Model passenger jet perfect takeoff - GIF

**Jon** · Sep 17, 2019, 07:38 PM

Model passenger jet perfect takeoff.

Previously:

Model train spiral - GIF
Scale model Ferrari 312PB - photo and video

**mklotz** · Sep 18, 2019, 08:41 AM

Well, it's sort of a takeoff. This is part of the airport at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0

Look closely and you'll see that there is a thin rod attached to the bottom of the plane. The rod rides in a slot in the center of the runway and, as the plane nears the end of the runway, it rises and the plane rises/takes off with it. Notice that the curtain in the 'sky' through which it flies has a slit down the middle to accommodate the rod.

**Toolmaker51** · Sep 19, 2019, 05:21 PM

A-ha.
I thought this was how leprechauns, poltergeists and elves got around.

**Jon** · Sep 21, 2019, 04:06 PM

More on that miniature airport.

**Toolmaker51** · Sep 21, 2019, 08:09 PM

3-odd million buck exhibit! Puts a lot of extreme model train set-ups as mere also-ran.

**mklotz** · Sep 22, 2019, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

3-odd million buck exhibit! Puts a lot of extreme model train set-ups as mere also-ran.

Miniatur Wunderland is the epitome for dynamic displays but, for static displays it's hard to beat the work of Anders Malmberg...

Anders Machine Shop

Anders Malmberg

But when it comes to miniature craftsmen, surely the king is William R. Robertson...

https://ideas.ted.com/the-beauty-is-...niature-maker/

**Toolmaker51** · Sep 22, 2019, 10:45 AM

WARNING WARNING WARNING followed by intense wailing siren.
Marv's links are a trap (known here as worm-holes) of incalculable depth. . .and ideal for a rainy midwest Sunday afternoon. Mr. Robertson BTW is one of our celebrated locals, as is The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures here in neighboring Kansas City.
https://toyandminiaturemuseum.org/

**mklotz** · Sep 22, 2019, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

WARNING WARNING WARNING followed by intense wailing siren.
Marv's links are a trap (known here as worm-holes) of incalculable depth. . .and ideal for a rainy midwest Sunday afternoon. Mr. Robertson BTW is one of our celebrated locals, as is The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures here in neighboring Kansas City.
https://toyandminiaturemuseum.org/

Pack a lunch, maybe dinner too, you're going to get really hungry...