Another Lineside Look at Model Railways (1987) 

Back when there was quality programmes on TV!! Thanks for giving this the airtime it deserves.

Bob Symes... Still sadly missed, but never forgotten. A true legend, in his own lifetime.

Bob Symes Robert Alexander Schutzmann was an amazing person. He built the very first radio-controlled model diesel locomotive. That will never be beaten.

I'm in my late 30s and some of my earliest memories are of Bob Symes programmes. To me he's the David Attenborough of modelling television.

I Remember watching this program back in the 80's as I used to love collecting model railways 🛤

Oh my days, I remember watching this on video as a child which I borrowed from the local library several times a month, never got bored of it. A proper nostalgia trip!

Pure nostalgia - wonderful! Such skill as well - no DCC etc.

Those model layouts were awesome, particularly Wheal Mellin, I do hope some have survived and are perhaps on public display somewhere. Also worth noting that back in the day they would have been ‘scratch built’ and not have used the CAD/CAM kits available these days. Thank you for sharing.

Excellent running ( no dcc) and great modelling!

Loved Bob Symes

I met bob on a train from Bristol he was lovely chap and it was Bob that got interested in model railways. Thankyou bob.

Thank you THANK YOU, I've been wanting to find a digital copy of this for about the last 20 years!!

Totally enjoyable, nice to see DC running. Thanks for uploading

Listen to the Portescap & RG4 on the pannier about 10:45 😊

I also remember seeing Bob Symes as a presenter on Tomorrow's World.

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I used to have these on either VHS or DVD I cannot remember which XD

Excellent😂🎉

Ive subbed neat channel here👌👍

If you enjoyed this, be sure to check out the other two programs in this series. How to Build a Model Railway ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MiJklTFxRo0.htmlsi=7VCaKR6EfXiYIHGA A Lineside look at Model railways ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--Nlhtowlo20.htmlsi=mbMMiNLKvtVJTrNG Creating a model railway ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dl3iHsfJ9c0.htmlsi=7NizVPIMpSBg7g-N

I was only a nipper but I thought Bob Symes was Father Christmas on TV .

So accurate but still couldn't put drivers in cabs or passengers in coaches, in the first film.

Used to have his how to build a layout on video. Unfortunately wasnt long before the vcr broke and by that time everything had gone to dvd and couldnt get another vcr

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