Newsletter Christmas 2016

Chris Shute’s models of the Human Ear and Gramaphone as

mentioned in the Model Report.

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Contents

Chairman’s Report 3

Model Report 4

View From the Webmaster 12

Meccanuity 2017 Information 17

Certificates 19

Diary Dates 20

Our Society Officials: President: Mary Linder, The Owls, 17 Tweedale Drive, Severn Gorge Park, Tweedale, Telford TF7 4GA . Tel: 01952 581867. Chairman & Newsletter Editor: Dave Bradley, 10 Halesowen Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 5NL, Tel: 07913 633581. Email: davebradley65@hotmail.com

Vice Chairman & Webmaster:

Chris Instone.

Email: c.instone@btopenworld.com

Secretary-Treasurer:

Tim Martin,

43 Pulford Drive, Scraptoft, Leicester, LE7 9UD.

Tel: 0116 2434444.

Mob: 07949 883778.

Email: tmartin819@googlemail.com

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Following a meeting with IGMT on 9th November 2016, we have a few changes to the way we do things by moving the February and November club meetings into Gadgetdom as we did in the last November meeting.

This enables IGMT to generate more income by the wedding receptions taking place in the Engine Shed where we were previously. We don’t pay for our rooms.

IGMT have given us dates for 2017 for Enginuity. Blists Hill has to be con-firmed. They want to see what we do for them with Meccanuity and what rev-enue we generate.

Thank you for re-electing me as Chairman for the next year and I will do my best for you and the club again. We are democratic and everyone has a say in what goes on within our own control.

I would like to thank you all for your support over the last year and to the people who have helped to make everything a huge success.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Dave Bradley

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TIMS Model Report November 5th 2016

By Chris Shute

Many members arrived early to set up their tables in Gadgetdom, enter-ing through the side door from the car park. Gregg Worwood’s trolley came in very handy here. The room was filled comfortably by a wide variety of models, a good proportion making their debut appearance, ready for the pub-lic by 10.00.

Anne Seaton had built the new dinosaur kit, which uses a mixture of zinc narrow strips with green or brown plastic parts. Red parts made up most of the Tintin Jeep, while the new quad bike kit made good use of the geared road wheels fitted to chunky tyres.

Bob Seaton’s display began with a 1930’s Morgan three-wheeler, based on Peter Matthews’ model plan. In Yellow and Zinc, it featured an air-cooled vee-twin engine, working clutch and two-speed gearbox. The 10-model outfit manual from the early 2000s was the inspiration for Bob’s improved version of the walking elephant model. A reduced speed, obtained via a worm/19t

pinion, made the creature less likely to capsize. Land-rovers still abound. Bob’s Mk1 came from the 1968 No.7 manual, embellished with a front-bumper winch, flexible aerial (part 175, the Flexible Coupling), rear lamps, tow-ball and bonnet-mounted spare wheel. Tony Seed had constructed the Thunderbirds recovery vehicle from pictures alone, although a Haynes manual is now available. First seen on

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the iconic TV series over fifty years ago, the hefty tracked prototype was equipped with twin magnetic grappling ‘hooks’. Tony’s choice of this model was helped by its red-green colour scheme.

Dennis Backler con-tinues to perfect his 1:10 scale model of the Rattlesnake 0-4-0 locomotive. The origi-nal was the work of a remarkable Victorian, Isaac Watt Boulton, who, as a child, wit-nessed the opening of the Liverpool - Manchester railway in 1830. In addition to building locomotives, Boulton was an alder-man and justice of the peace, with an

interest in geology and folklore. Built about 1860, the Rattlesnake was later employed during the construction of the Runcorn Bridge. Boulton was also a keen supporter of the Manchester Ship Canal, and he lived to see it open in 1894, five years before his death.

Anne Nightingale was kept busy operating her Meccanograph, which is an improved version of Andreas Konkoly’s Golilip Guilloches No.1 Designing Machine. With a range of greater table speeds and two pen arms, the pat-

terns can be based on straight lines, ovals, trian-gles and squares. Les Nightingale Sr. had built a Bray Side Rod Engine from litera-ture supplied by the late Brian Rowe. Using Modelplan 109b, Les Nightingale Jr. had built the Four Plank Open Wagon based on standard British rolling stock.

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Alan Lovett made use of Tony Parmee’s Modelplan 202 to produce the Aunt Sally, which is a coin operated fairground target game, built from a No.10 outfit. Alan also demonstrated the four speed and reverse gearbox originally built (and hidden away) inside his Mk1 Landrover at Meccanuity

this year.

Tony Evanson was operating his version of Modelplan 217, Claudio Rabbi’s Blocksetting Crane. In-stead of using a Worm and 3½" Gear for the slewing mechanism, Tony was able to fit Large Tooth Quadrants. Otherwise, the model remains within the scope of the No.10 Outfit, using a single motor and 1" Pulleys with Tyres for pro-pulsion over the table surface.

Nearby was our resourceful Secre-tary-Treasurer. Tim Martin’s latest Meccano creation is a Hot, Steam-ing Cup of Coffee. In beautiful, unmutilated china cup and saucer sits a rich coffee-black 3½" Sprocket. Twin wisps of ‘steam’, (Crank Handles) appear to spiral up from the cup. A hand crank be-low supplies the power, cunningly using Neodymium magnets to transmit motion, invisibly, through both cup and saucer. Tim also showed a Perpetual Calendar, having rotary dials, a neat clock-like machine. Meanwhile, Tim’s

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contra-rotating Dishy Marbles showed three loose marbles rotating clockwise in an agitated dish, while in an identical dish nearby, 14 marbles moved anti-clockwise, despite getting the same agitation. Can anyone fully explain the reason for this?

Tom Lewis’s display had at least a dozen models, there were five neat Army models including a tank and its trans-porter. Seven aircraft includ-ed two Concordes, a Spitfire, Harrier, Hawk and Tiger Moth.

John Nuttall arrived with two impressive ships in red

and green. First, a (pre-war?) manual model 9.4, the Train Ferry, which was designed to be propelled by a clockwork motor. The prototype would carry sets of railway carriages across the English Channel. Behind this, perhaps to a small-er scale, was the Model of the Month from December 1956: The Modern Oil Tanker. The MM article names it as the Spi-ros Niarchos, a Greek Multi

Billionaire of that time, and a shipping rival of Aristotle Onassis. Fuller con-struction details were available separately from the magazine. The appear-ance of an oil tanker model at the end of 1956 would have been quite topical, following the Suez crisis earlier that year.

Chairman Dave Bradley is building a Lamborghini Espada sports car. Much of the chassis, lower body and interior are complete. At a scale of 1:4, this will be a heavy model, and Dave has already fitted a large Buller 12 Volt mo-tor for propulsion. A heavy-duty axle system has been employed in the rear

axle. Since the differential is offset to one side, one axle is so short that it has disap-peared, existing only as a pair of universal joints, con-necting one side of the differ-ential to the rear wheel. Heavy-duty springs have been employed in the sus-pension.

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Dave Harvey displayed his own more graceful and compact version of Andreas Konkoly’s Intermittent Motion Clock. A small bead on nylon twine is flung around the four rod pillars which support the clock mechanism. One complete winding-unravelling revolution takes 10 seconds, which is highly convenient for time-keeping. Much use is made of blue circular parts. Along-

side this was Dave’s Three Wheel Clock and a small Beam Engine inspired by a Mike Cot-terill design. Roger Burton demon-strated his FourMove-ment Forward and Re-verse Gearbox. The de-sign was taken from a Meccanoman’s Journal published about fifty years ago. A single input shaft transmits power, in turn, to four separate outputs, appearing as

Fork Pieces. A Worm drive causes a pair of Eccentrics to move two sliding rods within the machine. Bevel gears ensure that the motion transmitted to each output will be in alternate directions. A complete sequence lasts 2½ minutes. Roger now has a device for re-magnetising Hornby and Elektrikit magnets, developed by Hornby enthusiast Ronald Dodd. It consists of a pair of adjustable coils, powered from a 12 volt 10 amp transformer. Spectators could also enjoy cranking Roger’s embellished version of the Sid Beckett Helicopter on Helipad, from about 12 months ago.

Paul Hubbard is in the process of rebuilding the classic Eric Taylor Crawler Tractor. One particular challenge had been the steering system. Paul now plans to use twin motors, which should prove less problematic. When com-plete, Paul intends to fit a dozer blade. His other models included a Red Arrows display and a number of small kit vehi-cles.

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John Castledine displayed his collec-tion of Landrover models: a military, half-ton lightweight with leaf springs from 1968-85; a Defender 90 with coil springs from 1983-2015; a similar Defender 110 (longer wheelbase) from the same peri-od; and a Forward Control conversion based on the 109" wheelbase.

David Lacey is building a 1:10 scale Birmingham Corporation Transport Standard double deck bus. Dating from the 50s and 60s, the bus is typical of the JOJ XXX registration series. Alt-hough these buses were built by Leyland, Guy, Crossley and Daimler, they shared same style bodywork and straight staircase. David has taken numerous pho-tographs and measurements from one of the few preserved vehicles. Work is progressing on Michael Sharpes’ Gottwald AMK400/500-93 lorry-mounted crane. A particular challenge at present is the four-section tele-scopic jib. Michael believes he can make a saving of 30% in the weight if he can source plastic plates (3mm thick) for the jib sides. This will reduce the load on the derricking rams and motors. The chassis is al-most complete, and in storage.

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Chris Shute whose models are shown on the front cover had built a large model of the human ear, intended to show the mechanics of tiny bones known as the hammer, anvil and stirrup. This Meccano version had a more hammer-like hammer, etc. Used for science talks in school, the eardrum part of the model could be poked, causing the cochlea membrane, correctly, to swell outwards. Don’t do this at home, children! Also on display was a Gram-ophone for playing 78 rpm records. Using the turntable platter designed by Brian Ashton (CQ54), and a 1931 Meccano Magazine suggestion, together with a cream carton and some hot-melt glue, a disc could be played at mod-est volume with no electronic amplification. The tiny movements of the stylus are magnified by simple leverage of Meccano parts, in order to give greater (hence louder) movement of the diaphragm. To prevent resonance in the thin walls of the carton, an old sock had been stretched over it.

Ken Senar’s latest pro-ject will be an Australian Iveco Acco side-loading garbage truck. The cab section is nearing com-pletion, and was dis-played with the doors open for all to enjoy. The prototype has drivers’ controls on both sides of the cab for safer working at kerbsides. Ken has reproduced this and many other details, in-cluding a satnav screen, dashboard fans, grab handles and door pock-ets. Also on display, from nearer to home, Ken’s hand-operated Canal-side Crane, and his Graf-ton 5-ton Travelling Steam crane. Both items have all their functions reproduced, as seen on their prototypes at Blists Hill Victorian Town. Gregg Worwood has been modelling the Stro-nach-Dutton road-rail sys-tem. First proposed in

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October 1916 by Major Frank Dutton as a method of transporting military sup-plies, the system used light-weight conventional railway track. A powerful Guy lorry would straddle the line to tow various trains of rolling stock. The main advantage of this was that new tracks could be laid rapidly over more challenging terrain with minimal civil engineer-ing, and the large road-wheels would be better able to cope with gradients. An experimental line was in use at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition, and 350 000 passengers were carried over 21 weeks. However the system was not adopted. Gregg’s model is built to a scale of 1:7, using 8" rear wheels obtained from Toolstation. Gregg’s prize-winning Landrover was also on dis-play. We have a new member! Lewis Davis was introduced by his uncle Gregg W. Not only is Lewis fit and strong enough to move all sizes of tables and mod-

els, but he is also a fine modeller! Lewis’s model of Thunderbird 2 was neatly finished, with the supplied stickers in just the right places. Given the modest scale of the outfit, there is a striking resem-blance to the craft seen on our TV screens. A nice feature is the way the car-go-carrying ‘pod’ can be released from the main aircraft.

John Reid has been building the 1934 Aero Morgan Super Sports,

from MW Modelplan 224 and MMG Model Series MMGMS1. Built to a scale of 1:6, John has made some improvements to the gear change mechanism. Inspired by the success of Pete Evans’ Brooklands Garage at Skegness this year, John has added a workshop and mechanic to enhance the display. At

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the detailed workbench, with scattered pinions, nuts and bolts, John’s mechanic appears to be scratching his head, perplexed at the gear-box problem in the Mor-gan nearby.

Colin Bull displayed his award-winning Lax-ey Wheel, and has sup-plied some more inter-esting information about

the prototype. At 72½ feet in diame-ter, the wheel is the world’s largest surviving working wheel of its kind. Laxey, on the Isle of Man, had abun-dant lead, zinc and other metals, but mining was ham-pered by under-ground water. With no coal on the is-land, steam pow-

ered pumps would not have been economical, hence this elegant solution, built in 1854. Self-taught engineer Robert Casement arranged for an under-ground pipe to supply water to the wheel from a river-fed cistern, located fur-ther uphill. The wheel spins at 3 rpm, turning a 4-foot crankshaft. A trolley-supported connecting ‘rod’ takes power to the pumping station, 600 feet away. If Colin had built the full set of supporting arches, his 9½-foot model would more than double in length!

Visitor Ian Brennand has a passion for Citroën vehicles. The Citroën compa-ny was founded by André Citroën, who enjoyed a rags-to-riches success. The famous chevron logo was based on twin helical gears. Ian had repro-duced the C3 light car which Citroën manufactured after meeting Henry Ford and adopting mass production techniques. Ian had also built a detailed mod-el of the Petite Rosalie, a 1933 racing car adapted from a standard Paris taxi. Apparently, the taxi body was simply replaced with a single-seat, streamlined racing body.

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Rob Mitchell had arrived with a number of exciting models. Largest was his smooth-running Servetti-based Michael the Magi-cian (GMM32). There was a 1960s Outfit 8 ball roller (CQ112, Douglas Carson) and a pair of astronomical models. First, a clockwork Plutolabe: You might re-member last summer, the New Horizons space probe confirmed the or-bital periods of the five additional ‘moons’ around the body we know as Pluto. Within three days, Meccanomen Pat Briggs, John Nuttall and Michael Whiting devised gearing for Charon, Styx, Nix, Ker-beros and Hydra. Ratios are accurate to within the customary 1%. Similarly accurate was Rob’s Ura-nus Four Moon Orrery (CQ83, Michael Whiting). Unfortunately, there are still another 23 moons known to orbit the planet! Standard gears are used, excepting one obsolete 20t and 56t pair. Nearby, there were also four more of Rob’s creations using Bell Cranks, not neces-sarily for their usual pur-pose (a recent SMG chal-lenge). Last but not least, the beginnings of a myste-rious large model using, among other things, two powerful sucking fans. What can it be?

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VIEW FROM THE WEBMASTER

Our November shows not only end our year, but start a new one, and for the

2016 November show I was very positive that we would have a good amount

of visitors through the door as the weather for the day was forecast as poor,

and, as it turned out the weather did prove to be poor. In general my thinking

is that poor weather means folk want to do indoor things, but alas this was

not the case and the numbers through the door were, well, disappointing just

isn’t the word. At times like this I wonder if we are “flogging a dead horse”,

but on the plus side just about every table was taken up with exhibits, which

was a great effort by all that attended to do so.

The next event was our big one, Meccanuity. The loss of the steam shed

was a blow for me, but on reflection this was probably only an issue for three

or four folk, at least directly. However, it was yet another case of “double

booking”, which we have seen several times in the past, and which we would

see again.

Normally it’s a little awkward for me to gauge the success or failure, if latter

is the right word, of Meccanuity as when the steam shed is available 99% of

the time I’m over there and don’t get to see the goings on in the main hall

and the Gadgetdom Room. The non-availability of the steam room this year

meant that I was in the main hall on the TIMS desk with a few models includ-

ing Meccanoids. To me the Saturday was a little slow perhaps, at least until

the middle of the afternoon, but it picked up on the Sunday and the Monday

was a real surprise.

The Monday, being a Bank Holiday is always a bit of an unknown quantity

to my mind. Yes many people are not at work, but we are also competing

with other attractions, and when the weather is good the amount of these

attractions increases. The weather was good on the Monday, but the form

book went out of the window and the numbers of folk coming in to the main

hall were very pleasing indeed.

To be honest the numbers of folk interested in Meccanoid was such that for

the first time I flattened the battery in my larger one of the two, Frankie,

which is a first! I don’t think that either Frankie or myself have ever worked so

hard!

For the 2016 Blists Hill Victorian Town event I was unable to get time off

from work, but being on nights during that week meant I could attend on the

afternoon of the Friday set up day, and the afternoons of the Saturday and

Sunday of the actual event. There was a very helpful team on hand to set up

on the Friday, which meant that by the time I arrived most of what needed to

be done had already been completed. A great start and thank you very much

to all those helping out on the Friday, many of which continued to do so

throughout the weekend.

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The next day I arrived, a tad bleary eyed, to find a decent crowd of visitors

around the entrance to the goods shed, where our show is held, which gave

me a smile from ear to ear. This makes all the effort all the more worthwhile.

Alas that smile did not last long. As I fought through the crowds at the en-

trance I was gob smacked at the amount of tables with no exhibits on them,

which, if my memory serves me correctly, amounted to 56 feet of table space

not used. I had been told that although some exhibitors could only attend on

one day of the two day event, on the whole the event would have a full ca-

pacity of exhibitors, so perhaps, with this information already in my mind the

Moses parting the sea gap in exhibits was probably more felt than it would

have been if I had not been informed of the number of exhibitors. However,

the fact that it was us, TIMS, who had paid for the hire of the tables this year

was the main reason for my safety valve starting to lift!

As to why there were so many gaps, who knows, but we did have rather a

lot of fun creating, well, anything really, out of plastic/junior Meccano, just to

fill the gaps. The Sunday was a case of several of us bringing whatever we

could to display, on a just in case basis, to fill the gaps. We didn’t know who,

out of those not turning up on the Saturday, would not be turning up on the

Sunday either.

Turning up on the Sunday morning at 10:00hrs after finishing work at 05:30

meant I was even more bleary eyed than normal, but it was worth it. The day

proved to be an excellent one, and, if you take individual days at Meccano

shows separately, it was the busiest day, public footfall wise, that I’ve attend-

ed or displayed at. The reason for this? Well who knows, but the event was

held, for the first time, on the same weekend as the museum’s steam week-

end, the weather was good and there were some good offers on yearly ad-

mission passports to the all of the IGMT museums. I have suggested to

IGMT that our event being held during their steam weekend should be a reg-

ular fixture, but then I would say that (wink).

Autumn holidays meant I was unable to attend this year’s November show

and AGM, but I’ve been informed that it was a great success. This was all

the more pleasing to hear as yet again one of our events was marred by an-

other double booking fiasco. However, even though other locations were

considered, just in case, a solution was found by making use of the Gadget-

dom Room, which, if nothing else, meant far better lighting, and, it was

thought, better heating, the latter not being the case it seems though.

The double booking meant a lack of tables and chairs too, but fortunately

attending members came to the fore in supplying many of their own. Many

thanks for your extra efforts folks! The success of this show now means that

our smaller shows in February and November will be held in the Gadgetdom

Room as a matter of course, with our business meetings and AGM taking

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place in the glass classroom. This frees up the main hall for the museum

and, all being well, no more double bookings.

This TIMS year from November 2015 to November 2016 has been a chal-

lenging one on one “front”, but in reality this front has not just been for the

above year, but has gradually increased for much of the time I’ve been Web-

master and Vice Chairman. The “front” is the issues we’ve had with the

hosts, IGMT, of our events at Enginuity and Blists Hill Victorian Town, with at

least some of these issues being because of, or exaggerated because of a

lack of communication, which wasn’t for the want of trying on TIMS’s part.

Of course these events are generally a tad long winded, but the short story

is that we had a meeting with IGMT representatives in November and have

come to a clearer understanding on things in regards our events at their ven-

ues, which, so not as to repeat things from elsewhere in this issue of the

newsletter, means that for 2018 things are on a much more sound footing,

except for the Blists Hill Victorian Town weekend event, which, as I type this,

we are still waiting for details from IGMT.

Although IGMT is a charity, it is also a business. This was underlined to me

when we were told that “all of their events were under a detailed review”.

This I understand as to keep folk coming back to their events they do have to

look at changing some things to keep things fresh. I appreciate this, and I too

have the same sort of thoughts when I display at Meccano shows in that I

always try to be different at each show I do, at least in part. To my mind the

same models displayed time and time again is boring for not only those regu-

lar visitors to a show, but for those displaying too. However, there sometimes

just isn’t the time, or perhaps inspiration to change things, and I appreciate

some of the fantastic creations by some builders who come up with large or

complicated creations that deserve to be displayed more than once. Of

course it matters not to me directly in business terms if I decide to show the

same models time and time again, or change them for every event, but for

IGMT, or any other entertainment/educational business, it’s a different box of

fishplates.

Therefore we may have to consider, or at very least, keep in mind that one

day things may change with IGMT and we have to go elsewhere for our

events, and whilst there are negatives in this there are also positives, with,

along the way, some uncertainties no doubt. In the way of a positive from the

situation with IGMT that, if you like, culminated with the meeting with them

back in November, whilst we don’t have a concrete plan (let’s say it’s finger

tight) of what we should do, or attempt to do, should IGMT no longer want us

at their venues, we do have some thoughts, ideas and possibilities on how to

go forward, should it occur.

However, please remember that TIMS is the member’s society and your

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ideas and input are most welcome, so if you do have any ideas, thoughts, or

maybe even wish to take on one of the society roles, please come forward.

Through learned discourse we rise from amongst the plastic brick rubbish

and closer to that no.10 outfit!

Lastly, may I pass on my thanks to everyone who has been involved with

TIMS and this year's events, but a special thanks to all those who've help set

up and, just as important, pack away again.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Chris Instone.

MECCANUITY 2017

SETTING UP DAY: Friday 28th April 2017

Tables ready from 1100. No public

Please be prepared to give a hand with tables and covers if needed.

Exhibition Saturday 29th April—Monday 1st May

Please pre book your tables, particularly if you have a strong preference for locations, special requirements, etc. Parking is free for exhibitors. Non-TIMS members are most welcome, paying £1 per day for temporary membership.

Full members presently pay £12 per year, which provides them with public liability insurance while exhibiting at other events.

John Linder Memorial Shield: Given in memory of our founder, the Shield is awarded for excellence in various fields. For 2017, the Shield will be awarded for The Most Eye Catching Model. As always, it will be the votes of the exhibitors that decide.

Themed Project: Previously, modellers have taken Bridges, Fair-grounds, Time and Space, Land Rovers as a theme for a new model. For 2017 the theme will be Windmills. These have a variety, which could be for grinding flour, wind turbines or anything else on the subject that catches your imagination. These can be form a manual or otherwise, in many of its mani-festations.

MECCANUITY CHALLENGE 2017 THE MANY LEGS OF MECCANUITY RACE

1, Outline: Meccano walking/running machines race to the finish line

against each other pushing or towing a 2-wheeled cart/trailer loaded with a

full 330ml can of fizzy pop.

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2, Classes: Electric (Meccano electric motors only). Clockwork

(Meccano clockwork motors only).

3, Format: Competitors will race against each other across the lecture

theatre floor space (a distance of approx' 15 feet), in their chosen classes,

with the slowest being eliminated. Heats to be repeated until there are just

two participants left in that class, who will then compete in the final of that

class. How many participants per heat will depend on the number of partici-

pants on the day.

4, Carts/Trailers: Must have only two wheels and must be capable of

carrying a full 330ml can of fizzy pop (competitors to supply their own cans of

pop). If load falls off cart/trailer during a race that competitor is eliminated.

Carts/trailers can be towed or pushed.

5, Distance: The race distance is approx' 15 feet. If for any reason a

competitor's machine fails to travel the full distance to cross the finish line,

the winner will be the machine that has travelled the furthest distance. Con-

versely, the loser will be the machine that has travelled the least distance.

6, Motors: Only Meccano electric motors or Meccano clockwork motors

are allowed to be used.

7, Walking/Running: Your machine must walk or run, rotating wheels

with feet are not allowed. Legs must be lever operated. Trailer wheels must

not be powered/driven. Your machine's legs must be the only way it can trav-

erse the floor.

8, Remote Control: No form of remote/radio/bluetooth control of ma-

chines is allowed. Machines must, once they are set running in a race, be left

to their own devices, except for no. 9 below.

9, Hands off!: Once the race is underway participants are not allowed to

touch their machines, except in the event of an emergency on the grounds of

safety of other participants, TIMS members, museum staff or the general

public. For a few examples, if your machine veers off course, stops, or crash-

es into another competitor's machine during a race, tough!

10, Umpire: This year there will be an umpire, who's decision, based on

these rules, will be final.

11, Prizes: There will be a prize for the winner of each class, plus a prize for the junior winner in each class (under 16), if TIMS can afford prizes.

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CERTIFICATES

Since the beginning of the John Linder Memorial Shield and the Keith way Memorial Trophy, it has been a case of “Keep the Shield for a year and re-turn it”. The Committee decided for something that winners could keep on a permanent basis, so we have created certificates. At the November meeting we had the pleasure to award certificates to the present and past winners.

Congratulations to Bill Gardiner, Ken Senar, Colin Bull and Greg Worwood.

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2017

21st January NMMG, Oxton.

4th February TIMS Meeting at Enginuity, TF8 7DQ.

25th March Midlands Meccano Guild, Baginton.

8th April South Birmingham Meccano Club, Hall Green.

8th April Sheffield Meccano Guild.

28th April Set up models from 1130-1630 at Enginuity. No

public.

29th April - 1st May Meccanuity Exhibition.

Exhibitors access from 0900 at Enginuity, TF8 7DQ.

Public from 1000-1630 (normal admission charges apply).

Please reserve your tables and refreshments.

13th May NMMG, Oxton.

25th-27th May CAM Exhibition, Garges-les-Gonesse, Paris, France.

23rd-25th June Skegex

16th July Gaydon Motor Museum Exhibition.

29th July Midlands Meccano Guild, Special 50th Anniversary

Meeting, Baginton.

3rd September Henley Meccano Gathering, Henley-on-Thames

16th September NMMG AGM, Oxton.

21st October Sheffield Meccano Guild.

28th October South Birmingham Meccano Club, Hall Green.

4th November TIMS Meeting & AGM at Enginuity, TF8 7DQ.

Dates For Your Diary

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