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Post by Adam on Nov 15, 2019 19:00:00 GMT
From the Not Fair section of the day, Rod Stewart made some announcement and released pictures of his "layout". It is of course awesome, but the Not Fair part is what are likely his unlimited funds. He claims to have done about 90% of the work himself, outsourcing the electrical work. www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561Any other famous people are model train nuts like us?
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Post by ptc on Nov 15, 2019 19:02:57 GMT
Link did not work for me, Adam.
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Post by Adam on Nov 15, 2019 19:04:50 GMT
Try again, I think i fixed it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 19:29:46 GMT
That is an impressive layout. I do believe there are a number of famous people with layouts, going all the way back to Walt Disney, Neil Young, Phil Collins, Roger Daltrey and Mandy Patinkin. You can search their names and add model trains to see images of their layouts.
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Post by ptc on Nov 15, 2019 19:32:31 GMT
That's some serious modeling. A star in many ways. And he is a "Sir" to boot.
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Post by Adam on Nov 15, 2019 19:43:32 GMT
He also recently announced that he was clear of his previous Prostate Cancer diagnosis. Great to hear that as well.
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Post by Pennsy484 on Nov 15, 2019 20:07:06 GMT
Wow!
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 15, 2019 20:09:09 GMT
I believe Tom Hanks is a model railroader but I don't know if he is an O Gauge guy.
Tom Snyder had a standard gauge layout.
Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra were Lionel O Gauge modelers.
I read once that Phil Collins postponed a recording session because he was working on his layout.
Hermann Goering had a Maerklin 3 rail O Gauge layout.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 15, 2019 20:16:46 GMT
According to the article and one other similar article on the internet, Rod Stewart worked on his layout for 23 years. He rented an extra hotel room when on tour to work on modeling for his layout. I'd say he's a true Model Railroader.
Emile
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Post by JDaddy on Nov 15, 2019 20:27:06 GMT
Yeah if I had Rod Stewarts money I would have my own railroad and possibly run my own restored Big-Boy!
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Post by Adam on Nov 15, 2019 20:38:24 GMT
Yeah if I had Rod Stewarts money I would have my own railroad and possibly run my own restored Big-Boy! Now you are talking! I've always wanted a restored Caboose.
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Post by Sir James on Nov 15, 2019 21:00:25 GMT
Actor Gary Coleman also like model trains. As for layouts many we read about in our magazines are built by pros or at least some portions of them are.
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Post by ptc on Nov 15, 2019 21:01:54 GMT
Jim, sorry about this, I should have mentioned you are also a "Sir". Don't want you to be left out.
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Post by Sir James on Nov 15, 2019 22:01:15 GMT
Jim, sorry about this, I should have mentioned you are also a "Sir". Don't want you to be left out. Thank you but I am not a for real British Sir. It's a handle used by my family since I was a wee lad. It just stuck with me. It did Tee off a British forum member once. I had to explain that I was born USA and never used the Sir for anything that had to do with royalty.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Nov 15, 2019 22:29:18 GMT
I recall many years ago... I think Rod's layout was featured in Model Railroader magazine.
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