Model railway enthusiasts.

[Bill Douglas]

Model railway enthusiasts, you may enjoy this story and pictures. Breath taking.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7678617/Rod-Stewarts-secret-hit-track-Veteran-rocker-finally-lets-world-legendary-model-railwa.html

[masraum]

Wow!

I forwarded the link to a buddy that's a model railway nut. Thanks

[s_morrison57]

Wow! Impressive pic's must be awesome to see in person.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by masraum

Wow!

I forwarded the link to a buddy that's a model railway nut. Thanks

When I was a teen I had a mentor who was a Suffolk county LI, NY, sheriff's deputy. He was and is an avid model railroad enthusiast.

I too, just sent him this link and anxiously wait his giddy response.

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[stealthn]

Not a train nut, but dang that’s impressive!

[peppy]

I was never allowed to be a train nut as a kid, but have influenced my son to be one. Glad to know Rod is a train nut.

[Embraer]

My dad is an award winning NMRA builder...I just sent him the link. I bet he'll get a kick out of it.

[Bill Douglas]

Yes, the pic's are impressive. But being there and the real three dimensional - wow.

[sc_rufctr]

Years ago I had a large scale garden rail road in the back yard but that broken up and sold after the divorce. (Lehmann Gross Bahn)
I plane to do it again someday.

I've always loved model railways but this thing is something else again.

[Bill Douglas]

The original vision, the planning, then the detail. Phew.

[ckelly78z]

Absolutely amazing attention to detail, I can't imagaine the amount of space that this display takes up.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Thanks for posting that. I was aware that he was doing this and had seen a few photos before but this article kind of filled in the "gaps" and gave the background. (literally?)

[masraum]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

Absolutely amazing attention to detail, I can't imagaine the amount of space that this display takes up.

It's bigger than the house that we lived in, 2852sqft.

The rocker's astonishingly detailed 124ft long x 23ft wide model depicting an American city and its industrial hinterland in the 1940s contains hundreds of buildings, from trackside switchman shanties to vast factories and skyscrapers.

Called Grand Street And Three Rivers City, it also features a railway station crossed by numerous bridges at rush hour. There are period cars and lorries as well, of course, as trains, and it is all surrounded by lush landscape and dramatically lit in the colours of late afternoon sunshine.

[Scott Douglas]

Wow, this is a huge setup. And it's HO scale too, not large scale. Really impressive work.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Supposedly, all the seasoned model railroad regulars/experts who visit are highly impressed with his modeling attention to detail.

Looking at the link now, check out the quality of the light, the low angles, and the shadows cast across the cityscapes. A lot of time was spent on getting lighting right.

Michael Gross, from family ties, is also an avid model railroad buff. If I ran into them in public, I'd be gawking for a model railroad autograph!

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

check out the quality of the light, the low angles, and the shadows cast across the cityscapes. A lot of time was spent on getting lighting right.

The creation of 'atmosphere' with lighting and weathering plus drilling down on the detail to a whole new level is what caught my attention on this layout. I think this'll be a game changer.

[The Kraut]

Check this out. These guys in Hamburg, Germany, went totally bonkers. Largest model railroad in the world. Plus ships, airplanes, etc.! 1300 square meters and 900 trains!!!

This is the offical video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s

And it keeps growing, they are not done yet!