Sixteen burly Sussex mechanics have stripped off for the latest naked charity calendar.

All the work colleagues, aged between 18 and 55, were happy to go the full monty for the shoot.

Secretaries at the Eastnor engineering works in Pevensey, East Sussex, first suggested the idea as a joke and then began suggesting which men should be used for which months.

Managing director Les Partridge said the girls in the office were tired of seeing calendars with naked women on them and fancied seeing a few men instead.

Eventually the workshop lads decided to give the idea a go and at the same time raise some money for children's charities.

Mr Partridge, 51, said: "After a while the guys took on the idea and thought 'why not, let's do it'. It was a really good laugh.

"Some of the blokes thought they'd be a bit shy at first but they soon stripped off and were acting like supermodels.

"I volunteered but they said they didn't need a grizzly old bloke like me. I was on stand-by just in case someone dropped out.

"In the end I wasn't needed and they performed really well considering they'd never performed in front of a camera before.

"There's quite a variety of chaps there so there's something for all tastes."

Mr Partridge added: "Their wives and girlfriends thought the idea was great. Some even volunteered to rub baby oil on them."

The shots were all taken inside the works.

Mr Partridge said: "We wanted them to look as natural as possible, just like they do at work.

"Maybe our calendar will make engineers into sex gods just like firemen."