North Eastern Meccano Society
Virtual "Shildon" - May 2020 (Page 2)
The club should have held an exhibition at the Locomotion Museum at Shildon on May 24/25th 2020. Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus epidemic this (together with all other exhibitions and meetings) have been cancelled. We therefore decided to put on a 'virtual' exhibition to allow members to display the models they would normally have displayed. Due to the number of photos they are spread over two pages.
The models here are an interesting lot. Some are brand new, and having there first exposure here. Others are older models which have not been seen for many years and one member is displaying the models he exhibited at Shildon in 2010 - exactly ten years ago. We hope that you enjoy them.
A random selection of models from this 'Virtual Exhibition' appear at the top of this page, but they can all be seen in the two pages of photo galleries. In addition one of members has provided videos of his models working. These videos can be seen at the bottom of the first page.
ENJOY
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the Class EE1 (Electric Express 1) . This was an electric locomotive commissioned by the North Eastern Railway in 1922. In the 1910s the N.E.R made plans to electrify its York to Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the 6'8" driving wheels were each powered by a pair of traction motors. Of course this electrification did not happen for roughly eighty years and so this locomotive saw very little use and was scrapped in 1950. The model is powered by a 12 volt DC motor and runs on 3½" track. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the Class EE1 (Electric Express 1) . This was an electric locomotive commissioned by the North Eastern Railway in 1922. In the 1910s the N.E.R made plans to electrify its York to Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the 6'8" driving wheels were each powered by a pair of traction motors. Of course this electrification did not happen for roughly eighty years and so this locomotive saw very little use and was scrapped in 1950. The model is powered by a 12 volt DC motor and runs on 3½" track. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the Class EE1 (Electric Express 1) . This was an electric locomotive commissioned by the North Eastern Railway in 1922. In the 1910s the N.E.R made plans to electrify its York to Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the 6'8" driving wheels were each powered by a pair of traction motors. Of course this electrification did not happen for roughly eighty years and so this locomotive saw very little use and was scrapped in 1950. The model is powered by a 12 volt DC motor and runs on 3½" track. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the Class EE1 (Electric Express 1) . This was an electric locomotive commissioned by the North Eastern Railway in 1922. In the 1910s the N.E.R made plans to electrify its York to Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the 6'8" driving wheels were each powered by a pair of traction motors. Of course this electrification did not happen for roughly eighty years and so this locomotive saw very little use and was scrapped in 1950. The model is powered by a 12 volt DC motor and runs on 3½" track. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the L.N.E.R. Sentinel Steam Railcar supplied between 1925 and 1932 for use on less busy branch lines where a locomotive and train were inappropriate. The model is fitted with a 6 volt motor and also a Meccano Steam engine and can operate from either power source - depending on the location. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the L.N.E.R. Sentinel Steam Railcar supplied between 1925 and 1932 for use on less busy branch lines where a locomotive and train were inappropriate. The model is fitted with a 6 volt motor and also a Meccano Steam engine and can operate from either power source - depending on the location. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the L.N.E.R. Sentinel Steam Railcar supplied between 1925 and 1932 for use on less busy branch lines where a locomotive and train were inappropriate. The model is fitted with a 6 volt motor and also a Meccano Steam engine and can operate from either power source - depending on the location. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the "Meccano Number 10 set model bus updated". This model was designed by myself to be made from the contents of a standard number 10 set and is built in light red and green. It is based on a Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini double decker normally built on a Volvo chassis. The only other parts used are 2 motors for the steering and drive and a Meccano infrared unit to control the model. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the "Meccano Number 10 set model bus updated". This model was designed by myself to be made from the contents of a standard number 10 set and is built in light red and green. It is based on a Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini double decker normally built on a Volvo chassis. The only other parts used are 2 motors for the steering and drive and a Meccano infrared unit to control the model. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the a 1906 Stanley Steam Car built by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company of Massachusetts USA. The model is driven by a Meccano Steam Engine - where conditions allow! (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of the a 1906 Stanley Steam Car built by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company of Massachusetts USA. The model is driven by a Meccano Steam Engine - where conditions allow! The bonnet has been removed to show the steam engine (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of Goldsworth Gurney's six wheel steam carriage built in 1829 for use on the London to Bath road. (2000s)
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Photo - John Herdman
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Herdman's old model of Goldsworth Gurney's six wheel steam carriage built in 1829 for use on the London to Bath road. Here the body has been removed to show the chassis and steam engine (2000s)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built this racing car from the 1990s Dynamic set (01/05/2018)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built this racing car from the 1990s Dynamic set (01/05/2018)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built this Steam Tipping Wagon built to an Alan Esplen design. Note the very early 2" Pulleys used for the front wheels. (18/08/2017)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built this Steam Tipping Wagon built to an Alan Esplen design. Note the very early 2" Pulleys used for the front wheels. (18/08/2017)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built this Machine Gun from the prewar Outfit 6 Manual. It "fires" Spring Clips. (28/08/2018)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : John Bader built an Aeroplane from the No.2 Special Aeroplane Constructor Outfit. (09/04/2020)
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Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of an Electric Travelling Crane. Details of this model first appeared in the form of a write up accompanied by two photographs in the ‘Meccano Book of Prize Models’ published in 1932, jump forward a good few years, and the details were replicated in the ‘The Magic Carpet’ published by New Cavendish Books on page 159. You can view the original article on the webmasters own web site at: https://meccanoindex.co.uk/Mmanuals/Other/Manuals/NM-32-06-15.pdf Whilst the article is brief it does contain enough technical detail to gain an appreciation of the features incorporated in the model, especially if used in conjunction with the photographs, and this was all I needed as an incentive to bring the model back to life. (30/12/2013)
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Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of an Electric Travelling Crane. Details of this model first appeared in the form of a write up accompanied by two photographs in the ‘Meccano Book of Prize Models’ published in 1932, jump forward a good few years, and the details were replicated in the ‘The Magic Carpet’ published by New Cavendish Books on page 159. You can view the original article on the webmasters own web site at: https://meccanoindex.co.uk/Mmanuals/Other/Manuals/NM-32-06-15.pdf Whilst the article is brief it does contain enough technical detail to gain an appreciation of the features incorporated in the model, especially if used in conjunction with the photographs, and this was all I needed as an incentive to bring the model back to life. (30/12/2013)
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Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of an Electric Travelling Crane. Details of this model first appeared in the form of a write up accompanied by two photographs in the ‘Meccano Book of Prize Models’ published in 1932, jump forward a good few years, and the details were replicated in the ‘The Magic Carpet’ published by New Cavendish Books on page 159. You can view the original article on the webmasters own web site at: https://meccanoindex.co.uk/Mmanuals/Other/Manuals/NM-32-06-15.pdf Whilst the article is brief it does contain enough technical detail to gain an appreciation of the features incorporated in the model, especially if used in conjunction with the photographs, and this was all I needed as an incentive to bring the model back to life. (30/12/2013)
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Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of a Nuremberg Clock.
Construction details for this simple clock-work motor driven clock can be found in the Meccano Magazine, built around a standard clockwork motor if carefully constructed it will run for nearly 24hrs. (28/10/2010)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of a Nuremberg Clock.
Construction details for this simple clock-work motor driven clock can be found in the Meccano Magazine, built around a standard clockwork motor if carefully constructed it will run for nearly 24hrs. (28/10/2010)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of a Nuremberg Clock.
Construction details for this simple clock-work motor driven clock can be found in the Meccano Magazine, built around a standard clockwork motor if carefully constructed it will run for nearly 24hrs. (28/10/2010)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of a Meccano Road Sweeper.
Another MM Model c1952, Built with the contents of a number 8 set, the model is motorised and fully functional. (19/01/2012)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Norman Brown
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Norman Brown's model of a Meccano Road Sweeper.
Another MM Model c1952, Built with the contents of a number 8 set, the model is motorised and fully functional. (19/01/2012)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Robert Watson
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Robert Watson's model of the Metropolitan Vickers Bo-Bo locomotive from 1926, based upon a Modelplan by the late Phil Bradley (09/05/2020)
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Photo - Robert Watson
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Robert Watson's model of a moderately sized beam engine designed by the late Brian Rowe (Battery-powered (elf n safety) MO motor) (09/05/2020)
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Photo - Robert Watson
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Robert Watson's model of a Dad's Army van (push-along) using parts from the MME period right through to modern French (13/05/2020)
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Photo - Robert Watson
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Robert Watson's model of an Observation Coach based on a 1960's number 3 manual with see-through roof panels (25/04/2020)
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Photo - Robert Watson
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Robert Watson's models of two Miniature Traction engines....one 20 years old, the other not quite finished !! (23/05/2020)
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Photo - Roger Marriot
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Roger Marriot's model of the gantry crane was featured in Meccano advertising of the 1950’s and 60’s. No plans were ever devised by meccano and as you can see from the associated dealer display card the model was shown as unfinished – it may well have never been built. My model is similar to Norman Brown’s version and uses four motors for the various movements. I decided not to include the travel of the gantry because I wanted to see if I could build it within a No.10 set – which I just about managed by putting the gantry on 12½" legs rather than 9½". The loco is about gauge 1 and is a model I built many years ago – I have recently added the ‘well’ wagon to carry the boiler hoisted by the crane. (2020)
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Photo - Roger Marriot
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Roger Marriot's model of a 4-6-2 locomotive is about gauge 1 and is a model he built many years ago (2020)
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Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Rumpler RuV 6 x 2.
The truck was developed by the Austrian vehicle and aircraft designer Dr Edmund Rumpler (1872-1940) in 1931, aerodynamic body and front-wheel drive, it was exhibited in 1931 at the IAA (Annual Motor Show) in Berlin.
The vehicle, of which two examples were built with different motors were created for the publisher Rudolf Ullstein for its Ullstein publishing house.
The first type RuV 29 had a Maybach six-cylinder engine with 100 hp. The second type RuV 31 had a twelve-cylinder V-engine with 200 hp. The non-driven rear axles were designed in balance beam design and provided with smaller wheels.
Continental had specially developed special tires that were suitable for vehicles over 100 km / h. The payload was five tons.
The body builder was Gottfried Lindner from Ammendorf in conjunction with Berlin body builder Luchterhand & Freytag.
Both vehicles were used by Ullstein Verlag for the newspaper transport from Berlin to the seaside resorts. In 1943, both trucks were destroyed in an air raid on Berlin. (06/01/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Rumpler RuV 6 x 2.
The truck was developed by the Austrian vehicle and aircraft designer Dr Edmund Rumpler (1872-1940) in 1931, aerodynamic body and front-wheel drive, it was exhibited in 1931 at the IAA (Annual Motor Show) in Berlin.
The vehicle, of which two examples were built with different motors were created for the publisher Rudolf Ullstein for its Ullstein publishing house.
The first type RuV 29 had a Maybach six-cylinder engine with 100 hp. The second type RuV 31 had a twelve-cylinder V-engine with 200 hp. The non-driven rear axles were designed in balance beam design and provided with smaller wheels.
Continental had specially developed special tires that were suitable for vehicles over 100 km / h. The payload was five tons.
The body builder was Gottfried Lindner from Ammendorf in conjunction with Berlin body builder Luchterhand & Freytag.
Both vehicles were used by Ullstein Verlag for the newspaper transport from Berlin to the seaside resorts. In 1943, both trucks were destroyed in an air raid on Berlin. (06/01/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Märklin Treadwheel.
This is a model of a "Treadmill with 2 cars" which appeared in a variety of 1930 Märklin brochures, these were models which could be supplied from the factory for shops.
The details were given to me by Georg Eiermann from Germany, then with the help of Edmundo Veiga with his expertise with VM. (17/02/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Märklin Treadwheel.
This is a model of a "Treadmill with 2 cars" which appeared in a variety of 1930 Märklin brochures, these were models which could be supplied from the factory for shops.
The details were given to me by Georg Eiermann from Germany, then with the help of Edmundo Veiga with his expertise with VM. (17/02/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Mercedes 6 x 4 Tipper. (21/03/2020)
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Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this MAN Beavertail truck.
A model design MP 246 from Tony James using a No 10 set only. (03/04/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this MAN Beavertail truck with Scissor Lift load.
A model design MP 246 from Tony James which is another very good design compatible with MP 240 Scissor Lift. Another using a No 10 set only. (03/04/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Roly Poly.
As seen in the Meccano Mag for Sept 1970. It was designed by Ray Cook of Cheshire. (24/04/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Meister TC100. It is designed for moving large and heavy loads off-road. (24/04/2020)
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Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Volvo FH 16 Lorry Tractor Unit.
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Photo - Stefan Tokarski
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Stefan Tokarski built this Volvo FH 16 Lorry Tractor Unit.
This is a Volvo FH16 Globetrotter XL 6 x 2 with lifting rear axle. Based on one of Crouch Recovery vehicles from Leicester, I saw it on a programme "Trucking Hell " on Quest TV. (17/01/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Rob Mitchell
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : A Three-wheeler clearly inspired by the contemporary Bond 'Bug' and in the February 1971 MM built by Rob Mitchell (28/01/2020)
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Photo - Rob Mitchell
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Couple of Platform Sweepers built by Rob Mitchell, the yellow one closely following the instructions in the January and February 1971 MMs. The light red & green version is wholly revised internally to correct multiple instances of rubbish design. Their story was in NMMG Newsmag for March 2020. (28/01/2020)
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Photo - Rob Mitchell
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Crazy Driver, prewar model no. 7.8 in - mostly! - contemporary dark red & green. An elementary model for the premier Outfit of the day. Built by Rob Mitchell (30/03/2020)
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Photo - Rob Mitchell
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Ancient Motor Car, prewar model no. 4.5 and also in contemporary dark red & green. A few departures from the Manual. Built by Rob Mitchell (30/03/2020)
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Photo - Rob Mitchell
'Virtual Shildon' Exhibition May 2020 : Continuing the prewar DR&G theme, model no. 4.43 Power Press, built by Rob Mitchell. Several modifications from the booby-trapped instructions and can perform the vital task of stabbing a paper roll like greased lightning. To be described in a future SMGJ. (30/03/2020)
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