
Volvo 740 GL DRK Aschaffenburg Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Volvo
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155171790
- Year
- 1986
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Sedan
- Vehicle Class
- Service & Emergency Vehicles
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138764149
About the Volvo 740 GL DRK Aschaffenburg Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Volvo 740 GL wears German Red Cross Aschaffenburg livery on the larger, squared-off sedan body. This rescue-service variant broadens a Volvo emergency-vehicle collection beyond police-only liveries into German civil aid service.
The 740 shares its underlying philosophy with the smaller 240 but wears a larger, later body, and a German Red Cross livery gives this casting a rescue-service identity rather than a police one.
A Different Service Role on a Bigger Body
The 740's more upright, squared-off styling still follows Volvo's straight-edged design language, but the car sits slightly larger than the 240, giving a livery printer more flat surface across the doors and hood. The DRK Aschaffenburg markings need the same tampo-printing sharpness expected of any emergency-vehicle diecast, with the Red Cross emblem in particular needing clean, symmetrical printing since any distortion there is immediately noticeable given how recognizable that symbol is. Underneath the livery, expect zinc-alloy construction consistent with the rest of this manufacturer's Volvo range: real weight in the hand, opening doors and hood on simple hinges, and a cabin shaped correctly without fine interior texture. Rescue-service vehicles sometimes carry additional roof-mounted equipment molded into the casting, which is worth checking for on this variant given the vehicle's civil aid role.
Widening an Emergency-Vehicle Theme Beyond Police Cars
A collection built entirely from Politi and Polis liveries tells only the police half of Volvo's emergency-service story, and this DRK-liveried 740 fills in the civil rescue and ambulance side of that history instead. Germany's Red Cross organization ran a range of vehicles regionally, with Aschaffenburg representing one specific local branch's fleet, giving this piece a genuinely local rather than generic identity. Displayed alongside the 240 police liveries from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, this larger 740 both varies the body style and shifts the service context, rounding out a European emergency-vehicle shelf with a rescue-focused counterpoint to the patrol cars around it.















