Who would of thought Neal Peart was a gear head and liked model cars.

[gtx6970]

AND liked model cars.

 

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2012/02/23/rush-drummers-models?fbclid=IwAR3xXNHtZ6jaqW69eeCpFL80Cz1tewrTkInZ7TA3qlU9Zcss1sj6KXWcsBQ

[65slotcar]

last friday was a very sad day  hearing of the passing of  Neal Peart  .  i  have seen him play many times  and he was an incredible talent  and one of the greatest drummers of all time.  but never  knew  he was into model cars  and   a gear head.   RIP   Neal

[Bucky]

So sad that he's gone at an early age.

So, he and Rod Stewart shared our passion for the scale stuff! Cool!!

[Can-Con]

9 minutes ago, Bucky said:

So sad that he's gone at an early age.

So, he and Rod Stewart shared our passion for the scale stuff! Cool!!

The Van Halen brothers do too. 

 

I thought Stewart was a train guy?

[Bucky]

Right....scale trains. They're part of the scale world to me! LoL

If I had room for a layout........

[Modlbldr]

Nice article. I had heard that Eric Clapton built model cars at one time too. It would be interesting to see some of these builds by these guys and even better to aquire one.

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[Brutalform]

Yea, his death was a surprise. The fact Neil was a very private person, and rarely did interviews, made his death a shock to most fans. 
As far as the model building goes, the man was a true ARTIST in everything he did. 
I remember when I purchased my first Rush album over 40 years ago. Man... time sure flies. 

[89AKurt]

How cool is that?  He built models while on tour, to decompress.  Traveling around the world, dropping into hobby shops, and having the money to get whatever, I'm jealous. ?

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, Brutalform said:

Yea, his death was a surprise. The fact Neil was a very private person, and rarely did interviews, made his death a shock to most fans. 
As far as the model building goes, the man was a true ARTIST in everything he did. 
I remember when I purchased my first Rush album over 40 years ago. Man... time sure flies. 

No, Time Stands Still,,, One of my favorites.

 

[Can-Con]

Speaking of him not doing many interviews, here's the only one I can think of. 

I doubt many of our American friends have seen this.

 

[Classicgas]

Very cool.

[64Comet404]

15 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Nice article. I had heard that Eric Clapton built model cars at one time too. It would be interesting to see some of these builds by these guys and even better to aquire one.

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Jeff Beck was also a model car builder, there are pics from the mid-'60s showing Jeff with all his 1/24 Monogram builds sitting on the shelves. I don't know if he kept building models once he started building 1:1 cars.

It is a shame to hear about Neil's passing. Some people list Moon and Bonham at the top of the greatest drummers, but Peart had much better technique, and continued to be at the top of his game for over 40 years. Great lyricist and a really good writer, and the man whose writings convinced me to buy a BMW motorcycle. Rest in peace, Neil.