28.08.07 at 13:32 hrs

Weekly Report No 356, CW 34

People are working all over the new Swiss section. Since the large mountains have been completed, smaller versions like here in the Graubuenden area, are created now.

Not only mountains are built but also more small villages and towns. Here, Gerhard and Daniel discuss the positions of houses in a small village.

In the Engadin area, the mountains are almost ready. Currently work concentrates on more bridges and sub-roadbed for the trackwork.

Last week, the 'Landwasser-Viaduct', a Swiss landmark, was integrated in the Engadin-area.

Sönke is still in his main job. He sprinkles on gras, dirt and foliage to raw scenery. Here one can see him working on the lower parts of the Matterhorn in the Ticino-area.

The subsurface area of the Matterhorn is built up like a mine drift.

Bobby still glues down figures for the large open air concert in the Swiss part.

Naturally, everybody wants the best viewing spot at such a concert. Those, who can afford it, fly in on a magic carpet :)

From a bird’s eye view, you can see the sheer mass of figures attending this concert. Each single figure was glued down manually by Bobby. If you look a bit closer, you can see typical scenes happening during such a large event!

Last week the chocolate plant was completed. Now only the raw material and packing rows are missing before production can be started.

The Hamburg part has a new train. Nothing really fancy since new trains arrive weekly on the layout but this one is a soccer league train. Each car represents a club from the current league. Another special is that this train is re-arranged every week, depending on the club’s current positions in the league table.

The HSV must not be left out in this train. Unfortunately they are currently on position 5 but the HSV-team most probably works hard on taking the lead in this train ! :)