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1970s Meccano Set Videos on YouTube

Written by Brian Leach in September 2013

Brian Leach builds models from each of the 1970s set manuals.

Meccasaur Review

Written by Brian Leach in December 2017

Brian Leach reviews the Meccasaur not quite finding its way to your local store!

Pseudorandom Motion Mechanism

Written by Brian Leach in August 2018

This mechanism from Brian Leach continuously varies its speed, repeating its pseudorandom output pattern every five hours. This means that it could be used in, for example, a Meccanograph, a fish or something similar moving in a mobile, or fruit machine reels.

Racing Obstacle Game

Written by Brian Leach in March 2022

Avoid obstacles as you steer your accelerating car along a moving track in Brian Leach’s game of skill!

Event reports

Vintage Hornby Train Show 2015

Saturday 2 May 2015
Welling Methodist Church, Welling

Saint Mary’s Catholic Primary School Summer Fayre 2015

Saturday 13 June 2015
Saint Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Eltham

Heath Robinson Museum Meccano Workshop 2016

Tuesday 31 May 2016
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner

A Meccano workshop for children at the William Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner organised by Mike Gleen of the West London Meccano Society.

Eltham Park Festival 2017

Sunday 30 July 2017
Eltham Park South, Eltham

Royal Greenwich Get Together 2019

Saturday 29 June 2019
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich

Henwick Primary School Summer Fair 2019

Saturday 6 July 2019
Henwick Primary School, Eltham

Eltham Park Festival 2021

Sunday 29 August 2021
Eltham Park South, Eltham

This great community event organised by the Metropolitan Police featured lots of free and affordable family activities, including our Meccano display and Make It With Meccano workshop.

Welling 2023 Model Show and Open Day

Saturday 15 April 2023
Falconwood Community Centre, Falconwood

Welling Model Club were guest exhibitors at our Meccano Show in 2022, so we reciprocated, showing some of our Meccano models at their Model Show and Open Day! The main attraction was their members’ models of figures, aircraft, cars, military vehicles, vignettes, dioramas and more.

Foal Farm Country Festival 2024

Sunday 14 July 2024
Foal Farm Animal Rescue Centre, Biggin Hill

Foal Farm’s biggest fundraising event of the year included a dog show, arena shows with their animals, stalls, live music, food, drinks, inflatables, kids’ activities and more, including our Meccano display and Make It With Meccano workshop.

Models

1:3,125 Step Up Gearbox
2-Speed Automatic Gearbox
243:1 Gearbox
6-Speed and Reverse Gearbox
Aeroplane
Ames Window
Anemometer
Armchair
Astronaut
Automatic Belt Tensioning Mechanism
Automatic Crane Brake Mechanism
Automatic Gantry Crane
Automatic Gearbox
Automatic Lift Mechanism
Ballot Box
BBC Two ‘Toy Car’ Channel Ident
Bicycle
Bulldozer
Bulldozer
Camera Carousel
Car Ferry
Cargo Crane
Cargo Ship
Carriage Clock
Caster Steering Mechanism
Children’s Seesaw
Child’s Buggy
Christmas Tree
Clock
Clock Winding Mechanism
Clothes Airer
Coin Grabber
Comic Creepy Crawly
Compact 3-Speed and Reverse Gearbox
Compact One Direction Mechanism
Construction Crane with Grab
Counting Conveyor
Counting Machine
Crane
Crane
Crane Brake
Crazy Golf Hole
Cup Holder
Delivery Van or Bus
Derek the Dragon
Dice
Diesel Locomotive
Diesel Shunter
Diesel Shunter Locomotive
Double Pole, Double Throw Switch
Double-Decker Bus
Dragon Illusion
Dragster
Dragster
Drilling Machine
Drum Kit
Duck
Dudley Canal at the Black Country Living Museum
Electric Truck
Elektrikit Crane
Elevator
Epicyclic Gearbox
Executive Decision Maker
Experimental Random Drive Mechanism
Fan
Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel
Fire Escape
Fire Tender
Fire Truck
Five Digit Decimal Counter
Five-A-Side Table Football
Five-a-Side Table Football
Floater
Forklift Truck
Forklift Truck
Forklift Truck; Dockside Crane; Lathe
Fruit Machine
Gantry Crane
Go-Kart
Godrevy Lighthouse
Godzilla Bridge
Governor
Great Western Railway GWR Logo
H-Gate Gearbox
Heavy Duty Vehicle
Heavy Goods Lorry
Helicopter
Horizontal Rope Race Model
Hubble Space Telescope
Intermittent Drive
Jigsaw
Jumbo Crane
Kübelwagen
Lifting Shovel
Linen Winder
London Underground Map Section
Lullingstone Castle Gatehouse
Marine Engine
Marionette
Marionette Music Box
Meccanograph
Meccanograph
MeccanOlympics Magic Motor Race Vehicle
MeccanOlympics Ping Pong Put Machine
MeccanOlympics Push-Of-War Vehicle
MeccanOlympics Walking Model
Meccasaur
Mechagodzilla Head
Miyajima Gate
Monotower Crane
Motorbike
My House
Normandy American Cemetery
Nuclear Reactor
Nunhead Signal Box
O Gauge Class 33 Diesel Locomotive
One Direction Differential Mechanism
One Direction Mechanism
One Direction Mechanism
Owl
Penny-in-the-Slot Machine
Perpetual Motion Machine
Pinball Machine
Ping Pong Ball Roller
Ping-Pong Ball Racer Machine
Pirate Satellite TV Station KLA
Pooh Sticks Bridge
Pseudorandom Drive Mechanism
Pumpjack
Quayside Unloader
Racing Obstacle Game
Reggie Perrin’s Grot Shop Model
Reindeer Christmas Tree Decoration
Routemaster Bus
Rowers
Safe
Safe
Scales; Racing Car; Breakdown Truck
Scorpion
Self-Locking Lever Switch
Sewing Machine
Shooting Range
Side-Tipping Lorry
Snakes and Ladders
Snow Shoe
Snowflake
South-Seeking Chariot
Spectacles
Spiral Staircase Viewing Platform
Sports Car Gearbox
Spur Gear Differential
Stamping Mill
Star Christmas Tree Decoration
Steeplechaser
Stock Car
Strip and Plate Bender
Strip and Plate Bender (Version 2)
Subbuteo Table Football Game
Superman Logo
Swashplate
Swing Bridge
Synchronous Motor
Table Numbers
Table Setting
Tachometer
The Angel of the North
The Meccangaroo
The Time Tunnel
Threaded Gear Folly
Three-Legged Chair
Three-Speed and Reverse Gearbox
Thunderbird 4
Tower Bridge
Traction Engine
Transformer
Travelling Gantry Crane
Trebuchet
Tumbling Toy
Two Pole Relay Switch
Unite Stratford One
Variable Speed Differential Gearbox
Vibratory Motor
WALL-E
Warehouse and Lift
Weight Driven Tower
Wendy House
Windmill
Windmill
Windmill Generator
YouTube Channel Art
“2001: a Space Odyssey” Special Effect
“Belly” Fruit Machine