For the sake of a good arguement, and in no particular order, here are my top 5 as seen by an (Aussie) outsider:
*-Now I am not a dedicated student of the UK scene, so the spelling of 1 and
4 I am not too sure about. Quite willing to be corrected. And No 2., because he showed me what it was about in my early days as a modeller in the 50's and 60's. I have a soft spot for CJF.Steve Newcastle NSW Aust
I' would agree with the list below although surely Iain Rice should be in there too? Mike H
I'd say that Chris Ellis has to be in there somewhere, OK he's primarily a military modeller but I have seen him do plenty of railway stuff as well.
I'd add P.D. Hancock (Craigshire) and Peter Denny (Buckingham)to the list
- for me (and I suspect many others of my generation) their work more or less defined what a model railway *ought8 to look like. Ian Futers for bringing the "minimal terminal" back into prominence.
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Well, that saved me some typing....Thank you, Mr Breen. ;-)
Steve,
I agree that these gentlemen all have had some input into the UK model railway scene, but I think you left out people like Henry Greenly and W. Bassett-Lowke who definitley did shape the UK model railway scene - like it or hate it :-)
Jim.
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What's Frank Hornby done to annoy you? I'd suggest his impact was far greater than ANY of the names mentioned so far!
John.
"David Jackson" <
Ditto.
-- Cheers Roger T.
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John,
I thing Greenly and B-L pre-dated Hornby as far as model railways were concerned, and the pair of them left us with our peculiarly British scale/gauge ratios :-) Mind you, it has given us a lot to talk about up till now, and will no doubt for many years to come. I don't think Hornby, or any of the other names mentioned so far, could achieve that :-)
Jim.
Frank Hornby?
Phillip Hancock is also one of the nicest men I've met. But if you are an O gauge type Jack Ray has to get a place for his involvement with the Guild.
Ken.
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Cyril Freezer thought that A.R.Walkley was the originator of our hobby (HO anyway...) I would definately have him as N01 on the list.... Beowulf
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Agreed but AR Walkley is still there at no1 befoe these :) (He invented HO
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