Rod Stewart's model railway

Rod Stewart's model railway

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Cotty

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40,280 posts

291 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Apparently he would take kits, tools and paints with him and book an extra hotel room for a workshop so he could pursue his hobby in between concerts wherever he was in the world.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7678...

ApexCult

4,922 posts

160 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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BBC too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-5040...

Pretty impressive feat, I suspect he's not lying about having done 90% of the work.

Eric Mc

122,854 posts

272 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Good to see a "cool dude" indulging himself in such a hobby. Makes the rest of us model builders feel better about ourselves.

ApexCult

4,922 posts

160 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Eric Mc said:
Good to see a "cool dude" indulging himself in such a hobby. Makes the rest of us model builders feel better about ourselves.
Yeah, bit of a shame he's felt the need to keep it so secretive over the years.

I hope some video content comes out of his set up, I love a good model railway 'fly-through'!

bristolracer

5,626 posts

156 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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I think he stumped up a few grand for the club who had their display vandalised a few months back

He has owned Lamborghini Miuras, had some beautiful wives and has a massive model railway- Jealous? me not much!

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

203 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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What happened to the guy with the orange Lambo from Evo who was building the model junction on here?

ApexCult

4,922 posts

160 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
What happened to the guy with the orange Lambo from Evo who was building the model junction on here?
Not a update since February 2018 sadly! (although he doesn't seem to be that active on PH at the moment, only two other posts on PH since then both Lambo related)

spitfire-ian

3,892 posts

235 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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ApexCult said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
What happened to the guy with the orange Lambo from Evo who was building the model junction on here?
Not a update since February 2018 sadly! (although he doesn't seem to be that active on PH at the moment, only two other posts on PH since then both Lambo related)
Think this is the one you're referring to. Obviously updating more on RMweb.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic...

Robertj21a

17,342 posts

112 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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ApexCult said:
Yeah, bit of a shame he's felt the need to keep it so secretive over the years.

I hope some video content comes out of his set up, I love a good model railway 'fly-through'!
Not sure he's kept it very quiet, he was interviewed about it some years ago.

LesMcQueen

319 posts

116 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Brilliant, looks really impressive!

If anyone is ever in Hamburg a visit to Miniatur Wunderland is well worth it!

Legacywr

12,779 posts

195 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Eric Mc said:
"cool dude"
Not for a long time now Eric.

CRA1G

6,772 posts

202 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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He's always liked the train entering the station.....clap

Wacky Racer

38,970 posts

254 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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ApexCult said:
Eric Mc said:
Good to see a "cool dude" indulging himself in such a hobby. Makes the rest of us model builders feel better about ourselves.
Yeah, bit of a shame he's felt the need to keep it so secretive over the years.

I hope some video content comes out of his set up, I love a good model railway 'fly-through'!
Never been a secret. His huge railway has been known about for many years, but photographs have never been made public.

Anyone remember the huge one at Alton Towers in the 1960's, before it became that god awful theme park?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYbqZ2yYNuc

gruffgriff

1,740 posts

250 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Sir Rod called in to Jeremy Vine on radio 2 this morning to put Vine straight after his hands-on involvement was questioned....and then he and Jools Holland, on separate lines, had a dublo love-in....followed by Steve Lamaq enthusing about his end to end layout...surreal and fantastic all at once, echoed by a tweet by Victori Coren-Mitchell!

Agree that Hamburg's Miniature Wonderland is off the scale awesome and worth a trip over on it's own...and then there's the kolch bars, reeperbahn, Soviet sub.....

Halmyre

11,540 posts

146 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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ApexCult said:
BBC too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-5040...

Pretty impressive feat, I suspect he's not lying about having done 90% of the work.
That is stunning, and good on him for putting one over on Jeremy Vine as well.

DodgeeDave

508 posts

202 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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bristolracer said:
I think he stumped up a few grand for the club who had their display vandalised a few months back

He has owned Lamborghini Miuras, had some beautiful wives and has a massive model railway- Jealous? me not much!
Some guys get all the luck!

anonymous-user

61 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Listened to the Jeremy Vine show a little earlier.

Best radio I have heard in a long time, well worth a listen.

Echo66

384 posts

196 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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DodgeeDave said:
bristolracer said:
I think he stumped up a few grand for the club who had their display vandalised a few months back

He has owned Lamborghini Miuras, had some beautiful wives and has a massive model railway- Jealous? me not much!
Some guys get all the luck!
Coffee - keyboard. :-)

Well done that man

ferrisbueller

29,791 posts

234 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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I get impatient looking at the build processes and frustrated looking at still images, I want to see movement!

Eric Mc

122,854 posts

272 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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Legacywr said:
Eric Mc said:
"cool dude"
Not for a long time now Eric.
Rod will always be cool to me.