QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 29 May 2008, 14:28) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Richard made a very good post in another thread about an attempt in australia to set a new record for the worlds longest model train. i thought it was off topic but worthy of a thread in itself so i have moved it to here.
Hope you dont mind Richard
Peter
***Not at all Peter - fingers crossed the record will happen in Perth AU yet again.
Actually its been an interesting story over the record - The initial world record was made in USA with less than 600, then the Australian/Perth group thats doing it this time took it several years ago at 675 or so with a sponsorship from BHP steel.
Their point (and the US groups) was that the record should be set on a real layout with the train going a real distance to give substance to the achievement, so they took that 675 ten scael kilometres.
Then an upstart German group (museum based) claimed the record with 1,000 however they'd made up a simple pretty well straight track especially to do it - certainly not a layout and they simply moved the wagons to claim the record.
The AU group were pretty P***ed off as (a) it wasn't done on a real layout and (
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it wasn't hauled any distance at all.
So - this attempt is a bit of a grudge match really: We reckon the German record isn't at all Valid and are aguing the toss over it with Guiness....
Anyway: They intend to have broken the record by tomorrow night and they'll do it again by a few more with luck on each of the 3 days of the Perth MRR show which is due to start Saturday.
Should be a successful show - One of the largest 2 TV channels will attend Friday with their personality weather presenter doing the weather from there, so that added to a good PR campaign + the record attempts should see record attendance - my guess is 15,000 to 18,000 over the 3 days. (averge show is over 12k). I hope so anyway - I'll be there with a 30 square metre trade stand!
For Perth members: It's this next weekend/Foundation day long weekend)
Show times are 10~5 Sat, Sun and Mon Adults $10 etc etc... Pop in and say hi at the DCCconcepts stand!
(From tonight don't expect too many forum responses from me though - I'll not have much E-time available until next week!)
Regards
Richard
Hope you dont mind Richard
Peter
***Not at all Peter - fingers crossed the record will happen in Perth AU yet again.
Actually its been an interesting story over the record - The initial world record was made in USA with less than 600, then the Australian/Perth group thats doing it this time took it several years ago at 675 or so with a sponsorship from BHP steel.
Their point (and the US groups) was that the record should be set on a real layout with the train going a real distance to give substance to the achievement, so they took that 675 ten scael kilometres.
Then an upstart German group (museum based) claimed the record with 1,000 however they'd made up a simple pretty well straight track especially to do it - certainly not a layout and they simply moved the wagons to claim the record.
The AU group were pretty P***ed off as (a) it wasn't done on a real layout and (
So - this attempt is a bit of a grudge match really: We reckon the German record isn't at all Valid and are aguing the toss over it with Guiness....
Anyway: They intend to have broken the record by tomorrow night and they'll do it again by a few more with luck on each of the 3 days of the Perth MRR show which is due to start Saturday.
Should be a successful show - One of the largest 2 TV channels will attend Friday with their personality weather presenter doing the weather from there, so that added to a good PR campaign + the record attempts should see record attendance - my guess is 15,000 to 18,000 over the 3 days. (averge show is over 12k). I hope so anyway - I'll be there with a 30 square metre trade stand!
For Perth members: It's this next weekend/Foundation day long weekend)
Show times are 10~5 Sat, Sun and Mon Adults $10 etc etc... Pop in and say hi at the DCCconcepts stand!
(From tonight don't expect too many forum responses from me though - I'll not have much E-time available until next week!)
Regards
Richard
