I (a traveling United States citizen ) was fortunate enough on recent Europe business trip to visit your very large HO model railroad at Minature Wonderland on November 5, 2005.
I spent the day there, and took a series of 'you-are-there' layout tour
photos, which can be seen at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/Mina ... erland-reg
Your layout is incredible; detailing, moving automobiles, figures, full
night time lighting are in remarkable. It is very interesting to see how your European perspective characterized the United States model railroad scenes.
As a US citizen, I think there is something remarkable about German and European culture that facilitates creation of a model railroad of this size. I rather believe that in the United States, something like your Minature Wonderland is unlikely to happen. We as US citizens and audiences probably have too many distractions and probably not enough group passion and group determination to create an ongoing, self-funding enterprise such as yours. I congratulate you, and wish you much continued success.
Below is a summary overview. I feel very fortunate to have visited, and
I hope you enjoy the photos and can share in the fun of my visit with me as well.
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1. The Modelleisenbahn Wonderland in Hamburg, Germany
2. Alpen layout at Minature Wonderland - panorama right side
3. Alpen Minature Wonderland - Paorama Left side Alpen
4. Alpen Minature Wonderland - the town of Saint Wendel and the Alps
5. Amerika Minature Wonderland - the Las Vegas scene
6. Amerika Minature Wonderland - the Grand Canyon
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