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News, Early 2026
Annual General Meeting 7th. March.
About 23 members attended the meeting. A large number of interesting models were displayed. Most are shown below. Unfortunately, a few were missed or the photograph did not come out well enough.
Stuart Field’s model of the Barton Swing Aqueduct
The Tugboat designed to go under it. It is based on one that goes under the full sized one.
Andy. Robinson’s version of Supermodel no. 3 -
A new member, Andy Powell, has started work on a Giant Walking dragline excavator. This is as far as he has got.
Les. Nightingale Jr’s model of small steam engine based on one seen at a SMG meeting.
Brian Elvidge’s models.
Army Multikit Load Carrier and Rocket Launcher.
Also, a 1930’s Tar Tanker Lorry and a similar Breakdown Truck.
The lady is hard at work turning the synchronous motor that operates the clock. The builder is not known.
Ashley Simmond’s Trix Tip Lorry from the Trix Complete Engineering Manual from the 1950s. He has filled in the sides with extra parts. He has also competed the tipping mechanism which uses a “rack strip” made by putting bolts in an ordinary flat strip.
Tony Rigby’s Dockside Crane.
Tony Rigby’s WW2 Half Track Troop Carrier.
Ian Turner’s Army Tank in Multikit Green
Ian Petman’s Jeep towing an Anti-
Built mainly from Army Multikit parts.
Chassis, Buider unknown
Ian Petman’s Wilson Epicylic Gearbox
Often used on British Buses.
Tony Evanson’s Light Railway featuring Gromit and Feathers McGrew
Ian Petman’s Helicopter
Meccano Junior Models built during the meeting.
Ted. Harris has been experimenting with Generators.
One is driven by a clockwork motor and the other by an AC motor. The flat magnets on the larger one have poles on the sides not the ends.
There is also another small model.
Thread Twisting and Knopping Machine.
This interesting machine was brought by Collin Reid (a guest).
It twists pairs of threads and can also make small beads of thread at intervals along the twisted thread. It was published as a “Model of the Month” in the September 1956 edition of the Meccano Magazine. It incorporates a number of ingenious mechanisms.
