With Steiner Modellwerke from Dillingen (Germany), there is again a new small company that, despite the very manageable market, dared to implement 1/32 scale (1 to 32) gauge 1 locomotives.
I was allowed to try out and photograph the new 81-series 81-gauge steam locomotive from Steiner Modellwerke for a week and a half for an editorial report coming out in the trade model railway magazine "Eisenbahn Magazin". On this occasion I also shot and edited this unboxing video for my YouTube channel. The model, which is produced in small quantities by hand in brass in Asia, has a list price of 2690 euros and is probably already completely sold out.
In the 23-minute video, after unpacking the 3.3 kg and 352 mm model, you can see and hear:
- Countless close-ups of many filigree details (boiler section, air pump, coal box attachment, cylinder, incredibly detailed driver's cab, ...)
- Close-ups of all moving parts (screw coupling, brake hoses, buffers, smoke chamber door, water box cover, tool box cover, sand box cover, food dome cover, driver's cab doors)
- I also show the locomotive from below
- In a small test drive without sound you can hear the smooth-running Faulhaber motor when driving through Märklin switches with a radius of 1020 mm and also during a slow travel (converted 0.6 km / h)
- Of course I also try out a lot of sounds from the LokSound5L decoder from ESU in the video
- In addition, the motorized changeover can be seen in function and its sound can also be heard
- There are also test drives with the driving sound on a roller test brench (also with the sounds of curve squeals and rail joints)
- And finally, the wheel-synchronized smoke developer, including the separately controlled cylinder steam, can also be experienced in function (both on the roller dynamometer and on small commutes on a photo diorama
Table of contents of the video:
00:00 Greeting and unboxing
01:55 Lift out the locomotive and on the scale
02:22 First look around the locomotive
03:07 On a roller test bench - dimensions prototype / model
03:42 Filigree details and moving details
08:22 View into the driver's cab (removable roof)
10:47 Sounds of the model and information about the ESU LokSound5L decoder
13:52 Functional reversal when changing direction
14:24 Sounds of a whole trip (on a roller test bench)
15:47 Sounds of curve squeals and rail joints
17:05 look under the locomotive
17:32 rides through switches with 1020 mm (without sound)
18:22 slow travel 200 seconds for 1 meter (= 0.5 km / h)
19:42 Smoke developer for steam and cylinder steam (on roller test bench)
20:43 commuting on diorama (with steam / cylinder steam)
I hope you enjoy my new unboxing video.
Peter Pernsteiner
PS: For the sake of completeness, I would like to point out that this video will again be accompanied by YouTube ads. If you would like to pay a little tribute to my time spent creating this video, please do not click away this advertisement, but "patiently endure".
Further information on this model is available on the manufacturer's homepage at:
https://www.steiner-modellwerke.de/produkte-spur-1/br-81/