![]() ![]() ![]() Yet another was to go on to become the permanent name for the company – Minichamps by Danhausen, at first mainly a range of racing cars. These were almost exclusively white metal and the cars provided were given several different names one was 'SD Modelle', another 'Metal 43', 'Plumbies' and 'Plumbies Inter'. ![]() The last edition of the catalog in 1993 was 350 pages and listed 15,000 models.ĭuring the mid-1970s, the Langs contracted with several companies, including Tin Wizard, Western Models and AMR (André Marie Ruf) as suppliers of the models they desired. The brothers distributed many different marques of mainly 1:43 scale models and began to publish the famous Danhausen World Model Car Book annually from 1971 to 1993, which was the last word in available 1:43 scale models worldwide. At this time the Langs moved into selling model cars both over-the-counter and by mail order. As time passed it focused more on toys and by 1971 the company was owned by the Grandsons of Emma Danhausen, Hans Peter and Paul Gunter Lang. Danhausen was a trade company established in 1921 which sold a variety of products like bicycles and motorscooters. ![]()
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