WIKING 000645 - WIKING book "WIKING car dreams"

WIKING 000645 - WIKING book "WIKING car dreams"

Model Details

The famous miniatures from the Wiking model workshops have been around for 85 years – this anniversary book tells the impressive story of the models and their creators. "Wiking Car Dreams" takes the reader back to the beginning, when Friedrich Peltzer, a young publisher of animal books, turned his childhood passion into a business model. Initially, he miniaturized ships, invented the 1:1250 scale, which later became the global standard, and then built 200-fold scaled-down aircraft and the first transport models. Since the end of the war, every generation has been able to fulfill their very own Wiking car dreams – after the currency reform of 1948, Friedrich Peltzer and his legendary master model maker, Alfred Kedzierski, launched a complete model-making oeuvre that continues to pulsate and inspire people to this day. Wiking stands for a truly individual, unique model world. The book provides a chronological overview of the various eras, brings the spirit of the creators to life, and demonstrates, with impressive photo series, why people continue to collect Wiking models so passionately today. For the many thousands of enthusiasts, these small cars have become lifelong companions – often from childhood onwards. Unique dioramas are on display alongside rare models. The book presents counterfeits that have never come close to achieving the fascination and aura of their miniaturized counterparts. Wiking – as the book makes clear with over 600 illustrations – stands for a truly individual, unique model world. Purist, simply unmistakable. This extraordinary significance of this traditional model brand has remained untouched to this day. Numerous stories, impressive eyewitness accounts, and previously unpublished documents from 85 years describe the Wiking model history on 168 pages and complete the brand image in all its multifaceted details – even beyond Germany. Just as it really was. The book is a richly illustrated contrast of history and the present, making the exciting Wiking model myth as a vast world of small miniatures understandable for everyone. It's all about emotions – otherwise, Wiking cars would never have become so successful and thus a chronicler of automotive history.

Technical Details

168 pages, over 600 color and black-and-white photos, as well as valuable reprints, format 28.5 x 26.5 cm, cloth-bound with dust jacket, ISBN 9783667109989

Caution!
Not suitable for children under 14 years.
Our products are not toys. They are intended for model builders and collectors. Due to the scale and prototypical design, or due to their function, some points, edges, and small parts are present.

 

Characteristics:

Manufacturer:	WIKING
Item number:	000645
number of pieces:	1 piece
EAN:	4006190006453
Product Type:	Books & Catalogs
track:	neutral
Age recommendation:	from 14 years