https://www.mdmrc.org/stamford-show-2019.html



crowdfunding page:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/market-deeping-mrc

Mark

Yeah, saw that on the Beeb a couple of days ago. Apparently they've already got north of £30K.

But, money can't replace the time & effort & love that's gone into building what's been destroyed. I really, really feel for the members of the MRC.

No. Money cannot replace what they have lost, but it can show that others care, and inspire them to rebuild, better than before. This could happen to any of us, and I think it should make us think, and if we can, contribute to the recovery of fellow hobbyists.

Shocking. I've made a modest donation.

Appalling, I hope they catch the @#$$%-&+

Quote from: paulr on 21 May 2019, 07:52:10 PM
Appalling, I hope they catch the @#$$%-&+

The police arrested four youths at the school.

They are way over target, now. According to this Rod Stewart is pledging £10k.

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/devastated-sir-rod-stewart-to-donate-10k-after-stamford-model-railway-exhibition-destroyed-1-8933754

I believe Mr Stewart is something of a model train enthusiast. Said he was more proud of appearing on the cover of Railway Modeller Magazine than any of the music magazines.

Good for Rod S.

Great to hear that they've gone past their target.  .....But as has already been said, you can't really replace what has been lost

What a sad little bunch of wonkers to cause this type of mindless damage. 

Let's hope they have caught the perpetrators.

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: fsn on 21 May 2019, 08:38:07 PM
I believe Mr Stewart is something of a model train enthusiast. Said he was more proud of appearing on the cover of Railway Modeller Magazine than any of the music magazines.

Rachel Hunter, the New Zealand super model, complained that Rod spent too much time playing with his trains while they were married

Quote from: paulr on 22 May 2019, 08:42:17 AM
Rachel Hunter, the New Zealand super model, complained that Rod spent too much time playing with his trains while they were married

It was mentioned on the There's No Such Thing as a Fish podcast (from the QI Elves/fact finders) that when on tour he books two suites: one for himself, one for his model railway 

Ah! A fellow Fish fancier!

That's my friday evening treat. 

Just seen this now. Swines; here's hoping they get Hannibal Lecter as a cellmate.

I saw this at the weekend, absolutely awful and I hope these kids get some form of punishment and not the usual slap on the wrist.  Maybe make them come along to the Railway club and actually force them to build a small layout themselves, so they can see how much time and effort goes into these things.

As a show organiser, this is also my worst nightmare.  We're lucky that our venue have got 24-hour security on the campus in case of break-ins, and I always make sure that I'm there when they lock up on the Friday night before the event.

Quote from: Leon on 22 May 2019, 01:10:53 PM
I saw this at the weekend, absolutely awful and I hope these kids get some form of punishment and not the usual slap on the wrist.  Maybe make them come along to the Railway club and actually force them to build a small layout themselves, so they can see how much time and effort goes into these things.

Hear, hear

Personally I think that is a perfect situation for "restorative justice": if facing people whose twenty-five years of hard work you've wrecked doesn't have an effect, help show them that crimes are never victimless and understand the devastation they've caused ...

Trouble is Meirion....They probably still think it was 'a larf'.

(Gits)

Cheers - Mr Angry.

Quote from: Techno on 23 May 2019, 12:37:19 PM
Trouble is Meirion....They probably still think it was 'a larf'.

(Gits)

Cheers - Mr Angry.

Possibly, but I believe there's good evidence - not that I can cite any off the top of my head - that putting the human face in the perpetrator's mind of the victim can have a profound effect.  It can also have a cathartic and ameliorative effect on the victim as well.

Got to be worth a try?

Anyway, this has the potential to become political so let's leave it at that and send best wishes to Market Deeping Model Railway Club.

Fair enough, Matey. 

Cheers - Phil

Speaking as someone who grew up in a police state, I need to remark that there are some victimless crimes. Turing was legally convicted of a crime, but he was the only victim. My present marriage would have earned me five to ten in the old days in my dear country.

None of which excuses malicious vandalism.

I have just received a nice message from the club, thanking me for my donation.

They're now at £136000 so they are greatly over their target.

I was reflecting that I have always thought of railway modellers as second class citizens* in a way. Great at terrain, but their models don't have a "bang" element and there don't seem to be dice involved.

I am comforted by the thought that this dreadful incident shows the commonality in our hobbies. We're not so different. Perhaps there's a wider lesson there?


*Techically third class. Them toffee nosed modellers and their artistic ways! Always lauding it above us hard hobbying gamers!