Located in Hamburg, Miniature Wonderland bills itself as the world's largest model train layout. Its sets span several rooms and floors, and the level of detail is unbelievable. The most recent addition is the airport, which is truly a sight to behold, especially as "day" turns to "night". They had a nice variety of types and carriers, including the 787 which hasn't even been delivered to anyone yet.
To get these pictures, I had to get through a huge crowd of people. I felt like I was at a rock concert fighting to get to the front row. So, people can't understand why we photograph planes and call the police when we stand at Bay Harbour Mall, then they go to places like these and get in my way to watch the planes. It all makes sense now.
But, this ain't your grandpappy's static display. They have this neat magnetic shuttle system that pulls the aircraft around the airports and onto the runways. Once on the runway, thin steel poles come out and hook onto the planes and drag them down the runways for takeoffs and landings. They disappear and reappear through flaps in the walls. How freakin cool is that???
This pretty much trumps the airport I built on my train layout, with the runways made out of duct tape and little 1/500 "Dyna Flytes" with the stickers half coming off.
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