This type of crawler tractor is used by the Royal Engineers Regiment. The model was designed by Bill Charleson and was described in the October 2015 issue of the Sheffield Meccano Guild Journal.

This model comes courtesy of Dick Watson of the North West Meccano Guild, and has been rebuilt by myself with modifications, as I do not have some of the parts he used in stock. The model is of Cartwright’s Straight Line Mechanism for converting the…

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

CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme) was a prefabricated, light-gauge steel building system introduced in 1957 as a system to rebuild schools in Nottinghamshire. British Rail used the system to rebuild stations in the 1960s and…

An experimental mechanism for use in a future Meccanograph.

A symbol of rush-hour rail travel!

The scale is 1:250 million — this is the third time I have entered a model for the Geoff Carter Cup that is remarkable because of its scale, and this time it won!

Two figures, one male, one female, dancing on a rotating plinth. The plinth is made with several gears. This model contains two parts that I have never previously used: Cone pulley Drive bands with Meccano cogs

This is a model of the ¼ ton, 4×4 Command Reconnaissance trucks used by the US Army in World War II.

Three ton and six ton versions of this vehicle were produced by Scammell between between 1948 and 1967 in red and cream livery for British Railways. Towards the end of their time in use the livery changed to Railfreight yellow. In the 1970s I worked at…

This model, which is under construction, is not based on any particular prototype, as I want to try out my own crazy ideas, and be free to borrow features from any prototype that catches my fancy. At last it has limit switches to shut off lift motors at…

This model has a few working levers which have been motorised. The box went out of service in 1982.

Work in progress.

Output always turns in the same direction. The differential either locks the cage, or the bevels. it is the most elegant of my one direction mechanisms.

This model was originally designed by Bernard Perrier and was the subject of a Modelplan in issue 89 of Constructor Quarterly. There is another version of this model by Chris Fry as well. The model is easy to construct, and it has a steering mechanism…

From the 1962 set 3 manual, but in 1970s colours. This is a very simple model to build of a typical, 1960s perhaps, sports car. Due its simplicity it has no steering or motor. It builds well straight from the manual.

Discover how to apply Ptolemy’s Theorem, which applies to quadrilaterals (shapes with four sides) that have all four corners lying on the same circle, to the building of a tapering tower with cross-bracing in your models with this guide by Richard Marsden.

This vertical steam engine is powered by a six-speed motor/gearbox, via a simple drive system. The model is modified from the one in the January 1946 issue of Meccano Magazine in that certain parts have been beefed up to make the model operate properly.…

Here are three models of miniature lorries built using mostly the 28mm tyres found in the Meccano system. They all share the same traction unit, shown in the first photo, which has six wheels — there is no steering or motor due to the size. Construction…

This is the BR totem, the BR double arrow, in Meccano. The totem is built using white parts as is the real thing, and is set on blue plates forming a background.

A switch that was intended for the racing obstacle game play/reset. It was not reliable and was replaced by two EU 1072 switches.

This is a frame to hang parts for spray painting — laying the pieces flat for spraying had problems. I came across it on the New Zealand Meccano website. It works well, and the writer has a couple of fascinating insights into Binns Road paint defects.…