My phone rang yesterday afternoon...."Hello John, it's Kevin from work. We have been watching that series on building model railways. Would it be ok if we popped over and had a look at your lay outs?"
Half an hour later there was a knock on my front door, Kevin, Therese and their son, James, were stood eagerly waiting to come in.
Here are a few of the comments made.
Therese
"Look Kevin, that is the static grass stuff they were using on the show"
"Look at the pond, that is like the water stuff they used yesterday"
"I am so glad the big headed team who brought lots of stuff did not win the first week"
Kevin
"Did you add the ballast in the same way they do on the programme?"
"How do you add 'animations'?"
You get the gist of things?
James who has learning difficulties was in awe of the lay outs, "Just like on TV" he said.
After some loco running time and a very long chat they were ready to leave. They are now going to start building a lay out. So three new model railway hobbyists all thanks to a TV programme on Channel 5.
I gave James a new Bachmann 56xx in GWR green plus a crew to add and said I would be happy to help and advice if they get stuck. So 3 new people for the hobby and 3 very big fans of The Great Model Railway Challenge.
...HB
