Our annual promotional display at the Eltham Centre featured models from many of our members.

To say this project had been on my mind for quite some time would be an understatement, but it was as such before I finally decided to bring it to life at the start of 2025. The goal was to create a full-body Meccano armoured costume, beginning with a…

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

This is a difficult mechanism to make with Meccano because of the non-standard spacings and angles.

Based on an Express Dairy 6-wheel vehicle from a 1930s Southern Railway design.

I’ve built quite a few railway locomotives and rolling stock, so I tried something different this time. Meccano isn’t ideal for building buildings, which is probably why Hornby introduced Dinky Builder and bought Bayko. But it’s not impossible, hence my…

A broad gauge 2–2–2 steam locomotive used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway.

Planet was an early steam locomotive built in 1830 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It is seen here hauling a variety of goods wagons.

I originally built the backplate in yellow, forgetting that Elektrikit parts existed!

This model from a № 5 set manual is difficult to build, with the manual leaving some guesswork. It does hobble along with a PDU.

From a 1950s № 6 outfit manual.

Spot the Difference Why are there two of them? The two models may look pretty similar… but look closer and you may start to notice some pretty significant differences. One is built adhering strictly to the instruction manual that comes with the set.…

This Meccano model of a High-Speed Press (which is model 9.5 on a Special Model Leaflet) is based on equipment in common use in industry where it is employed to stamp repetition components from strip steel or tinplate. The metal strip is fed into the…

From a pre-war № 5 set manual.

A hand-operated model made with Eitech parts.

Made with Eitech parts, and powered by a geared motor.

Made with Eitech parts.

From the July 1958 issue of Meccano Magazine, but with modified movement for the trolley and hoist.

From the July 1957 issue of Meccano Magazine, but with added features: Ticket booth and barrier, extended steps, and a walkway to the upper station.

A Meccano replica of the Bachman G gauge model railway hand cart (Gandy Dancer).

A version of the ‘not pulling the chain’ (Chainy Walk) mechanism designed by Tim Martin and published in issue № 149 (September 2025) of Constructor Quarterly.

I have just completed my latest fairground model, the Hamster Wheel — the 85th model I’ve built since 1999. After so many creations, it becomes increasingly difficult to find new shapes and ideas that stand apart from the rest, but somehow I always…