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Props - mechanical models

vido label

made for Lizard Studios for a pop video by Godley and Creme. It was made by a number of model makers - I did the letters V, I and D E + L. It was never used, for some reason, but it was fun to make and operate during the shoot


Thomas Swan

This was probably the tricky mechanism I've ever made. It was made to adorn a very hi-tech piece of equipement that made silicon
crystals for a company called Thomas Swann fro their trade show. The wings had to flap as it rotated but it could only be driven by
the one cog wheel plus it was tiny - the wing span measuring 65mm




For Bell Telephone, a printed ad. It didn't have to work, but look as though it could