Layout Tour: Minature Wonderland Hamburg (NSF56K)

atsf_arizona

New Member
Hi, all,

I was fortunate enough on my recent Europe business trip to visit the very
large HO model railroad at Minature Wonderland:

http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/

This is the huge model railroad in a old historic warehouse district in
Hamburg, Germany, with four different themes (Europe, America,
Alps, Scandanavia); it was featured in the February 2004 Model Railroader.

I spent the day there, and took a series of 'you-are-there' layout tour
photos, which can be seen at:

http://community.webshots.com/user/Minature_Wonderland

This layout is incredible. The detailing, moving automobiles, figures, full
night time lighting are in many cases worthy of contest level modeling. (Minature
Wonderland is a modeler's layout, not a rough unattractive Northlandz kind of
layout).

It is also very interesting to see how the Europeans characterized the
United States model railroad scenes, i.e. their perception of us.

Below is a summary overview. I feel very fortunate to have visited, and
I hope you enjoy the photos and can share in the fun with me as well.

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1. The Modelleisenbahn Wonderland in Hamburg, Germany

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2. Alpen layout at Minature Wonderland - panorama right side

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3. Alpen Minature Wonderland - Paorama Left side Alpen


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4. Alpen Minature Wonderland - the town of Saint Wendel and the Alps

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5. Amerika Minature Wonderland - the Las Vegas scene

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6. Amerika Minature Wonderland - the Grand Canyon

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atsf_arizona

New Member
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Part 2:


7. Minature Wonderland - Landungsbrucken - a famous waterside restaurant in Hamburg

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8. Minature Wonderland - a famous bridge, Kohlbrandbrucke, over Hamburg harbor

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9. Minature Wonderland - model of AOL-Arena in Arena, complete with 12,000 Preiser figures

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10. Minature Wonderland - Hamburg skyscraper under construction

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11. Minature Wonderland - Knuffingen bridges - this was Feb 2004 MR article's lead photo shot


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12.
Minature Wonderland Scandanavia - Ship in real water, sails under it's own power


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13. Minature Wonderland Scandanavia Kiruna - snow worker "oops!"

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14. Minature Wonderland Scandanavia Kiruna Mine in winter


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atsf_arizona

New Member
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Part 3:


15.
Minature Wonderland Control Center - Looks like NASA - railroad is fully computer operated and automated


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16. Minature Wonderland North Sea Sunflowers

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17. Minature Wonderland - Overview of layout size and cost

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I hope this layout tour is interesting for you all.
 

ausien

Active Member
Thats truely amazing. What workmanship, thanks for shareing.. You must have had a wonderful trip and picked up a good few ideas for you own layout....steve
 
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