North Eastern Meccano Society
Darlington Exhibition 1977
Barry Wilkinson took a number of photos of the 1977 Darlington Exhibition. Note that the last six photos below, may possibly have been taken at another exhibition during the year.
Pictures of Darlington Exhibition 1977
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Ellis Dudley's model of a Blocksetter Crane
(NB. Photo in April 1978 Meccano Magazine page 64.) (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Ellis Dudley's model of a Blocksetter Crane
(NB. Photo in April 1978 Meccano Magazine page 64.) (19/11/1977)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Franchine Coles' walking Meccano Robot from the No.9 set together with Ellis Dudley's model of a Blocksetter Crane in the background (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Michael Walker operating his Remote Controlled model of an American Car driven by three Powerdrive motors with full lighting and suspension. (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Geoff Coles' model of the 1829 Cromford and High Peaks incline tramway and a wall mounted display of Meccano in the background. (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Julian Coles' models of a modified version of the GMM Steam Road Roller model and an amusing Coin in the Slot operated Theatre which activated a realistic Pianist and Fiddler. (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Julian Coles' model of a Supermarine Racing Seaplane and a Helicopter built from the Crane Multikit (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Andrew Ward's model of a Traction Engine (with trailer of loges) based on the Fowler Ploughing Engine coupled to a Log Saw Bench. (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
Darlington Exhibition 1977 - Norman Mason's fine model of the Twin Cylinder Horizontal Steam Engine (SML32). (19/11/1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
An Exhibition 1977/8 (not sure which one) - A model of the Eiffel Tower from an early manual (1977)
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Photo - Barry Wilkinson
An Exhibition 1977/8 (not sure which one) - Bryan Rear's model of a synchronous Chiming Clock (1977)
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