Product Features and Details
The Model: The Kiss Bavarian G3/4 is a precision handmade museum qulaity model made of brass and stainless steel. The detail and running performance is remarkable. It's equipped with a high-performance coreless "Faulhaber," motor powering all three axles. It has a ball-bearing drive and all axles are spring-loaded. Model utilizes the latest ESU sound decoder, SMD LED warm lights, cab illumination, and a flickering illuminated firebox. Best of all it comes equipped with speed-dependent steam chuff from the chimney and the cylinders. Kiss created a masterpiece. It has so many innovations and impressive details.
Model Highlights:
- 3 axles powered, ball-bearing and spring-loaded
- Wheel tires made of stainless steel, ring insulated with elliptical spokes
- ball bearing drive
- Faulhaber motor
- Spring buffers
- Original screw coupling (prepared for installation of a claw coupling,
- Detailed sand pipes
- Detailed braking system
- Lubrication pump drive
- Smokebox door to open
- Sand dome with sand imitation to open
- Water box lid to open
- Cab doors to open
- ESU digital and sound decoder of the latest generation
- Warm white SMD LED
- Prototypical lighting for each direction of travel
- Red taillights can be switched off
- Flickering illumination of the firebox
- Cab lighting
- Dynamic Smoke & Sound
Prototype: The steam locomotive of the G3/4H class of the Royal Bavarian State Railways was built between 1919 and 1923. It is considered one of the last Bavarian locomotive designs. The last locomotive of this series (54 1632) was decommissioned in Nuremberg in 1966. A total of 225 units were built, distinguished by their efficiency. The locomotives were initially put into operation with Bavarian numbers and shortly thereafter became part of the inventory of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, initially under the Bavarian Group Administration. Decommissioning by the Deutsche Bahn (DB) occurred relatively late, as there were no other suitable locomotives available for light freight service for a long time.
During the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG), some of the locomotives even reached Northern Germany (e.g., Bremervörde). After the war, G3/4H locomotives remained predominantly in Bavaria, but also in East Germany and Austria.
The first locomotives had the steam dome and sand container under a common angular casing on the boiler. From operating number 7166 (later DR 54 1656) onwards, the steam dome and sand container were arranged separately under the casings. All locomotives were coupled with the Bavarian 3T18.2 type tender.
