Re: In a miniature world, climate change [, political realities,] and environmental issues loom large...

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Amazing!

On Aug 3, 2025, at 12:00 PM, Hank Koerner <hank.koerner@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey all,

As a break from the usual litany of depressing news (e.g. T. Cotton, R Senator, Arkansas, urging the Special Counsel to investigate good guy and hero Jack Smith under the Hatch Act - Cotton, a self professed patriot and no dummy, should know and act better, imo...), consider the following.

3 years ago, following a great gravel cycling trip in Bavaria, I traveled to Hamburg, to visit the son of a good friend, Angus, and his charming girlfriend, Saskia. 

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A side trip I earmarked was to Miniatur Wunderland, the largest miniature world / model railroad globally housed in a repurposed Hamburg warehouse. Incredible, if a bit overwhelming for a ½ day visit. I suppose this visit added fuel to my eventual toe-dipping into MRR'ing. 

<image.png>Apologies for the full size images, but I wanted to include detail. Scale = 1:87 (HO). 
An AP story ran in today's Seattle Times about the recent partnership between an Argentinian MRR business, United Scale Arts, and Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland. 

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I found it a fun piece to read as leaders in miniature craft puzzle out how to depict the world as they see it. 

Hank

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