With the DB class 111, the Wunder Präzisionsmodelle company has once again created a fascinatingly detailed handcrafted brass model on a scale of 1 : 32. The 524 millimeter long electric locomotive weighs 7.2 kilograms.
The prototype was built a total of 227 times from 1974. The gauge 1 model was staged by Wunder in eight different versions from epochs 4 to 6. For this video and for two reports in specialist magazines, it was available to me on loan, as it was in 1981, in an S-Bahn color scheme from the Cologne Railway Directorate. The list price for this adult toy is 3490 euros.
With the help of a multi-protocol digital decoder LokSound 5XL from ESU, no fewer than 32 functions can be switched, almost all of which can be seen and heard in the video - including the individually electrically movable pantographs. By the way, at the end of the video there is again an extensive test drive with light and sound. I also have this video again with subtitles in German and English.
The video consists of the following sections, which can also be selected directly in the timeline:
00:00 greeting and unpacking
00:24 Prototype and 8 model variants of the 111 from Wunder
00:44 Prototype of this model variant, weight, length, price
01:08 A look under the class 111, drive, bogie
01:35 Detailed views of the underside of the locomotive
02:26 Locomotive on the tracks, powerful suspension
02:47 The upgrade process and the first small test drive
05:05 Individual noises and detailed views of the model
06:14 automatic locomotive brake and train brake
07:15 Detailed views of the front of the locomotive and shunting radio dialog sounds
07:35 sound functions station announcements and light change red-white
08:00 Various conductors whistles
08:20 View of the driver's cab and ten station announcements
08:55 A look into the engine room, side 1
09:32 Roof over the engine room and other sounds
09:52 A look into the engine room on side 2 and two fan sounds
10:48 Additional driving sounds - roller test stand ride
11:05 Squeaking curves, squeaking points, rail joints
12:23 Soundfader - roller test stand ride
12:50 Emergency stop braking function - roller test stand ride
13:20 Detailed views of pantographs
13:43 Sound heavy load operation and roof detail views
14:40 Suspended pantograph with servo drive
15:00 Slow travel in speed step 1 without sounds
15:45 Slow travel over switches with a radius of 1020 mm
17:15 Automated test drive with sounds
22:20 Farewell
Information about the manufacturer of the model:
www.wunder-modelle.de