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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!
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Tag Archives: Philip Webb
Building Bridges
There’s something about bridges – it may be the sense of adventure they offer – a chance to see what is on the other side which would otherwise be unreachable. It may be the history they represent. Or it may … Continue reading
We have wings….
So the next project grows – one wing is now four and the model is much more recognisable. With a model fuselage PhotoShopped in to sit between the four wings the X-wing is now instantly recognisable. so now to the … Continue reading
Posted in Space
Tagged Meccano, Philip Webb, rocket, Spacecraft, Spaceship, Star Wars, x-wing
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In a shipyard, long, long ago ….
Sometimes it takes a while for a model to move from seed to bud to flower – this is something I have considered for many a long year and it is finally beginning to develop into something. This began as … Continue reading
Posted in Space
Tagged fighter, Meccano, Philip Webb, space, Spacecraft, Spaceship, Star Wars, x-wing
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Harley Davidson
Like Simon and Garfunkel, Morcambe and Wise, Laurel and Hardy, some names just go together and in their pairing evoke all sorts of memories. Mention Harley and Davidson in the same breath – and how could you not? – and … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, chopper, Davidson, hardtail, Harley, Meccano, motorbike, Philip Webb, springer, teardrop
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We have lift-off!
So, the latest model made it and was duly delivered to the organisers of the London Model Engineering Exhibition. There was that awkward moment when I wondered if I could actually get it out of the room where I’d assembled … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Palace, Enterprise, Meccano, Model Engineer, Philip Webb, rocket, Spacecraft, Spaceship, Star Trek
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An elite hotel room – in a crane!
Harlingen is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland on the Wadden Sea. An old town with a long history of fishing and shipping and a current population of 15,769, it received city … Continue reading
Posted in Cranes, North Midlands Meccano Guild
Tagged crane, dockside, Harlingen, hotel, level-luffing, Meccano, Philip Webb
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Motorbikes in Meccano
Motorbikes in Meccano.
Mercury Atlas
Posted in Space
Tagged Atlas, John Glenn, Magnificent Seven, Meccano, Mercury, Mercury Atlas, NASA, Philip Webb, Redstone, Revell, rocket, space program, Spacecraft
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