Throwback from the 70's

[Ceeejay]

I remember watching this as a kid. My Dad had recorded it on VHS and I must have watched it hundreds of times....

Proper blast from the past....

How things have changed though !!

[hidetheelephants]

It's nice having the presenter know what he's talking about and have a little passion for it, which is pretty rare on TV these days; quite common on youtube though.

[WelshChris]

A lovely man whom I knew pretty well. Sadly no longer with us. He had a fabulous garden railway at his home in Surrey.

[808 Estate]

A proper good guy, with an awesome name to boot. Robert Alexander Schutzmann von Schutzmannsdorff

[dr_gn]

Nice. I remember watching that with my Dad in the '70s. I've still go the book with three out of the four plans - IIRC Sea Rider, Wind Rider and Sky Rider (missing).

[GliderRider]

dr_gn said:

Nice. I remember watching that with my Dad in the '70s. I've still go the book with three out of the four plans - IIRC Sea Rider, Wind Rider and Sky Rider (missing).

Fear not dr_gn, Outerzone has your Sky Rider plan to download.

I met Robert Symes-Schutzmann at a model railway exhibition in Farnham once. He had a gauge 1 (?) diesel electric loco he built himself with a Taplin Twin model diesel engine driving a generator. As I recall it was radio controlled as well, in the days before this was common place on this size of model. Despite being descended from an aristocratic Austrian family, he was very down to earth, hugely enthusiastic about model building and very chatty. His Wikipedia entry is well worth a read.

Edited by GliderRider on Tuesday 10th March 23:26