After almost a year since I acquired my Marklin 29400 starter set, I still don't have a permanent layout. Nevertheless I have a track plan and have started work on various buildings. The latest is a kit bash of the Vollmer #43697 Drinks Distributor to a Gasthof. In a fit of vanity I have named it "der Bogenshutze", a pun on my surname, "Bowman" (or archer). I still have some painting to do (the roof tiles will be more orange) and I need a biergarten complete with tables and drinkers served by a waitress dressed in dirndl dress.



What the kit would have looked like if assembled out of the box. I didn't think the single storey storeroom was appropriate for an inn.

It could be they sold their own beer and distributed it you could have beer delivery trucks there. In front of mine of have a wedding party which reminds me years ago when my cousin in a small town (Trebur) was married and I was there.

Hello Keith,


Your building looks great - just the place for a lovely biergarten out the back .


I also saw the requirement for a biergarten on my layout.

Unfortunately (we were operating at the time as a franchise of "München Biergartenen") our business could
not afford (despite being subsidised by Frankfurter Allgemeine) the rent of any of the surrounding prestigious
historical properties on the Kunststoffstrasse in the Altestadt above the station (see fourth image) but we were
lucky enough to come by this space leased from the DB:








Set above the main lines:





Looking down upon the Hauptbahnhof and Hauptbahnhofstrasse:





and with a nice view back up along the main line straights whilst waiting approximate to your train's
departure for the reisende of Altbach:





Due to the efficiency of the Preiserling workers in Atlbach we are kept in good supply of the amber fluid
healthfood received continuously from the goods depot siding :





I would however respectfully offer one word of caution for your consideration in regard to placing a
biergarten on your layout - the Preiserlings are renown drinkers (they tend to get a plasticful !) and
unfortunately our proximity to the station and the tight bend at the bottom of the street descending
to Hauptbahnhofstrasse has resulted in a few calamitous incidents :






At our biergarten it has become known locally as "Donner und Blitzen corner":







Have fun with your trains (but keep an eye on those intoxicated Preiserlings!)


Regards,

PJ

Hmm, when the police need to put out such large number markers to photograph the scene one needs to worry ...

excellent work!

Hello Keith (or should I say Hallo Herr Bogenschütze),
That is certainly a delightful building and yard, with multiple levels.
Did you have to modify the kit to achieve that?

Edit: Sorry I did not re-read the foregoing introduction, you have achieved a very clever kit-bash.
My daughter runs a Gasthof in Germany. Her prior place was a bit like your model. Very realistic.

regards
Kimball

Edited by user 02 June 2022 12:37:05(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

is it a trick of the light or the background, or have you touched up her hair as well? it looks like she now has a shade of grey instead of being pure white, and i think this suits her hairstyle better.

Ah, that explains it. Certainly improves the appearance and gives 'detail' to the hair.

It's a long time since I added a few more details to the "Gasthof zum Bogenschütze" diorama so I thought I'd post a photo update.