14.05.07 at 10:47 hrs

Weekly Report No 341, CW 19

Last week, only the first side of Matterhorn Mountain was plastered, now Harry is almost around the hill.

When he has finished, the scaffolding will be removed and work will continue until the valley is reached.

Here we see Stefan installing an outside lift.

It is built after the Hammetschwand lift. The original is 153 meters high and lifts carries up to 12 people along the Hammetschwand wall.

Of course, our model lift will move and transport our little inhabitants to the observation platform.

Accurate integration is very important for each bridge.

We see Sabrina, Gerhard and Wolfgang discussing the best solution for the bridge bearing so that the tracks will be plain later.

Of course, with bridges one always has to observe a level path

Last week we showed you how Sönke is adding vegetation to the layout. Here you see the result after the vacuum cleaner has been used. Have a look at how the electrostatic vegetating device has straightened up the blades of grass.

More and more the modellers have had to cope with smaller hills. Here we see a quite cliffy riverbed as it is typical for this region.

This memorial, another alpine detail, has been formed after the Suworow memorial in the Swiss Schöllenen canyon. It has been built in 1899 and reminds of the franco-russian campaign in this barren territory. As you see, Miniatur Wunderland can even give you some lessons in history..

Porta Alpina awaits its first inhabitants. During the last days, platforms and light have been installed in the station. Now, the light installation has to be connected to the power so that the first train arrivals may be lit.

More and more model buildings are placed in the landscape. Electronic installation is added in the next step so that they can be illuminated. The pictures show Holger, who is equipping a larger house with LEDs.

Normally, Lars is our emergency technician for the track installations or reporter for MiWuLa TV.

Rather unusually, you can see him here removing the power interruption circuit from the switch machines. We do not need them as we always work with electrical impulses, and not with constant power, for the switch machines.

Last week, we showed you an artistic arrangement of some cable pipes. As you see, we do not use them for cables but as a small summer bob run.

Lots of changes for our room situation. As the technicians moved onto the 2nd floor, we now have more space for our customers in the 3rd floor's Ticino area. Now, you can pause here to have a more detailed look without provoking guest congestion around you.

In our former seminar room we polished and resealed the complete floor so that we can use it as our new playground for our younger visitors.