honestjudge

I was approached by Daniella last week, she wanted to know if our club would be interested in taking part in the series. After speaking to her on the phone for about 10 minutes I came away feeling that participating in the show would be very interesting, and beneficial. I can understand all the doubts around somthing like this, but bloody hell you lot are cynical! I was given an outline of the project. They want 12 teams of six people, they are to "complete amazing creations and getting the best results in the limited time" they will have access to the best equipment and will be assisted.The show will be backed up the the major model rail manufacturers who will supply all the materials needed. Filming will start within the next few months, there will be 4 initial episodes, each episode will be a 3 day shoot, episode 5 is the semi final, (3 day shoot), episode 6 is the final. The location is to the west of London and accomodation will of course be provided. I do not think for one minute that they are expecting a full blown layout to be made in such little time, but thats about all I was told about the format. My take is that it would be a great experience to be involved in something like this. I also thought of all the left over materials, stock, track, scenic materials that wouldn't be needed after filming, and could possibly be put to good use at my N gauge club! Do I care if they tried to make us look like nerds? not really, if I was getting something out of it. The nice young lady assured me that it would not be the case of making us look silly when I spoke to her again today. However, she did happen to mention that the focus would be on OO as there is more material available in this gauge. And unfortunately thats where this story ends for us, as after the initial positive response from our club members, once they were told at our meeting tonight that it was to be OO only, they did not want to know. So we are out of this. Personally, I feel that the right people with real skills could actually do the hobby some good and showcase what some of us can do and achieve. As a foot note, I have had experiences of television companies making films/ documentaries about hobby clubs. A slot car club I was once involved with were the subject of two such documentaries. We had a few idiots at the club, and guess who they always focused on??? My advice to anyone taking part in this show is to make sure your team only has sensible people in it.

Hi We have started a new N-gauge club in sunny Clacton on Sea. We meet at the Brotherhood Hall in St Osyth Rd, CO15 every Monday at 7.30pm. For more info alfredino@btinternet.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/536158836568732/about/