The Hamster Wheel Mk II Fairground Ride
Built by Santiago Plicio in November 2025
The original version of this fairground model was built in August 2025 and was displayed several clubs over the following months, but in November I decided to give the model a facelift.
Firstly I removed the heavy rotating arm with both cars and the ball ring where the ball rotates around its main axle, but then added new larger rings making three rings in total instead of the original one. I also added some new struts for support, making the overall structure not only bigger but much more impressive.
To better enable the removing of this heavy moving part of the model from its axles, I moved forwards the main front entrance arches which gave me room for the disengaging, but that mission was quite a big job as the arches were fitted with many supporting struts and railings.
Those same arches were increased in size by adding extra four curved strips to them with similar embellishments.
The main entrance was also redesigned with an additional large flanged plate, some new strips and angle girders.
The two free moving cars were also changed and behind the two of them I added a rings part № 145 supported and bolted to the main rotating arm.
Finally a 20cm tall tower was built and fitted on top of the main twin towers behind, this tower engage free unbolted into four long pins so it can be easily removed as the main arm to be displayed at meetings.
This new version of the Hamster Wheel has made the model bigger, heavier and even feels slightly aggressive, but in terms of uniqueness, it feels up there among one of my very best models.