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 Good Afternoon Folks,a belated "Happy Father´s Day" to all fathers among us! In Europe, we celebrate Father´s Day much earlier in the year, usually on Ascension Day. It´s a good excuse for a lot of people to consume huge quantities of beer, so that´s why I prefer to stay off the roads on that day!I am just back from my visit to Hamburg´s Miniatur Wunderland. I have not been there for a while, so there was lots to see. We spend about 3 hours in there and just had a look at those new parts we had not seen before. The Swiss part is very impressive by its sheer size and masses of little scenes and detail, but lacks a lot realism in my humble view. The rock faces are a little crude and there are just too many tunnels, so the mountains look a little like Swiss cheese to me. I don´t like the transition between the valleys and the high mountains - it looks too steep for my eyes, but maybe I am too critical. I like the Scandinavian part with its winter scenes in Norway and the Swedish port a lot more. Incredible, how big ships are in HO scale. They move slowly and silently around, being R/C controlled, with a young (and beautiful) lady commanding them. The automated control system is not yet working - it still lacks the accuracy to compensate for the little water movement caused be the ships´ props. Funny, though, how unrealistic real water looks like! It is way to clear and clean, but any attempt to color or even tint it, have failed so far. It was a worthwhile visit, but I also have to say, that it does not meet the level of quality and realism of some of the work shown in MR or in this forum. But maybe I am just too spoiled!Zoe, make that a baloney and cheese sammich for me, and a Dr. Pepper to wash it down!A hearty [#welcome] to you, Cheese3, from the other side of the Big Pond! TTFN
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