Winners of the Best In Show Display 2013
Tom Roberts and his son Jason were
awarded the Best In Show for their
wonderful display of working fairground, Mamods and Meccano.
Ellesmere Festival Committee Chairlady Pat McLaughlin presented the award to Tom and Jason, commending them on their exquisite scratch built working vintage farming equipment, constructed from recycled materials.
awarded the Best In Show for their
wonderful display of working fairground, Mamods and Meccano.
Ellesmere Festival Committee Chairlady Pat McLaughlin presented the award to Tom and Jason, commending them on their exquisite scratch built working vintage farming equipment, constructed from recycled materials.
Chris and Ian man the club layout "ELLESMERE".
Built in N Gauge, it is an accurate representation of the local station and yards from the years before the Beeching closures, using original track plans and old photographs of the prototype.
Photo from the local Oswestry & Border Counties Advertiser.
GEM member Ian shows Ellesmere's Mayor Alan Clarke the workings of the rear fiddle yard of the clubs layout "ELLESMERE".
Kevin, one of our associate members from Wrexham, demonstrates to onlookers his new masterpiece...a beautifully made scratch built working model of an Ifor Williams tipping trailer.
Using a cad system linked to a Roland desktop 3D plotter, the pieces were milled out of solid perspex pieces and assembled together. The mechanism uses standard Lego parts.
The piece was a project made for a demonstration at the Eisteddfod in Denbigh this year...you may have seen it being pulled by miniature tractors on Welsh TV News.
And yes, Kevin is the designer for Ifor Williams Trailers!
Using a cad system linked to a Roland desktop 3D plotter, the pieces were milled out of solid perspex pieces and assembled together. The mechanism uses standard Lego parts.
The piece was a project made for a demonstration at the Eisteddfod in Denbigh this year...you may have seen it being pulled by miniature tractors on Welsh TV News.
And yes, Kevin is the designer for Ifor Williams Trailers!