Scratch Built 1962 Henschel HS 22 HBM Concrete Mixer with Separate Engine

[Plastheniker]

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

[Jim B]

Wow!  Fantastic work.  Really well done.

[traditional]

Jurgen, you've done it again!  An absolutely stunning model shown with gorgeous photography.

What a superb model.

[Dutzie]

Absolutely stunning! Great work, I think the color choices really go well together. 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

WOW! That looks Amazing!!! Excellent scratch building as always! Beautiful build!!!

[PappyD340]

Awesome build!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Wow. Superb.

[chuckyr]

Wunderbar!

[ChrisR]

AWESOME!!

[Smoke Wagon]

Beautifully done. Interesting subject matter too. 

[redneckrigger]

Totally, 100% fantastically AWESOME! Wow, the details, workmanship, and paint are just incredible!

[Street Rod]

Outstanding truck! Paint work and detailing looks great!

[1959scudetto]

Fantastic model of an awesome truck, Jürgen - period perfect paint scheme and top photography, as we are used from you.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Jürgen, your builds always amaze me! Ausgezeichnet ?

[Bronzekeg]

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!!!!!

[larman]

This is museum quality modelling. Outstanding build!

[Plastheniker]

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.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

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