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Chances are the name Dennis Franklin means little to most CCB readers. However if, like me, you grew up in the 1960s and had an interest in model cars and/or model trains, then this gentleman, who recently died at the age of 89, is likely to have had a profound effect on you.

You see, Dennis was a highly skilled injection moulder who, from

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