North Eastern Meccano Society
Darlington 2017
As usual we held our main exhibition at Darlington on October 28th 2017. Here is part two of a selection of photos from that show.
Pictures from Darlington 2017 (2)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - George Roy with his display of Meccano models (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - George Roy with his display of Meccano models (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - George Roy's model of a (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ian Brennand with the specially factory produced model by Meccano of the Renault F1 racing car. it was produced for promotional purposes (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ian Mordue's model of a Sennebogen Material Handler built in red and zinc. Typically found in scrapyards or somewhere similar, the model has a six jaw grab driven by a mini geared small motor concealed within a sleeve piece which drives a screwed rod which operates the jaws. The jaw sits on the end of a counterweighted jib which is operated by the actions of screwed rods for the purpose of extending and luffing, an additional geared motor operates the slewing. Ian chose to mount his version on tracks however other options are available including having it mounted on either wheels or rails. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Joe Etheridge with his display of models (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Joe Etheridge's model of a model of travelling gantry crane of the type used by Binns Road to promote Meccano in it's literature. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Joe Etheridge's model showing the nursery rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle'! (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Joe Etheridge's model showing the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty' (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - John Bader's model of the steam powered stiff-leg derrick as the unpublished SML 6a which were featured in copy of MM in the 1970’s (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - John Bader's model of bird (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - John Bader's model of a cat (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - John Bader's model of a steam powered tipping wagon (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - John Herdman's model of a perpetual motion machine. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ken McDonald's model of a ball roller. This quite compact model measuring 18½” x 12½” x 12½” featured zinc trackways and animated figures and was powered by two miniature motors (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ken McDonald's model of a ball roller. This quite compact model measuring 18½” x 12½” x 12½” featured zinc trackways and animated figures and was powered by two miniature motors (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ken McDonald's model of a ball roller. This quite compact model measuring 18½” x 12½” x 12½” featured zinc trackways and animated figures and was powered by two miniature motors (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Ken McDonald's model of a ball roller. This quite compact model measuring 18½” x 12½” x 12½” featured zinc trackways and animated figures and was powered by two miniature motors (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Mike Gough with his Meccano display (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Mike Gough's model of a Morgan three wheeler (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Mike Gough's model of a beam engine (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Mike Gough's model of a rope spinning machine. It was in continuous operation throughout the day making multi- colour stranded rope at quite a pace! (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Nick Forth's display of ten Red Arrow Hawk jets (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Norman Brown's model of a fixed pedestal material handler with a working grab. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Norman Brown's model of a fixed pedestal material handler with a working grab. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Norman Brown's model of a novelty Christmas advent calendar built into a Ford BB van c1930’s (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Norman Brown's model of a Meccanograph (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Paul Robertshaw's had a lovely display of buildings created using Dinky Builder which featured; several vehicles, a Fire Station, an Aeroplane Hanger and a Church. A couple of biplanes built using 1930’s x series parts completed this mini diorama (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Rob Mitchell's model of Servetti's 'Magician' built in yellow and zinc and heavily modified (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Rob Mitchell's model of SML 20, Electric Mobile Crane in 1920’s dark red green (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Russ Carr had a robot which solved the puzzle ‘Tower of Hanoi’. It used a pair of Meccano MO motors together with an elektrikit electromagnet all controlled by Arduino Microcontroller. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Tim Roylance with his display (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Timothy Edwards with his LMS Beyer Garratt loco built in red and green. It was an imposing 8’ 6” in length and featured operating wheels and valve mechanism. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Timothy Edwards' LMS Beyer Garratt loco built in red and green. It was an imposing 8’ 6” in length and featured operating wheels and valve mechanism. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Timothy Edwards' complex model of a 3x3x3 rope making machine. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Timothy Edwards' complex model of a 3x3x3 rope making machine. (28/10/2017)
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Darlington Exhibition October 2017 - Timothy Edwards brought along a variety of small models (28/10/2017)
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