North Eastern Meccano Society
Darlington 2016
As usual we held our main exhibition at Darlington on October 29th 2016. Here is part one of a selection of photos from that show.
Pictures from Darlington 2016 (1)
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Photo - John Witchard
Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Blair is in the process of building this fine model of a class 4 2-6-3T, locomotive from 1951. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Blair is in the process of building this fine model of a class 4 2-6-3T, locomotive from 1951. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Blair is in the process of building this fine model of a class 4 2-6-3T, locomotive from 1951. (29/10/2016)
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Photo - John Witchard
Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Blair is in the process of building this fine model of a class 4 2-6-3T, locomotive from 1951. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson and his wife with his display of Meccano agricultural models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson with this agricultural machine for clearing undergrowth, shrubs and small trees (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson had this model of a tractor with power take-off driving a machine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson's model of an agricultural tractor towing a manure spreading truck (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson's model of an agricultural crawler tractor towing a disc hoe unit (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson's model of a double agricultural tractor (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson's model of an agricultural crawler tractor towing a six-bladed plough unit (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Johnson's model of a traditional gypsy living wagon (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Alan Scargill's model of a beam engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Albert Howe's fine model of a Boulton and Watt Bell Crank Engine c1799. Devised for Boulton & Watt by an employee, this type of engine was usually employed as a pump or for powering machinery used in industry. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Angus Plumb had as usual a fine ‘mini exhibition’ of a variety of different models and eras (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Angus Plumb had as usual a fine ‘mini exhibition’ of a variety of different models and eras (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson with his display of Meccano models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's Meccanograph (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's Meccanograph (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's Meccanograph drawing a pattern. It is a double pen model, here drawing on blue and red (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's model of Kientz's 19th century Single-cylinder Oscillating Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's model of Kientz's 19th century Single-cylinder Oscillating Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's model of the Tumbler. A fairground ride which has two rotating arms that support two revolving platforms which each have four spinning cars with passengers (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's model of Maudsley's 19th century Table Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Barry Richardson's model of Maudsley's 19th century Table Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bert Hutchings with a Steamroller and a steam Traction Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bert Hutchings' model of a Steamroller (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bert Hutchings' model of a steam Traction Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Seaton's models of ‘City of Sheffield’ Duchess class locomotive built by Bob in 2007 which underwent a major overhaul in 2015. Also his latest model which is still very much ’work in progress’ of a model of the Evening Star. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Seaton's latest model which is still very much ’work in progress’ of a model of the Evening Star. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Seaton's models of ‘City of Sheffield’ Duchess class locomotive built by Bob in 2007 which underwent a major overhaul in 2015. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Seaton's model from the early 2000’s, the ‘Elephant in the Room’, built in a mixed colour scheme and with various modifications (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Watson's model of an omnibus c1913 built in nickel parts from the ’scrap bin’ and constructed from referencing a couple of old photographs, (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Bob Watson's model of a railway breakdown crane from Super Model leaflet No 30. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Chaffer's model of a Skid Loader. This model was packed with features, some of which were only revealed if certain panels were removed (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Harper with his Meccano version of the board game Mousetrap (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Harper's - 'The Sleeping Meccanoman'. You press a lever on the front panel, bells then start to ring, the lid raises and a hand comes out to reset the front panel lever, which silences the bell. The hand then retreats inside the box and the lid closes (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Harper's - 'The Sleeping Meccanoman'. You press a lever on the front panel, bells then start to ring, the lid raises and a hand comes out to reset the front panel lever, which silences the bell. The hand then retreats inside the box and the lid closes (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Robinson with his display of Meccano models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Robinson's models of a Churchill Tank c1941 and a field gun based on the British 25pdr (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Robinson's model of a Churchill Tank c1941 (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Brian Robinson's model of a Atkinson Tractor unit based on the Atkinson Borderer with a general cargo trailer complete with working HIAB built in red and green (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Colin Milne with his display of models including a classic Class 3E steam locomotive known as a ’Jinty’ built in red and silver and a Foden steam wagon in red and green (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Colin Milne's had this fine gearbox on display (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Danny Bell's model of a ’Horizontal Boring Machine’ capacity load 10 tonne, which was highly detailed. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Danny Bell's model of a ’Horizontal Boring Machine’ capacity load 10 tonne, which was highly detailed. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Danny Bell's Meccanograph (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Danny Bell and Mark Plember's Meccano Man Robot (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Dave Stanford with his meccano display (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Dave Stanford's model of a saloon car (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Dave Stanford's models of a saloon and a sports car (29/10/2016)
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