Meccanosaurus
Built by Santiago Plicio in May 2025
Over Christmas 2023 just for a change I decided to build a small model of a dinosaur which I named Pliciosaurus. It had four legs, a long neck and tail and very sharp teeth.
In early 2025 it was displayed in a Spanish club in Portobello Road with two other models of mine. After been displayed for almost two months, I removed the models and decided to dismantle the dinosaur.
It was Saturday the 3rd of May 2025 when I started dismantling everything from the model, keeping only the head. I knew we were having a Meccano exhibition at Hollycombe shortly where I would display two models — a brand new one named The Crusader and my Buccaneer galleon. At that moment I started thinking, why not re-build this into something new or different to add to the display?
So it was midday when I started adding a new neck to this head, which followed with most of its new body, until all I needed was its long tail and the two supporting big legs. It was about 5pm when I could not have believed that the new creature was built and ready for the Sunday especial day.
One thing I forgot was to add two small arms, similar to those of the T. Rex; however I hope I will do that shortly.
I came up with the name Meccanosaurus, a brand new species, born and fully evolved in just one afternoon, but millions of years in the preparing.
Meccanosaurus: A flying monster, terror of the skies.