How to build South America #6

How to bring 46m² of Miniature Rio de Janeiro from Buenos Aires to Hamburg? In this episode, the first part of our new South America section is finally prepared for transport. The entire layout is disassembled, packed into custom crates and finally loaded onto trucks that will take the disassembled model to the port of … Read more

How to build South America #5

Finally! Our modelling work on Miniature-Rio-de-Janeiro is finished. Well, not really. Because as soon as this first 46 square meters of our new South America section have traveled across the Atlantic from Buenos Aires to Hamburg, we will place all the details. There is still an incredible amount to do. But now the whole model … Read more

Video Special: News from South America. Is everything ready for shipment?

For more than three years now we have been planning and building our great new South America section together with the Martínez family. The Rio section marked the beginning of an experiment in intercontinental cooperation. And although the pandemic hasn’t necessarily made it easier for us to work together, we couldn’t be happier that we … Read more

The Vision of Patagonia

At the beginning of each new construction phase, model-making head Gerhard Dauscher disappears for a few days or even weeks in order to be able to fully concentrate on planning the new section. This cherished ritual could also be observed during the initial planning phase of the new Patagonia section. The result is an impressive … Read more