Finding good models of old vehicles in 1:43 can be rather difficult. Once in a while I take a tour of eBay to see what people have on sale and search for vehicles from between the two World Wars.
Recently, I felt lucky to find a model of the Laurin & Klement 110, made by the Czech company Abrex.
Today, modern automobiles are all very similar. They are all tested in the same wind tunnels, built at similar plants and all become, with the help of todays advanced science, very efficient and safe vehicles. Fantastic, but also quite boring!
That’s why I collect car models from before the Second World War. In the early days of the automobile, lots of fascinating experiments were being made to create better and cheaper cars.
One of these experiments were the Hanomag 2/10 PS, which was available on the German market from 1924-1928.
After buying my first finished car model in O-scale, the Horch Sport Cabriolet, I started looking for more vehicles to display on my dioramas.
I am especially looking for everyday vehicles, which unfortunately are hard to find since most of the car model manufacturers seem to make models of the most spectacular cars in history.
Every time I visited my local model railroad shop, I noticed a beautiful model of an old sports car sitting on the shelf. Besides being good-looking, it was also quite expensive, so for a long time I left it on the shelf.
After a while, it came on sale and I was powerless to resist it any more. 
I’ve always enjoyed building models of small and everyday vehicles. I’ve built plenty of jeeps, kübelwagens, Panzer IIs and kettenkrads, but never a King Tiger or a Maus tank.
So I found it quite natural to build a jeep as my first vehicle in 1:48 scale. Tamiya makes a very nice set called WWII U.S. Army Infantry at Rest, #32552, which includes nine figures and a “light vehicle”. Continue reading »
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