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ModelPlan 192

Philip Webb's

Building Site Tower Crane

Ref:  MP192   17 Pages   Price:  £8.90

ModelPlan 191

Peter Matthews'

Foden Steam Wagon

Ref:  MP191   32 Pages   Price:  £10.50

ModelPlan 190

Michael Adler's

Cape Town Crane

The prototype, the Cowans Sheldon 60-ton Dockside Electric Crane in Sturrock Dry Dock, Cape Town, South Africa, was installed in 1942 and is still in daily use, standing as an icon of British engineering.

The Meccano Model has been built from the original workshop plans.  At 1:12 scale, the overall construction and mechanisms closely follow the prototype in function, situation and appearance, and the model is built almost entirely in standard Liverpool-era Meccano parts.  Standing at over 6' tall from table to top of jib, it is of a class of traditional Meccano super-models that draw crowds at exhibitions.

Powered by four readily-available electric motors, the builder can add remote-control to suit himself.

The plan has 56 pages in total, with building instructions and over 50 colour photographs of the prototype and model, with separately-stapled IsoMec-diagram booklet and parts list.  It includes a CD containing the photographs in full resolution and a video of the model working.

Ref:  MP190    Price:  £17.60

Midlands Meccano Guild Gazette No. 21

This new issue, for March 2010 is a full-colour, glossy magazine-quality A4 booklet with 28 pages.

It includes feature-length articles on John Molden's Giant Wheel, the products of the Meccano company during its Golden Years, full building instructions for Mike Edkins' Four Wheel Tramcar Truck, Ken Wright's Beyer Peacock Garratt locomotive, "Rowland Emett and the Ballybunion" by John Bridger, Ken Senar's own Meccano history and model-building philosophy, Terry Allen's acclaimed Bugatti Type 53, and Terry Pettitt's Dinky Toy-inspired Bedford Tipper, with overviews of Meccano Scammell trucks and WW2 taxi-cab fire engines.

Ref:  MMGG21    Price:  £7.90

Special Offer:

MMGG Issues 13 - 21 (September 1988 - April 1999 and March 2010)

 Ref:  MMGG13-21  Price:  £19.95  (normal total price £35.75)

Meccano Centenary Stamps

Produced specially to commemorate the centenary of Meccano, these high-quality souvenir (54mm x 47mm, self-adhesive) stamps are a collector's item.

Ref:  MCS   Sheet of 20 stamps  Price: £1.95   10 sheets: £12.50

Centenary Meccano Set 00+

Manual and Archive, Two New Publications

Manual.   The Centenary Meccano Set 00+ is based on the 1928 Set 00 with the addition of some useful more modern parts.  It was devised by Peter Harwood to introduce today's children to Meccano.  The manual contains modernised instructions for building 33 classic and contemporary models, the simplest of which are suitable for children as young as 3.

Archive.  This contains a further 118 Set 00+ models invented by 42 'Spanner' Internet Newsgroup members for the 'Christmas Challenge 2008'. In imagination, artistry and sheer fun these models far excel any designed by Binns Road.

Both collections are available for free download via the ISM website.

They are also available from MW Mail Order as A4 printed publications and on CD, in full colour throughout.

Ref: CMS00+1    Centenary Set 00+ Manual

    (33 models and parts list)      Price:  £6.95

Ref: CMS00+2    Archive of 2008 Christmas Challenge 00+ Models

      (118 models, fully indexed)    Price:  £19.95

Ref: CMS00+CD

     Both publications on CD        Price:  £6.95

The Bradley Files is a collection of models built by one of England's leading modellers over three decades.  They are transcripts of the meticulous notes that Phil made of each of his own models and reproduce his extensive photographs in each case. They do not give full building instructions or parts lists but provide enough information for the experienced builder to create his own model.

Phil Bradley was an engineer by profession, and he took his skills into his hobby.  He was one of the outstanding Meccano modellers of his generation, developing his skills at a time when the adult club scene was almost non-existent.  One of its founder members, he became president of the Holy Trinity Meccano Club, and made it a point of honour to exhibit a new model at each twice-yearly meeting.

G Maurice Morris persuaded him to write up some of his early models – they became some of the first in the series of GMM series of modern Supermodels.  Phil was also a valued contributor to a number of the UK Meccano Club newsletters.  Both his models and his photographs had an individual style which made them as instantly recognisable as a signature.

The Bradley Files are edited by Philip Webb and published by the International Society of Meccanomen.

Volume 1 - Railway Vehicles

Ref: BF1   48 Pages   Price:  £8.40

Michael Adler's Clocks (Paperback)

Michael Adler's clocks are seen at every Meccano exhibition and represent the leading edge of Meccano horology.

Michael Adler has been building Meccano Clocks for over 20 years.  The inspiration for the clocks came during a visit to the Royal Observatory at the National Maritime Museum, where he saw John Harrison's first marine chronometer working, and wondered if it could be built in Meccano.   It was the start of a fascination with clock escapements which has remained with him ever since.  Seeing an interesting mechanism come to life has always been a challenge, one equalled in many ways by the pleasure of documenting it by description, photography and computer generated drawings.  The result will provide inspiration and enjoyment to the Meccano clock building enthusiast.

All 10 clock modelPlans are now available as a single publication, available in paperback or on CD, with photographs, building instructions,  background information, inserts and diagrams.

Ref: MACH    Price:  £32.95 + shipping  (Australia/New Zealand £10.50; Rest of World £6.50).

Also available on CD