RMweb Premium Kris Posted May 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2021 There is a nice report on a model of the grand central line on the BBC. only slightly marred by some reverse running at the end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-57025809 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Marred only by the rather mawkish quote used as a headline, typical of BBC editorial choices where model railways are concerned*. A more informative quote such as "Recreating that kind of atmosphere of watching trains go by" which preceded it might have been used! Apart from that, a nice little snippet of one mans hobby. * The background music was a bit twee too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrTea Posted May 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Kris said: There is a nice report on a model of the grand central line on the BBC. only slightly marred by some reverse running at the end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-57025809 I liked the angle on the story ie. Keith's surprise about his film going viral. I think there's something nice about the way the internet (and social media) enables people to find others with similar interests. In this case it's lovely that Keith's model found a wider appreciation via people seeing it on Facebook. Personally I think he's managed to create a very atmospheric layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Great Central, Kris, as I'm sure you meant to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Not quite sure why there's a train going backwards at the end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Matters Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Possibly the BBC reversed it as on Keith’s Facebook page it runs normally, i.e. forwards. I would have liked to see an overall view as well as it seemed more concerned with the buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I just hope that no scrotes will try and visit his garage that it's now had wider media coverage. Nice to see railway modelling being given air-time. Cheers, Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 The Germans give quite a lot of air time to model railways, without making a game show out of it or calling everybody anoraks. It's even considered respectable for high-ranking politicians to be into model railways 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: The Germans give quite a lot of air time to model railways, without making a game show out of it or calling everybody anoraks. It's even considered respectable for high-ranking politicians to be into model railways Although some quite disrespectable German leaders were also into model railways..... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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