In this interview, Erwin Kohout shows and explains to me his fascinatingly detailed replica of the “Miniatur Wunderland” from Hamburg in the H0 model railway scale of 1 to 87. The 1 to 87 railways, buildings and more that can be seen in his “Mikroland” have a tiny scale of approx. 1 in 7569. This slightly different model railway system was one of the highlights at the 12th model railway exhibition in the MVG Munich Museum of the Munich Transport Company, which took place on March 16th and 17th, 2024. In the first part of the video there is a macro shot stroll through the extensive miniaturized Miniatur Wunderland "shrunked" by Erwin Kohout. At around 10 minutes 40 seconds you can see a few other Mikroland dioramas on a scale of 1 to 22.5 and one on a scale of 1 to 87.
My video consists of the following sections, which can also be selected directly in the timeline:
00:00 Welcome Erwin Kohout
00:24 How did the Mikroland idea come about?
01:55 Building replica and transport case
02:15 Invitation to Hamburg
02:50 Materials used for the Microland
03:11 Modeled layer by layer and using a 3D printer
04:33 Switzerland Mountains system section 3rd floor
05:40 Vesuvius eruption and Italy construction site
06:10 Shell construction microland Rome and Monaco
06:45 Bridge between the Wonderland buildings
07:15 Part of the building with Rio and Patagonia
09:14 Fictitious construction phases Cairo and Dubai
10:10 Trains moving in 1to7569 in Mikroland
10:40 Scene 1 to 22.5 with case system 1 to 220
11:34 Wonderland scene Patagonia in 1to22.5
12:33 Basement scene 1to22.5 Freezer system 1to220
13:16 Garden railway scene 1to87 with system 1to22.5
13:50 How the microland turntables work
14:57 Erwin Kohout about his hobby “Mikroland”
15:24 Farewell
More about Erwin Kohout's Mikroland world:
[German Original] www.mikroland-muenchen.de/
[English Auto-Translation] www-mikroland--muenchen-de.tr...
Link to the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg:
www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
Link to my detailed “Wonderland” movie commentary mentioned in the video:
www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/mag...