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Full article in December Railway Modeller.

Rod Stewart's secret hit track! After 26 years, the rocker reveals his completed model railway | Daily Mail Online



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    Sir Rod also called into the Jeremy Vine Radio 2 show this morning to assure readers that most of the build was done by  him.

Jools Holland rang in as well  and basically had a chat with Sir Rod about railway modelling.

Steve  Lamacq was also there talking about his railway modelling and Steve  Flint of the Railway Modeller also called in.

Don't know if it's possible to find their chatting on BBC Sounds


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Found it, starts at 35:09

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b4vn
 

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Thanks Ed,

Inspirational stuff. I loved this quote

"While life on the road as a rock musician and its temptations has led to  many contemporaries going off the rails, for Sir Rod railway modelling  became an escape from the pressures of touring — 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."

SWMBO has duly been advised she cannot expect to commandeer 85%+ of our 2 suitcases next trip (in my dreams!)

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I'm never shy about announcing what I do for a hobby! I am a proud model railroader, came out of the shed years ago. My family knows not to buy me daft stuff for Christmas/birthday either. Plus my wife and I have an agreement when traveling - I get to take a half full suitcase. Just in case there happens to be a model shop close to where we are going.

Sir Rod's layout has gotten lots of coverage here over the past few years. If I recall it's a dog bone, major scenic sections at each end, not a lot in the middle.

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I'm a bit worried that railway modelling might become "cool".  My children would ban me from it and make me take up stamp collecting…. :mutley
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As long as the stamps have trains on them :mutley (my other hobby).

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Actually, I am a lapsed philatelist myself!
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[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:
Actually, I am a lapsed philatelist myself!
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Take two aspirins and if you don't feel any better in the morning, see a doctor.

:cool wink :cool wink

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If it ran on rails there is probably a stamp with it on. On a serious note they are a useful source of information. As are those old ciggi cards from the 1930's.I

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