But in addition to that people have offered us model railway layouts, rolling stock of all sorts, skills, time. It's just been amazingly wonderful.

A model railway that was smashed up by a gang of vodka-fuelled young thugs in a £30,000 wrecking spree has been rebuilt as is ready to go on show again with the help of Rod Stewart.

A train fanatic has unveiled a huge model railway that he originally hid from his girlfriend after eight years of work. Simon George made a scale-model of 1.5 miles (2.4km) of the Calder Valley ...

It also has 2,000 model buildings and over 20,000 hand-painted figurines occupying a 4,000 sq. ft. (372 sq. m.) floor area.

He added the model railway would return to Chester Cathedral in August. And the team intended to return to the NEC next year and had its sights set on what it could achieve in 2025.

It is a scale-model railway.” Rod, 74, told Railway Modeller how he had combined his hobby with life on the road, requesting an extra hotel room to work on skyscrapers and other scenery.