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- 11:37, 18 January 2025 Category:Hiram Maxim (hist | edit) [2,494 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sir Hiram Maxim''' (1840-1916) was a prolific US-born inventor who battled against Edison for the right to claim himself inventor of the lightbulb, and who, after he'd moved to England in his forties, is chiefly remembered for having invented the Maxim machine gun. Where most aircraft pioneers concentrated on trying to get airborne, Maxim's work was distinguished by a determination to keep the apparatus on the ground so that data could be collected efficiently, unde...") originally created as "Hiram Maxim"
- 18:12, 15 January 2025 Roadster Cabriolet model (Meccano 18202) (hist | edit) [8,427 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (+description)
- 17:27, 14 January 2025 Clarkes Art Shop (hist | edit) [1,080 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Clarkes - The Art Shop '''Clarkes of Sussex''' announced on 11th January 2025 that the last day of business for their Bond Street shop in Brighton would be the 8th February, but that they would be keeping the Lewes branch open. Clarkes opened in November 2000, and had become a local community landmark. They also stocked some modelling supplies. With Clarkes gone, alternative Brighton art/modelling paint and art-craft shops are '''Cass Art''' near the Town Hall (21...")
- 18:00, 10 January 2025 The Adventures of Paddington (hist | edit) [243 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Display|Arch=2|DisplayArea=15}} A collection of Paddington BaearPaddington bears, toys, books, and memorabilia. This is a temporary display, while we wait for the two end cabinets to be rebuilt. {{PaddingtonBear}} {{New|2024-01}}")
- 16:46, 27 December 2024 Category:Snow Dalek (hist | edit) [2,554 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "If it's snowy outside, then rather than make a ''snowman'', why not make a '''Snow Dalek'''? ==Starting== Once you have enough snow, the most tricky part of a Snow Dalek is marking out the base. If you want to be really technically correct, it's a fourteen-sided shape, seven panels to a side. The rear four panels make a slight curve, then there are two shape corners and a further three panels per side, making two slight curves, and then the last four panels, two per...") originally created as "Snow Dalek"
- 13:23, 21 December 2024 Category:Paddington Bear (hist | edit) [10,752 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Origin== The Paddington Bear character was created by Michael Bond for the children's book "A Bear Called Paddington" which appeared in 1958. In the books, the bear arrives at Paddington Railway Station, London after journeying from "Deepest, Darkest Peru". He is discovered with a sign around his neck that says "Please look after this Bear", and his adoptive family name him after the station. {{Teddybears}}") originally created as "Paddington Bear"
- 17:46, 30 November 2024 Category:Space probes (hist | edit) [50 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Planetary probes and deep space probes.") originally created as "Space probe"
- 12:44, 30 November 2024 Sea King Helicopter with Apollo capsule (Dinky Toys 724) (hist | edit) [3,788 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Pic=Sea_King_Helicopter,_Dinky_Toys_724_(DinkyCat_1971-07).jpg|Date1=1971}} {{Dinky|724||Type=Plane}} A boxed blue and white model motorised '''"Sea King" Helicopter''' with winch, and '''Apollo space capsule''', Dinky Toys model no. '''724'''. The model has a hatch in the side for fitting an AA-size battery, which powers the main rotor. The helicopter also has a thumbwheel-operated winch, and came with a floating plastic CM|Apollo space p...")
- 23:57, 24 November 2024 Apollo 12 "Lunar Landing" (Dragon 560387) (hist | edit) [918 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0}} A boxed '''Apollo 12 diorama, "Lunar Landing"''', made by '''Dragon''' (product ID '''560387'''). ==Contents== The set consists of the orbiting '''Command and Service Module (CSM)''', the '''Lunar Lander (LEM)''', the '''Surveyor 3 Lunar Probe''', Astronauts, an oval section of lunar landscape, and a chromed arm for suspending the CSM. ==Overview== Unfortunately, the Command Module (capsule) ''cannot'' be detached from the rest of the Command Service...")
- 17:45, 12 November 2024 Astra 1C satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,203 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Date1=1988|Donor=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1C''' satellite (the third '''Astra''' satellite and the third satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1B had a different design to 1A, and was purchased from a defunct "Direct Broadcasting System" company while still under construction, and launc...")
- 17:38, 12 November 2024 Astra 1B satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,620 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Date1=1988|Donor=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1B''' satellite (the second '''Astra''' satellite and the second satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1b was launched in December 1988, and allowed the existence of the new, expanded, four-channel '''Sky Television Network''' satellite TV servi...")
- 16:10, 12 November 2024 Astra 1A satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,689 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Donot=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1A''' satellite (the first Astra satellite and the first satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1a. the first of SES's "Astra" range of satellites, was launched in December 1988, and allowed the existence of the new, expanded, four-channel '''Sky Television Net...")
- 15:51, 29 October 2024 Category:James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (hist | edit) [8,774 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Commonly known as just "'''The James Bond Car'''", the gadget-packed '''Aston Martin DB5''' used in ''Goldfinger'' (1964) captured the public's imagination as a supremely pretty 1960s high-performance car that was equipped with everything the modern Sixties spy could ask for, from machine guns to an ejector seat. The real DB5 was produced between 1963 and 1965, with a little over a thousand made. It was rated as having a top speed of 145 mph, with a 0–60mph accel...") originally created as "James Bond Aston Martin"
- 14:52, 26 October 2024 Spacex (hist | edit) [1,980 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
