Work in progress. A tanker will be added later on.

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

Built from Eitech parts.

Gauge 1. Work in progress.

Gauge 1. Work in progress.

After finishing my models The Disc Cutter and The Spider’s Bite in 2026 I decided to add another new model to the collection. I built a base and a tower to support a tilting or swinging platform which holds the large rotating unit on top. This unit is an…

This new model was built after Furiosity. I took the decision of dismantle the wheel and change the model to something else or easier. So I dismantled the big rotation unit and also the tilting top unit leaving only the tower and base. I increased the…

On December 30 1952 a London double-decker bus famously ‘jumped’ a gap on Tower Bridge after the bridge’s bascules began rising while the vehicle was still crossing. The Incident The Route: Albert Gunter was driving the Route 78 bus from Shoreditch to…

From the 1970s № 7 set. I failed to make this when I was very young. It is still very taxing but is good when complete.

Model 4.12 from a 1970s № 7 set.

A robot cat which appeared as the main antagonist of the Tom and Jerry cartoon Push-Button Kitty. It is not the correct colour — it should be mainly red.

This is based on the landmark Penguin Pool at London Zoo designed by Georgian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin in 1934. It was replaced by a new pool in 2011. The penguin model is at least five times larger than it should be to match the same scale as…

Built with the only parts I had in a vaguely suitable colour! The legs, neck and tail are all articulated so the model can be posed.

As I am between models, and currently building a fairground carousel, I submit these three horses in the hope that the zoo will accept them!

Built from Eitech parts.

Built from Eitech parts.

A mobile crane with 5,200 tonne lift capacity (scaled!), based on the world’s largest land-based crane ‘Big Carl’, a Sarens SGC-250, which was used to build Brighton & Hove Albion’s American Express stadium.

From the Super Highway Multikit.

This model was inspired by a 3D jigsaw. If you’re not familiar with these, the pieces are backed with foam about 5mm thick rather than thin cardboard. The edges of each piece are cut in a regular square-tooth pattern, so the pieces can be pushed together…

Meet Gerald the giraffe. He’s looking confused. According to Wikipedia his species is endangered; numbers have dropped 40% in 30 years. However when he took a trip in south-east London recently, he saw four other giraffes. Mind you, he didn’t speak to…

This isn’t a Meccano model. It’s from the ‘Gift in a Tin’ range. Many of the parts look like direct copies of Meccano though. The nuts and bolts are M4, and regular readers might know I’m rather fond of these. My Grandson won one of these models at our…

Originally published in 1904, and built with Mechanics Made Easy/early Meccano parts.

This model was originally published in the December 1925 issue of Meccano Magazine, and then in 1930 as Super Model Leaflet 29 until 1937. Built with 1930s parts. It is driven by a single motor through several gearboxes.

A white 1942 American half-track truck powered by a 12V geared motor with all-wheel and track drive.

A 1942 American Willys Jeep powered by a 6V motor.

From the Coach House Partners Spitfire Metal Construction Set.

Brian Leach describes his weekend displaying Meccano models at a sci-fi, fantasy and cosplay convention, and getting into the spirit dressed as Godzilla!

Our interactive display of models built with Meccano and free hands-on Make It With Meccano workshop came to the Museum of Croydon over the spring 2026 half-term.

Our interactive display of models built with Meccano and free hands-on Make It With Meccano workshop came to the Museum of Croydon over the spring 2026 half-term.

In our club’s 50th year we take a look back at some old photos from our third decade from the club archive.

The sinking my fangs into the making of the new Spider’s Bite model started soon after the first SELMEC meeting of 2026 in January. I had saved the large round canopy component with eight arms from my 2025 Momentum model which otherwise was now totally…

Alan Wenbourne describes the creation of his auto-reversing Meccano version of the Bachmann G gauge railway hand car model.