Wiking once more plays up contrasts with this year’s product launches
Wiking - January 2019
Wiking presents the absolute latest with the latest MAN TGL Euro 6 generation as an ADAC towing vehicle and a fire brigade engine with Rosenbauer AT superstructure. These are accompanied by the Avantgarde version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. With the Tempo Matador as a low-side flatbed and the Magirus Sirius in Aral livery, Wiking enters 2019 with some new classics. Wiking commemorates the 1950ies with a Mercedes-Benz 300 in elegant colouring. The Panorama Bus Mercedes-Benz O 309 with its contemporary curtains is reminiscent of the years of the German economic miracle. Wiking underlines their claim to be leading manufacturer of classic models by miniaturizing a broad range of classic and vintage vehicles. They launch a new colour edition of the Lanz Bulldog with roof and the time-tested Allgaier single-axle trailer. In addition, the Opel with black roof hits the German market. And because all Wiking enthusiast love the Mercedes-Benz 1620 chemical semi-trailer with cubic tractor unit, it now comes in Walhalla Kalk design. For fans of the 1:32 scale, the Krampe hook lift THL 30 L roll-off container with Big Body 750 joins the range.
Rapeseed yellow cab and platform. Chassis, steering wheel, crane arm and stabiliser legs, hydraulic winch and rear view mirror black. Inner part of platform silver grey. Flap, front and rear fenders as well as underride protection on the sides grey. Wheels silver. Front headlamps transparent and front indicators orange transparent. Transparent orange warning light bar inserted on the roof. Black grey radiator grille. Cab front with window frame and windscreen wipers as well as the ADAC lettering printed black. "ADAC" lettering in black in front of the door handles. Platform sides with black lettering "ADAC-Mobilitätspartner 22 22 22". Additional red warning hatching on the rear.
Fire brigade Rosenbauer MAN TGM Euro 6 (1:87)
Latest TGM generation keeps Rosenbauer's AT series ready for use
Cab and superstructure in carmine red, interior with steering wheel in black. Spoiler with front fenders in umbra grey. Chassis with cardan shaft in black. Rear crew cabin glazing tinted in topaz. Sirens painted silver, side roller blind and rear blind in carmine red. Black exterior mirrors. Roof superstructure of the cab silver grey, ladder and superstructure roof silver grey. Non-visible black-grey pump in the rear. Transparent headlights, inserted blue transparent warning lights. Driver's cab with windscreen wipers and nozzles in black. Radiator grille with "MAN" lettering and logo printed silver. Wheels silver. Mirror mount and decorative stripe printed black on the sides of the cab. Side superstructure with black frame and white printing for fire brigade and emergency number 112 on the equipment room blinds. Cab front with white "Fire Brigade" lettering. Crew cabin door on the side with a black frame and a silver "R" logo.
MB E-Class S213 Avantgarde (1:87)
T-Model turns into the luxury estate car of its class
Body and inserted rear mirror selenite grey metallic with clear varnish finish. Chassis, interior with dashboard, steering wheel and interior mirror black. Front headlamps transparent, tail lights red transparent inserts. Wheel rims in silver. Black radiator grille decorated with polished chrome hot-foil embossing. Rear Mercedes-Benz star printed silver. Body printed on the side with silver ornamental panel below the doors and the rear valance. Window surrounds likewise painted silver. Front window frames black, B-column likewise black. Rear window with black frame and red imprinted third brake light. Tail lights also imprinted with silver reversing light. Additional hot-foil embossing of the inner side of the rear view mirror with highly polished chrome silver surface. Rear exhaust pipe also moulded polished chrome. Front air intake likewise with highly polished chrome strip.
Flatbed lorry Magirus Sirius with trailer tank (1:87)
When the “Benzol-Verband” flew the Aral flag
Round-hooded cab and flatbed traffic blue, interior black, flatbed floor dust grey. Chassis with tow hook and cardan part black. Wheels silver. Tank upper and lower part as well as hose reel and hose white. Tank sides printed with traffic blue stripe and white lettering “B.V. Aral”. Front radiator grille frame and Magirus logo painted silver. Bumper and chassis side with silver lettering “Magirus Deutz”. Headlights painted by hand.
Opel Commodore B laser blue metallic (1:87)
Sports saloon of the 1970s
Body painted laser blue metallic, roof black. Interior also black. Chassis and radiator grille black. Bumpers chrome silver with black rubber. Wheels and side ornamental trim on window borders and doors painted silver. Silver Opel logo on the grille and in the rear.
Panorama bus MB O 319 (1:87)
The Mercedes-Benz living room for adventurous travellers
Body green, body sides in beige below the windows. Chassis and cardan part also green. Radiator grille black with silver ornamental trim and Mercedes-Benz star. Wheels light ivory. Front and rear Mercedes-Benz star painted silver, in the rear additional type designation “O 319 D” with underlining. Tail lights printed red. Ornamental strips on the sides painted silver. Offset roof surface additionally coloured agate grey. Front and rear bumpers likewise with silver trimming. Glazing with contemporary curtain appearance.
Single-axle trailer Allgaier (1:87)
Wiking has immortalised the Allgaier single-axle trailer
For more than 50 years the Wiking range has featured one or another Allgaier single-axle trailer – often in delightful new variants. Its simplicity makes the trailer so popular and unmistakable. The Allgaier single-axle trailer is a symbol for the structure of agriculture during the 1950s and 1960s, which was defined by mostly small farms and thus small agricultural vehicles. Wiking first launched this model in 1958.
Flatbed fawn, chassis and wheels purple.
Lanz Bulldog with Roof (1:87)
Lanz letters refine the 1:87 classic
Body red-brown, chassis red-brown, seat and exhaust black, steering wheel clay brown, wheels red-brown, roof grey-beige. “Lanz Bulldog” logo on the front in traffic yellow. Front hot bulb in black. Headlamps hand-painted in silver. Flywheel with lettering “Lanz Bulldog Mannheim” in traffic yellow.
Chemical semi-trailer MB 1620 (1:87)
Cubic tractor unit with tool kit pulls Walhalla lime
Driver’s cab upper and lower part grey-white, radiator grille chrome green. Interior grey. Chassis with cardan part in reed green. Front bumper part with fenders and wheels in chrome oxide green. Fifth wheel plate silver. Radiator grille with silver ornamental frame and Mercedes-Benz lettering. “Walhalla Kalk” lettering on the front in mouse grey. Lower part of trailer with support rollers in reed green. Double silo grey-white, ladder parts with engine unit as well as double fenders and axle mounting in chrome oxide green. Double silo of the trailer also with “Walhalla Kalk” logo in chrome oxide green and mouse grey lettering. Headlamps hand-painted in silver.
Krampe Tridem THL 30 L hook lift with Big Body (1:32)
Maximum proximity to the prototype in action functions
The tri-axle hook lift THL 30 L is capable of pulling a 30-ton skip - Wiking has miniaturised even the minutest detail of the chassis and the variable skip with its high side walls and thus created a highly accurate 1:32 model of the most powerful transport combination found in the 200 hp class. The chassis consists of a detailed chassis frame with a metal draw-bar. In this way, attractive combinations can be put together with the available Wiking tractors. Particularly with this innovative loading vehicle, the details provide fascination for the observer like none other. The three axles are equipped with spherical tyres that usually sport a knobby profile. The fenders in authentic checker plate look are beautifully in synch with the prototype - and made of metal, naturally. A support stand in the front on the left ensures stability while the control boxes, oil filter and other attachments upgrade the precision model. In the rear, the bumper has inserted tail lights. The moveable hook lift equipment is replicated in rich detail, and the same applies to the air suspension with air bellows. The motion sequences when lifting and rolling off the skip are absolutely true to reality. Precision model makers, for example, make the arm on the hook lift telescopic. And even with the transport skip, Wiking ignites a great love of detail. This skip made of metal with high side walls appears perceptibly weighty and can be opened at the rear. In addition, the skip stands on wide movable metal rollers that support putting down the open transport container.