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These pages bring together all sorts of notes and articles from my years with Meccano - I hope you may find something interesting among them! Some have appeared in one or more of our Club Magazines, while others are just passing comments, ideas, reactions and discoveries.
Here for once I am free from the constraints of page size, publication schedules and even mechanical correctness!
If you share this peculiar passion of ours, feel free to browse, and even comment if you wish.Blog Stats
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Monthly Archives: December 2021
Double Fly-boats
While I design most of my own models, sometimes I also been build “off-plan”. Occupying myself during lockdown, I was drawn to the impressive double “Big Wheel” fairground ride that featured in Geoff Wright’s wonderful Cavendish-series volume of old Meccano … Continue reading
Porthmadoc Heavy Lift Crane
Our late friend Phil Bradley was renowned for his models of cranes, among many other things. Such was his knowledge of them he was able to build great models sometimes from very little primary information. A case in point is … Continue reading
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