Ask CJ

Do you prefer the heat or cold?

Definitely the cold.

What is the warmest temperature you've ever been in?

In terms of weather, I think 36°C / 97°F, about eight years ago. I will have been in higher temperatures in greenhouses and things like that, though.

If you were given $10,000 from me right now, what would you do with it?

Spend a bit on a holiday, and a bit on model railway stuff. Then I'd save the rest  .

So where would you want to go on that holiday?

Difficult to know, really. I've already been to Miniatur-Wunderland, which is where I really wanted to go. Maybe I'd just stick a pin on a map of Europe and see what comes up  .

Did you enjoy Miniatur Wunderland?

Yep - it was excellent. I spent about five hours there, trying to see what weird scenes I can find - and there were plenty. My favourite was probably the people riding on the Pterodactyl, or the scuba diving cows  . 

I'd highly recommend it to anyone who happens to be passing through Hamburg for whatever reason. (Of course, given that I'm a model railway enthusiast, I thought it was worth a special journey!)

Yeah, it does seem pretty cool though.

Do you have your own model railway?

Yes, I do. I've actually been into railway modelling for 11 years now, but I started work on my current one about three years ago. There's still plenty of work to do on it, though!

That's a long time. That's cool though.

Is it big?

Not terribly big. Only about 6ft x 3ft. 

The trains themselves are pretty small, though, so I can fit a fair amount of track into that space.