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You have given me a great start to the day Manfred...wow.....love your work and keep it up.
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Hello all
One week ago I was travelling the first time with the train through the brandnew and finished Gotthard - basetunnel where the original of my TBM`s has worked in the underground for some years. It was a very emotional moment for me personally to travel the first time through the finished tunnel because in the last 18 years I was countless times on all construction sites of the tunnel and that was very impressive and unforgettable for me !!!
Some times ago I had the hope that I will have finished my model until the tunnel was opened ( I am working on it since november 2004 ), but the work for this model was much more difficult as I thought. So it looks that I have much more time to build the model that the workers did have to build the tunnel......
Now I am working on the next backup - sections and I hope I can show you some pics of it in a couple of time....
Best regards
Manfred
tunneling forever
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Your work is almost unbelievable. I don't blame you for being emotional after all those years of hard dedicated work.
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Hello all In the last few months I have built some new details. The length of the model is actually a little bit more than 3 meters......     I hope the new pics will enjoy some of you....... Best regards Manfred
tunneling forever
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Wow, that's excellent! The attention to detail is superb. You have great patience.
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Just incredible!
Rob
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That is insane! Good work.
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wonderful piece of work.
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Hello everybody Thank you for your encouraging comments. Here some pics who shows more details. I will show the model at saturday april 29.2017 at the model exhibition in the eberhard - museum ( www.ebianum.ch ) If anyone is random in Switzerland this time, I would be glad about a visit Here the pics....             Best regards Manfred
tunneling forever
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Thanks Manfred...Love your work. It is getting bigger every time.
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Absolutely stunning model and the detail you've captured is epic. Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful pictures of your masterpiece. Take care and all the best.
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Hello Guys And this is my new "Tunneling - project" :   It`s a tunneling - machine from the Herrenknecht company ( germany ) who built a highway - tunnel near Zurich in switzerland. The cutterhead had a diameter of nearly 12 meters and the machine was 165 meters long, so in scale 1:50 the model will be 3.30 meters long. The contractor who built the tunnel was the Marti Tunnel AG from Bern / switzerland Actually the cutterhead is built and ready to paint. The shield construction is built to 95%. Pics from it will be following soon..... Best regards Manfred
tunneling forever
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Wow!! Stunning work on your project! Incredible!
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Hello together Here for the moment the last pic of the Gotthard - TBM with 2 modules with a totally lenght of 3.30 meters :  And here the first model pics of the new TBM - project : The shield - construction :  And here the erector to position the concrete - segments :    The erector is turning 360° around and telescopic, in the original and in the model........ Best regards Manfred
tunneling forever
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Those machines are equally impressive at 1:50 and 1:1. I enjoy seeing the pictures of your work. Thank you for sharing!
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Are you using a 3d printer for your build now or still making each piece individually? Have been impressed with your work, thank you for sharing your newest project.
Flickr Photostream
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Hello No, I haven`t a 3D - printer and no CNC - machine at home. All I have is some hobby - machines from Proxxon like a circular saw and a disc grinder and my own hands and the original drawings and a lot of evergreen material...  Best regards Manfred
tunneling forever
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Thank you for sharing. Very nice workmanship.
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looks awesome keep up the good work.
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