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Here are a few more pics from our recent trip to Yurrop. These are of the Sinsheim Museum which is about an hour from
Stuttgart. I've never seen a museum quite like it - the scale is enormous. There are planes, locomotives, tanks, rockets,
artillery pieces, cars, chainsaws, sewing machines, calliopes, motorcycles, boats, tractors, and other things I've forgotten. I felt like I'd been miniaturized and dropped into a hobby shop full of models. The amazing thing is that it has a similar sister museum nearby. I'll post a bunch of shots knowing that the last half will be links only - those still interested after the first few can click on 'em (or not). This really is just a small sample of what's there.

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Outside view.

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This gives an idea of the scale of the place.

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The locomotive wheels are turning plus there're sound effects. There were more than one of these.

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FW-190. Built nearby in Augsburg.

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Sigh...

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Here's a Bug for Nial.

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TU-144 SST cockpit

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JU-87 as found.

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A, um, <span style="font-style: italic">thing</span>

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TU-144 again.
 
Wow! Almost easier to say what they don't have. Enjoy!
 
Oh my goodness. What a place....that BMW 507 looks wonderful. You must have enjoyed (I think my head would have been spinning).
 
Wow, too much stuff. I would definatly be overstimulated to the point I couldn't see anything.
 
What is that on the plane's engine, a prancing blindfolded cow in a tux?!?!?!

Boy, last thing I'd wanna meet inna dark alley is a blind prancing formal cow. :rolleyes:

Just the thought frightens me. :smirk:

Blind prancing cow, now that's just a bunch of bull... :laugh:
 
A pink Zundapp?! As if that car wasn't weird enough already?
What an amazing place! I think our local warplane museum could learn from them. open your exhibits to all mechanical things of that era. I love it!
 
coldplugs said:
Sigh...
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I know why you're sighing. I remember you said your family owned one of those.

coldplugs said:
Here's a Bug for Nial.
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Wow!
And more than one Bugatti (with tire chains, even).
And a Lotus 7 behind it.
And all those planes.
And that <span style="font-weight: bold">cool stuff</span>!

I <span style="text-decoration: underline">have</span> to go there! :yesnod:
 
It's gotta make you wonder, how did they get all that stuff in there and how do they dust it all?

Neat place.
 
kellysguy said:
how do they dust it all?

Neat place.
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a few of the turboprops still work, they just run up the engines every few weeks.
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There was no indication who owns it - some sort of foundation apparently.

The plane with the cow looks like a JU-52 but was actually Spanish-built under license and served in the Spanish air force.

I wondered about "dusting it", too. The place was spotless and I can't imagine how they keep it that way. They had lots of "classic" vacuum cleaners. Maybe...

The space shuttle is Russian, not one of ours.

Nial - you have a good memory.

What doesn't come through in the photos is the ambiance - many of the exhibits had sound effects and the overall effect was great - lots of music, mechanical noise, etc.

I agree w/ Banjo regarding the variety being a good thing. There was a lot for everyone - fashion & glamor stuff for the gals (including vintage beauty shop equipment), cool stuff for kids (including a huge slide used to exit one of the planes way up in the air and a plane you can control roll and pitch from a joystick on a balcony), and the obvious guystuff.

Found this on youtube. It's a "Car Crazy" episode featuring the place. I didn't watch it all but it looks interesting.
 
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