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Lots of kink in that city!
posted by furtive at 6:38 PM on February 11, 2007


Miniature miniature golf
posted by davebush at 6:43 PM on February 11, 2007


There is a similar miniature city just outside of The Hague, Netherlands: Madurodam.
posted by trip and a half at 6:44 PM on February 11, 2007 [1 favorite]


Needs more Godzilla.
posted by loquacious at 6:50 PM on February 11, 2007


Excellent, thanks!
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:51 PM on February 11, 2007


*blink*
posted by ZachsMind at 6:51 PM on February 11, 2007


Wow. That's cool! The naughty bits are fun, including a forensic scene.

Miniature fast food for miniature people and miniature people on food. A Thumbelina horse. Photoshopped miniature cities.
posted by nickyskye at 6:59 PM on February 11, 2007 [1 favorite]


That's awesome. I love the drive-in cinema.
posted by breezeway at 7:05 PM on February 11, 2007


Very cool. Seems like fodder for indie rock album covers, though.
posted by chlorus at 7:05 PM on February 11, 2007 [1 favorite]


"Lots of kink in that city!"

[T]here's nothing new or interesting there -- people fuck all the time going back to the dawn of civilization.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:16 PM on February 11, 2007


very cool . . . puts me in mind of a less salacious model of New York City done for the NYC pavillion of the 64 worlds fair.
posted by ahimsakid at 7:20 PM on February 11, 2007


I just knew (knew!), the moment that I saw the couple getting it on that it was Swedish. Scandinavian stereotyping serves me well, yet again (again!)

It may have helped that I was putting together IKEA furniture at the same time, which prepped me for the Swedish mindset.
posted by Kattullus at 7:29 PM on February 11, 2007


Man. That city is more fun than my city.
posted by gordie at 7:31 PM on February 11, 2007


The miniature putt-putt course was a nice touch. And ahimsakid, the Panorama of New York is still running at the Queens Museum.
posted by nj_subgenius at 7:33 PM on February 11, 2007


Very cool... I'm amazed at how real the snow scenes look.
posted by amyms at 7:42 PM on February 11, 2007


nj_subgenius, Thanks for the info about the Panorama.
posted by nickyskye at 8:14 PM on February 11, 2007


Hey! It's the Vasa!! [ref]

My fave.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:45 PM on February 11, 2007


Aw, I've seen smaller.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:57 PM on February 11, 2007


Very, very cool.
posted by hifiparasol at 10:07 PM on February 11, 2007


Wow, that's amazing.
posted by equalpants at 10:10 PM on February 11, 2007


I'm a little concerned for the couple making out in the sunflowers; a later picture shows a thresher nearby. AIE!
posted by eamondaly at 10:15 PM on February 11, 2007 [1 favorite]


Kal El really has to get off his ass and straighten that out eventually.

nifty post
posted by Smedleyman at 10:32 PM on February 11, 2007


Poppies will make them sleep!
posted by sourwookie at 10:42 PM on February 11, 2007


Kattulus, according to a comment there it is actually in Hamburg, Germany...

But very, very cool. Ditto Civil_Disobedient on the favourite - it actually looks real.
posted by Phire at 11:04 PM on February 11, 2007


How about purchasing your own state commisioned scale model of 1977 Moscow?
posted by Thoth at 11:06 PM on February 11, 2007


The photos were taken at the Miniatur-Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, by the way (as noted on the bottom of the page). It's the largest H0 model railroad layout in the world and consists of several different landscapes, which you can see on this overview plan.
A part of the exhibition shows Hamburg itself: AOL arena (where Hamburg's soccer team plays), Köhlbrand bridge across the river Elbe and the port, the Speicherstadt, Hagenbecks Tierpark, the famous zoo, among others.

The Miniatur-Wunderland website has a great photo gallery as well.
posted by amf at 11:51 PM on February 11, 2007


Just think how tricky it would be to dust with all those tiny pieces. I imagine the city gradually overtaken by giant dust bunnies.
posted by squashy wol at 11:55 PM on February 11, 2007


I wonder how many of the wee folk move around at night...
posted by cenoxo at 12:10 AM on February 12, 2007


How utterly awesome!
posted by hoverboards don't work on water at 2:36 AM on February 12, 2007


Ah man, stereotypes set me astray, again (again!)
posted by Kattullus at 5:11 AM on February 12, 2007


Sets me in mind of John Allen's legendary Gorre & Daphetid model railroad. In the details there is a level of whimsy not often found in other facets of modeling.

John Allen was also responsible for one of the most maddening puzzle/games of all time... the "Timesaver".
posted by pjern at 5:28 AM on February 12, 2007


Contrasted by the Giant Cargo Ships at the bottom of the linked page.
posted by joecacti at 8:40 AM on February 12, 2007


[Almost a self link, sorry!] My Wife Amy is working on paintings from her own model. A much smaller model, but with similar narrative intentions. Great find DTH!
posted by JBennett at 8:51 AM on February 12, 2007


This is very cool.
posted by OmieWise at 1:32 PM on February 12, 2007


Those paintings are awesome JBennett. They have the same foreboding feeling as Gregory Crewdson's work.
posted by tighttrousers at 7:39 PM on February 12, 2007


Man, this tilt-shift thing is getting old ...
posted by kcds at 3:51 AM on February 13, 2007


But tell me, was this city built on rock and roll?
posted by sparkletone at 11:35 PM on February 13, 2007


...John Allen's legendary Gorre & Daphetid model railroad.

No matter the medium, skill and craftsmanship are always worth a closer look. Step into Don's Dream World, a jewel-like tabletop N scale railroad layout built in Japan by Donald Agne.
posted by cenoxo at 9:04 AM on February 14, 2007


That's really amazing - the patience!
posted by teststrip at 3:50 PM on February 14, 2007


This must have taken thousands of hours to build - what the heck!
posted by oberleit at 8:57 PM on February 17, 2007


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