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2009 - GWR Rover Class Loco
This was GWR’s final development of the 4-2-2 locomotive with an eight-foot driving wheel, modelled here using the Meccano 6" Pulley, with standard spoked wheels elsewh...

Set 10 4-4-0 locomotive
Mostly the standard manual model except that I came across a set of painted and modified parts on Ebay designed to improve the driving wheels and smoke deflectors. The cu...

2002 - Union Pacific 4-12-2 Locomotive
Ralph Clark showed a 1:26.8 scale model of a Union Pacific 4-12-2 Locomotive with cylindrical tender supported on two 6 wheeled bogies.

Battery box in tender giving po...

GWR Rover Class Loco - Ralph Clark
This was GWR’s final development of the 4-2-2 locomotive with an eight-foot driving wheel, modelled here using the Meccano 6" Pulley, with standard spoked wheels elsewhere.

2001 - Union Pacific 4-12-2 Locomotive Chassis
The design dates from 1927 when there was a need for additional power and speed on high density routes.

Twelve coupled driving wheels would give the required extra tra...

1990 - 0-10-0 class G10 ex-Prussian State Railways
The 10 driving wheels were the black 3" pulleys complete with valve-gear and with the locomotive just raised above the track the valve-gear worked smoothly powered by a P...

1983 - 4-8-2 2-8-4 Garratt Locomotive,
Prototype was built by Beyer Peacock for the South African Railways and was brought into use in 1929.

Ralph had faithfully reproduced to 1:16 scale, the valve-gear and...

1993 & 1994 - 2-6-2 + 2-6-2 Garratt Locomotive
The model is built in three sections as per the prototype i.e. front and rear power unit plus the Girder Frame carrying the cab, boiler, firebox etc..

The wheel arrang...

1989 - American Wood-burning Locomotive
A PDU situated in the eight-wheeled tender took the drive through to the (Spoked) driving wheels. Imitation wood blocks in the tender added to the realism.

1983 - Stirling Single Driver
Alan Covel produced his first attempt at a locomotive, choosing a Stirling ‘Single Driver’ with coalfilled tender.

His loco travelled on 10 ft. of track supplied b...

4-4-0 School Class Locomotive
This is a 10 set model. It is not seen in India as Broad Gauge locos are usually with 6 or 8 driving wheels.

Marklin Engines at Skegness
Two Marklin Steam engines at Skegness - my own 4099 on its wheels as a steam tractor and Wilfried's 402 built up as the Road Locomotive using Marklin parts.

Midland Compound 4-4-0 Locomotive by Chris Reeve
The driving wheels are made from 6" Pulleys and Hub Discs staggered by 22½° to create 16 spokes. This was also seen on locos by Alf Reeve and prompted the introduction ...

Burrell Showman's Scenic Road Locomotive - Bob Ford
2nd prize winning model

Burrell Showman's Scenic Road Locomotive to 1.5" scale. 34" long, the model weighs in at 35 lbs. Front wheels are 5.5" diameter on 2.5"...

Catch Me Who Can - Keith Way
Trevithick type locomotive using blue/gold hatched plates for its boiler and utilising Spoked Wheels to good effect.

Four Sleeve Pieces formed the chimney and the mode...

Driving Wheel, Boiler & Firebox for GWR Star Class Locomotive - John Nuttall

Climax Geared Pole-Road Locomotive - David Hobson
"Climax" locos were built by the Climax Machinery Company, Corry, PA, U.S.A., starting in 1888.
The design featured bevel gears which drove both axles of each bogie ...

Iron Duke Locomotive - Ralph Clark
a splendid 3/4" scale GWR Broad Gauge locomotive, the Iron Duke, built 1847 and was complete with tender. The driving wheels were hub discs with the remaining wheels bein...

Agenoria locomotive - John Brown
To a 1/8th scale and finished in red and silver.

This was a twin 'grasshopper` beam engine, so called because the beams pivoted at the front and gave a very curious gr...

GWR 0-4-2 Tank Locomotive - John Evans
John showed his with a 7 1/4” gauge GWR 0-4-2 Tank Locomotive, scale of 1:8.

The driving and coupled wheels were the 7 1/2” circular strips and the trailing wheels...

LMS 2-6-4 Stanier tank Locomotive (rear view) - Bob Ford
This has a tapered boiler, built to a scale of 1:20.
Due to the scale there was insufficient space to fit working brakes, reversing gears etc., but they are fitted ...

Prototype 2-2-2
James Holden's Locomotive for the Great Eastern Railway. Just to prove that there was such a wheel configuration as 2-2-2!

Modern Meccano O gauge locomotive 0-6-0
This is my version of the famous Jinty LMS 3F Fowler 0-6-0T shunting locomotive using modern meccano parts, for O gauge track. As modern sets do not have larger flanged w...

A Baltic 4-6-4 locomotive from Modern meccano
This is a 4-6-4 model loco using modern meccano parts. I have made the flanged driving wheels using a combination of the plastic 57 tooth gear and the plastic 57 tooth co...

Meccano Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive O gauge
The saddle tank Darjeeling Himalyan train has a cult following with its fans all over the world. This is my version of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive made fr...

American 4-4-0 Wood-burning Locomotive (FNS) - Ralph Clark
This was a 1:12 scale model of an American 4-4-0 wood-burning locomotive built in 1858 for the 6ft gauge Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

The drivin...

Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive for O gauge
I have built a Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive for O gauge based on the very popular model in the 1935 L set instructions using the 1a clockwork motor to directly driv...

Meccano Crocodile Locomotive for O gauge
This is my version of the Crocodile locomotive powered by modern meccano 6 volt motors for O gauge. This is based on a locomotive named after Sir Leslie Wilson, th...

Meccano Erector Hudson Locomotive for G gauge
Some years ago I had made the Meccano Erector Hudson locomotive but could not run it on a G gauge track. I recently took it out again and removed the glitches and was ab...

Shay Articulated Locomotive - Greg Worwood
The Meccano model has been constructed to a scale of 1:9.36 (approx 1/100), the scale being determined by the diameter of the Meccano wheels.

The model engineering plan...

Märklin locomotive 4-6-4 dampflokomotiv for G gauge spur 1
This is a model of a 4-6-4 locomotive for G gauge using Märklin parts. The Märklin 67 (2.5 inches) driving wheels do not have flanges unlike as in Meccano, so I wondere...

1930 7.19
Meccano Ltd must have been desperate for models in 1930 because it seems that they also included a second 4-2-2 Locomotive in the same Outfit 7 Manual! Although 7.19 uses...

Drawing
This locomotive, nicknamed the ‘Spinner’, was designed by Samuel W Johnson for the Midland Railway, late in the 19th century. I was fortunate in having good reference...

Driving Wheel
Being just a ‘median’ Meccano builder, I was inspired by Brian’s model to tackle this locomotive mainly because it has no visible, complicated valve gear to cope wi...

1930 7.4
Brian’s was based the early 4-2-2 locomotive which I believe first appeared in the 1926 Outfit 7 Manual. This illustration is model 7.4 from 1930. The driving wheel is ...

2-2-2 Locomotive - Stan Knight
The boiler is made from two 5 x 11-hole and one 3 x 11-hole Flex Plates rolled lengthways. The Bush Wheel and Axle Rods (joined with a Rod Connector) help to hold the boi...

Meccano locomotive 4 4 0 for G gauge
For last some months I have been working on a downsized version of the famous supermodel from no.10 set, the 4 4 0 locomotive modified to run on G gauge track.The orig...

Meccano Midland 4-2-2 locomotive for O gauge from No. 6 set
This is my version of the Midland 4-2-2 locomotive described in the 1935 F to L Manual to run on O gauge track, but using only the parts that would have been available i...

Meccano Diesel Shunting locomotive to test wall mounted G gauge track
I have been trying to make a wall mounted G gauge track in my room. This is using aluminium curtain channels for the straights and regular curved track pieces. My previ...

Meccano Stephenson Rocket locomotive for O gauge from No. 6 set parts
This is a Meccano model of the Stephenson Rocket locomotive made from parts that would have been available in a No. 6 set of 1947, for use on an O gauge track powered by ...

Wrong Wheels
…and this shows that the model’s trailing and tender wheels are far too small (they should be nearer to 2 inches in diameter to be in scale with the 3½ inch Driving ...

Other Disappointments
If you follow the Manual instructions, the Driving Wheels are set a lot wider than its trailing wheels so, even if you wanted to, there is no way to run the locomotive on...

Battery Box
For convenience I tucked the battery box behind the boiler, though it could be connected, via a longer lead, separate from the locomotive. The lightweight plastic driving...

Marks & Spencer's
Apparently, these Sets were originally produced exclusively for Marks & Spencer’s in 2008. Although it includes two custom-made, spoked Driving Wheels, quite a few Narr...

Meccano Thomas the Tank locomotive for G gauge
This is my version of Thomas the Tank locomotive using modern meccano parts to run on my wall mounted G gauge track (still under construction). This uses the 6 volt ba...

Meccano Thomas the Tank locomotive for G gauge
This is my version of Thomas the Tank locomotive using modern meccano parts to run on my wall mounted G gauge track (still under construction). This uses the 6 volt b...

Meccano shunting locomotive for O gauge
I have recently made a model of an electric shunting locomotive for O gauge. This is powered by a postwar No. 1 clockwork motor that directly drives the wheels. These w...

Märklin Metallbaukasten BR 50 10003 locomotive for G gauge dampflok spur 1
This is my version of the Märklin Metallbaukasten BR 50 10003 locomotive with tender, which I have downsized and modified to run on G gauge track. This is roughly abou...

Meccano Janus Diesel Shunting Locomotive 0 6 0 for O gauge
I have recently made a Meccano model of the famous 0 6 0 Janus Diesel shunting locomotive for use on my wall mounted O gauge track. This is powered by a battery oper...

Meccano Diesel Shunting locomotive WDS4 for G gauge
This is my model of a diesel shunting locomotive, WDS4, used by Indian Railways. I think there are many versions of the same but surprisingly I could not get any specific...

Meccano electric locomotive 4 4 4 for O gauge from 1934 F to L manual
This is a modified version of the K 21 electric locomotive from 1934 F to L manual for O gauge track. I have made the wheelbase bigger and mounted the 6 volt E6 meccano m...

Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive using E 20 motor for G gauge
Some years ago I had made the iconic Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive(it is shown in my gallery also here) that was described in the pre war No. 10 or L sets ( or No. 7...

Meccano electric locomotive for O gauge from 1924 no. 6 manual with a Pullman Coach
This is my model of an O guage electric loco from a no. 6 manual of 1924 pulling a Pullman coach based on a model from a 1928 no. 5 manual. I had to lessen the height of ...

Meccano locomotive Ferris hamster wheel
This is a Meccano locomotive Ferris hamster wheel in which I have put a flexible O gauge track and a locomotive runs the big wheel. I was inspired by Georg Eiermann w...

Electrifying a Hornby clockwork locomotive O gauge with a meccano motor
This is a Hornby locomotive using a modern Meccano 6 volt motor driving a worm gear that drives a 60 tooth gear that in turn drives a 25 tooth (fixed at an angle) pi...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Metropolitan locomotive dampflok 4 4 4 for O gauge
This is my model of the Metropolitan 4 4 4 locomotive made from Märklin parts for use on O gauge. The Märklin system does not have 2.5 inch flanged wheels, so I am ...

Meccano locomotive MTR1 0 4 2T Baroda House for O gauge
I have just made a meccano model of MTR1 locomotive which is kept outside Baroda House, the Northern Railway headquarters in New Delhi for O gauge made from parts that ...

Meccano locomotive MTR1 0-4-2T for O gauge from No. 2 Set plus 11 parts
Bob T had suggested I modify the model of MTR1 locomotive I had made from a number 6 set to enter the Christmas challenge 2017 which requires using parts from a number 2 ...

Märklin E-Lok Series RE 446 Metallbaukasten SOB for G GAUGE Spur 1
Märklin produced an HO gauge locomotive, based on one with Swiss Railways, that looks as if it is made of Märklin parts but actually they are printed on the body. I t...

1962-1969 Meccano 5 Model 07 Dockyard locomotive a.jpg
The main chasis, showing that I mostly used Metallus parts. IMHO, the pulleys (Metallus 4000-63) look far more realistic than the wheels N°187.

1962-1969 Meccano 5 Model 07 Dockyard locomotive d.jpg
The wheels must be geared among themselves, since the connecting rods have too much slackness to get a synchronized turn. The central axle drives a pinion N° 26 and is o...

Meccano Erector Hudson adapted for O gauge
I have been wanting to adapt the 0507 Meccano Erector Hudson for O gauge(the original G gauge version is also shown in my gallery here)for some time now, but it seemed a...

Latest progress with 4-8-4 Locomotive - John Fuller
Photo from MMG Archives

John Fuller showed the latest progress on his freelance 4-8-4 loco.

This magnificent creation is based on N. American and British Colonial p...

Meccano locomotive tender and wagon adapted for O gauge from No. 9 set manual
This is a Meccano locomotive with tender and a wagon adapted from a 1961 No. 9 manual to run on O gauge and only using parts that would have been available in that set. T...

Meccano locomotive from 1962 No.6 manual modified for O gauge
For some time I have been trying to make locomotives from Meccano manuals and modifying them to run on O gauge. This is my version of the 6.14 model from No. 6 set of ...

Meccano Electric Locomotive from 1945 No. 5 Manual modified for O gauge
This is modified Meccano model of an Electric Locomotive 5.12 from a 1945 No. 5 set, so that it can run on O gauge track. It is powered with an E20R electric motor that d...

Meccano Fairlee Double Boiler Locomotive Real Steam For G Gauge
I have made a Meccano Fairlee style locomotive for G Gauge that has two Mamod real steam engines. The wheels of the engines have not been synchronised and both engines ru...

Meccano Locomotive with Two Wagons From No.6 set Modified for O gauge.
This is my version of the Meccano battery locomotive with two wagons model 6.24 from a No. 6 set 1941 manual modified to run on O gauge and powered by a clockwork magic m...

Meccano Locomotive and two wagons from No. 6 set modified for O Gauge now with a No. 1 Clockwork Motor
This is the model no. 6.24 Battery locomotive and two wagons from a No. 6 set manual of 1941. I had built this using a magic motor but decided to substitute it with the t...

Locomotive 7.1 built by Chris Fearnley
I've changed all the wheels, so that the loco actually runs on 'G Gauge' track.

Video in Extra Photos Album

Front axle detail
To look right, the locomotive axles needed to be heavier than Meccano Axle Rods, so I added some Couplings. A small Flanged Wheel and 1 inch Bush Wheel represent the ‘s...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Adler 1002 adapted for G Gauge Spur 1
This is my version of Märklin Metallbaukasten Adler 1002 modified for use on G gauge track. I have to thank Georg Eiermann for sending me the detailed plans of this a...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Adler with two passenger coaches for G Gauge spur 1
I have added two passenger coaches to my Märklin Metallbaukasten Adler 1002 modified for use on G gauge track. Currently I have made open coaches, as I saw some pictures...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Locomotive E60 pulling Two goods wagons modified for G Gauge Spur 1
This is the two and a half feet (75 cm.) long Märklin Metallbaukasten Locomotive E60 also known as BR 160, one of the themed sets offered by Märklin which I have modifi...

Meccano Diesel Shunting Locomotive from 1947 No. 4 Manual Modified for O gauge
ThIs is a Meccano Diesel Shunting locomotive made from the 1947 No. 4 Manual and subsequently modified to run on O gauge track, using only those parts that would have ava...

Meccano Silver Jubilee Train Locomotive From 1947 Manual No. 8 Adapted For O Gauge
This is a Meccano Silver Jubilee Train From 1947 Manual No. 8 model number 8.10 modified to run on O Gauge track. This has been one of my more difficult O gauge proje...

Meccano Locomotive From 1934 Manual No. 1 Modified For O Gauge
This is my version of the Meccano locomotive from the 1934 Manual no.1 to which I have added a Magic clockwork motor and also modified it to run on O gauge track. The ori...

Meccano Locomotive From 1977 No. 5 Manual Pulling 4 Wagons adapted for O Gauge
This is a Diesel locomotive from the 1977 No.5 manual adapted to run on O gauge track. This is seen pulling two tank wagons and two freight cars on my wall mounted trac...

Meccano Locomotive From 1977 No. 5 Manual Pulling 4 Wagons adapted for O Gauge
This is a Diesel locomotive from the 1977 No.5 manual adapted to run on O gauge track. This is seen pulling two tank wagons and two freight cars on my wall mounted trac...

2019-HPE-046
Shay locomotive, named after its designer. The vertically arranged cylinders drive the wheels via variable-length shafts and bevel gears.

2019-HPE-055
The drive of the constantly running Ferris wheel is done by this small locomotive.

Meccano Locomotive WP 4 6 2 For G Gauge
This is a Meccano model of the workhorse locomotive, WP, of Indian Railways during the steam era, adapted for G gauge. This has been one of my most difficult locomotiv...

Meccano 0 8 0 Locomotive For O Gauge Using Clockwork Motor
I saw a photograph of an Oudh and Rohilkhand locomotive, an Indian Railway company, in 1865 built by Vulcan Foundry and decided to build it using Meccano parts and a pre...

Locomotive and Tender (Midland 4-2-2)
This model is from 1930 4-7 manual, Locomotive and Tender (Midland, 4-2-2). My thoughts were that it was a model that with some modifications could look brilliant in 193...

Locomotive and Tender (Midland 4-2-2)
Unfortunately the design does not allow the engine to fit on gauge "0" track because the driving wheels only just fit between the boiler and frame and are outside the wi...

Märklin Metallbaukasten No. 2 Lokomotive Modified To Run On O Gauge With A Clockwork Uhrwerk Motor
This is a locomotive and tender based on a No. 2 Märklin Baukasten set manual model of the 1920's. I have modified it to run on an O Gauge track using a Märklin clock...

Atholl O-gauge Locomotive
My first contribution is an O-gauge locomotive. As an alternative to the usual No. 20 Flanged Wheels I built the drivers from sets of three No. 24a Wheel Discs bolted to ...

Meccano Locomotive 4 4 4 Using Two Magic Motors For O Gauge
I came across an article Simple Locomotive (2 of Magic Motors) in the Meccano Magazine October 1937 issue. I have made a locomotive based on this, but using two motors w...

Big Boy locomotive
Frame and wheel assembly-front

Big Boy locomotive
Frame and wheel assembly-rear

981004.jpg - First version, with red deflectors
One reason I liked this loco was because of its (trimmed) wind deflectors. I thought they looked pretty smart!

It was driven by a Bull geared motor in the b...

Meccano Kerr Stuart Locomotive Dealer’s Display Model Adapted For G Gauge
Some time ago I saw a photo of a Meccano Dealers display model of a Kerr Stuart Diesel locomotive on an auction site. I decided to build it and adapt it for O gauge. Unf...

Meccano Diesel Shunting Locomotive On Home Made G Gauge Track
A friend of mine had asked me to make a Meccano locomotive for him, which could be run on the floor. I decided to make a model of the Janus Diesel shunting locomotive th...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Locomotive Swiss Railways SSB AE 3/6 ii G Gauge Spur 1
I was looking for pictures of Swiss Railways SSB locomotives, I came across the AE 3/6 ii which I found had a very unusual wheel arrangement, the driving wheels are powe...

Märklin Metallbaukasten Elektrische Schnellbahn Locomotive For G Gauge from 1930 instruction manual
I have just built the Märklin Metallbaukasten Elektrische Schnellbahn Locomotive model 1008, from 1930 Märklin instruction manual No.72, adapted for G gauge. The instr...

Dennis Backler, wheel to be part of a Schools locomotive

French Pacific Locomotive
The Hinged Smokebox Door has been added. The Flanged Wheel and threaded boss represent a headlight. There is a crank hiding behind the obsolete threaded pin, when turned ...

French Pacific Locomotive
Front end of the loco from above. The instructions call for black cardboard to be wrapped around the Flanged Wheels to represent the funnel, I may resort to sacrificing s...

French Pacific Locomotive
Both tender bogie frames completed, the sprung wheelsets and frames will be next.

No 9 set Tornado Steam Locomotive and tender
My version of this attractive manual model. Stokys rebated strips make elegant connecting rods while spokes printed onto paper discs add details to the wheels. Axle boxes...

No 9 set Tornado Steam Locomotive and tender
My version of this attractive manual model. Stokys rebated strips make elegant connecting rods while spokes printed onto paper discs add details to the wheels. Axle boxes...

No 9 set Tornado Steam Locomotive and tender
My version of this attractive manual model. Stokys rebated strips make elegant connecting rods while spokes printed onto paper discs add details to the wheels. Axle boxes...

No 9 set Tornado Steam Locomotive and tender
My version of this attractive manual model. Stokys rebated strips make elegant connecting rods while spokes printed onto paper discs add details to the wheels. Axle boxes...

No 9 set Tornado Steam Locomotive and tender
My version of this attractive manual model. Stokys rebated strips make elegant connecting rods while spokes printed onto paper discs add details to the wheels. Axle boxes...

Hybrid Locomotive wheels - Joe Attard

1924 #6 set in wood chest I once owned-under the wheel card

1924 #6 set I once owned-close-up of wheel card--repo!

11-drawer-2-underside of gear cards
View of the stringing and such under the wheel cards in the second drawer.

lots of spoked wheels

spoked wheels-one of each!

Feathering Paddle Wheel

4 Wheel-Steering Chassis

2007 - 4-4-0 Camelback Locomotive
Built by Ralph Clark

2007 - 4-4-0 Camelback Locomotive
This is built to 1:22 scale, a 4-4-0 “Camelback” locomotive built for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1880.

The type of firebox was designed to burn waste a...

2000 - Van Cleve Bicycle
Small bicycle built by Alan Covel, the Wright Brothers’ “Van Cleve” top of the range bike produced at the turn of the century (1899) before the brothers went on to ...

2006 - 3 wheeler Morgan from 1912
3 Wheeler built by Alan Covel October 2006

2004 - Messerschmitt Kabin Roller
Built by Alan Covel October 2004. which is a three-wheeled invalid tricycle, designed for disabled ex-servicemen.

The model was built to a scale of 1:33 and it has rub...

2007 - Morgan 3 wheeler
Modelled on a 1935 Morgan 3 wheeler Super Sports with a Matchless V-twin engine

2004 - Bugatti 1/4 scale approx.
1924 Bugatti Type 35 racer, approx. 1/4 scale 40 inches long 15 inches wide wheelbase 26 inches built by Alan in April 2004

Fuel Island
Oil can rack, two fuel pumps and air/water dispenser on "concrete" island, inspired by a real "Gas-N-Go" station in Green River, Utah, USA. Each item...

Caravan, view of underside
The axle is split, the inner parts journalled in threaded couplings screwed to the floor. The little jockey wheel at the front is mounted on a threaded rod which turns i...

Caravan, view from above
The removeable roof is attached with 10 bolts going into couplings at the ends and wheel bosses at the sides. The floor, along with a platform for the bed, are built in ...

Car, view from underneath
The No.2 clockwork motor is attached to the car's frame, not the top of the trunk (boot). The levers on the motor are not accessible, so you have to hold the rear wh...

Car with hood (bonnet) raised
The back of the hood attaches to the firewall with 5 bolts screwed into old wheel bosses used as captive nuts. Also, note the additional gearing for a better steering ratio.

Walking Beam Pumping Engine - Side View 2
The steering wheel is the "steam valve". It is actually a rheostat which controls the speed of the electric motor hidden underneath. Drive comes up to the bevel gear that...

Walschaert Mechanism Demo - Rear View
Behind the 2" pulley is a 15t pinion driving a 60t gear above it. On the axle with the 60t gear are two 18t sprockets which drive 36t sprockets on the rods with the 6" pu...

Walking Beam Pumping Engine - Valve Gear
The "steam valve" is a steering wheel fixed to a potentiometer hidden inside the box. It varies the speed of a small motor hidden underneath the engine bed. Brass parts...

1926-27 card layout
after the introduction of the new coloured parts Meccano altered the box design to allow the wheel cards to be placed side by side and introduced a separate tray for the ...

Prop motor and gearbox
The motor again driven by the same remote control set is run through a gearbox to increase torque then through two multi purpose gear wheels. I tried a universal but the ...

Big Wheel - Malcolm Booker
The Big Wheel. This is one of the oldest published Meccano models. first appearing in 1906 as model 52 and 60 and lasting until 1930. This version is based on model 279 f...

These are the 3 of 1" gear wheels that I mentioned in my post on Spanner2. Just checking the practicality of using NZMeccano to handle big pics from Spanner2.

Twin Motor Test Machine
The separate worm and wheel drives

Trial machine
Running on 0 gauge Hornby track using a single motor and battery power.

Trial machine
Another view of MEC3 showing the reversing switch

Engine as found
From fly wheel side

Thick Paint!
Here are two P/N 89s both French production. if you look closely you can see the yellow paint is making the hole of the lower part smaller. That is why the ferris wheel S...

Festiniog locomotive and gantry crane
Ken Wright

Festiniog locomotive and gantry crane
Ken Wright

20070928 029 0029f locomotive 232 Boizard patrick

2008 329 1119a locomotive à vapeur 231 et tender Proux jacques

2008 330 1121 locomotive à vapeur 231 et tender Proux jacques

2008 331 1119 locomotive à vapeur 231 et tender Proux jacques

2008 333 1120 locomotive à vapeur 231 et tender Proux jacques

Partially completed driving wheel of 9F loco

Mercer 35C Raceabout
Seats and steering wheel

IMG_1151
This is the altered version of the model using two plastic gearboxes to increase torque and make the models run better than the originals. rear wheels benefitted from hav...

IMG_1152
This model also benefits from raising the crane base to allow for a second gearbox to be attached to the wheel driving motor

Ball Raced Hub
This is an all Meccano ball race, suitable for fitting inside ashtray tyres. The outer race is a pair of suitable curved 5.5" strips, overlapped so there is a 2 hole gap ...

Big Wheel & Fork Lift, Chris Harris
Big Wheel & Fork Lift - Chris Harris

ERF 8 Wheeler, Les Nightingale
ERF 8-Wheeler - Les Nightingale

Matador 4 & 6 Wheelers, Mark Rolston
AEC Matador 4 and 6 wheelers - Mark Rolston

Matador 4 wheeler, Mark Rolston
AEC Matador 4 Wheeler - Mark Rolston

33940010
Mike Hanrahan of Maylands Meccano Club and models. The Ferris Wheel proved to be a real crowd pleaser and we probably caused more sales of the kit than the Meccano Marke...

Two speed gearbox that works - Pauli
This gearbox really works. The ratios available are approximately 7:8 and 8:7. Turn the crank and the bush wheel turns at a different speed.

Bobcat1
Bobcat wheel loader

Ball Roller
A ball roller designed by Paul Dale using the Ferris wheel set

Steam loco
A steam locomotive

Roger Fearnside
Roger Fearnside with MP114 - 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive

Dumper1
Work in progress-4 wheel drive site dumper.

Roller ns1
Side view of Mk2 roller with longer wheelbase

2007 Grand-Prix based on the Ferguson 4-wheel drive

2006 - 8 wheel Wrecker
Photo taken SBMC Oct 2006

Rear view - showing spare wheel mounting

2000 - Queen Mary semi-trailer with Spitfire fuselage on board
Attached to the fifth wheel was a Queen Mary trailer with correct suspension and lighting. For its load, a splendid Hurricane plane fuselage in appropriate camouflage wit...

Sid Beckett - Avery Road Locomotive

Dennis Remnant - 4-4-0 Passenger Locomotive
From the 1954-62 No. 10 Set leaflet.

bucket wheel

15 - Baltic Tank Locomotive

Contra-rotating Quadruple Ferris Wheel
Standing on a magnificent illuminated MECCANO plinth, hand-crafted by Ron Wallwork, was a giant contra-rotating Quadruple Ferris wheel.

This superb model by Ron was b...

Beautiful Tank Locomotive

DSCF2283
Front of dial. The rod and strip connector shown on a short axle just above the hour hand engages with bolts in a bush wheel behind the spur gear to trigger the hour strikes.

2004 - American 4-4-0 - Wood-burning Locomotive
Built in 1858 for the 6ft gauge Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

Smokestrack is made from carefully formed 5 1/2" Strips.

Shown SBMC April 2004

1993 Dynamic 4 Wheel Drives (4065)

1996 Collection Big Wheels (2930)

Fell's Patent centre rail adhesion locomotive No. 2
Built for the Mont Cenis Railway in 1864
Built by David Hobson

Simple Ferris Wheel - Roger Burton

Tank Locomotive built by the late Bert Halliday

Land rover
Scale 1:6, Action Man Scale, powered by a hectoperm motor, with 4 wheel drive and full suspension.
Built by Dave Bradley

1933 front wheel drive Alvis chassis
Shown by Roger Marriott

Bugatti Brescia racing car from 1921 - Alan Covel
At 56" long and 26" wide, Alan’s reproduction is, surprisingly, half size. In the cramped seating, the driver’s companion could reach across the cockpit to operate th...

2009 - Bugatti Type 13 (Brescia)
At 56" long and 26" wide, Alan’s reproduction is, surprisingly, half size.

In the cramped seating, the driver’s companion could reach across the cockpit to operate...

Crystal holder ( note two ends are hornby train wheels )

Crystal holder on set ( note hornby train wheels used as end stops

Ka Locomotive
Neil Pluck

Ferris Wheel Dealer Model - Cameron McFarlane

NZR Kb Locomotive
Neil Pluck

Double Big Wheel - View01
Some of the wiring and drive chains are missing.

Double Big Wheel - View02

Double Big Wheel - View04

1989 - Benz Motor Car
Benz Motor Car, Circa 1888. The rear wheels were 6" pulleys with tyres! and the single front wheel was a rubber ring clamped between two 4" circular plates.