Plane Amazing!

Feuer Frei! · 05-06-11, 07:29 AM

PLANES take off, passengers wander through terminals and workers tend to the jets, but this is no ordinary airport. The world's largest model airport/railway, the Knuffingen Airport, has gone on display in Germany.
The incredible model is based on Hamburg Airport and features 40 planes and 90 vehicles that autonomously move around the airport.
It took seven years to build and cost a staggering $4.8 million.
The model includes a carsystem that manoeuvres the vehicles by computer. Meanwhile tiny wires move the planes, making them appear to fly.
Passengers appear to walk around the terminals and the vehicles even feature flashing lights and indicators. A series of lights around the miniature airport give it a bluish glow.
Luggage, carts, staircases and carparks are also featured in the 150 square-metre display, which also showcases a variety of planes from Airbus A380s to Cessnas.
There are approximately 40,000 lights, 15,000 figurines, 500 cars, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200 switches and 300 buildings.
It is on display at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany.
The real Hamburg airport opened in 1911 and now covers almost six square kilometres.

CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES AND A SHORT VIDEO.

Wow, that is simply amazing!
I'm not a Airplane or Airport fan but this is really really cool.

Garion · 05-06-11, 11:22 AM

That was cool

I remember being taken to the Ideal Homes Exhibition in Edinburgh when I was a wee boy circa 1969 where they had a similar (though not as complex) airport on display. The aircraft ran along slots and took off a ramp into a black box where they were reset for the next run. As a 10 year old It was a wonder of the world right up there with with Thunderbirds.

Cheers

Garion

AVGWarhawk · 05-06-11, 11:47 AM

WOW! A lot of work went into that! That is neat!

Growler · 05-06-11, 12:02 PM

That.

Was.

AWESOME.

I totally would have loved to have been in on that build - that whole setup is pretty freakin' sweet.

Thank you for sharing this! Totally made my day.

HunterICX · 05-06-11, 12:10 PM

Impressive

looks like a lot of work went into it and paid off

HunterICX

Jimbuna · 05-06-11, 01:48 PM

I'd love that just to display my diecast on

Task Force · 05-06-11, 01:59 PM

That is truly one of the most awesome things ive seen in awhile! Looks very good.

CCIP · 05-06-11, 02:07 PM

That is incredible! I want to see it in real life now - I bet I'd be glued to this exhibit for hours

Oberon · 05-06-11, 02:15 PM

aaaah, Miniatur Wunderland, one of the many many places I'd love to visit in Germany (if Germany could ever be prepared for my atrocious German [just ask Schroeder]). The massive model railway there is absolutely epic and this airport just adds to that epicness.

What a place.

ajrimmer42 · 05-06-11, 02:22 PM

that is, by far, one of the coolest things I've ever seen

joea · 05-06-11, 02:42 PM

MUST GO TO GERMANY.

Schroeder · 05-06-11, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

aaaah, Miniatur Wunderland, one of the many many places I'd love to visit in Germany (if Germany could ever be prepared for my atrocious German [just ask Schroeder]). The massive model railway there is absolutely epic and this airport just adds to that epicness.

What a place.

There are one or two people here who can speak English, so maybe you don't need to rape our language just to see this.

Jimbuna · 05-06-11, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schroeder

There are one or two people here who can speak English, so maybe you don't need to rape our language just to see this.

Lolwaffles be prepared

Schroeder · 05-06-11, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Lolwaffles be prepared

For my English or his German?

Jimbuna · 05-06-11, 03:21 PM

Either

j/k

05-06-11, 07:29 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Plane Amazing! PLANES take off, passengers wander through terminals and workers tend to the jets, but this is no ordinary airport. The world's largest model airport/railway, the Knuffingen Airport, has gone on display in Germany. The incredible model is based on Hamburg Airport and features 40 planes and 90 vehicles that autonomously move around the airport. It took seven years to build and cost a staggering $4.8 million. The model includes a carsystem that manoeuvres the vehicles by computer. Meanwhile tiny wires move the planes, making them appear to fly. Passengers appear to walk around the terminals and the vehicles even feature flashing lights and indicators. A series of lights around the miniature airport give it a bluish glow. Luggage, carts, staircases and carparks are also featured in the 150 square-metre display, which also showcases a variety of planes from Airbus A380s to Cessnas. There are approximately 40,000 lights, 15,000 figurines, 500 cars, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200 switches and 300 buildings. It is on display at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The real Hamburg airport opened in 1911 and now covers almost six square kilometres. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES AND A SHORT VIDEO. Wow, that is simply amazing! I'm not a Airplane or Airport fan but this is really really cool. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

05-06-11, 11:47 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	WOW! A lot of work went into that! That is neat! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	That. Was. AWESOME. I totally would have loved to have been in on that build - that whole setup is pretty freakin' sweet. Thank you for sharing this! Totally made my day. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Impressive looks like a lot of work went into it and paid off HunterICX __________________

05-06-11, 01:48 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'd love that just to display my diecast on __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-06-11, 11:22 AM	#2
Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	That was cool I remember being taken to the Ideal Homes Exhibition in Edinburgh when I was a wee boy circa 1969 where they had a similar (though not as complex) airport on display. The aircraft ran along slots and took off a ramp into a black box where they were reset for the next run. As a 10 year old It was a wonder of the world right up there with with Thunderbirds. Cheers Garion

05-06-11, 01:59 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	That is truly one of the most awesome things ive seen in awhile! Looks very good. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	That is incredible! I want to see it in real life now - I bet I'd be glued to this exhibit for hours __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-06-11, 02:15 PM	#9
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	aaaah, Miniatur Wunderland, one of the many many places I'd love to visit in Germany (if Germany could ever be prepared for my atrocious German [just ask Schroeder]). The massive model railway there is absolutely epic and this airport just adds to that epicness. What a place. Last edited by Oberon; 05-06-11 at 02:17 PM. Reason: Aforementioned atrocious German

05-06-11, 02:22 PM	#10
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	that is, by far, one of the coolest things I've ever seen __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

05-06-11, 02:42 PM	#11
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	MUST GO TO GERMANY.

05-06-11, 03:21 PM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Either j/k __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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