Books & Magazines, etc

A compilation of the correspondence between prolific Meccan enthusiast Dr.Keith Cameron and The Meccano Man's Journal.

A comprehensive history of the company behind the famous name. This book charts the story of the commercial success and eventual decline of Meccano Ltd from the earliest times in 240 pages with illustrations of products and the factory.

A three volume set of 108 pages revealing how the genius in the detail designing of individual parts enabled Meccano to develop from a crude toy to a great adult hobby.
Volume 1 covers the development of the parts.
Volume 2 covers a history of the Meccano company.
Volume 3 covers the Meccano community - people, publications, societies, dealers and suppliers.

Published for the first time, 21 original works drawings dating from 1916. Additional comments and explanations are provided. The parts covered are couplings, fork pieces, eccentrics, and cranks. These plans provide a unique insight into the development of the Meccano system.

Printed on 16 A4 sheets this builds into a reproduction of the hand coloured wallchart which was a feature in MW Models Meccano Shop. Ideal tool for your Meccano "Den" to identify all the original parts produced by Meccano Ltd!

ZKWYX , a character created by model builder Bernard Perier, has journied through the universe meeting strange creatures. This book contains 50 stories from these journies each of which portrays a Meccano model along with building instructions.
A hardback book of 180 pages with colour 230 photographs of a limited print run with no possibility of a reprint.
Expected Jan/Feb '06.

A glossy reprint of a booklet about fantastic travels through "Meccanoland" written by Hubert Lansley.

Michael Denny's humerous account of the Meccano hobby and it's history. Illustrated with Bil Thacker's cartoons.

An account by the late Hubert Lansley (the first "Spanner") od his days working for Meccano Ltd.

A casebound book containing full building instructions along with superb colour photographs for this impressive model.

A casebound book of building instructions by Dr.Keith Cameron from an original model by Oscar Fontan.

Full building instructions for a unique automated model which builds and dismantles 4-wheeled trolleys from Plastic Meccano.

A high quality quarterly publication for the Meccano enthusiast. Each issue contains a mixture of models with and without building instructions, technical and historical information for Meccano and other construction systems.