I’m sure you all have seen the layouts of Rod Stewart and Pelle Soeborg, I just love the detail that these two men have put into them, Rod being a famous celeb traveling all over the world,AND STILL making time to fly home and work on his layout, I work about 10 hrs a day and I complain about lack of progress on my layout, Pelle"s layout is so detailed, One day I showed A friend of mine a picture of Main Street on Pelle’s layout, I said," Isn’t that a nice place? My friend said, yeah where is that? I said it’s a picture of a layout that this guy has been working on for a while, it’s in his basement!!! My friend could not believe it. I can’t tell you what he said because I want to be able to stay in the forum[(-D] I think of these two as the Micheal Jordan and Scottie Pippen of model railroading or Batman and Robin take your pick. I was just wondering what do you think of there layouts???
I think both are terrific. Pelle’s appeals more to me personally than the big city scene.
I haven’t seen Pelle’s layout. Rod’s city scene is amazing! Who knew! Everyone I showed the Rod Stewart article was impressed, model railroader or not!
Stewarts layout really impressed me because there is just so much going on and the detail is great. Pelle’s impressed me as because of the detail but it is kind of a boring layout in my opinion to look at.
I enjoyed both a great deal!
The book “Mountain to Desert” describing Pelle building the layout was great.
Chirs
I’m a George Selios fan myself…
Haven’t seen any of Rod Stewart’s layout but I love seeing Pelle Soeborg’s work as much as possible.
They’re both excellent layouts, but I prefer Pelle’s because (1) it’s closer to my era and (2) it’s a reasonable size, quality-over-quantity - something I could aspire to within my own space.
TRM:
Pelle’s recent feature in MR was a beautifully done model of something I don’t much care for, but it looked absolutely right, and I did feel like I could jump in the car and zip to the Sonic Burger that was probably down that road somewhere.
Stewart’s layout is decent and really elaborate, but he’s going for a certain feeling, I think…a sort of dream of bygone times, a vision that can be seen but not entered into.
I like it when a model railroad presents a vision of a place I’d like to visit, and seems like a place I actually could, if only it existed. Fred Lagno’s Allegheny Central is one I like a lot, and that Santa Fe layout in MR recently.
History, even perfectly modeled, doesn’t have to alienate a modern viewer. Have you ever had an experience when you saw some old photo, and somehow it didn’t “look old”? I’m not sure where that air of familiarity comes from, but some MR’s have it and some don’t…
I am a big Pelle fan. I also am a big Eric Brooman (Utah Belt) fan as well.
I own my own business and been slammed with a lot of work (good thing in this economy) so no time for modeling.
I think I just need to purchase an Athearn blue box kit and just build a model and clear my head.
Actually, I loved both layouts. Rod Stewart’s layout is impressive just for the sheer size and detail (some of his buildings are over 5 feet high). Pelle’s is just as impressive, not for the size, but for the detail of the American southwest. One poster commented that he found it boring, but that’s the southwest. It’s barren for the most part, but the reality of his layout is impressive.