Faller - 140312 - Ferris Wheel Ride Kit - Painted/Unlettered

General Information About Item: Packaged with assembly and decoration sheets; with clear windows, the kit is comprised of 267 parts that are molded in 7 colors.

Not included in the kit, a Faller 180629 Synchronous Motor or a Faller 180723 Brass Reduction Geared Motor is needed to power the model.

Additionally, in order to light every other gondola and the wheel's entrance, a Faller 180635 Lighting Kit is required.

If each of the gondolas is to be lit, in addition to the aforementioned kit, two Faller 180636 Replacement Bulbs sets must be purchased.

Road/Company Information: Some items are designed to have their owner add whatever company marking they choose, usually in the form of decals or dry-transfers. These items are painted in a generic prototypical fashion but with all company affiliation deliberately left off.

Brand/Importer Information: Faller is a German toy company founded in Stuttgart in 1946 by brothers Edwin and Hermann Faller. The company later relocated to the brothers' home town of Gütenbach in the Black Forest.

Faller now specializes in making scenery, plastic model kits and other accessories for model railroads but has manufactured a range of toys during its history, such as model aeroplane kits, the Auto Motor Sport (AMS) slot car racing sets and die-cast model cars. Their modern product line includes railway structures, houses and commercial buildings, bridges, amusement rides and terrain accessories in H0, N, TT and Z scales, as well as the Car System. Since 1997 Faller also owns the Pola brand, which is now solely devoted to G scale structures.