Heller 52330 Starter Kit Diorama Splendid Hotel 1/24

Contains glue • Brush • Main colours Diorama Splendid Hotel - painted and patinated, possibly extended with decorative elements, you can create an ideal presentation scene for your models with this accessory and a minimum of work. You have the opportunity to design the front of the house into a "Splendid Hotel", with a view into the entrance hall. The first guests drive in front of the hotel in their own car, a Citroen 5CV Trèfle. This vehicle was equipped with three seats in which the arrangement of the occupants reminded of a clover, and so he received it as an epithet. The vehicle body was made of wood on which the pre-shaped sheet metal was nailed. The pedals were made of aluminium and the interior floor was covered with a black doormat The Citroën had only one door on the right, the driver's seat was fixed, but the passenger seat could be moved on rails. The waterproof hood supported on wooden posts and the engine of 850 cc could accelerate the car up to 60 km/h. The other hotel guests are picked up from the train station with the Citroen C4 "Splendid Hotel". This hotel owned minibus drove guests and their luggage back and forth between the station and the hotel. With a completely new technology for the time and inspired by American construction techniques, the C.4 were extremely robust vehicles both in the engine and the body. The tax net power of 9 HP increased to 10 hp, then remained unchanged for a long time and was finally reduced to 9 hp. Due to the variety of car bodies offered by Citroën, there was something for every need: saloons, 4 and 6 seaters, coupé, convertibles, roadsters, commercial roadsters, vans, minibuses/taxi, etc."

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