After a long illness I am back! To start things moving some good news, the Christchurch Meccano Club has started up a website: http://www.nzmeccano.com/
The index for the NZFMM Magazine has been updated. A taste of some of the recent articles will soon be added
A new section on Meccano Motors has been created.
See Doug Harris's posters as in the latest NZFMM Magazine:
Doug Harris Posters
The index for the NZFMM Magazine has been updated. A taste of some of the recent articles will soon be added
Here is a selection from the excellent October 2005 NZFMM Magazine:
The Falkirk Wheel
Getting the Power through a Ball Thrust Bearing
The Firm Changes Hands
Here is a selection from the excellent August 2005 NZFMM Magazine:
Geange Tractor.
Spanner.
Wes Dalefield - The Man.
Here is a selection from the excellent June 2005 NZFMM Magazine:
Atkinson Steam Wagon with Vertical Boiler.
Konkoly’s Nurse.
Meccano in West Africa
Here is a selection from the excellent April 2005 NZFMM Magazine:
The Parrot and Jigger.
GMM SML 5 Road Locomotive commentary by Simon Johnson.
You, Divorce and Meccano by Bruce Neilson.
Here is a selection from the excellent February 2005 NZFMM Magazine:
Single Deck Bus MW Modelplan 86 building commentary by Simon Johnson.
Meccano Crystal Radio Sets by John Ince
Doug Harris' signs, labels and posters in full colour.
After a long break because I was not well we are catching up with things. To start with here is a selection from the excellent December 2004 NZFMM Magazine:
(insert) reproduction of sale advertisement for Binn's Road Factory
Smallest Meccanograph (restricted parts) by Daryl Anderson.
Bates Steel Mule Tractor by Bruce Geange.Bates Steel Mule Tractor by Bruce Geange.
An Index for Constructor Quarterly issues 1-66 has been uploaded. By Bruce Neilson.
A start has been made on Pre WWII Meccano Sets and Outfits.
A page on the History of Meccano has been created by Wes Dalefield.
A sample is available from the August 2004 New Zealand Federation of Meccano Modellers Magazine:
Meccano – What’s in store for 2004 by Lloyd Spackman.
Wedding bells for Bryan Jones and Nancy Blake.
Caterpillar D315 diesel powered electricity Generator modelplan by Bruce Geange.
It is with much pleasure we can congratulate Don Blakeborough today on his Golden Spanner award.
Don has had a lifetime of involvement with Meccano, and is the author of the EMP, the Encyclopaedia of Meccano Parts.
He was the editor of the New Zealand Federation Magazine for many years after he started it as the Wellington Club Magazine back in the 1970's.
As well as a historian he is a talented builder in meccano and other metal systems.
Don is the NZFMM sole life member and a very worthy recipient of this award.
Don lives in Wanganui, New Zealand.
A sample from the June 2004 NZFMM Magazine is available:
Ducati 888 Super bike in 1/8th scale and Sprint car models by Donald Malcolm.
Face Shovel model described by Mike Stoodley.
The Meccanisms Ltd products Challenges for Convention 2005.
The location of the 2005 Auckland Exhibition has been added to the page.
Greg Rahn has provided some good images of a 1957 Set 10.
Wes Dalefield and Graham Jost have been at work and produced a page on B1 LNER Locomotives.
Early announcements for the 2005 Auckland Exhibition are now being made.
A sample from the April 2004 NZFMM Magazine is available:
Wind Master model by Neil Pluck.
March Madness at Motuoapa in pictures and text.
WW2 Jeep and 1935 SS Jaguar models by Rob Campbell in full colour.
Read about Steam Traction vehicles by Roger Keey. From the February 2004 NZFMM Magazine.
Read about the evolution of Meccanographs by John Ince From the February 2004 NZFMM Magazine.
Pete the Pedaller and Lazy Larry. A modelplan by Bob Prescott. Can you keep up with him? From the February 2004 NZFMM Magazine.
A correction has been made to the dimensions of the 10 set cabinet.
The Junior Prize Winners at the 2003 Hawera Exhibition are shown on the last page of the December 2003 NZFMM Magazine.
A well designed Mantel Clock with Briggs’ Escapement is described on pages 7, 8 & 9 of the December 2003 NZFMM Magazine.
The Ampworks MotorVator™ controller is described on page 20 of the December 2003 NZFMM Magazine.
Lloyd Spackman has produced Building Instructions for a Jeep in the December NZFMM Magazine.
It is with considerable sadness that we have to report the death of Jock Clouston. Here is an obituary written by Chris Morton.
An interesting site has been developed that shows Meccano catalog covers over the years.
All of the samples from the October edition of the NZFMM Magazine have been uploaded. Neil Carey's expanding ball plans have been explained. The very touching editorial by Bruce Neilson has been included. The colour images of the train layout made by the Wellington Club have been included. Finally John Ince's fantastic model of the Endeavour ship presented in Living Treasures can be seen.
Want to see the latest model put out by Meccano France? Click here.
A sample from the August 2003 NZFMM has been uploaded. You can get a look at Bruce Geange's magnificent Side Tipping Trailer, this model can be towed behind Bruce's Caterpillar Tractor from the June Magazine. A description of Don McClelland's Coaling Plant is available, the model can also be viewed in the Hawera Exhibition webpages. In March 2004 several meccanomen are going mad and going to Lake Taupo, read about it and join the fun. Bob Prescott has found another Oldie but a Goodie, read more about his Meccano Gyroscope. Finally a sad note, Andreas Konkoly has passed on. Read his obituary written by Bruce Neilson.
A sample from the June 2003 NZFMM has been uploaded. You can get a look at Bruce Geange's magnificent Caterpillar Diesel D8 Tractor. Some of Lloyd's Bits and Pieces have been enclosed as well as the June Wellington Meccano Club Meeting.
The index for the April issue of the NZFMM has been uploaded to this site. You can view Karl Benz and his 1894 Velo Automobile by Bob Prescott. Ka Steam Locomotive by Neil Pluck. Binns Road Swimming Lessons by Robert McKibbin. Just a sample from the NZFMM Magazine.
Have a look at a sample from the NZFMM Magazine. There is Bruce Geange's model of a Rotary Hoe from the front cover, an interesting example of a Marklin Steam Engine and some examples of Motorcycles built by John Ince.
See the first set of images from the 2003 Hawera Exhibition. Don Wilson's Flying Boat and more!
The thrill of the hunt! Read more about Chris Morton's hunt for a GRB from the NZFMM Magazine
.Where to buy Meccano? A new page has been added to the NZFMM site.
Like old International Harvester Tractors? Have a look at a fine model built by Bruce Geange. Just a sample from the NZFMM Magazine.
The 2003 Hawera Exhibition will be held on the 18th to 20th of April, Easter weekend. For accommodation, a map and programme details click on the link.
At long last we have managed to find a photograph of a 1964-1970 yellow-black-silver Number 10 Outfit. This has been included in the Early Meccano Sets & Outfits section.
You can get a taste of what is in the New Zealand Federation of Meccano Modellers Magazine on line at the Magazine webpage. The latest addition is an article on Transporter Bridges by John Ince.
A group of photos (courtesy of Jim Bobyn) from the CMAMAS display at the Toronto Hobby Show held last November. Have just been posted at their website, Enjoy!
A Happy New Year to you all. The Annual Melbourne Meccano Club Exhibition is now up on the web.
The index for the October NZFMM Magazine has been uploaded. There are three articles, for you read a sample of the Magazine:
American Rogers 4-4-0 Locomotive by Rob Campbell.
The Jeep and Trailer model plan by Bruce Geange.
Another jeep in the making by Rob Campbell.
A set of windmills constructed using Meccano and "Other Systems" by Don Redmond were displayed at the Hobby show in Toronto, November 2002. They make an interesting collection of different systems.
The Eli Whitney Museum has placed the book: Frank Hornby The Boy Who Made $1,000,000 With A Toy on a website.
For detail of the 2003 Hawera Exhibition follow the link.
Images from the Hobby Show in Toronto, Canada are available on line at their website.
An interesting German Meccano website, has now got many areas available in English. Well worth a visit.
The index for the August NZFMM Magazine has been uploaded. Included is an article by Bruce Geange on how to build an early 19th century Portable Engine. If you are the type that likes lots of photographs and a minimum of text this is one for you.
Samples of the April NZFMM have caught up with us. Have a look at three samples of the great information that is contained in the bimonthly magazine.
The annual gathering at Henley on Thames in the UK has produced the expected collection of inspiring models. Well worth a visit!
Two articles from the June issue of the NZFMM Magazine are available for people to read and get a "taste" of the Magazine. They are: Differential Analyser explained by William Irwin. - read how differential analysis can be done in Meccano! Crazy Driver – Problems solved when building this model by Bob Prescott. - the children will really love this one!
Three articles from the February issue of the NZFMM Magazine are available for people to read and get a "taste" of the Magazine. They are: The Mystery of the Sacramento Box by Viv Alexander. - an article for collectors. Memories of Binns Road by David Greening. - reflections of a former employee. Manawatu Wanganui Taranaki Meccano Club - an interesting account of a "model race".
Some further images of Skegness are available on Peter Finney's website.
The Midlands Meccano Guild, MMG have revised their website. If you have not been here in a while it is well worth a visit!
Some beautiful early photographs from the world's premier Meccano event, Skegness, are available on the ISM website. There is also a link on the page to John Thorpe's photographs of the event. Well worth having a look at.
The famous artist Chris Burden has been at it again! To see some images of his latest Meccano/Erector project, The Tyne River Bridge, click here.
Visit the NZFMM Magazine web page to see what is in the February edition. A sample of the articles will be added as soon as a magazine reaches the webmaster in the US.
A new section has been added to this website. Hornby Meccano crossover parts details the Meccano parts that were introduced before WWII to link Hornby Trains with the Meccano system.
Not exactly Meccano, but Bayko was made by Meccano Ltd. in the 1960s, and quite a few Meccano enthusiasts are also Bayko fans. An excellent new Bayko Web Ring has been created by Melvyn Wright, the creator of the Meccano Web Ring.
Interested in Meccano Models using Blue/Gold plates? Visit this obscure website with models built by three Frenchmen.
A new addition to Tips. Read Anthony King's ideas on brass cleaning.
Visit the NZFMM Magazine web page to see what is in the December edition. Links are provided to Paul Dale's meccano bibliography and a great miniature 0-4-0 locomotive built by him. There is also a Chair-o-plane built by Bruce Neilson.
Many new websites have been added to the Meccano Web Ring. See Timothy Edward's and Cyril Carrez's to name two. If you have not been to the Web Ring lately, it is well worth checking out the latest additions.
Piledriver Frame model building instructions by Bruce Geange have been added. This is an example of an article out of the October 2001 NZFMM Magazine.
Read about the Ikamatua Gold Dredge and Blake Huffam. This article is reproduced from page 11 of the October edition of the NZFMM Magazine. This model is regarded by the NZFMM webmaster to be one of the Greatest Meccano Models of the Twentieth Century
Meccano S.N. is releasing new Meccano Sets under the "Crazy Inventors" label. See more... Updated.
Again another world class Meccano exhibition! Visit the Melbourne Meccano Club's website and see many fine exhibits from the centenary exhibition held in October.
Some excellent images are available on the SCM&EC website of the Tronto Meccano exhibition. Click here, to see beam engines to concorde!
The October issue of the NZFMM Magazine is in the mail! The biggest issue yet, 32 pages.
See Wes Dalefield's model of a rotating base ferris wheel. This model was displayed at the October 2001 Melbourne Meccano Club's Exhibition.
Are you interested in MW Model Plan 133 of the Iron Duke by John Ince? You can view an article on this model reproduced from pages 4 and 5 of the NZFMM Magazine.
Do you love small models that appeal to children? Have a go at building this model of a Bagnall Tractor and Trailer, designed by Bruce Geange.
Paul Dale has kindly allowed this article on Meccano and Titan Block Setting Cranes to be stored on the NZFMM website. It is a collection of references about this classic model.
Paul Dale has constructed a magnificent plastic Meccano dinosaur can now be found which can be found on the Meccano Model Library at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/dms/meccano/dale/dinosaur/index.html
Doug Harris has set up a website that sells reproduction Meccano posters. They are of excellent quality. If interested click here.
An excellent set of photographs have been put up of the Skegness Exhibition on the ISM website.
Roland Jaggard has kindly provided some images of Binns Road Meccano parts that never left the model room to become standard Meccano parts.
Some beautiful early photographs from the world's premier Meccano event, Skegness, are available on John Thorpe's website. Well worth having a look at.
The June issue of the NZFMM Magazine is out! As a sample from the Magazine readers are invited to read Bob Prescott's article on "Samantha", Bob's improvement on the 1929 Foden Steam Tractor that was published in the March 1971 Meccano Magazine.
Another article has been added to Tips. It is a description of Boss Fitting.
Another article has been added to Tips. It is a description of chemical methods for removing paint for restoring Meccano Parts.
A new article has been added to Tips. It is a description of sandblasting techniques and how they can be used for restoring Meccano Parts.
T&T Childrenswear who have shops throughout NZ, are selling Plastic Meccano Junior Box numbers 5726 and 5820 for $19.99 each. MW Models price is approx NZ$50. Bruce Neilson bought 15 boxes and was able to bargain the price down to $16 each approx. The Manageress of the Palmerston North branch advised him that the T&T group had purchased all of the remainder of Plastic Meccano Junior from Mattel (NZ) Ltd.
Ever had problems oiling a hard to get at point in a model? Read Bob Prescott's solution, an extract from the NZFMM Magazine.
If you want to see some black and white images of production, punching strips, spraying... at the Binns Road factory follow this link. It is part of a commercial site that sells large prints. Click on Meccano at the bottom of the left frame.
Want to enter a Meccano Race? A new competition has been created. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, you can build a model, post it to one of the locations and a proxy will race it for you!
An early look at some images from the Wellington Convention can be seen on the International Society of Meccanomen Website.
The Outfit 10 range from 1945 to 1978 has been significantly revised. If you ever wanted to own one of these sets, have a look! You can start at any point or jump around using the index at the bottom of each page. I suggest you start at: 1945 to 1953
An Australian Yellow-backed spider and a Purple Mammoth have been added to Wes Dalefield's 'Kids Picks'.
A new Meccano Magazine model has been added to Wes Dalefield's collection. If you want to see a Meccano Water Drop Microscope, click here.
An early photograph and a description by Daryl Anderson of his prize winning model is available at: 2001 Wellington Exhibition
View the Charley Roth Memorial Trophy that was shown at the Melbourne Meccano Club and the 2001 Wellington Exhibition.
The Evening Post has published an interesting feature article in its online edition on the Wellington Exhibition.
The 2001 Wellington Exhibition has been and gone. From all accounts it was a great success. Daryl Anderson added a Roller Coaster to his Fairground set of models and walked away with First Prize in the Senior Competition, the Bruce Baxter Memorial Trophy, the Mattel (NZ) Ltd prize and the Webmaster's prize! Images are being shipped to the webmaster and soon will be up on display. It will be worth the wait.
Preparations are well underway for the 2001 Wellington Exhibition. If you can visit for a day it will be well worth it. A view of previous exhibitions: 1999 Auckland Exhibition 1997 Feilding Exhibition 1995 Christchurch Exhibition 1993 Auckland Exhibition will give you some idea of what to expect.
Have you ever had trouble removing a stuck grub screw? Bill Fitzgerald has got a good tip on how to remove them.
Paul Johnstone has placed an article he has written about the Meccano Crazy Inventors sets up on the Melbourne Meccano Club website.
See a steeplechaser built according to plans from the August 1968 Meccano Magazine. A hit with the kids!
The February NZFMM Magazine is out. There are instructions on how to build a Taranaki Oil Pump, or as it is commonly called, a 'Nodding Neddy' from Lloyd Spackman, an interesting historical collection of Meccano ships compiled by Lou Nichols and much more
Greg Ewing from Christchurch has constructed a Pamphlet Folding Machine for folding pamphlets to a size suitable for inserting into letterboxes.
It has been reported that production of metal parts has ceased in Calais, and residual stocks are nearly exhausted. MW Models, however, are resourcing, from elsewhere, replicas of the complete part range. We await with interest.
Easter 2001 and the 2001 Wellington Exhibition is coming soon. See the the Webmaster's Prize that will be awarded at the convention.
A new section on Tips has been added. The first tip is how to secure loose bosses, by Dave Taylor.
Kendrick Bisset has started a new website all about Meccano in the United States, mainly covering the period 1909 through 1940.
A 1963 Elektrikit set has been added to Early Meccano Sets & Outfits.
Nigel Pope's "Table Only" Meccanograph referred to below, has been added to the Meccano Model Library. If you want to build it have a look at the instructions.
Nigel Pope has added some interesting and novel models to his website. Meccanographs, Guinness can carrier, helicopter... take a look!
A Meccano Thrust Bearing design has been added to Miscellaneous Mechanisms.
For those of you with somewhat eclectic interests, there is a Web site of the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, California, USA, with information about Meccano and other construction systems. There are also some pictures of old Meccano (and other) sets and models.
Cabinets & Chests for Large Meccano Sets has had several corrections and additions. Also a Number 10 set from the 1970's Blue Yellow Zinc period has been added to Early Meccano Sets.
A new Meccano website constructed by Ian Evans has been added to the web. It has several interesting pages, especially gallery 3 on Blocksetting cranes.
Nikko Meccano have released three new sets, a helicopter, a ship and a dirigible airship. They can be seen at: http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/meccano/New_Meccano_juin_2001.html Courtesy of David Williams and Arup Dasgupta. See if you can spot the change in the Meccano Logo. There is now a little blue triangle in the N of Meccano.
If you are interested in Light Red Green Meccano, Melvyn Wright has started a section which will allow Meccano enthusiasts and collectors to buy, sell and swap Meccano items featured on his website.
A very interesting page on Spare Parts Packaging has been added to Melvyn Wright's site on Light Red Green Meccano. William Irwin of Auckland contributed the material.
View three versions of the 1929, 4-6-2 tank engine, on Alan Esplen's website. This is a gauge "0" model based closely on plans published in Meccano Magazine March 1929. Well worth the visit!
Happy Birthday to Meccano! One hundred years old today.
First patented on 9 January 1901 as Mechanics Made Easy. The name was later changed
to Simplified Mechanics until the name Meccano was coined in 1907. Origins of the
word are unknown, it has a Esperanto-like sound which was readily accepted. The rest
is history... The 2001 Wellington Exhibition is coming soon! You can now register.
The 1999 Auckland Exhibition is now uploaded. The webmaster has finished relocating to Australia and things are up and running again!
Melvyn Wright has been busy indeed! Explore around his beautifully illustrated site! An extensive history of the Red Green Period of Meccano has been expertly laid out for people to browse.
Neil Runham found http://www.bookshop.co.uk while browsing for Meccano books. Type Meccano at the search prompt. They are offering a 5% discount on the Meccano Super Models book. The NZFMM is in no way affiliated to this website.
Meccano SA set up a website before they went bankrupt. It's at http://www.meccano.com The child could do with a prescription of Ritalin IMHO and the site is riddled with errors... but they were trying... a pity they did not start three years or more ago.
John Thorpe has just put up the Skegex 2000 picture gallery, an event organised by the North Midlands Meccano Guild. Well worth visiting!
Wes Dalefield has added photographs of his latest helicopter fleet to his website.
The Johannesburg Meccano Hobbyists have an excellent website up at: http://members.dencity.com/jmh The universal joint animation on the home page is very impressive!
Wes Dalefield has placed his latest orrery model on his website.
David Williams has found a very large lot of old Meccano coming on sale in Chile. For details see:
http://eugeniozalazar.homestead.com/eugeniozalazar.html Beautiful stuff but not cheap! Saw bench, geared roller bearings, set L, set 10, aeroplanes, steam engines, etc.
The late John Watson's Fruit Machine has been brought back to the web, with kind help from Robert Thompson. Mechanisms such as this are now stored in a new section called Miscellaneous Mechanisms.
The section on Early Meccano Sets has been revised and several of Greg Rahn's sets have been added. This is a developing section of this website and should be of value to those who wish to restore or collect Meccano sets.
An excellent summary of the fortunes of Meccano can be found on the VAVO website. They are also promoting the idea of building a Meccano Model of the London Eye as a means of raising money for charity.
If you go to "The International Society of Meccanomen WebSite" at
http://users.actcom.co.il/~anthias/ and click on "Latest updates" then "06/07/2000 Pictures from Skegness, July 2000" you will see the excellent and fully comprehensive report on this years meeting at Skegness.
Quite a number of folk expressed disappointment that Nikko were not represented at the show .... still it's early days and there is always next year.
Meccano France after experiencing a period of trading difficulty has been purchased by the Japanese toy manufacturer Nikko. This comes as no surprise after the company's clumsy marketing in the US and refusal to use the internet to promote Meccano.
Wes Dalefield has added some new close-up photographs of the blue giant blocksetter crane to pages 3&4 of his website.
Discover the secrets of how Binns Road secured bosses on display models.
Hear a Meccano Bouteillophone!
Welcome to the NZFMM Website! The site is being changed as it is being transferred from Kansas. New indexes with thumbnail views have been added to the Exhibition pages. As previous topics have their hyperlinks changed, they will be added back to this site.
Photographs from the June 1999 meeting of the West London Meccano Society are now available at Chris Bourne's website as part of the Meccano Model Library.
Preliminary details for the 2001 Wellington NZFMM Convention.
St. Augustine Ripley's Believe it or Not Ferris Wheel has been added to the list of "Greatest Meccano Models of the 20th Century".
Dennis Caswell has set up a new website with many interesting Meccano models on it.
Ashok Banerjee has added new galleries, new parts and new models to his site.
In the last month Michael Adler has done a lot of work to the Meccano-on-line site. It is the best Meccano reference site at the moment. Among other things, he has added William Irwin's cross-referenced list of Konkoly's models to it.
Not gone yet! The 1978 Number 10 Set has been added to the Early Meccano Sets.
The Webmaster will be relocating to the United Kingdom on the 28th of April. It will probably be a couple of months before this site is active again. A lot of new material should be on hand by then!
At the top of the 1999 Auckland Exhibition webpage you will find 6 model images, taken at set up day by William Irwin. Further images will be added when material is sent to the Webmaster.
The Spanner Discussion Group is frequently mentioned on this website. If you wish to join follow the link above for details.
John Stark reported on the availability of Meccano Sets on Spanner:
Despite previous advice from the distributors of Meccano in NZ (i.e. Mattel), the Master Connection Series of sets is for sale here. I found the complete range at Toyworld (Riccarton Mall, Christchurch), and was told by the shop assistant that he thought they were obtained via the NZ agents. Prices were:
Cyber Cycle $39.99
Cyber Buggy $44.99
Roto Truck $49.99
Abyss Visitor $69.99
Survivor Car $99.99
6x4 Machine $129.99
Toyworld also have a loyalty voucher scheme which effectively gives you a discount of $10 for every $200 you spend - so you'd get $20 off if you bought the lot. These prices are a bit dearer than Australian and English prices, but there's no exchange rate risk, postage or costs for bank drafts etc. If you local Toyworld (or other Meccano outlet) does not have these sets in stock (as is the case here in Nelson), it may be worth asking them to order the sets for you.
Robin Lake described a motor dynamometer in the June 1992 Constructor Quarterly. See a version that students from Boston University made.
The NZFMM website is now on the newly created Meccano Web Ring! The logo found on the introductory page to this site now has the Meccano Web Ring's logo with its links. Meccano enthusiasts will find it much easier to tour sites, and to search for information they are looking for. This is a far more effective system than trying to maintain a list of links. Just click the Web Ring logo at the bottom of this page.
Easter will be here soon! The NZFMM meeting will be held at the Pakuranga Community Centre, see the 1999 Auckland Exhibition link for details. Doug Harris is doing a window display in the Pakuranga Public Library of Meccano Magazine cover art and Meccano literature through the years. The library is just across the road from the convention. There will also be a Hornby O gauge and Hornby Dublo display running at the convention.
Three extra pages have been added to Doug Harris's outstanding Fell Engine Meccano Model. Included are photographs of the original loco.
After several weeks work, several of Roland Jaggard's Meccano sets are at last on display in Early Meccano Sets. This is a developing section of this website and should be of value to those who wish to restore or collect Meccano sets.
Michael Adler has created an article on Meccano track mechanisms on his Meccano website.
Nigel Pope has just uploaded some excellent photos of a Meccanosaur, his variation of a popular model out of Constructor Quarterly.
The February issue of the NZFMM Magazine has been mailed out. It has an excellent description of a model snowcat built by Lloyd Spackman and all the details of the 1999 Auckland Exhibition.
Michael Adler has been busy on his Meccano site. Visit it and click on the link to latest updates, you will find an interesting article on pneumatics used in Meccano.
Jim Picton has posted a few scans of his motorized plate roller on his website.
Nick Brunning has finished his Super Model 32, the twin cylinder steam engine. It is well worth a visit.
In the October 1998 issue of the Southern California Meccano & Erector Club Newsletter, there was a magnificent article on 3 magnificent Meccano/Erector bridges that Chris Burden was constructing. These bridges are now on display at the Magazine Three Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
Two extra images have been added to the Heavy-duty Turntable, one of the spider and one of the turntable top.
The 1999 NZFMM Convention will be held in Auckland is year. The webmaster is awarding a special prize!
Links to other submarine sites have been added to the page on Don Wilson's submarine.
The NZFMM website has started a collection of pages on the Greatest Meccano Models of the Twentieth Century. More pages will be added as material comes to hand!
Ashok Banerjee from India, has just launched his website. It is well worth visiting to see the various models and the superb replica parts that he sells.
The Märklin Metall, a short history by Georg Eiermann webpage has just been updated. Georg has also created a column in the Excel file with the English part description and a column with the part number of the Meccano part.
When I was a boy I used to marvel at hay presses baling hay. How did those machines manage to tie knots? I still had trouble tying knots by hand! The December NZFMM Magazine has an article and diagrams by Douglas Muff of Geraldine describing how to build the packing and tying table.
A short history of Märklin Metall by Georg Eiermann. This article has now been added to the NZFMM site. The article was originally published on the Spanner Discussion Group. An illustration of current Märklin parts has been added.
Chris Bourne has just added pictures of Paolo Caravani's backhoe tracked excavator and model plans for Martin Kraska's Excavator to his site.
Paul Wright has made a quantum leap in webpage presentation with Pierre Marais's Lotus Esprit. Click on the carousel and enjoy!
With some sound engineering help from Ronnie Immelman of South Africa, Neil Carey's 'Challenger' now has a hoot!
Seasons Greeting to you all!
Wes Dalefield has added some Meccano Magazine Model Plans to his website.
Peter Finney in the UK is kindly hosting NZFMM member, John Stark's Arnfield Clock Models.
Link to The West London Meccano Society now added. This is part of Chris Bourne's site. Click on the link to the Photo Gallery, it is well worth a visit.
The first five pages of the 1995 Christchurch Exhibition have been completed.
Details of control box added to Wes Dalefield's Miniature Giant Walking Dragline.
Thunderbirds are Go!...Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire!...The Transvaal Meccano Guild have launched their website!
1993 Auckland Exhibition photographs have now all been uploaded. They are worth looking at!
Nick Brunning has just started a website showing his progress on building Super Model 32.
Visit Chris Bourne's excellent web site and view his instructions for building A Sopwith Camel
View Doug Harris's model of a Heavy-duty Turntable which makes a good replacement for the Geared Roller Bearing, part 167.
Early Meccano Sets John Evans has kindly supplied photographs of Red/Green Meccano Sets, 0a, 1a, 7a & 8a which show the layout of these sets.
Check out the ISM website. It has just been restructured.
For NZ spanners. Dick Smiths have just made a "scoop purchase" of evolution sets and are offering Evo2 for $49.95, Evo3 for $69.95, Evo4 for $79.95, Evo5 for $99.95 and Evo6 for $129.95 which is the cheapest I've seen. Regards Bob Prescott.
1993 Auckland Exhibition site is now under construction. You are welcome to view progress. Any comments would be appreciated.
Meccano Desktop Themes for Windows 95/98. Want a Wheel Disc as an icon for My Computer or a Flat Trunnion to represent your Recycle Bin? Have some fun and visit David William's download site.
Centennial Blocksetter Crane Set available from New Zealand agents Mattel. Orders must be in by 15 November
It is with sadness we announce the death of Lindsay Bond
Meccano ER15 Motor Alternative A link to the CMAMAS site and a product Norm LaCroix is selling. Well worth looking at!
The 1977 Cabinet has been added to the Large Meccano Set Cabinets & Chests page
MW Models now have a Website
See progress on Wes Dalefield's miniature Giant Walking Dragline
Individual photographs of each drawer added to the 1970's cabinet description courtesy of Melvyn Wright
The Meccano Super Model Set - link to the discussion site created by Melvyn Wright
Cabinets & Chests for Large Meccano Sets
Centennial Blocksetter Crane Set from Meccano S.A.
1997 Feilding Exhibition