Grape Harvesters

I have now installed a set of grape harvesters (Preiser 10608) in my vineyard.

Kaiserschlucht wine

Now that the terraced vineyard and the main winery vineyards are complete, it was time to create my own wine label for the layout...

Winery vegetation

While I wait for the rest of my grape vines, I added some other vegetation including a big Oak tree. This is where the horse buggy will bring guests to the hotel.

Winery hotel

Although I still need to do some small touch-ups of the lawn where it borders onto the winery building, it is complete and in place at last! Most of the vines have been planted too.

Review: Faller grape vines 18190

Each blister pack of vines contains 36 chunks of vine, 4 end posts and a number of additional posts. No Instructions.

I decided to plant my vines running up-down the hills as is common practice in Europe. To install them I used my laser line to indicate where the holes were to be made.

Winery restaurant at night

I have now completed the tower and restaurant that is part of the winery. Here are some night time pictures.

The menu outside is illuminated

Review of Faller hotel winery 130904

The Kit
The box says 745 pieces in 13 colors. I did not count them. The kit also contains many additional pieces and some that are not used at all. I suspect Faller is using standard sprues for multiple kits which makes a lot of sense.

A variety of national flags were included.

Nice features
The gutter is integrated with the base of the roof. This is so much better than having to attach gutters.
The cutting guide for the window foil makes cutting the windows very easy.

Winery Hill

How I made a hill bigger and changed its shape...
When I built my first hill some years ago I did not yet have the model building that would grace the summit. I now have the Faller Schloß-Hotel winery building and so I can determine how large the base is - of course it is bigger than the hill I made so I have to make the top of the hill larger...

This red car has been parked here for years at the grassy knoll waiting for something to happen...