Dutch Meccano Guild meeting in Ede Sept. 23rd, 2000

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Here are some impressions of the Dutch Meccano Guild meeting in Ede September 23rd, 2000. Of all pictures, a larger version is available if you click on them. I've also added some movies, coded with RealVideo. You will need the latest (free) version of the RealPlayer to view them. The movies are available in 20 kbits/s streams for 28k modems, 45 kbits/s streams for ISDN (and 57k modems, if you're lucky), and 80 kbits/s streams for double ISDN. If you have a slow Internet connection, but want to see the better quality movies, choose the 'download' option (instead of 'play'); the movie will first be downloaded to your computer and then be played.

All movies have been slowed down 2.5 times (except with 'vadertje tijd'), to keep enough detail of the movement!

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2 Trains

There were a few models of trains. I've included pictures of two of them. The train on the left is special in that it is driven bij shaft running alongside the train from front to back. This shaft itself is driven by the cilinders on the side of the boiler (in the middle of the picture).

Dutch windmill ('Waterwipmolen')

Leen van Ipenburg

No exposition in the Netherlands is complete without a model of a windmill... Well, I don't know, but at this meeting there was a model of a windmill driving a waterwheel. A nice touch was the inclusion of the 2 birds, and of the cattle at the side of the mill. I've added two movies, the first one shows the model from different angles, the second one only from the front, and it zooms in on the birds. Unfortunately, zooming is not the thing to do if you're using RealVideo, but I still like the second movie best...

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