HO Kit
Model International (Duve und Schultz OHG, Mörfelden-Walldorf)
was founded in 1974 as a mailorder company for 1/43 carmodels
and model kits. They expanded in making their own 1/43
white-metal kits and became the distributor for the Spanish made
1/87 EKO models [EKO
aircraft ,
too ?].
In 1981, the company was reformed into Duve GmbH and, because
the quality of the white-metal kits could not keep up with the
quality of mass-produced injection moulded plastic models,
decided to start making models in plastic.The first plastic
models were available under the PreP (Pre-Praline) name in 1981.
The first Praline models came onto the market in 1982. 1991
Praline relocated to St. Georgen and moved to Schönheide in
1993. In 1994 Praline was taken over by
Busch [1] .
Modell International issued two
FISCHER
kits with the HO-Kit label:
The glider has the FISCHER kit No. FM 1 moulded into the
fuselage (see picture below ) the car has the kit No.FM 2
moulded in the
bottom plate [1] .
I have a Model International catalogue of unknown date which
lists the two kits under the FISCHER label. Maybe they first
distributed them but later produced them themselves from the
FISCHER moulds. Obviously BUSCH after taking over Model
International inherited the moulds and produced their
own glider
sets.
Reference
[1]
87thscale.info (Modell International page)