This model is from a set with 446 parts and a battery-operated motor. The car has two opening doors and the motor has a switch to both move the car forward and backwards. A rather pretty model which works beautifully well.

In terms of size, this model is medium-sized at best when compared to some of my other models and maybe not too elaborated either, but the main concept is an exhilarating experience of being spun at extreme levels. It consists mainly of eight freely…

This model is a dome-shaped structure with just four arms. Using several curved strips in yellow and red, they are connected to the four freely-connected cars that swing with the increase in speed. The ride’s tower is firmly attached to a base built from…

This model is based on model 5.8 from the № 5 set of the 1962 series of manuals. It had a turntable ladder on a revolving base, and was hand-operated, with a simple extending ladder. There was no steering on this model.

A build of Super Model 18, from the late Geoff Wright’s book, built as per the instructions and working well. It has a simple bevel reversing drive to luff the jib via a screwed rod and hoist with a spring brake. A favourite of the builder.

This model is featured in Constructor Quarterly issue 135, and is by the French modeller Bernard Perrier. My version is very similar, but has changes to the traction unit twin rear axles, now in a bogie. The semi-trailer has changes as well — the twin…

This uses the cab unit from the articulated tipper lorry in the № 7/8 sets. The vehicle is modelled on a 1960s Ford Thames Trader chassis, modified to a short wheel-based tipper. The vehicle has a steering mechanism as in the № 7/8 model, and the cab is…

After displaying my latest model of a Ferris Wheel at the SELMEC Meccano Show on 2nd November 2024, I soon decided to give the model a new look, changing it’s name to ‘Evil Eye Mk II’. The complete diameter of the wheel made with 16 strips (part № 1)…

Our annual promotional display at the Eltham Centre featured models from many of our members.

Having constructed at least 14 different Ferris Wheel-based models in the past, I needed to come up with something different if I was to build yet another, and that was the thought I had on my mind when I chose to revisit them. The classic amusement park…