo trailer "Melmer" (Austria) – painted by Knut Tiroch once again. $78.95 120821 Mercedes Actros LH tractor-reefer trailer “Henglein” convenience food co. – "Wichtel III" – the third “Wichtel” (imp or gnome) rig designed by Walter Rosner for the Henglein company in early 2006, combining the existing tractor with a new semi-trailer. $78.95
Hochtief – Construction Equipment
Herpa continues the special edition of deep-blue “Hochtief” trucks. 152402 MAN TGA XLX-cab dump-semi. $25.50 152419 Scania R day-cab dump-semi. $27.95 152426 Mercedes Axor day-cab dump-semi. $25.50 152433 Mercedes Actros M-cab dump truck with Goldhofer TU 4 4-axle lowboy trailer. $39.25
Trailers
076128 40ft. container “Hapag Lloyd“. $9.75 076135 Goldhofer TU 3 lowboy trailer, 3 axles, black. $15.95
Accessories
052405 Fire-fighting accessory set IV (boats, horns, water cannons and boxes for rescue trucks) $11.95
052412 Fire-fighting accessory set III (cones, lights, and various barriers). $7.95 045429 Heavy-duty bumper for 2002 Mercedes Actros Titan tractor. $9.75
Herpa Military (made by MHI)
740296 World War II Wehrmacht Personnel Transport Type 108 – Open. $15.95
740319 World War II Wehrmacht Panzermörser Armored Rocket Launcher 38cm – Sturmtiger. Based on a converted Tiger tank, the Sturmtiger was a truly interesting weapon. Also known as the Sturmpanzer VI or Sturmmörser, the heavily armored Sturmtiger was designed to eliminate house-to-house combat by simply flattening structures and bunkers. It fired rocket-propelled 800-pound naval depth charges and its 150mm frontal armor was nearly impenetrable to enemy fire. The holes surrounding the muzzle are vents for the rocket exhaust gases. $18.95
Reported by Marc Schmidt. Prices courtesy of Bruce Penner/Promotex
