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Haha, great! Couldn't have done it without Spiderman and friends! Are these all your designs?

That strange spring thing at 05:30 is interesting. Meccano made something like that - it was called a dynamometer and was briefly marketed in the early 1900s. It is mega rare and I have never seen one (search for 'meccano dynamometer') - it would be fab if you had stumbled across one of these. Don't chuck it, just in case. Either way, that was a great haul.

Excellent, three of my favourites. It was the 1967 model 3.10 that got me started with Meccano and fairground rides. Thanks for sharing 😊😁

Great models - Meccano is well suited to fairground subjects - Yes I think a ride on those planes would leave you feeling pretty rough!

Good to see another video from you!! Any models under construction at the moment?

Some models I made a few years back. Forgotten I had this footage. The spinning aeroplanes look like they could be dangerous.

What is the reference number for this set?

Hi there, sorry to bother you, I'm just hoping you can help me. I bought this for my hubby and it came with instructions for 3 of the models. We then had to download what we could from Meccano website. Unfortunately it only gave us from A to L, but none of the remaining cars. You wouldn't happen to have these instructions would you or would you be able to point us in the right direction to find them. I have contact Meccano but they won't help at all! Thnx

Code plz

Unable to locate this exact set for my grandson? Any websites would be helpful. Thanks!

The batteries can not be removed unless you destroy the entire thing

What I hate about the newer sets (2016 etc) is the percentage of parts that are plastic. I’m strong with the wrench and the amount of plastic pieces I have ended up splitting is unreal. Favourite one I’ve done is the red arrow as that kit had almost no plastic parts at all

It's not pointless! The flat trunnion has a point.......

Not bad! Not bad at all. I assume these are lasered? Max thickness?

Wish it was filmed in cinematic quality 4k60fps

Thanks so much. Only one question. How can I replace batteries?

Good to see you back. What ever happened to your mobile crane build? That step by step real time series was unlike anything else on CZcams and had me hooked.

I suspect the stray gears might do from a disassembled clockwork motor....

Exciting! The white Meccano looks cool, and you got plenty of more gears. Wonder what you'll do with the keyway/slot parts, and I'm also curious to know if those smaller gears are actual Meccano as you mention. The most fun I think here are those motors, which I had planed on ordering a few online this week myself actually.

Great to see you back, and thats a nice haul.

Check the jar of spring clips for oddly shapped ones that are the fixings for the tunnel gears. Thanks for the video.

Circular parts with two hole extensions are eccentric parts

The larger hooks were used with the Mogul crane

yes it was a good day at S.M G . the best meccano barging was the members truing up nice to meet you Baldy

the parts at about 11.54 are from dismantled eccentrics

Wow, amazing value

Meccano Elektrikit coils failed like this when new right out of the box. It is poor design, clamping wire ends under a rivet that has to take bolts through it. They can be fixed but they won't stay fixed.

My mother bought me this kit in 1963. Unfortunately, the quality of design and manufacturing was disgusting. For example, the round coils were defective from new - they had shorted turns, so their magnetic pull was weak, and models described in the manual using the round coils would not work. My father took the round coils back to the shop and got them exchanged, but the exchange parts were defective too. The square coils worked ok, for a while. As I recall, the wire ends of the coils was just placed under rivets in the plastic former to provide contact - designed-in failure. a local electrician that my father knew was able to drill out the rivets, pull out a bit of wire, and put new rivets in, which extended the coil life a bit. The kit included some nickel plated bolts to be used as contacts - they soon wore out, due to arcing removing the plating. The kit included a plastic commutator/sequencer thingy that also rapidly wore out. Some of the models described in the manual worked fairly well, most worked sort of, except anything using the round coils would not. I suggest that a big part of why it wasn't a market success was because the word got around between parents and kids that the quality was bad. Also, there was competition - a school friend a broadly similar kit by another manufacturer, and his kit was very good - both of us had endless fun with it.

Still more useful than just about anything a government does.

Thanks for the information. My personal favourite in Meccano was the Model Ford T in a 1969 edition of Meccano Magazine. I know it’s a long time ago but I never got round to building this as there was a shortage of info on it.

What type of wood are you using?

I had to come back and re-visit this one because I'm currently consolidating my Meccano room. Have you had a chance to play some tomb raider, or work on your crane? Haven't heard from you in a while.

Thanks man! Helped me and my son get connected. We greatly appreciate it.

4:25 Did you notice that the drive band began to slip?

A great channel. Whilst I've seen plenty of one-off Meccano parts which people have made from wood over the years, this is certainly the closest I have seen to a proper 'Meccano Set' made of wood - great job.

Great videos and very educational. I'm new to Meccano. I've just purchased a very sorry looking for itself vintage scratch built Meccano showman traction engine. It's actually radio controlled with vintage looking RC technology. There's no transmitter to test the model and the power source is RC batteries which look old built into the trailer. Any ideas where I can get the old girl serviced and tested? I'm Birmingham based. Keep posting your fabulous videos. Kind regards. Mark

Thanks mate, definitely won't be buying this. Very sad how the Meccano name has been degraded if this is any example of the product.

First one I've seen where you just hold the rollers in the place where the amount of bend is what you want. All the others including mine have a screw thread adjusting mechanism. Good idea! But mine doesn't have any loose angle brackets😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Purchase link please

Baldy. Glad I subscribed. You are a breath of fresh air on CZcams. So mush depressing stuff. You cheer me up with my favourite hobby, Meccano, and you are so skilful.

A few words. Brilliant. Crackers. Fabulous. Thoroughly. Enjoyable. Lovely. Well. Done.😃

Nice video! Each mechanism deserves its own video with an application .You can make a Meccano Mechanism video library / playlist!

Nice video. Good to you see you back in action!

That's a Nice Model ! Are there regular Meccano fairs in England?

That is a nice build.

Thanks to Matthew Shaw for letting me video his model. Great job Matthew.

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