Everyone has a hobby, usually something that is very different from their career, but who knew that musician Rod Stewart was a model railroad enthusiast? Well, most likely other model train enthusiasts knew, but now the extent of his hobby is there for all to see, in the magazine Railer Modeller. For 23 years, he's been working to build an intricate model of a city in his attic in Los Angeles.
The scenery and structures are his forte, rather than the locomotives and tracks. "I find beauty in what everyone else sees as ugly - rugged skyscrapers, beaten-up warehouses, things that are very run down."
Photos of the layout show dozens of highly detailed buildings plus bridges, ships, vegetation and streets teeming with vintage cars and taxis.
"When I take on something creative like this, I have to give it 110%," he said. "For me it's addictive. I started, so I just had to finish. I'm lucky I had the room. If I'd have realised at the start it would have taken so long, I'd have probably said, 'No! No! Nah!'"
Read about Stewart's project and see impressive pictures of the model city at BBC News. -via Kottke