Presumably if Benito Mussolini was a railway modeller, he would have made his run on time!!
(p.s. for young 'uns - you had to have been around then to understand).

If Bob Crow was a railway modeller his trains would have stayed in the station.

Quote from: Tom U on July 11, 2014, 02:07:38 PM
Presumably if Benito Mussolini was a railway modeller, he would have made his run on time!!
(p.s. for young 'uns - you had to have been around then to understand).

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MAJOR urban myth, that ...

There was only one train he ever made run on time, and that was to get him back to Rome to accept the leadership !  He was so confident that the "March on Rome" would succeed he never went on it himself, expecting at best failure and at worst imprisonment for those marching (and yes, that's a sarcastic 'confident' ...).

To his amazement, the King basically gave up on the Prime Minister & summoned him - and he basically bribed / forced the train to get through on time (delete as you wish).  The rest, as they say, is history ...

I'm sure (going back a bit) that Hughie Green had a layout.

... and he means that most sincerely, folks.

Do I get on it with having had 9 books published...

Why not ? If Herman Goering the famous Jairman and Benito Macaroni can get on it
I'm sure you'd be a great addition.

Assuming your books are rail related of course and not some guff
about Hobbits or Danny Baker playing footy on a Sunday. 

Quote from: MikeDunn on July 11, 2014, 07:21:59 PM
... and he means that most sincerely, folks.

sorry Agrippa, they're all aviation related. does that still count....

If Duncan Bannatyne or Lord Sugar were to decide I think the
answer is obvious.........

Quote from: Alex on July 11, 2014, 09:58:52 PM
sorry Agrippa, they're all aviation related. does that still count....

I guess it would if they are about Laker's Sky Train 

Those of a certain vintage might remember TV personality Hughie Green who owned a railway worth an estimated £1,000. This at the time when a decent annual wage in the UK was not even that much.

Quote from: Sprintex on July 11, 2014, 02:00:35 PM

Quote from: newportnobby on July 11, 2014, 01:29:10 PM
Looking at the Wickedpedia list, the mind just boggles at the thought of Hermann Goering playing trains

Why though? Even German Luftwaffe Commanders need to do something to relax at the end of a hard day's ordering-about

And yes, I had to Google him too


Paul

Er, point of order, Mr Moderator. Should Herman Goering be included under "famous modellers"? Wouldn't a new thread "Infamous modellers" be more appropriate?
One more point about his railway. Large parts of it should still exist, I'm sure. His home, Karinhall, was destroyed by being blown up after World War Two and since they never removed the railway from it I would suggest parts could still be found, albeit scattered over a wide area.

Surprised Patrick Stewart wasn't on the list. After all, as Captain Jean Luc Picard he keeps saying "Engage"

Quote from: newportnobby on July 12, 2014, 12:25:08 PM
Surprised Patrick Stewart wasn't on the list. After all, as Captain Jean Luc Picard he keeps saying "Engage"

That even got a laugh from Mrs "H"  she is a closet Trekkie.

Jerry