The Medusa Mk II Fairground Ride
Built by Santiago Plicio in February 2025
When I built The Medusa (with its dome-shaped structure) I was pleased with the rather unusual finished shape and due to a short time to built it I decided to make this model medium sized, not very elaborate, and big and heavy.
After it was displayed at the January 2025 SELMEC meeting and later at the Midhurst Modellers Exhibition I decided to give the model a new shape, rather bigger and with eight cars instead of the four in the original model.
I changed the base making it longer and also wider. The new dome shape supporting the eight arms and cars was looking nicer, and the four cars also were changed to eight new cars with longer arm, increasing the overall dimension of rotation to about 1m in diameter.
The front entrance was also lightly changed and the edge walls with braced girders and yellow strips enhanced the overall look of the new model.
The Medusa Mk II is more dangerous, faster and takes you much higher than before. Will it perhaps intimidate you to dare ride in it?