Magazine List

MAGAZINES

The Meccanoman's Newsmag

Final Issue

The Newsmag (AKA 'NMMG Newsletter', 'NMMG Newsmag', 'The Meccanoman's Newsmag' and 'The Meccano Newsmag'), has been one of the best-known of the internationally-read Meccano journals, in continuous publication since 1977, and is a great resource and archive of Meccano-related material and of the Meccano hobby itself.

In Newsmag No. 161 (August 2025, 40 pages A4, in colour):

Diary Dates, Obituaries - Marion Cotterill (Bob Thompson, Ken Ratcliff (Lesley Mitchell, Philip Webb (Rob Mitchell) and Mike Rhoades (Tim Gant), Skegex 2025 (Richard Payn), Supplementary Boxes Etc. (Tim Gant) Oxton January Model Report (Richard Payn), Building the Torque Amplifier (Rob Mitchell), Holo Clock by Dave Harvey, Oxton January Model Report (Richard Payn), Tim Gant's Lifting Shovel.

Issue 161 (August 2025) is the final one, the North Midlands Meccano Guild having closed down and merged with the Sheffield Meccano Guild in September 2025.

Ref: MN161 Price: £7.00 (postage extra; budget UK rate available).

Also available:

The Meccanoman's Newsmag Nos. 123-160

Ref: MN123, NM124, NM125, MN126, MN127, MN128, MN129 Price: £5.50 each

Ref: MN130, MN131, MN132, MN133, MN134 Price: £6.50 each

Ref: MN135, MN136, MN137, MN138, MN139, MN140, MN141, MN142, MN143, MN144, MN145, MN146, MN147, MN148 , MN149, MN150 , MN151, MN152, MN153, MN154, MN155, MN156, MN157, MN158, MN159, MN160 Price: £7.00

The Meccanoman's Newsmag Nos. 1-100 (CD)

Midlands Meccano Guild Bulletin

Original, 24-page A5 booklets containing club and exhibition news and articles about models and other Meccano subjects.


Ref: MMGB81 December 2020	Ref: MMGB82 April 2021	Ref: MMGB83 August 2021

Ref: MMGB84 December 2021	Ref: MMGB85 April 2022	Ref: MMGB86 August 2022
Price £3.00 each

Johnny's Meccano Magazine

Produced in Australia to a professional standard and available free online, this bi-monthly magazine is the liveliest and most up-to-date Meccano journal produced today and is now available in printed form, both as individual issues and 6-volume full-year collections.

In Issue 33 (April 2024):

◊ David Wells teaches up how to tumble brassware

◊ Model plan to build your on tumbler

◊ Model plan to build a mini Meccanograph

◊ And yet another model plan for a mini Meccanograph

◊ Build the Little Engine that Could - full model plan.

◊ This month's Meccanoboy - Lee Squires - Sydney

◊ The End. The timeline of the demise of Binns Road

◊ Another differential

April 2024 Issue (16 pages, all colour) Ref: JMM2304 Price £2.95

Johnny's Meccano Magazine (February 2019 - April 2024)

Individual issues; 16 pages, all colour.

Ref: JMM1902, JMM1904, JMM1906, JMM1908, JMM1910, JMM1912, JMM2002, JMM2004, JMM2006, JMM2008, JMM2010, JMM2012, JMM2202, JMM2204, JMM2206, JMM2208, JMM2210, JMM2212, JMM2302, JMMM2304, JMMM2306, JMMM2308, JMMM2310, JMMM2312, JMMM2402, JMMM2404

Price: £2.95 each.

Buy new issues by standing order, and get 10% off!

Full year collections (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, 6 issues in each)

Ref: JMMS2019, JMMS2020, JMMS2021, JMMS2022, JMMS2023 Price: £15.95 each.

The International Meccanoman on CD

Issues 1 to 49 complete.

Electronically indexed by Cover picture, Month, Date, Issue Number and Title with combined indexes on Subject, Keyword and Author. For PC or Macintosh.

Exclusive to ISM Members. Please quote ISM membership number when ordering.

Ref: IMCD1 Price: £12.00

(Price includes shipping worldwide)

The Meccanoman's Journal

The Meccanoman's Journal, edited by G. Maurice Morris and published by The Meccanoman's Club from 1965-75, was the first "adult" Meccano serial publication covering a wealth of material, nearly all being directly Meccano related - the usage of individual Meccano parts, model illustrations and descriptions, innovative suggestions for model builders, historic articles and more. Pages per issue varies from 28 to 43. The early numbers included a "Model of the Moment" series where moderately complex models were described.

Ref: MJ1 - MJ41 Price: £2.00 each.

Index to The Meccanoman's Journal

Ref: IMJ Price: £2.99

The Meccanoman's Journal is also available on CD. See The Meccanoman's Club on CD.

The Meccano Engineer on CD

All 12 issues of the (Junior) Meccano Engineer are now available on CD, with printable quality scanned images of every page, with electronic Author, Chronological, Subject, Keyword, Monthly Table and Cover picture indexes to articles and complete issues.

The CD also includes the SJME publications "Meccano Parts Handbook" and "Meccano Parts Checklist" in their entirety.

For PC or Macintosh. Ref: TME Price: £14.95

For more details see: The Meccano Engineer

Index to the Meccanoman's Newsmag

Issues 1 to 100

Indexed by Article Title and Author, and by Subject Classification.

Includes NMMG Newsletter (Issues 1 to 5), NMMG Newsmag (Issues 6 to 24), The Meccanoman's Newsmag (Issues 25 to 68) and The Meccano Newsmag (Issues 69 to 100).

Compiled by Bruce Neilson and Roger Thorpe.

Ref: MNInd1 72 pages Price: £6.95

Midlands Meccano Guild Gazette

Issues No. 13-16 and 18- 20

(September 1988 - April 1999)

The issues published in this period are still considered to be the finest and most professional Meccano club magazines ever, each containing several archive-quality articles and at least one full model plan.

Issues 1-16 and 20 Originals, Issues 16, 18 and 19 reprinted - Colour

(MMGG13 A5, MMGG14-MMGG20 A4)

- see also List (Classified).

Issue	Building Instructions Included	Price
MMGG13	Fairground Carousel (Keith Cameron)	£2.95
MMGG14	Crawler Mounted Crane	£2.85
MMGG14	Simple to build versatile Meccanograph	£2.85
MMGG15	L.M.S. Beyer Garratt Locomotive	£2.95
MMGG16	Lombard Log Hauler	£3.20
	Ten Pin Bowling Game
	Mini Differential Analyser
MMGG18	Fell 2-D-2 Diesel Mechanical Locomotive	£3.95
MMGG19	2 or 3 Pen Meccanograph	£3.95
MMGG20	One Armed Bandit	£3.95

Early Midlands Meccano Guild Gazette

(A5 Originals, black & white)

MMGG1	January 1978	£2.20
MMGG2	September 1978	£2.20
MMGG3	April 1979	£2.20
MMGG4	September 1979	£2.20
MMGG5	April 1980	£2.20
MMGG6	December 1980	£2.20
MMGG7	September 1982	£2.20
MMGG8	March 1983	£2.20
MMGG9	March 1984	£2.20
MMGG10	March 1986	£2.20
MMGG11	March 1987	£2.20
MMGG12	September 1987	£2.20
MMGG/Index	Index to MMGG Issues 1-11	£1.95
MMGG1-12	MMGG1 - MMGG12 (Complete set including index to Issues 1-11)	£19.95

Midlands Meccano Guild Bulletin

Issues No. 80 - 86

(August 2020 - August 2022)

Original, 24-page A5 booklets containing club and exhibition news and articles about models and other Meccano subjects.

MMGB80	August 2020	£3.00
MMGB81	December 2020	£3.00
MMGB82	April 2021	£3.00
MMGB83	August 2021	£3.00
MMGB84	December 2021	£3.00
MMGB85	April 2022	£3.00
MMGB86	August 2022	£3.00

West London Meccano Society Newsletter

Issues No. 82 - 122

(November 2006 - March 2024)

Back Numbers of the Newsletter of this premier UK Meccano society produced by editors Chris Bourne and Bob Palmer, containing a unique mixture of ephemera, archive-quality material and humour.

WLMS Newsletter

- See also List (Classified)

WLMS82	November 2006	£2.60
WLMS83	June 2007	£2.60
WLMS84	September 2007	£2.30
WLMS85	March 2008	£2.30
WLMS86	June 2008	£2.40
WLMS87	March 2009	£3.90
WLMS88	June 2009	£3.50
WLMS89	September 2010	£3.90
WLMS90	November 2010	£3.10
WLMS91	March 2011	£3.10
WLMS92	June 2011	£3.50
WLMS93	March 2012	£4.70
WLMS94	November 2012	£3.50
WLMS95	March 2013	£3.90
WLMS96	March 2014	£3.10
WLMS97	June 2014	£3.90
WLMS98	November 2014	£3.90
WLMS99	March 2015	£3.90
WLMS100	June 2015	£6.30
WLMS101	November 2015	£5.10
WLMS102	March 2016	£3.90
WLMS103	June 2016	£4.50
WLMS104	November 2016	£3.50
WLMS105	March 2017	£3.50
WLMS106	June 2017	£3.90
WLMS107	November 2017	£3.90
WLMS108	March 2018	£3.90
WLMS109	July 2018	£3.90
WLMS110	November 2018	£3.90
WLMS111	March 2019	£3.90
WLMS112	July 2019	£3.90
WLMS113	November 2019	£3.90
WLMS114	March 2020	£3.90
WLMS115	November 2020	£3.90
WLMS116	March 2021	£3.90
WLMS117	October 2021	£3.90
WLMS118	March 2022	£3.90
WLMS119	November 2022	£3.90
WLMS120	Summer 2023	£3.90
WLMS121	Christmas 2023	£3.90
WLMS122	March 2024	£2.90