Miniatur Wunderland Weekly Report

09.04.07 at 11:08 hrs

Weekly Report No 336, CW 14

Last week we mainly worked on the subtleties of the Bietschhorn. The first service hatches were installed, ...

...a new bridge was fitted in and the rocks have been given greenery.

Here you can see Harry (left) and Soenke (right) at their present main task.They are putting the finishing touches to the Bietschhorn in regards to colour and greenery.

As you can see this work demands physical fitness as the working positions are not the most pleasant.

The Matterhorn is slowly taking shape.In last week’s report it was entirely wrapped in foil which had to give way for the fly screen.

The model makers are focused on the details.

At the moment they are working on the Porta Alpina station or to be more precise on the platforms with its information boards and stalls.

We are also busily working on finalizing the bridges.

They are being varnished and detailed with sheet metal. After this step they will be weathered according to environmental influences.

During the Easter days we have started another fantastic campaign for our visitors. We raffled a very special Easter egg: the brand new Smart. As this little car is one of the smallest and environmentally friendly cars, we think that it fits just great into MiWuLa. Even before it was to be seen on real streets it was already whipping through the streets of the Wonderland. Thanks to the support of Smart we could raffle a real Smart for two. One had merely to answer a question and hand in the card with the correct answer to us. The box for the cards was located on the second floor by the Smart.

But…wait…how do you get such a car onto the second floor? We agreed that the Smart could only be brought to the second floor by crane as our winches are too weak and the lifts too small. We welded a frame to securely transport the Smart to a makeshift balcony at the hatch of the second floor.

But where do you get a crane that fast? So we thought of the THW OV Mitte.

The guys could actually help us as one of their trucks has a crane that is strong enough.

Very early on Thursday the guys were there and lifted up the Smart on the first try without problems.

On arrival on the balcony the Smart had to be taken to his final parking position.

The way there was blocked by a wall but that is not problem for the Wonderland staff-it was torn down. As this was a very spectacular campaign it was accompanied by a TV crew. You can see the report on VOX on 17th April at 23.00 hrs.

The little Smart will stay with us for the next 6 weeks and then leave the Wonderland the same way it came in. We want to say thank you to the THW OV Mitte for the fast help and the Smart Center Hamburg for providing the Smart.