By Hans-Georg Schmitt
Wiking models are mainly made in plastic and produced in the EU. They are made in a variety of scales. This article shows the models expected to be launched in April 2021. As usual they mix new mouldings with updated ones.
1:32 Scale
0778 56 Fendt 1046 Vario Tractor chrome
This is a Special Edition of the most powerful model in the Fendt range. This top tractor from Marktoberdorf is turning heads. Chrome exterior panels are part of the design language of the tractor.
1:87 Scale
0183 07 BMW 2002 purple-red 1968-1971
100 bhp styled with Bavarian understatement
0227 13 Mercedes-Benz E-Class S213 Avantgarde diamond white pearl effect
Avantgarde modelled by Wiking with a closed glass roof
0797 30 Volkswagen Transporter T1 Samba bus 1963-1967
With roof lights to shed light inside for a northern German Operator.
0802 09 Volkswagen Käfer (Beetle) Cabriolet 1969-1974
WIKING commemoration of the 100 years anniversary of the Sieper company which owns them.
0335 06 Tempo Matador box van “Sea Fish” 1949-1952
High-speed delivery van used to carry fresh fish
0870 67 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U411 1950-1951 “Glück auf !”
The first time that this jack-of-all-trades vehicle has been made in this livery. Glück auf is a traditional miner’s greeting a shortened version of ‘I wish you luck, open a new passage’. It has come to be a a greeting in modern German, especially in the Ruhr.
0844 36 Hanomag K55 crawler tractor with dozer blade – light blue – 1952-1960
Produced in Hannover these tractors worked had to reconstruct and develop post-war West Germany.
0270 58 Mercedes-Benz L406 box van “Westmilch” 1967-1974
Bearing the distinctive Lotti the Cow livery. This Düsseldorf made transporter was used to deliver school milk.
0524 02 Articulated Container truck “Seawheel” with Magirus tractor 1970-1974
The Square hooded tractor unit operating for Seawheel at the docks.
0457 03 Scania 111 drawbar “ASG” 1974-1980
Another classic ASG livery, Sweden´s legendary freight forwarder, for the Wiking range. This one with a modern classic Scania 111 Scania draw bar unit.
0224 05 Renault R4 “Parisienne” 1964-1968
Parisian ‘savoir vivre’ with red ‘wicker’ pattern on the sides.
0797 29 Volkswagen Transporter T1 bus “German Red Cross” 1963-1967
These Volkswagens were the standard ambulance used by many local German Red Cross (DRK) services.
0795 06 Volkswagen Beetle 1303 (Super-Bug) saloon 1972-1974
Candy red – a bright coat for this ‘bug’.
0204 02 Ford 20M TS Saloon pearl white with black roof – 1960-1967
“TS” – two letters which showed that Cologne´s limousine had an engine tuned to produce 90 hp.
0656 08 Construction site trailer “Bölling” 1935-1949
A common site on construction sites in the Ruhr region.
0514 05 Mercedes-Benz articulated flatbed truck – azure blue – 1970-1974
The square cab semi-trailer classic.
0513 24 Articulated Box truck with Mercedes-Benz Pullman tractor – 1955-1963
Classic truck hauling a box trailer liveried for International Kraftverkehr of Freyaldenhoven.
0612 43 Fire brigade AT LF – MAN TGM Euro6/Rosenbauer
A cutting edge airport fire engine in a striking modern livery.
0990 98 The Grand Ponton Mercedes Set
A delivery set showing how the new cars would have travelled from the factory to dealers in Germany when the Ponton Mercedes-Benz was in production.
1:160 Scale
0943 07 Mercedes-Benz L2500 flatbed truck 1935-1938
A classic truck from the inter-war-years.
0956 02 Pöttinger Jumbo loading vehicle
A large trailer for agricultural use ideal to towed by the 1:!60 Unimog or Fendt tractor in this scale.
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