The Magic of Meccano Show 2009

Models filmed by Adrian Ashford at the London Museum of Water and Steam (then known as Kew Bridge Steam Museum) exhibition on 18th - 19th April 2009.
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[@petermines]

What an eye opener. I still have an un opened no 6 set I got for Christmas when I was 15. I'm 55 now but I'll not part with it. Thanks for posting this fantastic clip.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Briliant, uplifting. I was particularly taken with the 8 legger Stentinel brewery lorry, as about four years ago I built a similar model, from a pre-war Meccano magazine. (The article was headed 'Modern Transport......") To say it was difficult to get working properly was an understatement - I hadn't the heart to dismantle it for a long time afterwards.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

I had a Meccano set when I was a kid...loved it... I wish I still had it now...

[@Biltospill]

that loader was just amazing,.. SOOO COOL

[@kerrymoulding8216]

I miss my meccano set of the 70's :(

[@G0IFI]

Isn't Meccano brilliant? How else could a young kid learn, from hands-on experience, engineering basics, the principles of levers, gears, motors and so on? I'm glad to see it's in the same league as train sets in that you're never too 'grown up' to tinker with it. That allows me to look for some. I had a whale of a time with the motorised set I got for Christmas in the 70s, but never advanced beyond simple things. These models are amazing.

[@thehoopsters5255]

We've only just started to play with meccano :)

[@calvinthedestroyer]

Thanks for sharing this video, very nice

[@gazzaboo8461]

As a kid, Meccano was the best. Lego was for losers, or girls as we called them. Meccano was the real deal. So was Hornby trains and Scalextric race cars and Airfix kits with Humbrol paints. Chemistry sets, junior microscope kit, make your own radio kits, paint by numbers, Action Man figures, leaky school fountain pens, pulling the arms and legs off your sisters dolls, cap Guns, and Thunderbirds on the telly. Man I miss those things.

[@srl6018]

All those things you mentioned were. . . BRILLIANT. Cap guns!!! A roll of 100 caps in a tiny cardboard cylinder from the corner shop for a penny! Someone please invent a time machine so I can go back to a real and happy life!

[@MrOldbrummie1]

its nice to see that there are still old style engineers about that can construct machines by using their brains and not being told to and how to by a computer.

[@leso204]

How i learned engineering & mechanics , retired fab/welder , engineer , maintenance fitter ...........

[@youtship]

Compared to Lego technic, Meccano is much more rigid and stable. Look at the excavator, it does not shake at all. I have a Lego 8043 excavator, which digs like shivering.

[@MeccanoHobbies]

Impresionantes modelos!!!!!

[@themechbuilder6171]

son increibles

[@theonemasterwarhero]

that black and gold traction engine is the best i want that to be a set u can buy anyone would love a model with that many moving parts......why cant meccano make that as a model to buy!!!!!!

[@LysergicCasserole95]

@LondonMeccanoClub Thanks

[@LondonMeccanoClub]

Yes, Erector is the US brand name for Meccano, and they both use 1/2" hole spacing.

[@ObiTrev]

Meccano makes the modern Erector Sets for the US, right? Are they the same parts or are they different gauges?

[@adric137]

magic

[@LysergicCasserole95]

where do people get these special plates and parts? the normal multi-model ones are crrap

[@pamdugas1435]

I just bought the Meccano MultiModels #9550 for my grandson. It's supposed to make 50 models, but the instruction manual only includes the instructions for 20 models. I went to the Meccano website to print the other 30, but it has the same manual that I have. I can see from the video that you are experts. Would you know how this problem could be solved?

[@LondonMeccanoClub]

◄◄ From the Archive Friday Adrian Ashford's video from the Kew Bridge Steam Museum's Magic of #Meccano Show in 2009...

[@LondonMeccanoClub]

@TechSmack Try the online Meccano dealers - the dealer at our club is Dave Taylor at meccanoman.co.uk

[@crorivpro]

Just make you want to start building stuff.

[@cousinsinarms7578]

2021

[@Daimo988]

@kimosabesun hmm seems my aim sucks so i apologize for hitting thumbs down haha, some of us however choose not to grow up, alot of us still have an 8 year old inside who plays with toys, thats what i love about kids, playing with all the toys again, trying not to hog it all though haha

[@hankosasuna]

its cosmic

[@gewizz2]

7.35...lol

[@allanegleston4931]

not your grandfathers meccano set.:):):):)

[@oldcargeezer]

These models are great. I had Meccano as a kid and I have just got back into it over thirty years later....it is never too late! Check out my first model on my youtube channel!

[@aa5new]

Sorry, these Meccano machines are completely boring. What i want to see is a dice generator built with a meccano, a shuffling automata who is mixing cards for the skat game and a chess board built with meccano. This is also an all-mechanical technology but has a different social purpose than shown in the video. The machine in the video are a bit too serious.

[@leso204]

Go and build yourself one if you dont like what you see' i doubt you have the technicle skills

[@spellbound111]

@aa5new. What you need is a Meccano machine that wipes your arse for you.