Quote from: newportnobby on September 19, 2014, 12:46:06 PM

Quote from: Agrippa on September 19, 2014, 11:57:30 AM
More famous modellers  :-

Pamela Anderson

I've heard of something called 00, but is there a DD gauge

Yes, it was called "Double Diamond", said to work wonders, and was popular in the 1960s and early 1970s! 

Oh, look at the time - gotta go! (before someone throws me out) 

Quote from: lil chris on November 04, 2015, 11:34:56 PM
Rod Stewart was on the One show tonight with Jimmy Carr and was asked the question is it true when you are on tour you also hire a room for your train set, To which I replied for my scale model railway not train set, Jimmy Carr started taking the mick so I said lets drop that subject now. Strange but someone in my local model shop had only just told me about hiring a room on Tuesday, I was a bit sceptical about it.

Well done Rod Stewart. I've seen his model (sadly only pictures) and it's the kind of thing most of us can only dream about. Guess that's an advantage of having (by 'normal' standards) unlimited money.
Not sure if this has been mentioned but TV personality Hughie Green (you'd probably need to be around 60 plus to remember him) had a layout estimated at £1,000 back around 1970. You could (almost) buy a small house for that back then.

Rod Stewart's layout is cool, but why has it got to be American prototype?

He's spent so much time there, I guess.

Hi all,

In his autobiography (which is a very good read) Rod Stewart writes that he grew up next to the railway in North London and even in his late teens and early twenties had a track going aroind the edge of his bedroom where he would run Gresley locos wth teak coaches.

I think I have read that while his LA layout is US outline, he also has an ECML layout at his home in Essex.

I can sympathise with this - whenever I travel abroad I always find myself becoming enthused by the railways in the place I am visiting...

cheers

Ben A.

Ben

That's news to me, him having an ECML layout. But it doesn't suprise me, cos he's one of the boys!

Well that's  blown it. I'm a Rod Stewart fan. Same age as me, loves football and model railways, put out great music, why wouldn't I be?!!