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Bits and pieces
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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Tag Archives: automotive
An Australian Kenworth Truck and Trailer
Now here is a model which has been a long time coming. Some bits of it like the design for the sleeper cab and the seats have been around for a while, and so has much of the running gear. … Continue reading
Posted in Trucks
Tagged automotive, Drake, Flickr, Kenworth, lorry, low loader, Meccano, sleeper bay, swing-wing, trailer, transportation, Truck
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A Truck Gear Box
There’s another truck on its way … A GMC (or a “Jimmy” in old trucker slang) since you ask. But you can’t keep building trucks without putting at least some of the transmission system in them! In addition to suspension, … Continue reading
Posted in Trucks, Workbench
Tagged 6-speed, automotive, gearbox, GMC, Mecccano, Transmission (mechanics)
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