| Author | Message | ||
     my96disco (Trevorh) Member Username: Trevorh Post Number: 176 Registered: 02-2002 |
Just wondering if there are any other people on the board that are interested in Meccano? Anyone building anything interesting at the moment? As an aside, anyone on the board who is not into Meccano but who has some lying around the house that they want to get rid of, or know of somebody who does, give me a shout off board. TrevorH | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 2191 Registered: 02-2002 |
Man, haven't thought of meccano stuff in a looooong time. check this out http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/dms/meccano/newzealand/page3.html | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 622 Registered: 09-2002 |
that diff kicks ass! | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 2192 Registered: 02-2002 |
Yeah it sure does kick ass. I couldn't quite remember if meccano was a kind of smelly cheese or that old erector set stuff I used to play with (Trevor's post could've been talking about cheese, I guess) so I did a search and that diff was one of the things to come up. Very nice indeed. On a somewhat related topic, I made a killer space ship and transport vehicle complete with trailer the other night with my old space leggos that my...uh...daughter was playing with  | ||
| my96disco (Trevorh) Member Username: Trevorh Post Number: 177 Registered: 02-2002 |
Blue, Here is another interesting model http://users.actcom.co.il/meccano/synchromesh.html Not bad for a toy…… | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 625 Registered: 09-2002 |
Blue, my lifetime achievement was to blend LEGO with toy railroad. I stopped short of computerizing the goddamn thing... what's left is a gigantic 5" Dia clock from a 1978 Buick framed in LEGO bricks. Very nice piece, I should say! peter | ||
| Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 790 Registered: 08-2002 |
Man, that stuff brings back memories. I used to have a huge Meccano set when I was younger. Sad thing is, I can't remember what happened to it.  | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 601 Registered: 09-2002 |
I watch CSI last night and talk about Meccano. Way cool. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 260 Registered: 09-2002 |
But who knows how to pronounce Meccano? My Dad just got back into Meccano a few months ago (he's 82 this year). He goes to Meccano fairs in the UK and buys vast amounts of old Meccano. Keeps him occupied! | ||
| Rans (Rans) Senior Member Username: Rans Post Number: 474 Registered: 08-2002 |
I have 2 large Meccano sets that I haven't played with in a good while, but with your mention of it I got an idea about building a CDL control for my 1999 D2 using Mecanno..... | ||
| Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith) Senior Member Username: Kennith Post Number: 312 Registered: 05-2002 |
I think that's something they should bring back, I suppose video games are a younger generation's comic books, but with what will they hone their mechanical reasoning skills? Legos? I personally have never used Mecanno, but from what I've heard, we need something like it again. Cheers, Kennith | ||
| Rans (Rans) Senior Member Username: Rans Post Number: 482 Registered: 08-2002 |
You can still buy them Kennith, mostly in educational or high end toys stores like FAO Schwartz etc. |
