Bob Symes (1924 – 2015)
Sad to hear of Bob’s passing. My main memory of him is receiving a tankard from him for best visiting layout in 2000 with a previous layout “Wye Knot”
In a rare departure from my general policy of ignoring of topics beyond strictly modelling, I thought I really ought to comment on the passing of Bob Symes at the beginning of this week
To those in the UK of my age, you probably will have first encountered Bob as the presenter of the Model World TV series in the early 1970s. This was a series of six (I think) episodes, each dealing with a different modelling subject; military modelling, ship modelling, aeroplane modelling and, of course, model railways. You couldn’t see the BBC risking BBC channel 73 with a series on making models now, let alone a prime evening slot on BBC 2 which is where I think these were aired. Most of the episodes are available on youtube (for example this one) and whilst perhaps the quality of modelling has come quite a long way in the…
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