This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.

This model is over 5’ tall; hence the scale is about 1:200. Although smaller than the Eiffel Tower in the set 10 instructions, my model has proportions and details that are more accurate. The model splits into three parts for ease of transportation.

Made from a conical disc, so is the correct colour, size and shape. To remember the thousands of brave men who died on D-Day.

The Waco CG-4A glider was used in several Allied WWII landings, including D-Day. Made from fabric-covered wood and metal, they could carry 13 troops or a small military vehicle such as a jeep or a light gun and its crew. Towed to altitude by a transport…

An American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack” United States Navy fighter aircraft program during World War II. Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox ‘all-wing’ design consisting of flat, somewhat…

Based on model 3.15 from the 1940–41 № 3 set originally in the blue/gold colour scheme. This model was built closely to the instructions, but now in a grey/cream livery for the D-Day Secretary’s Challenge.

A music box with no music, advancing on the marionette idea, and once again using my reversing mechanism. Six triangular plates pan out to reveal the marionette, which moves up and down and also twirls.

A shame I didn’t have any green plates.

This is a good kit and it goes together well.

A boiler for my beam engine with an opening fire box.

My take on Greg Clarke’s Tukan Kangaroo Harbour Crane featured in Constructor Quarterly, in a eclectic mix of colours! On returning to Meccano after a 42 year absence I decided to build this model for many reasons. It has several features worth…

With pull-back clockwork motor drive from a 2019 set.

From a 2019 set.

One of the models from the Super Highway Mutlikit. The manual does not show how the arm and bucket lock when lifted.

Compared to the very many fairground themed models I have made over the years, I have made relatively very few boats though I have always loved ships of all sizes. In 2012 I built a small ship which was followed soon after by The Voyager in 2013 and…

The Great Panjandrum, was a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden wheel designed by the British military during WWII. It was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including Hajile and the Hedgehog that, were developed by the Admiralty’s…

Les Chatfield describes his construction of a heavy-duty bearing, inspired by a Bert Love design, used to support heavy overhanging loads such as the arms of a fairground ride.