Rod Stewart shares model train set's arduous journey to England 'Through the Panama Canal'

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“It really is a masterpiece even though I say it myself.”Rod previously said he enjoys working on the scenery and structure, in an interview with Railway Modeller.He explained: “It's the landscape I like.

Attention to detail, extreme detail, is paramount.There shouldn't be any unsightly gaps or pavements that are too clean,” he said.“I have to give it 110 percent.

For me it’s addictive. I started, so I just had to finish.”He joked: “But if I had realised at the start it would have taken so long, I’d have probably said No!

No! Nah!”In 2019, the 77-year-old donated £10,000 to Lincolnshire's Market Deeping Model Railway Club after hearing that their exhibition had been vandalised.He said he was “absolutely devastated” at the news.The display was worth £30,000 and took 23 years to build.It was destroyed by four teenagers.Rod’s donation was made to help the club restore the display and he has since been made an honorary member of the club.The singer said: “It took me 23 years to build my model railway so I feel their pain.He added: “The collection was priceless and I am donating £10,000 to help compensate those affected and asking fellow enthusiasts Jools Holland, Roger Daltrey and others to do the same.”When Sir Rod first revealed his model train display some people doubted whether he had built it himself, so he spoke on The Jeremy Vine Show to confirm that he had.He said: “I would say 90 per cent of it I built myself.The only thing I wasn’t very good at and still am not is the electricals, so I had someone else do that.”“A lot of people laugh at it being a silly hobby, but it’s a wonderful hobby,” he explained.Taking apart the kit and relocating it from Malibu to Essex is thought to have cost the rocker £70,000.The display.