Large Fortress (Grosse Festung)
Designed by the Richter Art Department; built by George Hardy

The original overall plan.

Notice the British flag. One must suspect there was a marketing reason. Is it a coincidence that the only example was found in London?
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1986

I built this version in 1986. The room was narrow, so I had to build the two ramps to the side entrances as separate structures.  Note the flag -- the flag of the German Empire.
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A better look at the structure.
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2003

As you can see, the new table top allowed me to build the entire structure as it should be.  The building is five foot square (1.5 × 1.5 meters).  The foot (30 cm) ruler gives an impression of the size of this building.  I built this model as carefully as possible -- no substituted stones, no changes, exactly as drawn by Richter. (OK, there were two obvious errors on the plans.)
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The front entrance.
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A view of the central command building.
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From the rear.
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The corner fortifications.  Note that there are both cannon and rifle firing points.
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The inner view of the corner fortifications.
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The front ramp.
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As a final comment, let me say that this building is very impressive.  Not as impressive as a number of exhibition buildings, but the most impressive set sold by Richter.
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