North Eastern Meccano Society
Virtual "Easter 2021 Exhibition" (Page 1)
Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus epidemic we are still unable to hold any exhibitions this Spring (although we are hoping that it will be possible by the summer). We have therefore decided to again put on a 'Virtual Easter' exhibition to allow members to display the models they would normally have displayed at exhibitions in the Spring. Twenty two members have entered this virtual exhibition and photos of their models are spread over two pages on this website.
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 some years and all shades in between. 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 over the two pages of photo galleries.
In addition some of our members have provided videos of their models working. These videos can be seen further down the page.
ENJOY
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Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. This was from the January 1975 issue of the Meccano Magazine. Modifications to the original design include
Steam Engine replaced with electric motor hidden within a ‘Dummy’ boiler.
Slightly modified main bearing.
Drive to bogies via shafts in each tower leg (rather than 1 shaft per side).
My own design of Filders gear, roof, side structures, ladders etc as none supplied in the assembly notes.
(06/03/2021)
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Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. This was from the January 1975 issue of the Meccano Magazine. Modifications to the original design include
Steam Engine replaced with electric motor hidden within a ‘Dummy’ boiler.
Slightly modified main bearing.
Drive to bogies via shafts in each tower leg (rather than 1 shaft per side).
My own design of Filders gear, roof, side structures, ladders etc as none supplied in the assembly notes. (06/03/2021)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. This was from the January 1975 issue of the Meccano Magazine. Modifications to the original design include
Steam Engine replaced with electric motor hidden within a ‘Dummy’ boiler.
Slightly modified main bearing.
Drive to bogies via shafts in each tower leg (rather than 1 shaft per side).
My own design of Filders gear, roof, side structures, ladders etc as none supplied in the assembly notes. (06/03/2021)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Close up of a Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. (21/02/2021)
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Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Close up of a Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. (21/02/2021)
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Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Close up of a Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. (21/02/2021)
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Photo - Alex Robson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Close up of a Table Top Block-Setter built by Alex Robson. (06/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Sliding Bed Recover Truck with car built by Andrew Dean. This model is from a design by Tony James. A video of the model operating is available at the bottom of this page. (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of the cab of a Sliding Bed Recover Truck with car built by Andrew Dean. This model is from a design by Tony James (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of the front of cab of a Sliding Bed Recover Truck built by Andrew Dean. (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Sliding Bed Recover Truck built by Andrew Dean. Here showing the sliding bed in the process of moving backwards. A video of the model operating is available at the bottom of this page. (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of some of the operating mechanism of the Sliding Bed Recover Truck built by Andrew Dean. A video of the model operating is available at the bottom of this page. (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Sliding Bed Recover Truck built by Andrew Dean. Here showing a closeup the sliding bed fully extended backwards to allow a vehicle to be pulled onto it. A video of the model operating is available at the bottom of this page. (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of the Benz Patent Motor Wagen built by Andrew Dean. This vehicle is widely accepted as being the first motor car (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of the Benz Patent Motor Wagen built by Andrew Dean. This vehicle is widely accepted as being the first motor car (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of the Benz Patent Motor Wagen built by Andrew Dean. This vehicle is widely accepted as being the first motor car (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Andrew Dean
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of the Benz Patent Motor Wagen built by Andrew Dean. This vehicle is widely accepted as being the first motor car (--/03/2021)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a TANGYE steam engine built by Barry Richardson (12/12/2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a TANGYE steam engine built by Barry Richardson (12/12/2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a 'TITAN' Blocksetting Crane built by Barry Richardson (2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of a model of a 'TITAN' Blocksetting Crane built by Barry Richardson (2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of a model of a 'TITAN' Blocksetting Crane built by Barry Richardson (2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Closeup of a model of a 'TITAN' Blocksetting Crane built by Barry Richardson (2020)
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Photo - Barry Richardson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A large model of a Dockside Crane built by Barry Richardson (07/02/2011)
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Photo - Brian Chaffer
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a Road Surfacing Machine built by Brian Chaffer. This model is based on the No.10 set model 10.19, with a number of improvements, most notably proper crawler tracks. (03/03/2021)
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Photo - Brian Chaffer
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a Road Surfacing Machine built by Brian Chaffer. This model is based on the No.10 set model 10.19, with a number of improvements, most notably proper crawler tracks. (03/03/2021)
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Photo - Brian Chaffer
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a Road Surfacing Machine built by Brian Chaffer. This model is based on the No.10 set model 10.19, with a number of improvements, most notably proper crawler tracks. (03/03/2021)
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Photo - Brian Chaffer
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a modern Forklist Telehandler machine built by Brian Chaffer. These machines are typically used in industry and in agriculture - particularly for handling the heavy round bales of hay etc., now common on modern farms. The model is fully working and uses a screw-jack principle to represent the hydraulic cylinders. (03/03/2021)
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Photo - Brian Chaffer
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a modern Forklist Telehandler machine built by Brian Chaffer. These machines are typically used in industry and in agriculture - particularly for handling the heavy round bales of hay etc., now common on modern farms. The model is fully working and uses a screw-jack principle to represent the hydraulic cylinders. (03/03/2021)
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Photo - David Owst
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 'Apple Picker' by David Owst. This is from the 'Magic Factory' book by Bernard Perrier. A video of the model operating can be seen below. (26/03/2021)
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Photo - David Owst
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 'Graceful Ice Skater' by David Owst. This is from the 'Magic Factory' book by Bernard Perrier. (26/03/2021)
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Photo - David Owst
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 'Sewing Machine' by David Owst. This is from the 'Magic Factory' book by Bernard Perrier. (26/03/2021)
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Photo - David Owst
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 'Scent Hound' by David Owst. This is from the 'Magic Factory' book by Bernard Perrier. Or as David calls it 'Susie the Springer Spaniel' (his daughter-in-law’s dog which the model so closely resembles). A video of the model operating can be seen below. (26/03/2021)
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Photo - David Owst
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Happy Birthday sign made by David Owst. Due to the difficulty David had in buying birthday cards during lockdown, he made this and photographed it. He than sent the photo in lieu of a birthday card. (14/02/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - World War 2 Pontoon Bridge built by Dave Stanford. The blue river plates and the green strips are Metallus parts. The two vehicles are modified versions of Bernard Perier’s models in CQ 72 and CQ 79. (22/03/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Wire Rope Bridge at Steall in Glen Nevis built by Dave Stanford. This bridge crosses the River Nevis in Glen Nevis (Fort William) some distance upstream of the road end. It leads to many hills and to a climbing hut. (22/03/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Block Setter Crane built by Dave Stanford. A version of a Titan Crane. The size is set by the double braced girders used for the sides of the tower. The bracing is not quite correct. It should really be cross bracing. I proportioned out the various elements of the crane to fit the scale of the braced girders. Some measurements had to be adjusted to fit standard Meccano parts. (15/03/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Finneston Hammer Head Crane built by Dave Stanford. The scale is set by the double braced girders used to construct the four sides of the tower. Red Metallus cord is used for the jib bracing. (15/03/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Medieval Crane built by Dave Stanford. This crane is built from a drawing of a medieval crane found on the internet. The wheel in which the man stands (walks) to raise and lower the load was built first. This then sets the size for the rest of the crane. (15/03/2021)
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Photo - David Stanford
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Sheffield Meccano Guild Parts Challenge Models built by Dave Stanford. My entries for the past three years all featuring a Meccano athlete. (22/03/2021)
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Photo - John Witchard
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a Water Pumping Steam Engine of 1880 built by Denis Edward (12/03/2011)
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Photo - John Witchard
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of a Dutch Windmill built by Denis Edward from nickel plated Meccano (12/03/2011)
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Photo - Fred Thompson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - 2 Steam engines built built Fred Thompson. A large overhead type based very loosely on No 10 instructions, and a small model of the Meccano Steam engine (2010)
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Photo - Fred Thompson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Climax Locomotive built by Fred Thompson based on Bob Ford's model in Constructor Quarterly (2008)
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Photo - Fred Thompson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Tower Crane built by Fred Thomson, based on Meccano Magazine instructions (06/03/2021)
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Photo - John Witchard
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - model of the Citroën C3 'Cloverleaf' of 1924 built by Ian Brennand (25/05/2015)
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Photo - John Witchard
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A beautifully restored 1970’s Binns Rd. shop display model displayed by Ian Brennand. Following a good clean-up he rebuilt the main bearing and replaced the large sprocket wheel. He replaced the 240v mains motor with a low voltage one and fitted strengthening parts to the main frame and finally he replaced the original filament bulbs with LED’s. (26/10/2019)
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Photo - Ian Grayson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A model of the South Goodwin lightship built by Ian Grayson. This was based on the Model of the Month from April 1957 and a plastic kit (1:110 scale). The Meccano model scale has been increased to 1:40 to give better dimensions of the superstructure and tower and to allow more detailed depiction of the fittings (30/03/2021)
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Photo - Ian Grayson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Another view of the South Goodwin lightship built by Ian Grayson showing the working light tower and the deck fittings (30/03/2021)
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Photo - Ian Grayson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - New Holland Tractor in 1:16 scale by Tronico built by Ian Grayson. One of their larger agricultural models which has more details (06/03/2021)
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Photo - Ian Grayson
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The New Holland Tractor before final assembly by Ian Grayson. The Tronico construction method is to build separate modules and only connect them to give the final model at the end of the process. The individual modules often seem to have no relation to the end product ! (31/10/2020)
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Photo - Joe Etheridge
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 10 set Combine Harvester model 10.13 built by Joe Etheridge (20/03/2021)
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Photo - Joe Etheridge
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - 'Little Grey Fergie', a typical tractor on the 1950s built by Joe Etheridge (20/03/2021)
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Photo - Joe Etheridge
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Farm Elevator powered by a steam engine built by Joe Etheridge. The farmer could run the threshing machine, baler, stacker all at the same time with a vast saving in manpower (20/03/2021)
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Photo - Joe Etheridge
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The tractor with the Elevator in transport mode built by Joe Etheridge (20/03/2021)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Articulated Low Loader built by John Bader. This is an updated version of the 1960's manual model. A more realistic cab front has been fitted, together with twin wheels on the rear axle of the tractor unit as well as on the removable axle of the low loader trailer. (02/05/2020)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Railway Service Crane built by John Bader. Based on the Supermodel design, this model has four Crank Handles to operate all the movements rather than a motor. A Match Truck is provided to carry the lowered jib. Note the "well" in the deck to house the pulley block. (2010)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Mantle Clock built by John Bader. From a 1968 Meccano Magazine and to a design by Pat Briggs, this clock uses the gearing inside a No. 1 Clockwork Motor as the majority of the gearing for the "going train". Built in Nickel and French Yellow parts. (02/05/2020)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Another version of the same clock! built also by John Bader This one has a Crouzet mains motor of 10 rpm. Reduction provided by 2:1 Pinion / Gear, 5 : 1 Pinion / Gear, 1 :1 Helicals, then 60 : 1 Worm / Gear to the minute hand. The usual arrangement to attain 12 :1 follows to the hour hand. This model completed in Nickel, 30's blue and Liverpool yellow. (01/03/2021)
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Photo - John Bader
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Big Wheel built by John Bader. A beefed up rebuild of the 1960's 5 Set model and adapted to be driven by a Magic Motor. Built predominantly in Nickel and French yellow. (01/03/2021)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Boat Launching Gear built by Ken McDonald. A 1919 Manual Model number 416. Not having a sufficient number of nickel parts I built it with pre-war dark red and green and made some alterations to improve the structure of the weighted arms and to make the gears driving them work properly. And not having a suitable boat I made one in zinc as a contrast. (12/02/2021)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Boat Launching Gear built by Ken McDonald. A 1919 Manual Model number 416. Not having a sufficient number of nickel parts I built it with pre-war dark red and green and made some alterations to improve the structure of the weighted arms and to make the gears driving them work properly. And not having a suitable boat I made one in zinc as a contrast. (12/02/2021)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Boat Launching Gear built by Ken McDonald. A 1919 Manual Model number 416. Not having a sufficient number of nickel parts I built it with pre-war dark red and green and made some alterations to improve the structure of the weighted arms and to make the gears driving them work properly. And not having a suitable boat I made one in zinc as a contrast. (12/02/2021)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Railway Foot Bridge built by Ken McDonald. My own design built with pre-war dark red and green parts for an O Gauge clockwork train set that I had as a child and still have. (07/11/2020)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Railway Foot Bridge built by Ken McDonald. My own design built with pre-war dark red and green parts for an O Gauge clockwork train set that I had as a child and still have. (07/11/2020)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Dutch Windmill built by Ken McDonald. A 1937 Number 9 Outfit Meccano Manual model in mid-red and green with some changes to improve the stability of the structure and the operation. The main change being the introduction of a Ball Thrust Bearing below the upper structure to enable it to turn to the wind. (21/10/2020)
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Photo - Ken McDonald
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - A Dutch Windmill built by Ken McDonald. A 1937 Number 9 Outfit Meccano Manual model in mid-red and green with some changes to improve the stability of the structure and the operation. The main change being the introduction of a Ball Thrust Bearing below the upper structure to enable it to turn to the wind. (21/10/2020)
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Photo - Nicholas Forth
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - Binns Road Tram built by Nicholas Forth. Built a few years ago now but all in Binns Road parts. Trams actually ran between Binns Road and Penny Lane in Liverpool, however Liverpool Corporation trams were predominately green in colour. (11/04/2018)
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Photo - Nicholas Forth
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 2016 and 2018 Ducati Motorbikes marketed as single model kits by Meccano built by Nicholas Forth (29/03/2021)
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Photo - Nicholas Forth
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 2016 Ducati Monster 1200s Motorbike built by Nicholas Forth. The model required minor adjustment to the rear suspension. (29/03/2021)
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Photo - Nicholas Forth
'Virtual Easter' Exhibition 2021 - The 2018 Ducati GP Motorbike built by Nicholas Forth. A good looking model but near impossible to build as per instructions. The rear of the motor bike was redesigned by Nick to make it work. Custom racing bike stand made to support the bike. (29/03/2021)
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