In these difficult times I have found that through the sheer magic (that what it seems like, anyway) of RUclips, I can replicate exactly the kids TV I used to watch during the endless summer holidays when my Mum and Dad were alive, the internet wasn’t thought of and no-one could have imagined COVID-19. This programme was integral to that experience and 45 years later I am still modelling. My goodness I miss those days so much.
First met Bob Symes at an exhibition not long after these programmes had been broadcast and simply thanked him for his broadcasting to further the hobby (nothing more). However, we ended up spending a pleasant and interesting couple of hours wandering around the exhibition together. Thank you for posting these!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS. IT REMINDS ME OF BEING 6 YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY THE EARLIEST TIME I KNEW I WAS TO BE AN ENGINEER. I HAVE NOT SEEN MODEL WORLD SINCE THOSE DAYS(THANK YOU).
It doesn't appear to have made the news anywhere, but Bob Symes passed away yesterday, aged 90. What a top bloke he was! I want to be like him when I'm old.
I was wondering if this absolute legend had passed on to the great model railway in the sky yet. Surely somebody reported it in the news?!? Let's do a quick Google search... Here we go, The Daily Telegraph did an obituary on its website - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11379879/Bob-Symes-inventor-obituary.html
@@ThomK-TBF-IRL Thanks, Bro. Who wouldn't like to sit down with him and just shut up and listen. A proper "Gentleman" in the best since sense of the word. I would think he is sorely missed. Kept expecting him to pull out a Comoy and a tin of Craven.
Wow, first time I've seen this since the re-runs in 1987, thanks for sharing. It looks so clunky compared to today's TV! But I absolutely loved this prog in the 70s - great to hear then that it's now out on DVD :-)
Thanks for sharing this. I've dug out a tape with all 3 parts that my parents recorded for me in the early 90s I think, will see if I can get parts 2 and 3 captured and uploaded.
I also had this on a tape from the early 90's. I was only 5 but remembered it so fondly that I tried for years to find it again. Didn't know what it was called but I FINALLY found it! Brings back many warm memories of a long gone childhood!
Great stuff, this, a real pleasure to watch, and you have my sincere thanks for putting this up on RUclips. It's nice to see such a gem pop up in all the rubbish that's online these days, to be sure. A lot of what is in these shows is still relevant today, even with all the advances in model railroading (or railway modelling, depending on what side of the pond you're on). I have to admit, I'd like to meet Mr. Symes one of these days, seems a nice fellow.
Nice show :) I just watched the show "The Garden Railway" (on the modelrailwaytv channel) a few days ago and there the chap Bob Symes was featured. A jolly old fellow. :)
ha ha The thing is I remember this TV show from way back when. Saturday afternoons. I was 7!!!! But Boy them Jackass dudes sure is funny!!!!! Just got me thinking is all!!!!
Apologies for the double comment, but as RUclips have removed the video response feature this is the only way to inform you that I have captured and uploaded parts 2 and 3 of Model World and they are on my channel.
A bit surprised they didn't feature S gauge , since they have featured Z gauge which itself was a niche gauge back then and still is relative to N , HO, OO and O.
Many thanks for posting this model train bliss.... a question.... I thought it was on one of these 3 shows where at the beginning a vocal group is singing a lot of clever train patter with marvelous harmony...whilst the camera pans over a pike of green hills and the like.... any clues, or was that a different show. Cheers from Texas.
I see this video and always get surprise that how small is N gauge, I own an N scale train, and for what I know, N scale and gauge are the small, 9mm track, dunno, it’s weird.
If you are putting 00 gauge track together and then pulling it apart after running your model train on the carpet the track is ruined in no time. You must always build it on to a board. The board also protects the locomotive from fluff. Surprised the cat doesn't pounce at the train. This is from three decades before the Harry Potter train set, Hornby's greatest train set.
Paul Bredin , model railway is just that, models,however, whilst modeling you can learn track laying, geometry, electrical wiring, kits, wood made, plastic made, and even card made.. the thing which I like about these models is the time it takes to make a thing which can be time based, location based, and even company based, which is the region's they are based in, the scale also will come into play as with the size available..the scope for a model railway other than a ' train set ', which is a basic format which is purchased usually from a box set, the amount of time spent on a model railway will determine how much time and money we as modelers are prepared to spend before we think it is finished, and as we all know " it is never finished "..
+RobertTheDodger654 Heck Robert you must have a very big table! Most of my friends laid theirs on the floor. I had a large piece of hardboard (about 1.5 metres X 2.0 metres) to which my father wired my Triang '00' gauge track. That too was laid on the floor when in use. All of this was 55 years ago though! These days I'm building a 16mm live steam railway in the garden. My first venture back into model railways for the best part of 50 years and I admit that I am enjoying it. Jeff.
Does Bob Symes ever age? He seems to have looked aged 65 for the last 35 years! Maybe he was born aged 65? I know we used to joke about someone who acted as though he was born aged 45.
Hey uh Mr Weslake you left this documentary incomplete by not allowing the second part to be viewed THATS KIND OF MESSED UP DUDE you should put it on here if your going to allow on part of this to be show you should put the other on as well it kind of sucks that second part of this is not allowed to be viewed man VERY DISAPPOINTING
We have had simliar programmes to this on the Discovery Channel in recent years we have had Model Mania Garden Railway Super Models i am not talikng about Naomi Campbell and co this was a programme on how to build large scale models Super models the Globe Master and more recently Model Town
a froeger mn kienders op de wc zaaate gienk kijke bietje meej gevulikt net as jeova ketuige pijbel lese en dan stiekem meej splitjes speule meude nie segge wu jonge hahaha
In these difficult times I have found that through the sheer magic (that what it seems like, anyway) of RUclips, I can replicate exactly the kids TV I used to watch during the endless summer holidays when my Mum and Dad were alive, the internet wasn’t thought of and no-one could have imagined COVID-19. This programme was integral to that experience and 45 years later I am still modelling. My goodness I miss those days so much.
I am just starting out properly I.E actually make an effort to do it
First met Bob Symes at an exhibition not long after these programmes had been broadcast and simply thanked him for his broadcasting to further the hobby (nothing more).
However, we ended up spending a pleasant and interesting couple of hours wandering around the exhibition together.
Thank you for posting these!
The opening music just gave me chills, remembering watching with my Dad, he built the warship and Ive been modelling railways ever since..
Wonderful !! It may be old, but it's absolutely not out-dated !!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS. IT REMINDS ME OF BEING 6 YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY THE EARLIEST TIME I KNEW I WAS TO BE AN ENGINEER. I HAVE NOT SEEN MODEL WORLD SINCE THOSE DAYS(THANK YOU).
ah; what memories! School holidays watching this great BBC series back in the 1970's; thanks for posting.
It doesn't appear to have made the news anywhere, but Bob Symes passed away yesterday, aged 90. What a top bloke he was! I want to be like him when I'm old.
I was wondering if this absolute legend had passed on to the great model railway in the sky yet. Surely somebody reported it in the news?!? Let's do a quick Google search...
Here we go, The Daily Telegraph did an obituary on its website - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11379879/Bob-Symes-inventor-obituary.html
pp37903 he did great shows for the austrian television! plus he fought the filthy nazis in second world war too... on the side of the UK...
@@ThomK-TBF-IRL Thanks, Bro. Who wouldn't like to sit down with him and just shut up and listen. A proper "Gentleman" in the best since sense of the word. I would think he is sorely missed. Kept expecting him to pull out a Comoy and a tin of Craven.
All the top modellers of that time have died
Still watching in 2018
Wow, first time I've seen this since the re-runs in 1987, thanks for sharing. It looks so clunky compared to today's TV! But I absolutely loved this prog in the 70s - great to hear then that it's now out on DVD :-)
You have to admire Bob Symes. He's a big at heart.
Used to watch reruns on Sunday mornings, my brother would up at 6am to record it.
Thank you very much for this. Super memories and what a great chap :)
Thanks for your good comments. Had a look at your claymation videos, great stuff and superb. I love that type of animation.
Excellent video! That coffee table layout is interesting...
Thanks for sharing this. I've dug out a tape with all 3 parts that my parents recorded for me in the early 90s I think, will see if I can get parts 2 and 3 captured and uploaded.
I also had this on a tape from the early 90's. I was only 5 but remembered it so fondly that I tried for years to find it again. Didn't know what it was called but I FINALLY found it!
Brings back many warm memories of a long gone childhood!
oh yes i remember this when i was about 10/11 every saturday morning .
brilliant .
This has a very 'Tomorrow's World' feel to it, which is not surprising given Bob Symes's TV background.
Cheers for uploading this total gem! Amazing!
This is what RUclips is for :)
classic stuff! thanks for posting these up!
Great stuff, this, a real pleasure to watch, and you have my sincere thanks for putting this up on RUclips. It's nice to see such a gem pop up in all the rubbish that's online these days, to be sure.
A lot of what is in these shows is still relevant today, even with all the advances in model railroading (or railway modelling, depending on what side of the pond you're on).
I have to admit, I'd like to meet Mr. Symes one of these days, seems a nice fellow.
Love the clickety clack of the train in the garden.
Muy bueno...fantastico video...
Nice show :) I just watched the show "The Garden Railway" (on the modelrailwaytv channel) a few days ago and there the chap Bob Symes was featured. A jolly old fellow. :)
Here comes Mum to lay the table for tea😂
Rest in peace Bob Symes
Bob Symes-Shutzmann was a legend.
I sent an email to Sprucestudios a few days back, they said the complete series is being released next month
When "Old" never gets old.
Excellent part 1.
I'm just starting a modle railway with tryang hornby and this video was a great help
O Gauge was first introduced by Marklin in 1900, Lionel followed suit in 1915.
ha ha The thing is I remember this TV show from way back when. Saturday afternoons. I was 7!!!! But Boy them Jackass dudes sure is funny!!!!! Just got me thinking is all!!!!
RIP Bob
Thank you so much for posting this. This IS my childhood growing up in the UK in the 70's, do you have any more episodes?
Thanks for your kind comments. I'm trying to sort out the very first episode but the quality is a bit dogy. thanks again
@2:20 Awesome Railway
It's 6:30 and im watching this
Apologies for the double comment, but as RUclips have removed the video response feature this is the only way to inform you that I have captured and uploaded parts 2 and 3 of Model World and they are on my channel.
Just thought I'd mention WMG has blocked viewing the other part of this in the US on copyright grounds...
A bit surprised they didn't feature S gauge , since they have featured Z gauge which itself was a niche gauge back then and still is relative to N , HO, OO and O.
Pumice S 🙃
@1:58, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Many thanks for posting this model train bliss.... a question.... I thought it was on one of these 3 shows where at the beginning a vocal group is singing a lot of clever train patter with marvelous harmony...whilst the camera pans over a pike of green hills and the like.... any clues, or was that a different show. Cheers from Texas.
I see this video and always get surprise that how small is N gauge, I own an N scale train, and for what I know, N scale and gauge are the small, 9mm track, dunno, it’s weird.
"gently does it" THUD
If you are putting 00 gauge track together and then pulling it apart after running your model train on the carpet the track is ruined in no time. You must always build it on to a board. The board also protects the locomotive from fluff. Surprised the cat doesn't pounce at the train. This is from three decades before the Harry Potter train set, Hornby's greatest train set.
Anyone know what the music is from around 9.01?
what has happened to parts 2 and 3?
anorak paradise!
Paul Bredin , model railway is just that, models,however, whilst modeling you can learn track laying, geometry, electrical wiring, kits, wood made, plastic made, and even card made.. the thing which I like about these models is the time it takes to make a thing which can be time based, location based, and even company based, which is the region's they are based in, the scale also will come into play as with the size available..the scope for a model railway other than a ' train set ', which is a basic format which is purchased usually from a box set, the amount of time spent on a model railway will determine how much time and money we as modelers are prepared to spend before we think it is finished, and as we all know " it is never finished "..
Nigel, quit playing with your toy trains and come in for tea. Oh drat!!!
Probably the only BBC show presented by Austrian royalty.
wow! computer animation intro!
Tell that man and boy not to lay their train set out on the floor - but on the table, like normal people do !!
+RobertTheDodger654
Heck Robert you must have a very big table! Most of my friends laid theirs on the floor. I had a large piece of hardboard (about 1.5 metres X 2.0 metres) to which my father wired my Triang '00' gauge track. That too was laid on the floor when in use. All of this was 55 years ago though!
These days I'm building a 16mm live steam railway in the garden. My first venture back into model railways for the best part of 50 years and I admit that I am enjoying it.
Jeff.
I don't think that boy is even a real boy, he's probably some (ugly as) demon of some sort
Mum might not appreciate that and you don't want to upset Mum!
Hello.
they could film me because Translate to German ??
Does Bob Symes ever age? He seems to have looked aged 65 for the last 35 years! Maybe he was born aged 65? I know we used to joke about someone who acted as though he was born aged 45.
I never knew Santa clause liked model trains
Well, he distributes enough of them so he'd have to like them.
Whoever grows up when it comes to model railways?
Hey uh Mr Weslake you left this documentary incomplete by not allowing the second part to be viewed THATS KIND OF MESSED UP DUDE you should put it on here if your going to allow on part of this to be show you should put the other on as well it kind of sucks that second part of this is not allowed to be viewed man VERY DISAPPOINTING
Holy shit i laughed way too hard at your comment
7:43 What the?
well im happy they are running it
We have had simliar programmes to this on the Discovery Channel in recent years we have had Model Mania Garden Railway Super Models i am not talikng about Naomi Campbell and co this was a programme on how to build large scale models Super models the Globe Master and more recently Model Town
Stewart Muir Sadly not on any more on Sky, anyway. I loved them all too.
I do jolly hope Dave England doesn't do his Poo-cano!!!
a froeger mn kienders op de wc zaaate gienk kijke bietje meej gevulikt net as jeova ketuige pijbel lese en dan stiekem meej splitjes speule meude nie segge wu jonge hahaha