Wartburg H0 Models
The Wartburg is one of the best-known cars from the GDR and ranks among the most popular vehicle models for H0 model railway layouts. Whether as the elegant Wartburg 311 from the 1950s and 1960s, or the angular Wartburg 353, which was produced until 1988 – the miniatures in 1:87 scale bring authentic GDR flair to any model railway layout.
Manufacturers such as Herpa and Brekina offer numerous variants: from the civilian everyday vehicle and Volkspolizei versions to vehicles with caravans such as the legendary QEK Junior.
Wartburg H0 model cars in 1:87 scale
Alongside the Trabant, the Wartburg was the most important automobile of the GDR. Produced at the VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach (AWE), the name Wartburg stood for the upper class of East German car production. For H0 model railroaders, the miniatures in 1:87 scale are indispensable when it comes to authentically designing street scenes of Eras III to V.
Wartburg 311 – The elegant classic
The Wartburg 311 was built from 1956 to 1966 and impresses with its distinctive design, inspired by Western models. In H0 it is available primarily from Brekina in numerous colour variants – as saloon, estate and coupé. The 311 is ideally suited to layouts of Era III and IV.
Wartburg 353 – The everyday classic of the GDR
The Wartburg 353 (also "Ritter" or "Tourist" as an estate) was in production from 1966 to 1988 and was the most widely built Wartburg model. Herpa offers the 353 in H0 in many versions: as a civilian vehicle, as a Volkspolizei patrol car, as a fire-service vehicle or with the typical QEK Junior caravan. The models suit layouts of Era IV and V perfectly.
Creating authentic GDR scenes
Wartburg models combine perfectly with other GDR vehicles such as the Trabant, Barkas B1000 or IFA W50. Together with matching building models and figures, a vivid picture of East German everyday scenes emerges on the model railway.