When I was a young lad my Dad gave me his Meccano set. It was quite a good set, but those early sets were better for building bridges and cranes as they were mostly girders and non flexible plates.I wanted to build cars and trucks. Later I was given a more modern set as a gift. From then on I added to it from bits and pieces I bought at auction and in second-hand shops.Today I have a fairly substantial set, but somehow I still don't seem to have enough parts for some things I would like to build.
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| About 30 years ago I built this articulated truck with self-steering semi-trailer |
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| Here is a picture of the details of the self steer unit. |
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| About 10 years ago I built this B-train tanker with steering on the tractor. Unfortunately I did not have enough wheels to have duals on all axles or to have all the wheels matching. I have since rectified this and now have a large number of these 1" wheels with tyres. |
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| Here is a close-up of the tractor with wheels on full left lock. |
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| Last year while out of work I got the Meccano out one wet day and built this twin steer tractor based loosely on a Leyland Steer or AEC Mammoth Minor. It does not steer as I did not have enough bits to make twin steer in this scale. I now have 12 of the 2" wheels and would like to make this in larger scale one day. |
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| This is the inside of the cab with cloth seat covers and gear lever mounted on top of the engine cover. |
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| Rear view showing air and exhaust stacks, fuel tank, air tanks, spare wheel and susies. |
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| Tilt hood, steering, diffs, fifth wheel, saddle tanks, sleeper box, opening doors...................... |
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| A few years ago I went to a Meccano display in Upper Hutt. Although I am not really a fan of boats, this ship was impressive. Made in four parts and when fully assembled was about 5 metres long. |
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| The starboard side was open and showed details of all the decks. I don't think I would have enough spare time in my whole life, let alone enough Meccano, to build this. |
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