Another view of trains awaiting their turn - taken at eye-level from the end of the sidings. The switch visible on the right operates one of Niek's home-made isolation rails, and looks really good together with the other equipment.
Famous Toys Fair 2004 (3)
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Another view of trains awaiting their turn - taken at eye-level from the end of the sidings. The switch visible on the right operates one of Niek's home-made isolation rails, and looks really good together with the other equipment. |
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Peter craning his neck to keep an eye on the express train at the other end. |
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Climbing up a signal post gives a nice overview of the locomotives on shed. In the back, one of Niek's trains is loaded with imported motor cars. |
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Where else on British rails can you spot a French Nord streamliner? This one belongs to Henk Brouwer, Secretary of the Dutch Meccano Guild and organiser of the Famous Toy Fair, who was delighted to see it run. |
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Over two years of work went into this true-to-scale model of a 1960s Convair passenger plane. From working flaps and rudder to operational landing gear and variable-speed propellers, it did all but fly! |
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This Meccano model is just about the weirdest we've ever seen anywhere: a woman giving birth! Story behind it is that it was an entry in a sculpture contest with that theme, and the builder decided to stick to the medium he was most familiar with. It won a prize in the contest, and actually also found favour with some of the ladies present - we were told the builder had got it absolutely spot-on. |
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After a long day, the boys put their toys away. Until next time! |
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