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You Say “Meccanno”, I Say “Meccarno”

Written by Frank Paine in January 2010

Which one’s right? Francis Paine has discovered the definitive answer!

Models

4–4–0 Schools Class Locomotive and Tender
Bing Projector
Biplane
Blocksetting Crane
Car Chassis
Clothes Rail
Crane
Dealer’s Display Models
Differential Mechanism for Reciprocating Drives
Dockside Crane
Double-Decker Tram
Emmetts Meccano Train
Excavator
Fairground Chair-O-Planes
Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel
Gearless Differential Mechanism
Geodesic Sphere
H.M.S. Royal Sovereign Battleship
Helicopter
Horizontal Single-Cylinder Double-Acting Mill Engine
Mill Engine
Modern Tram
Mole
Motorcycle Engine
O Gauge Train
Philishave Razor
Racing Car
Racing Seaplane
Seaplane
Ship
Skeleton Clock
Steam Crane
Tent
The Eiffel Tower
Tower Bridge
Traction Engine
Wheel-Mounted Mobile Crane
Windmill
“1901: A Space Odyssey”
“Lend to Defend His Right to Be Free”
“Murder on the Orient Express”
“Rocket” Locomotive