Wow [tup]
I was impressed with a few layouts that I have seen but you all have to see this.
http://www.wimp.com/largestmodel/
have a nice day
Lee
That certainly was a very impressive layout. The night time scenes were great.
I’d hate to have to clean all that track! WOW!
WOW!![:O]
Visons of Cash, Big Boys, and Fifteen Car Track-Cleaning trains dance in my head.[:)]
I’m jealous, I wish I had that layout. [swg]
Will
So, uh, can I get something like that on my 8X8 layout?[(-D][(-D]
I’d really love to see that thing in person before I die. Surprisingly enough, threads about that layout usually turn into a bash fest.
That’s a lot of lights! I can’t even imagine the mess of wiring that must be under there…
It’s impressive enough to see the trains in operation, but cars, trucks, ships, airplanes, animals, and people too?? Trying to wrap my mind around the design and operation of such a layout would make my head explode.
Wheb I saw teh thread, I was thinking it was going to be Northlandz. This is so much more impressive because it is not only extremely large, but extremely well done. I was most impressed by the realistic movement of automobile traffic and ships. Much more realistic than I thought would be possible. It kind of puts a lie to a statement I have made before that anything that moves on the layout other than the trains is going to seem toy like. That certainly was not the case. I might have to rethink what is possible in those areas. I might have to put a visit to Wonderlandz on my bucket list.
I’m glad you all like the site, It was sent to me by one of my friends who is into toy trains. I was stuned by the complexity of it and it’s operated by computer!
Now everyone has something to strive for. [:-^]
Have a good day.
Lee
While I would LOVE to see the display, what I’d really like is the “behind the scenes tour” of how it all works! Now that would be impressive to me.
That is amazing. Maybe a trip to Europe wouldn’t be so bad after all!
Keith
DARTH
Is that a 2-6-6-4 at the bottom of your post and do you have one? Regardless of how it looks what is the smallest radius it can manage to get around? How long is the engine a lone?
Thanks
Lee
I think MR ran an article on this impressive layout several years ago. But it’s nice to see a video of it in action. Very impressive. I especially liked the Alpine sequences–there’s an old joke running around that the Swiss invented the Alps so they’d have someplace to run their trains, LOL!
Looks like my next European destination is going to be Hamburg so I can experience it in real life. That’s one beautifully concieved layout, IMO.
Tom
Hmm, do they have a push button for the house with bad reputation?
There’s also a youtube video fo the layout that shows even more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriWZVaZBXg
Ed
I had the great fortune of visiting the Miniature Wonderland in Oct 2007. Videos and pictures do not do it justice. My brother-in-law and I did the tour and paid for extra for the behind the scenes tour. Yes. It did make our head explode.
As an example, most if not all of the vehicles (not just the trains) run, have working headlights and turn signals. The vehicles are controlled by the computers of course and run from a battery - follow a wire in the road etc.
What was amazing was that the vehicle and/or computer knew how much battery time was left in each vehicle and the computer would schedule the vehicle to stop at a recharging station which was underneath the layout where the staging yards etc are. We saw one. It was like those old fashioned turnstiles in underground subways. The vehicle would pull up into the turnstile and a metal paddle on each side would press in on the vehicles mirrors - and recharge. Wow.
They also had a lake - a huge tank - I forget how many gallons. They were controlling ships using RC controls. What they were working on was their own GPS system to control the positioning of the ships as they docked and moved about the lake and couple of ports they had modeled.
Regards
Here is another link to check out: http://tagebuch.miniatur-wunderland.de