The Lego Diner

This is Herr Würstchen's diner. He hails from Frankfurt, and Würstchen isn't his real name of course. It's the German word for "small sausages" and the nickname he's been called by since he began selling them at the local market (warm to eat or cold for takeaway), because he had a sign above his stall with that word.

His sausages sold well, and Herr Würstchen exchanged his stall for a small shop, again with a sign on the roof announcing his wares. Here's an old photograph that he's kept, where he proudly sits in front of his shop on his motorcycle. The sidecar of which has transported infinitely more sausages than people.

Business continued to improve, and today Herr Würstchen is the proud owner of a modern diner, as well as the shiny red Mercedes parked next to it. He now serves much more than just sausages, but he's kept the sign over the door to respect his roots and because his patrons still call him by that name.

This diner was inspired by a building from the instructions of the American town plan, found on the marvellous Brick Fetish here. My building only required one door so was a bit shortened. A counter inside helps keep the ground plates together, and extra plates on top help strengthen the roof. The rear was fitted with smaller windows.

The diner was entirely made out of cellulose acetate parts, and therefore quite fragile. It completely came apart when I took it off the shelf for these photographs. While rebuilding it, I used my childhood trick of clamping paper from a noteblock between the bricks and cutting off the excess. This helps to increase their hold over the previous layer and makes the building a lot more stable. To the point where I could lift it up by the roof and put it back on the shelf without further mishaps.