A truly magnificent showcase of the art of railway modelling. This is without doubt the best Model Railway project I have seen to date...Thank you....Bob
Bob Symes was the son of an Austrian Count (Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmanndorf). Bob fled the Nazi's (who'd murdered his father) and came to Britain to fight with the British Royal Navy. Post War he became a TV presenter of railway orientated films as seen here. Around 1991 I found Bob fast asleep on the platform at Waterloo. Being the Driver of the last train to his home station, I ushered him into my Drivers cab. He only came too as we trundled out of Waterloo, with the exclamation "Oh I'm in the cab of a train, I hope I'm not the Driver!" At which point I turned the cab lights on for a moment, so he could see who his chauffeur was ! I deposited him safely at his home station around midnight, by which time he had very kindly given me his business card and invited me to his house. (Bob had a large Gauge 1 garden layout at that time). An exceedingly interesting and very well travelled person, with a worldwide knowledge of railways. Sadly he passed away in January 2015 RIP.
Focal depth by TV cameras of small model trains presents problems ! PENDON is well known to professional modellers as the most refined and finest public exhibition layout in the World ! EVERYTHING is hand made; track, locomotives, carriages, wagons, signals, scenery and of course buildings. They've been building all this for almost 70 YEARS.
A truly magnificent showcase of the art of railway modelling. This is without doubt the best Model Railway project I have seen to date...Thank you....Bob
That's a very, very nice modelrailway with many very goog buildings an scenes from life, near the railway.Very good thing!
Wow the locos in the cabinet are beautiful!
Lovely footage - and possibly Bob Symes coining the phrase ‘Virtual Reality’ at about 2’50”
Bob Symes was the son of an Austrian Count (Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmanndorf). Bob fled the Nazi's (who'd murdered his father) and came to Britain to fight with the British Royal Navy. Post War he became a TV presenter of railway orientated films as seen here.
Around 1991 I found Bob fast asleep on the platform at Waterloo. Being the Driver of the last train to his home station, I ushered him into my Drivers cab. He only came too as we trundled out of Waterloo, with the exclamation "Oh I'm in the cab of a train, I hope I'm not the Driver!" At which point I turned the cab lights on for a moment, so he could see who his chauffeur was ! I deposited him safely at his home station around midnight, by which time he had very kindly given me his business card and invited me to his house. (Bob had a large Gauge 1 garden layout at that time). An exceedingly interesting and very well travelled person, with a worldwide knowledge of railways. Sadly he passed away in January 2015 RIP.
Superb
More uploads please
Shame it's not available in a higher resolution as it's a brilliant layout and it would enhance the intricate detailing.
+Terrys Chocolate orange
Perhaps low resolution is a trick to encourage you to visit the museum?
Focal depth by TV cameras of small model trains presents problems !
PENDON is well known to professional modellers as the most refined and finest public exhibition layout in the World ! EVERYTHING is hand made; track, locomotives, carriages, wagons, signals, scenery and of course buildings. They've been building all this for almost 70 YEARS.
@blaster2012 Sound levels are all over the place on mine too...
Beautiful modelling spoilt by rotten sound editing (pity)
Dave Cooper The sound editing is fine. The mixing may be a little off, but there is nothing wrong with the editing.