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A large-scale model of The…
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Auckland
Date:
10-Dec-2024
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A large-scale model of The Flying Scotsman steam train by John Borrows, in superb detail complete with driver and guards. In glass case and on railway tracks. 165 x 30 x 37 cm. Provenance: Made by John Borrows, an Auckland engineer who was the brains behind Fisher & Paykel's revolutionary SmartDrive washing machine. Together with New Zealand inventor Sir Ray Avery, he helped to build affordable and durable 'Life Pod' incubators. 'I recognised straight away that he's a genius, he's not normal: he sees things in 3-D' said Sir Avery. In Mr Borrows' spare time he was a model maker.
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Unclassified