A brass kit in z-scale of the: 

The East German  Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) ET194.11 Electric Box cab Switcher

Most of the assembly has been done with a nice soldering job, see pictures. There is a copy of the instructions included (logging box cab, very similar). 
Does not include the chassis (which is a modified Marklin 8800 or 8805 0-6-0 type locomotive, available separately in my store), or the Marklin or FR pantograph. 

 Zthek by L.G. Thek Brasswork is no longer in operation. They produced the SW-1 Switcher, the Box Cab Loco and the SW-00 Switcher. The SW-1 Switcher and Box Cab were made to accept a modified Marklin 0-6-0 loco while the SW-00 featured the newly designed and built mechanism by ZThek. All of ZThek produced kits and RTR locos are extremely rare and valuable.

Last pictures for reference what it would look like when built


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