Meccano Website

poliss · Meccano Website

I just love Meccano.
This website includes instructions for building a bending machine. I know someone wanted one for his roofs.

http://my-meccano.co.uk/index.html

Teleman

Thanks , digging out the Meccano box now , it's under the desk , somewhere , I might be some time salute

Even older tom

A 'must see' site for any Meccano enthusiasts - well found, Pol. You're a angel13

Ralph Laughton

Hi Guys,

Thank you for mentioning our website we have a lot of fun producing it. As well as Meccano we have a long association with model railways. In both 4mm scale and 009/Hoe. Having recently inherited a large collection of 00 we are thinking about building a GWR branch line - I know everybody does it but we haven’t - yet.

Back to the Meccano, we have just built a model of the Forth Bridge which we will be exhibiting at the TIMS (Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society) Exhibition in the old Coalbrookdale iron works, Ironbridge over the May bank holiday. There are some pictures of it on our website and it has a train on it - albeit rather over-scale, but that is the advantage of Meccano - you can get away with that sort of thing…

I am pleased I found your site and I will contribute from time to time. I’m off to answer a question I saw on one of your other listings concerning an ex colleague of mine, Chris Ellis. I was Art Editor on the very first issues of Model Trains and went on to edit it for a while, along with Airfix magazine, after Airfix went to the wall in the early ‘eighties… but that is another story.

Ralph.

poliss

Welcome aboard Ralph. Very glad to have you here. I just love Meccano and think your models are fantastic.

upnick

Hi Poliss/Ralph,

I like many remember the good old days of spending countless hours with Meccano ............ every birthday/xmas rushing to the local shop for the next X set to upgrade my collection .... the most memorable came with a razor tipped screwdriver

went through a few boxes of plaster with that one but hey it was good fun

poliss

Found another spiffing Meccano website chums.

Alan's Meccano pages.
http://www.btinternet.com/~a.esplen/mecc.htm

Love the big crane.

poliss

This Meccano website has scans of the Meccano Magazine from 1916 to 1981!! Not just the front covers either, but all the pages from what I've seen so far.

http://www.nzmeccano.com/

poliss

The March 1917 letters page of the Maccano Magazine makes interesting reading. The 'Nerd' factor was around even in those far off days with enthusiasts being thought of as 'kiddish'.

In the December 1918 edition the editor notes that the armistice has just been declared and all the staff have gone out for a p*** **, erm, celebration, with the editor swiftly to follow. occasion5

poliss

Meccano film 1931. The famous block crane makes an appearence.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11573

Ralph Laughton

Poliss,

What a great link - Thanks! I have not seen that piece of film before. The interesting bit is the Blackpool tower powered (lift goes up and down) by a vertical boiler steam engine. As they were only built for three years between 1929 and 1932 it was a current item at the time.

You can see one of the 1929 engines in steam HERE and HERE

poliss

Glad you liked it.

Here's another interesting film of a working loom.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=36910

Ralph Laughton

That's good too, thanks - young Stanley looked like he was having fun. If he is still with us he will be in his 80's now!

If you use the searh on that site ther are other films that have meccano content...

Thanks for pointing it out.

poliss

The German 'Meccano' film is misleading I think. The sets shown there are probably Trix.