Dogman
12th July 2011, 07:20 PM
For the model builders out there.
It took a grand total of six years to build but an incredible new miniature model, called Knuffingen Airport, based on Hamburg’s airport, has finally opened to the public.
It’s on display at Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, and features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90 vehicles that trundle around the runways automatically.
Making something this small and perfectly formed doesn’t come cheap. It cost 3.5million Euros – but the result is plane-ly amazing.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE75FFA00000578-657_964x464.jpg
The real airport opened in 1911 and remains the oldest operational airport in the world. When it was first built it covered a mere 45 hectares – it’s now ten times bigger and measures a whopping 2.2sq miles
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE75FF100000578-944_964x628.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE7600E00000578-522_964x486.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE7612200000578-723_964x615.jpg
The attention to detail is astounding. The planes park themselves and passenger walkways slowly move into place.
The tow trucks even feature little flashing orange lights and the petrol tanks can be seen indicating which way they are about to turn. What's more, the airport lights up spectacularly to create an entrancing night scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkhhlezdSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_06qrFnvnw
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383532/Knuffingen-Airport-German-builds-worlds-largest-model-airport.html#ixzz1RwowdZVC
It took a grand total of six years to build but an incredible new miniature model, called Knuffingen Airport, based on Hamburg’s airport, has finally opened to the public.
It’s on display at Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, and features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90 vehicles that trundle around the runways automatically.
Making something this small and perfectly formed doesn’t come cheap. It cost 3.5million Euros – but the result is plane-ly amazing.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE75FFA00000578-657_964x464.jpg
The real airport opened in 1911 and remains the oldest operational airport in the world. When it was first built it covered a mere 45 hectares – it’s now ten times bigger and measures a whopping 2.2sq miles
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE75FF100000578-944_964x628.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE7600E00000578-522_964x486.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/04/article-1383532-0BE7612200000578-723_964x615.jpg
The attention to detail is astounding. The planes park themselves and passenger walkways slowly move into place.
The tow trucks even feature little flashing orange lights and the petrol tanks can be seen indicating which way they are about to turn. What's more, the airport lights up spectacularly to create an entrancing night scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkhhlezdSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_06qrFnvnw
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383532/Knuffingen-Airport-German-builds-worlds-largest-model-airport.html#ixzz1RwowdZVC