Faller - 222415 - Structure, Ship, Passenger - Commercial Structures

Specific Item Information: Scale model of the Art Deco Lake Constance passenger ship that has been travelling on Lake Constance since 1928. The model shows the current design after the 2019 restoration. Historische Schifffahrt Bodensee GmbH advertises on its website: »Enchantingly graceful is not only the exterior of the Oesterreich. Anyone who steps onto the gangway and slowly approaches her immediately senses the incredible lightness inherent in this ship. The atmosphere on board is as sparkling and energising as a glass of champagne. After the first tour at the latest, when you step out onto the deck of the Oesterreich with a delicious aperitif in your hand, any thoughts of everyday life are gone. After the extensive renovation, every detail shines.« We think, that's exactly how it is. A wonderful eye-catcher on a model layout or as a stand-alone model in a display case.

Model Information: Polystyrene structure kits. Some kits are unpainted while other kits are painted, but relatively easy to assemble.

Road Name History: Commercial structures are any buildings or other man-made structures whose principal purpose is trade. These can be high-rise officer towers, gas stations or fruit stands. Any structure where end-user customers come to buy things from sellers of that product or service are consider commercial structures.

This group will therefore include quite large as well as quite small buildings. Models of these buildings might be kits or pre-assembled. They might be painted or undecorated. They might come with a host of accessories and figures or they might be fairly Spartan.

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.

Faller's older toys and models can be highly collectable today, together with their early product catalogues.

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