Miniatur Wunderland Weekly Report
11.02.02 at 12:11 hrs
Weekly Report No 67, CW 6
From Monday, 04.02.2002 to Sunday, 10.02.2002
Just been lucky!!! The camera was at hand just in time and so we can deliver some impressions of the Speicherstadt that is under construction.
Already now (without facade lighting and working cranes -> keyword: pushbutton action) this model is a highlight! To giva you a chance to compare: here is the prototype and there...
... is the model. Although.... hmmmm..... something looks wrong, or not?
A stunning piece of work that Helge delivered.
If the plans of our electronic department are really feasable, we will even have a super mini model railroad in the 4th floor of the model...
The right part of this layout section with its port basins, a container terminal, and a crude oil port is always good for discussions. The monstreous oversea vessels (we'll add tankers and container carriers to this general cargo vessel) Seem to be way too big, even on a large layout like ours.
Once again, Helge struck: Using this styrofaom model of St. Michaels, we fitted in a Hamburg landmark. With the help of this mock-up we decided about the building scale of the final model (1/87 wouldn't work; the church tower would penetrate the ceiling). Now Helge can start building the real model.
Meanwhile, Gerd and Sabine determined the houses and villas that will remind the visitor of the Hamburg suburb of Blankenese ( tradintionally a quarter, where the rich live) on a hill close to the layout's fascia.
The risers underneath Central Station are built in and now the trackage for the station itself and the approaching tracks (this is the part shown here) can be laid.
