Posted on 11/12/2019 3:33:54 PM PST by DFG
He has long been known as a model railway enthusiast even if at times he didnt want to talk about it.
But now Sir Rod Stewarts legendary layout 26 years in the making can be seen for the first time in all its finished glory.
The rockers 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
.....”Rumor has it his divorce from Rachel Hunter was caused in part because he preferred time with his trains to time with his wife!”....
I think most men have a passion outside their work and their wife.....they’re just wired that way. She should have been happy his was at their home!
Love the detail of the ship in one of the pictures at the site.
Indeed that is spectacular.
Are the dimensions 124ft long x 23ft wide really that spectacular?
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How big is your basement?
To answer your question, yes.
My 70 year old mother was roller skating to that song, it was the LAST song, and a young boy clipped her skates and she broke her wrist, but she STILL had a great time! And that’s what I think about when I hear that song.
Considering his layout is in Beverly Hills, thats a lot of expensive train space.
My wife’s first comment was how does he dust all that!
Ok that is huge and a lot of detail. But I actually prefer Rod’s because of the dirt and grime....seems to give it more character. The larger one just seems too..... clean?
Bobby Baccalaureate would be envious.
For a train set, yes.
For a Roman trireme slave galley, not so much. ;)
Thats the part of modeling that is the real gut check. You build this beautiful thing and then you have to dirty it up and sometimes intentionally break it. But otherwise, it looks like a toy.
“Rhythm of my Heart” was pretty good too.
How does one clean the dust off of all of that?
Did your mom tell you to move out the next day?
WOW! Now I do think he’s sexy!
You just haven’t heard the good version of it yet. Check this out.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RJACPfUU3nk
Beautiful
Like all his women were and are
Live life to the fullest
Only man Jeff Beck ever tolerated over a day or two
That vicious rumor in the 70s
Put that in the Chuck Connors trash can of nasty lies about decent people
Nice obscure reference!
I’m sure you’ll find a Mum with a pram saying “itchykoo” to her little babe, too.
I dod not know there were really mothers like that. Step mother? Are you speaking to her yet?
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