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Meccano is a metal construction set consisting of nuts, bolts, strips, girders, brackets, wheels, axles, motors, gears and pulleys. It's a kids toy ... it's an adult hobby. You can make simple models like the "Garden Bench" ... you can make amazingly complex models like a 2 metre tall working dockside crane. See Meccano for Kids. Where can you get Meccano? See Meccano Sources for some suppliers.
Meccano has been around a long time, it was patented by Frank Hornby in 1901 - see Meccano, a Short History for more details.
Please see
Meccano Instruction Booklets - Part 1
and Part 2
for some illustrations of covers over the years.
Please see
Meccano Brochures - Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4
and Part 5
for some illustrations of covers over the years.
Please see
Meccano Magazine
for more details about this publication.
Please see
Meccano Box & Tin Labels
for some illustrations of labels over the years.
Canadian Meccano enthusiasts hold regular exhibitions of
Meccano models - please see
Meccano Exhibitions
for details of upcoming shows.
There are several books about Meccano and Meccano model building - see Meccano Books for the details. As well, hobbyist newsletters are still published on a regular basis, including the Canadian MeccaNotes - see Meccano Newsletters & Associations for details.
There are many old and new Meccano model plans available,
see Meccano Model Plans.
Please see
Meccano Models - Part 1,
Part 2
and
Part 3
for some photos of models I have constructed.
There are many different Meccano parts
used in the construction of models - see
Meccano Parts.
Second hand Meccano can be refurbished as described in
Meccano Cleaning & Restoring.
Meccano was the first commercially sucessfull metal construction set, but there have been many, many imitators over the years - see Meccano Imitators.
Meccano appears elsewhere on the Internet - see Meccano - Miscellaneous Links for other references.
Comments or questions? Please e-mail me.
Please note that these web pages are the product of a Meccano enthusiast.
I am not associated with
Meccano Ltd. nor any other company.
David Williams
Meccano Collector and Meccanoman
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Last updated: November 24, 2024 -
These web pages have been on the Internet for over 25 years!
First created: Tuesday, March 5, 1996 -
Formerly at http://meccano.dlinkddns.com/meccano/,
http://members.shaw.ca/meccano/ and http://www.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/meccano/
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Copyright 1996-2024 by David Williams.
"Meccano" is a registered trademark of Meccano Ltd..
