North Eastern Meccano Society
Darlington 2016
As usual we held our main exhibition at Darlington on October 29th 2016. Here is part two of a selection of photos from that show.
Pictures from Darlington 2016 (2)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - David Owst with his display of models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - David Owst with his display of models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - David Owst's version of the 'Matchbox Manipulator' which is a highly complex Meccano model being full of synchronised mechanisms and is great fun to watch operating (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - David Owst's version of the 'Matchbox Manipulator' which is a highly complex Meccano model being full of synchronised mechanisms and is great fun to watch operating (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - David Owst had a skeletal model of an ’Angel’ based on a wire ornament of the same (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Nick Forth brought this model of a Boeing CH47 Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter built by Frank Beadle, of which Nick is now the proud owner, this was accompanied by what can be best described as a ’Squadron of Red Arrows’! (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Fred Thompson with his impressive display of Meccano models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Fred Thompson's model of a rolling lifting bridge (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Fred Thompson's model of a ping-pong ball roller (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Fred Thompson's model of a ping-pong ball roller (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Fred Thompson brought along this strange model (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - George Roy with the iconic No 10 set block setter designed by the late Bert Love which was featured in the 1978 Meccano Magazine. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - George Roy with the iconic No 10 set block setter designed by the late Bert Love which was featured in the 1978 Meccano Magazine. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - George Roy with the iconic No 10 set block setter designed by the late Bert Love which was featured in the 1978 Meccano Magazine. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Ian Mordue replicated what was once a working crane manufactured by the Grange Ironworks, which now languishes in a storage area of the Beamish Museum (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Joe Etheridge with his display of Meccano models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Joe Etheridge had this Electronic Controlled Meccanograph the like of which we've not seen before! This featured no less than 9 motors which powered all the main features including; all the tables, crank and cam, paper output, the lowering and raising of the pen and colour change! (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Joe Etheridge's Super Meccanograph featuring auto model, pattern and paper feed, (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Joe Etheridge's Super Meccanograph featuring auto model, pattern and paper feed, (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Joe Etheridge's model of a dump truck (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - John Bader had a large 4-2-2 locomotive and tender together with a much smaller breakdown train (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Ken McDonald with a model called ‘The Weight Lifter’. This was a novelty model inspired again by another Meccanoman, Les Nightingale, powered by a small motor it replicated the actions of a weight lifter lifting the bar above their head. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Ken McDonald's model called ‘The Weight Lifter’. This was a novelty model inspired again by another Meccanoman, Les Nightingale, powered by a small motor it replicated the actions of a weight lifter lifting the bar above their head. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mark Plemer had this Marine Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mark Plemer had this Marine Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mark Plemer had this black loco. It was based on the Meccano set with the addition of a tender (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mike Gough with his Meccano display (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mike Gough's model of a Rocking Cylinder Engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mike Gough's model of a beam engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mike Gough's model of a Horizontal Cylinder engine as used in a boat (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Mike Gough's model of a modern naval vessel built using grey plates and zinc parts (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Norman Brown's model of a large and complex Hitachi 50 Ton Hydraulic Crawler Crane featuring multiple motors and built in Dk Blue / Yellow. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Norman Brown's model of a large and complex Hitachi 50 Ton Hydraulic Crawler Crane featuring multiple motors and built in Dk Blue / Yellow. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Norman Brown's model of a large and complex Hitachi 50 Ton Hydraulic Crawler Crane featuring multiple motors and built in Dk Blue / Yellow. Close up of some of the detail (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Paul Robertshaw's model of a skeletal model of a busy working metal workshop. Not only are all the machinery replicated that you would expect to find in a busy engineering shop, but the workers are also depicted carrying out their tasks. All of which are powered by a single dc motor. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Rob Mitchell's version of Servetti’s ‘Magician’ (GMM32), built in yellow / zinc the model has been much modified to ease transport and improve overall reliability. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Rob Mitchell's version of Servetti’s ‘Magician’ (GMM32), built in yellow / zinc the model has been much modified to ease transport and improve overall reliability. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Rob Mitchell built this Plutolabe. It depicts the relative orbits of Pluto and its moons (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Rob Mitchell built this Orrery depicting Uranus and its four main moons (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Rob Mitchell built this Ball roller built with a 1960s No.8 outfit (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Russell Carr had a robotic arm controlled by Arduino micro PC which was programmed to solve ‘The Tower of Hanoi’ puzzle. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Russell Carr had a robotic arm controlled by Arduino micro PC which was programmed to solve ‘The Tower of Hanoi’ puzzle. (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Russell Carr version of a travelling braider designed by Graham Jost (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Russell Carr version of a travelling braider designed by Graham Jost (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Sally Etheridge displayed a simple Fork Lift Truck built using a 40 Model Set, which faithfully replicated the actions of the real thing (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Part of Timothy Edwards' display of Meccano models (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Timothy Edwards' crawler tractor. It was based on the famous model by Eric Taylor but with the addition of a lifting bulldozer blade and power take-off (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Timothy Edwards' Rocking Cylinder steam engine (29/10/2016)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2016 - Timothy Edwards' braiding machine. This was base on one on the 1970s Meccano magazine. However it has been extensively modified to make it much more reliable (29/10/2016)
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