Die Mühle

The model is a fully functional historic watermill.

The building is closed on all sides, but can be hinged open very easily.

The old part of the mill is build into a rocky stone wall at a small creek. A "newer" living house was probably added later on. The mill is entered through the main entrance and contains in the basement the "flour box" where the flour is seperated from the bran, the "Gear Room" where the transmission from the water wheel to the mill stone takes place and a office for the miller with a hidden room behind the slideable bookshelf with a secret escape door to the outside. In the first floor there is a foldable crane to lift up the wheat bags and the millstone itself.

The Living house can be entered through the rounded outdoor staircase and contains on the first floor a kitchen with a fireplace, table, and chairs and supplies. On the top floor there is the Bedroom with access to the rooftop balcony.

It can be displayed in two different ways - Closed or fully opened. Build with hinges the model easily splits apart to acces all the interiour and aswell to display it in a different way which looks more like a small village instead of a single building.

It comes with a seperate tree and cart. There are 8 Minifigures: The miller, his wife, three kids, two peasants with a cart bringing wheat to the mill and a sleeping musician liying in the shades.

Up-/Downsides

+ Realistic play opportunities - I was out of time to build an outhouse, sorry :(

+ Fully equipped and accessable inside

+ Comes with a tree

Play Features

1) Fully functional Watermill. You can feed 1x1 round Tiles as "wheat" to the mill stone in the first floor. When you turn the knob in the back of the model, the Waterwheel will start to turn and power the millstone over gears. Trough the rotating millstone the 1x1 round tiles will fall in the basement where the "wheat" is split into "flour" and "bran" and can be colected in the "flour box".

2) Secret Escape path/room behind the slideable bookshelf with hidden door to the outside underneath the rounded staircase.

3) Foldable crane to lift up bags of wheat

Personal Notes

My great great great grandpa (His name was August and he was a miller) bought the house I grew up in. It was used as a watermill from very early age on till around the nineteen-seventies. We still own the house and as a kid it was very exciting to grow up in such an unusual house with all its history and posibilities.

I really enjoyed building the model and I hope you will enjoy it aswell.

Size

When closed

L: ~42cm (16.5 Inches)

W: ~27cm (~10.5 Inches)

H: ~31cm (~12 Inches)

When unfolded

L: ~68cm (~27 Inches)

W: ~20cm (~8 Inches)

H: ~31cm (~12 Inches)

Info

3405 Parts - 8 Minifigures