Miniatur Wunderland Weekly Report

12.03.07 at 11:24 hrs

Weekly Report No 332, CW 10

In the last week, the scaffolding around the top of the Bietschhorns were removed, however, the finishing touches are still missing. The colour-scheme and application of the endless snow is still being worked out. The small details, such as the adventurous climbers, will follow later.

At present, the model-builders are preparing the area below the top to build the mountain. There, vertical frames and iron beams must be installed so that the plaster also finds hold later. At said place, we will really see progress only in the next week.

We also continued in the area Graubünden. The bulk of the various subroadbeds were cut and installed. At present, the installation of a smaller railway station, which is almost ready, is being prepared.

The area of Brichur is a healthy amount of work for the model-builders. Bobby and Sönke have the first, complete module installed and adjusted it to the landscape.

This module itself was finished earlier, as already shown in the weekly report 316.

The last adjustments still have to be made but the inhabitants of this village won't have to wait long before they're allowed to move in!

For the depot, as shown in the week-report 326, there will be not only small machines, but also a double beam overhead crane.

This was built by Stephan, so that it can pick up a load and then move it in order to put down the load again at another point of the hall. On the photos, you can see the cables of the crane quite well.

It is planned to lift a motor of a diesel locomotive from the undercarriage to another location in the hall.

If you go in the third floor into the new Alps-section, you will discover a dry-wall on the right side.

Behind it, the new stairway is being steadily constructed on the second floor. At present, only the hand-rails are absent and the staircases are missing paint. When this area is finished, we can open it.

However, you will (still) run into the next big construction site...

If you walked down the stairway, you see only a big construction site. To show you what’s coming up in this area, we present you with the following photos. You see exactly this area at first when you come down the stairway. Here, the new seminar-room with two new cinemas will be built.

Here you walk down the corridor of the 2nd floor in direction of the electronics workshop area. The left side will accomodate the carpenters and locksmiths.

The visitor will see a lot in this area. Here, we will set up the info-boards that detail the development of the Miniatur Wunderland, as well as some other interesting exhibits.

Here we are looking directly into the area where the electronic technicians and the future offices of our construction supervisor will be. Here we organize the work areas for those tasked with construction in the third floor so that more space for the visitors is available here..