Not Dollar Store Building

I got this building about ten years ago. It's time to build it.

Unlike my recent Dollar Store purchases, this thing had about 250 parts and cost about .50 cents per part!

The building is molded in colors and I don't intend to paint it.

The kit is HO scale, 1/87th and made by Faller. They make excellent high quaility models.

As you can see I am well along the way towards completion. Each window is three parts, it takes a long time to build this model.

Storks

Faller makes a set called Storks. These are 1/87th scale birds, with seven in a set and two nests. The set sells for about $15.00. I have probably been looking for these for ten years.
























The Berlin Zoo had storks and they were one of the favorites of one of the zookeepers. I have been looking for these for five years to try and fill up my Berlin Zoo. The Battle of Berlin was fought all around the Tiergarden where the zoo was located.
























Here is the Stork set with a few HaT WWII German troops. One has binoculars and so is obviously a bird watcher. I like to include items like zoo animals that can provide extra objectives to capture or protect. Tell the defender part of his victory conditions are to insure the storks are not killed. In real life the zoo keepers all had certain animals they were attached to and wanted to protect. They even took some home to make sure they would be okay. Not all war is about holding the crossroads or capturing the bridge. Sometimes is it about saving storks. Storks are rather small, but they can fly and are quite fragile so are difficult to protect, transport and handle.