Tom Geiger Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Thought you guys might like this one... (Ken Hamilton, you are on notice!) ? https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Wow. That is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 That is amazing! Who would have known? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Model Railroader magazine has done two large articles on Rod's layout.....it is fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 My favorite part of the article is that he'd get an extra hotel room when touring... and the hotel would pull out the bed as his model work room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Oh his layout has to be one of the best I’ve ever seen.I saw it in Model Railroader a few years back.I couldn’t believe how amazing it is.But if u got the $$,anything is possible.Thanks for the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, NYLIBUD said: But if u got the $$,anything is possible. Sounds more like he's one of us, someone who hand built all the buildings and scenery with mad skills! I'm sure we could talk hours on scratch building and weathering techniques. It's smart to hire an electrician for safety's sake. A number of years ago there was a very nice diorama put out on it's own legs at NNL East. It had tons of lights and was plugged into the wall. I don't know why but I looked under it and was horrified. All kinds of hanging wires, twisted together with no covering. An accident waiting to happen. I had the guy unplug it. And that (and one more incident) are the reason the rules state "no electrical power" to dioramas today. Edited November 15, 2019 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I can’t even imagine the wiring it must take to run that layout.Personally I think he’s got a couple of staff that run and maintain the layout.I wonder what the sq footage of that layout would be.Its just simply amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 9:21 AM, ewetwo said: That is amazing! Who would have known? X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drag racer 15 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 1:06 PM, NYLIBUD said: I can’t even imagine the wiring it must take to run that layout.Personally I think he’s got a couple of staff that run and maintain the layout.I wonder what the sq footage of that layout would be.Its just simply amazing. 1500 Square feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 1:06 PM, NYLIBUD said: I can’t even imagine the wiring it must take to run that layout.Personally I think he’s got a couple of staff that run and maintain the layout.I wonder what the sq footage of that layout would be.Its just simply amazing. I think I read that the layout is somewhere around 124 feet long! I'd like to see the room where it is displayed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Good for him!!!!.... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 WOW,I always wanted to build a HO scale city..The layout just amazes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 6:39 PM, NYLIBUD said: Oh his layout has to be one of the best I’ve ever seen.I saw it in Model Railroader a few years back.I couldn’t believe how amazing it is.But if u got the $$,anything is possible.Thanks for the pics. Yes, I read that article too. Yes, with enough money, anything is possible (and he also has few professionals helping him with layout construction). But with the size of that layout, and amount of detail on it, it would be hard for a single person to accomplish all that. However, Rod also happens to be a good modeler himself. There are/were also other celebrity model railroaders. Walt Disney for one, had his own garden railroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 hours ago, peteski said: Yes, I read that article too. Yes, with enough money, anything is possible (and he also has few professionals helping him with layout construction). But with the size of that layout, and amount of detail on it, it would be hard for a single person to accomplish all that. However, Rod also happens to be a good modeler himself. There are/were also other celebrity model railroaders. Walt Disney for one, had his own garden railroad. I think that was called Disneyland. Went there when I was a youngster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, espo said: I think that was called Disneyland. Went there when I was a youngster. I wonder if what you describe is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Railroad ? That is a "real" narrow gauge railroad. The one I'm talking about is a model railroad. It was live steam, but the tracks are only less than a foot apart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolwood_Pacific_Railroad There is actually a model train layout depicting Walt's original backyard (model) garden railroad. Edited November 20, 2019 by peteski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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