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Walter Besig, 1905. On Capri.
Being 36, he made a journey to Italy, you know, as painters do. There he met his future first wife, the American painter from Trenton, New Jersey.
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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012
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The Besig Family
This picture must have been taken before 1904 the year when Conradine Besig (om the right) died. I have...
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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012
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Walter Besig, 1899
This is my great-grandfather at the age of 30. There is some pait on his coat, because he was a painter.
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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012
Berlin, right after the War
Sometimes the craftspeople from the Wunderland team up to build dioramas for special exhibitions. This is a piece of Berlin in 1945.
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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2012
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Smoke break
I guess it's some kind of fine fiber simulating the smoke here. Whatever it is, it's tiny.
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Uploaded on Feb 4, 2012
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Breaking dawn at a Danish beach
A day lasts for 15 minutes at Miniatur Wunderland. This is Padborg Station, a Danish beach town in the Scandinavia Section.
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Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012
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Breaking the second rule of model train layouts.
According to XKCD 878 you shouldn't build a layout that includes the location of the model. The...
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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2012
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Tilt-shift Hamburg
The edge of the world.
The biggest diorama has to end somewhere. Here it does, and it's a bit abrupt, I have to say.
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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012
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Sit down, I can't see a thing!
The Volksparkstadion is packed for Hamburg's local derby, HSV vs. FC St. Pauli.
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Uploaded on Jan 30, 2012
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Las Vegas at night
"I hate to say this, but this place is getting to me. I think I'm getting the Fear."
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
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Send your next letter to one of our boys in Vietnam.
A reminiscence to last generation's Asian war. I'm wondering if there are "Send your next tweet...
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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012
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A typical North-American village at the advent season.
You know, like the one directly next to Mount Rushmore.
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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012
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Miniature railway Control Center.
Welcome to the humble control centre of Miniatur Wunderland. 930 trains, 1270 signals, 3050 points, 200...
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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012
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Shellac is where it's at!
Evening at the fairground.
Every 15 minutes a day ends in Wunderland and the ceiling lamps simulate dusk. That's when all all street...
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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012
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A couple of sunflowers.
This is a diorama of a small field. It's there because somebody build it. Think about it.
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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2012
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Your typical German old town station.
The first model railroad I've seen with overhead lines. As you can imagine they make getting a derailed train back on the tracks a pain in the arse.
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012
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