Category:Meccano
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Meccano |
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"Meccano: The World's Mechanical Wonders in Every Home" [image info]
Meccano instruction manual, 1930s [image info]
Meccano double-page advert, 1937 [image info]
Meccano Book of New Models, 1930 [image info]
"The Progress of Meccano", article, 1930 [image info]
1940: "It's Easy to Build Thrilling Working Models with Meccano" [image info]
1960: Colour advert for the Meccano Mechanisms Outfit [image info]
1960: Colour advert, "Meccano Miniature Engineering for Boys" [image info]
The Meccano metal construction toy was designed by Frank Hornby, and allows models to be built from perforated metal plates and strips, in conjunction with nuts, bolts, rods and wheels.
Hornby's original patent for the system that became Meccano was granted in 1901, and after starting out as a business with one employee, operating out of one room (and with the less-than-catchy name Mechanics Made Easy), Hornby's product finally got going with the help of a recommendation from a professor of engineering and a new name and commissioned logo, and Meccano Ltd. started as a limited company in 1908.
Although an early set designed by Hornby for the educational market described Meccano as having metric measurements, the finalised system used imperial measurements and was based on half-inch-wide strips with half-inch hole spacings (with holes designed to take rods and screws of 5/32 of an inch diameter).
Design
Meccano's success was partly down to its stylised simplicity. The strips in "classic" Meccano sets didn't pretend to correspond to anything that existed in the "real world" of engineering, and (unlike the drawings in the original patent application) had distinctive rounded ends and corners that eliminated sharp points and allowed strip ends to be bolted together at any angle and still show a "flush" fit.
The emphasis on these more abstract "prototypic" geometrical shapes made a strong design statement -- while Meccano sets often included specialised types of cogs and other fundamental mechanical components with a a strict functional purpose (such as bevel gears and worm gears), Meccano resisted the temptation to make too many specialised parts solely for cosmetic reasons (outside very specialised sets, such as the airplane sets). Occasionally one could find specialised dedicated parts such as train buffers, but Meccano generally stayed fairly true to the idea that if you wanted a specific shape, you had to build it yourself. While other construction kit companies struggled with the problem of how to make parts as realistically as possible, Meccano created its own genre and design ethos, in a way that very few other toymakers were able to achieve (Lego being the obvious other case) - a Meccano model was very much a Meccano model, and was to be judged on that basis.
Meccano spawned a lot of imitators, but it's geometrical simplicity made it difficult to copy the basic idea without also copying the basic shapes, resulting in products that seemed to be cheap copies of Meccano ... which then further increased Meccano's reputation as the product that other people were trying to emulate.
Branding
The Meccano logo
The Meccano logo seems to have been regularly redrawn, but with certain features (such as the wide "M" and the distinctive tilted hole in the "o") remaining constant (usually!). Some early examples had an elegant 1920's almost "Art Nouveau" feel, with 1930s versions being more solid, sometimes with s thick outline. By the 1970s, the logo had become even chunkier, typically with thick borderless letters that were partly fused together.
Cross-branding
Meccano Ltd. and the Binns Road factory went on to produce a number of other key brands, notably Hornby Trains and Dinky Toys, but these toys often also included the Meccano name, and sometimes had other references to the Meccano parent brand, such as the Hornby Trains gauge 0 lattice footbridge, which was clearly made to match and reference the lattice plates in Meccano sets.
The vehicles from the post-war "Mogul" offshoot brand shared the Meccano "M" and used just the first letter on their radiator grilles.
Social outreach
Competitions
Faced with trying to promote and support a complex product with limited available resources, one of Frank Hornby's most successful early initiatives was to hold Meccano design competitions with substantial prizes. Since the company owned all entry designs, these competitions didn't just whip up excitement for the brand and encourage people to imagine what they could do with Meccano (or what they could do if they bought more Meccano) - they also gave the company a "crowd-sourced" library of sophisticated and complex designs that were, initially, rather better than what the company had managed to come up with themselves.
Meccano Magazine
Meccano Magazine initially started out as a short black-and-white newsletter, but built up into a proper magazine with colour covers that carried serious encyclopaedia-style articles on engineering news and (engineering-related) current affairs. The magazine naturally carried heavy advertising for Meccano Ltd.'s products,and was used to announce new products and schemes, such as the Meccano Guild (which used its page in the Magazine as its official method of communication).
The Meccano Guild
The Meccano competitions showed the company that staying close to your user-base paid dividends, and Meccano spend significant resources fostering a Meccano community, with users encouraged to write in with questions and suggestions and have them answered personally by Meccano Ltd. staff. As the user-base grew, it became clear that in order to maintain these levels of customer support, it was sensible to encourage users to create a network of local clubs that would become largely self-maintaining. This network, the Meccano Guild, gave local members a community to share information and experience with, a place to show off their models, and a social network that encouraged them to continue with the hobby.
Development
After the folded and guillotined tinplate strips of "Mechanics Made Easy" had been replaced by modern stamped steel rounded-ended strips in "proper" Meccano, the system continued to evolve, with new parts appearing, and some older parts changing slightly. Wheel-fixing changed through two different "clip" designs before adopting screw fixings and more gear types and mounting bracket variations appeared.
Powered models
After the appearance of steam engines for Meccano, safer and more convenient clockwork motors appeared, initially made by Märklin until World War One, and then made by Meccano themselves. Electric motors came next, initially made for Meccano by outside companies, and the clockwork and electric devices were refined and made more compact.
Colour
Meccano went through a lot of different colour variations, some major, some minor. Initially Meccano was bare metal-coloured, silver for plates and strips, and brass for the wheels, gears and shaft mountings.
1926 saw the arrival of "The New Meccano" in colour, with red and green painted parts. In the mid-1930s this changed to gold for the metallic strips and blue with gold cross-hatching for the plates, but when Meccano reappeared after World War Two, it returned to its original red and green. After the Lines Brothers takeover, the colours switched to yellow and dark blue, with silver strips and some parts in black, and kept this basic scheme through the 1970s.
External resources
- Meccano databases (nzmeccano.com)
- History of Meccano (alansmeccano.org)
- Meccanoscene (meccanoscene.co.uk)
- Directory of Meccano Clubs and Correspondents (internationalmeccanomen.org.uk)
- London Meccano Club - London groups and events (londonmeccanoclub.org.uk)
- Tim Robinson's Meccano Computing Machinery website: Bibliography (meccano.us) - Building computers out of Meccano
- Shirley Dent, the Meccano Man - profile of Harry Kroto, co-discoverer of Carbon 60 "Buckminsterfullerine", describing how he was influenced by Meccano as a child.
- Meccano set to evolve in 2013 (toynews-online.biz) New 2013 "Mini-Meccano" sets
Buying parts
- Metallus (Germany), (metallus.de) - Metallus manufacture replacement Meccano-compatible parts, along with replacement German Marklin Meccano sets and Trix-compatible parts.
- MeccanoSpares (meccanospares.co.uk), online shop
- Meccano and Compatible Parts (meccanoandcomp.com), online shop
- Meccanoman (meccanoman.co.uk), online shop
- search for Meccano on eBay (ebay.co.uk)
Further reading
- Roger Marriott, Meccano (Shire Library, 2012) ISBN 0747810567
- James May with Ian Harrison, James May's Toy Stories (Anova, 2009) ISBN 1844861074 pages 50-89
Subcategories
This category has the following 54 subcategories, out of 54 total.
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- 1910s Meccano (1 P, 1 F)
- 1920s Meccano (3 P, 5 F)
- 1940s Meccano (2 F)
- 1950s Meccano (22 F)
B
- Binns Road (2 F)
C
- Meccano cranes (4 P, 18 F)
E
- Elektrikit (1 P, 9 F)
F
- French Meccano (1 P, 9 F)
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M
- Meccano (brand) (empty)
- Meccano Aerodrome (6 F)
- Meccano Aeroplane Constructor (6 P, 36 F)
- Meccano clockwork motors (6 P, 7 F)
- Meccano electric motors (4 P, 5 F)
- Meccano Evolution (2 P, 11 F)
- Meccano Mechanised Army (1 P, 6 F)
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (8 P, 42 F)
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor No1 Outfits (1 P, 10 F)
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor No2 Outfits (1 P, 12 F)
- Meccano Multikits (4 P, 37 F)
- Meccano official retailer and exhibition models (7 P, 23 F)
- Meccano Parts (52 F)
- Meccano Space (3 P)
- Meccano steam engines (4 P, 9 F)
- Meccano Super Models (1 P, 2 F)
- Meccano X Series (3 P, 13 F)
- Mechanics Made Easy (5 P, 10 F)
- Metal Construction Sets (display) (42 P, 14 F)
- Mogul Steel Toys (2 P, 14 F)
P
- Plastic Meccano (3 F)
- Pocket Meccano (2 F)
- Prima (3 F)
T
- Themed Meccano sets (2 P)
Pages in category ‘Meccano’
The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
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M
- Meccano Accessory Outfit 00A
- Meccano Accessory Outfit 3a
- Meccano Aero Clockwork Motor No2 (Meccano M231)
- Meccano Aeroplane Constructor Outfit (No2 Special)
- Meccano Army
- Meccano Chinese Lantern, exhibition model (~1928)
- Meccano Clockwork Motor
- Meccano Clockwork Motor No1
- Meccano Clockwork Motor No1A
- Meccano Clockwork Motor No2, black, 1912 (Märklin for Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano Clockwork Motor No2, silver, 1912 (Märklin for Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano clones
- Meccano Electric Motor E020
- Meccano Electric Motor E20R(S)
- Meccano Electrical Outfit
- Meccano Evolution 8200 Crane Truck
- Meccano Evolution 8200 Crane Truck, assembly notes
- Meccano fairground traction engine (retailer promotional model)
- Meccano Ferris wheel
- Meccano Ferris wheel, small
- Meccano Gears Set
- Meccano Giant Block-Setting Crane (Meccano Super Models No 4)
- Meccano illuminated shop display sign
- Meccano miniature model steamroller
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor Accessory Pack 4
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor Outfit No1
- Meccano Outfit 000, special parts
- Meccano Parts and How to Use Them (Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano Saw Bench
- Meccano Set (unidentified)
- Meccano Highway Vehicles Set (Set 3)
- Meccano Set 6 - L'Equipment Portuaire (Port Equipment) set
- Meccano Set No 10
- Meccano Shafting Standards display
- Meccano six-speed electric motor 228
- Meccano Space 2501 outfit
- Meccano Standard Mechanisms (Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano Standard Mechanisms, US edition (Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano Steam Engine (Mamod for Meccano)
- Meccano Steam Engine, 1929 (Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano Steam Engine, 1935 (Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano steamroller, blue and gold
- Meccano Stephenson's Rocket (retailer promotional model)
- Meccano twelve-wheeler mobile telescopic crane (retailer promotional model)
- Meccano Upright Steam Engine, 1914 (Bing for Meccano Ltd)
- Meccano windmill (retailer promotional model)
- Mechanics Made Easy - Meccano, dual-branded tinplate sign
- Mechanics Made Easy, Outfit 1A (Elliott and Hornby)
- Mechanics Made Easy, set (Elliott and Hornby)
- Mechanics Made Easy, Set B (Elliott and Hornby)
- Mobile Anti-Aircraft Gun (Meccano Mechanised Army)
- Mogul Dump Truck 3201 (Meccano)
- Mogul Fire-Fighter (Meccano)
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T
- Tank Transporter (Meccano Multikit)
- The British Model Builder, Outfit No.1
- The Evolution of Meccano
- The Hornby Trains prototype
- The Meccano Book of Engineering
- The Progress of Meccano (MBoNM 1930)
- Three-engined Biplane Transatlantic Airliner (Meccano Aeroplane Constructor)
- Tower Crane (Meccano Multikit)
- Two-seater French monoplane (Meccano Aeroplane Constructor)
- Two-Seater Sports Car (Meccano Motor Car Constructor)
Media in category ‘Meccano’
The following 200 files are in this category, out of 368 total.
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- Biplane, No0 Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 560 × 364; 30 KB
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- Building your own motor cars, p776 (MM 1932-10).jpg 1,204 × 1,617; 490 KB
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- Chinese Lantern, Meccano Ltd - Hornby Trains, detail.jpg 2,800 × 1,867; 2.5 MB
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- Crane-building Set, Meccano Multikit (DinkyCat12 1976).jpg 2,200 × 1,660; 887 KB
- Diesel Electric Locomotive, Meccano Display Model 57-15 (MDM 1957).jpg 2,893 × 1,988; 706 KB
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- Hornby Trains, original Meccano prototype.jpg 640 × 680; 138 KB
- How To Use The Meccano Steam Engine, front cover.jpg 2,500 × 1,670; 1.47 MB
- Jaeger Meccano Jersey (MM 1924-011).jpg 2,000 × 1,298; 496 KB
- James Mays Toy Stories, cover and spine (ISBN 9781844861071).jpg 1,451 × 1,600; 1.39 MB
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- Light Biplane, No1 Special Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 615 × 360; 34 KB
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- Mamod fits your Meccano, SE4 (MM 1938-11).jpg 2,341 × 2,989; 804 KB
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- Meccano 'Magic Motor' (1935 BHTMP).jpg 604 × 668; 59 KB
- Meccano - Dad with pipe (MM 1963-10).jpg 1,472 × 1,869; 367 KB
- Meccano - Mechanics Made Easy, metal sign.jpg 180 × 94; 16 KB
- Meccano 1920s artwork, The Worlds Mechanical Wonders in Every Home.jpg 2,000 × 1,334; 747 KB
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- Meccano Accessories (DinkyCat12 1976).jpg 1,400 × 885; 277 KB
- Meccano Accessory Outfits MBE ad 1931.jpg 949 × 964; 187 KB
- Meccano ad - The thrill of Build it Yourself (MM 1957-12).jpg 1,009 × 1,477; 218 KB
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- Meccano Aeroplane Outfit No0 (1935 BHTMP).jpg 945 × 955; 142 KB
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- Meccano Aeroplane Pilots (MM 1936-10).jpg 505 × 883; 119 KB
- Meccano and the Movie-maker (MM 1963-10).jpg 1,108 × 1,442; 318 KB
- Meccano As Versatile as You (DinkyCat12 1976).jpg 2,200 × 1,718; 683 KB
- Meccano Autogiro model (MM 1931-10).jpg 3,000 × 1,670; 974 KB
- Meccano Block-setting Crane.jpg 1,200 × 900; 476 KB
- Meccano Book of New Models (1931).jpg 1,600 × 1,194; 354 KB
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- Meccano Cartons, small-ad (MM 1929-01).jpg 504 × 1,039; 95 KB
- Meccano Clock Kit (DinkyCat12 1976).jpg 791 × 1,400; 236 KB
- Meccano Clockwork Motor No1 (1935 BHTMP).jpg 529 × 499; 38 KB
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- Meccano model of a Sikorski S-38 amphibious aircraft (MM 1931-05).jpg 3,000 × 1,371; 830 KB
- Meccano model of a Westland Wessex aeroplane (MM 1931-05).jpg 3,000 × 1,403; 751 KB
- Meccano model of the R101 airship (MM 1931-05).jpg 3,000 × 1,672; 860 KB
- Meccano Mogul truck, wheel detail.jpg 1,024 × 768; 406 KB
- Meccano more fun (MM 1938-11).jpg 1,562 × 1,995; 418 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1932-08).jpg 1,177 × 1,600; 398 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1933-09).jpg 1,182 × 1,600; 410 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1933-10).jpg 1,188 × 1,600; 515 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1935-06).jpg 1,156 × 1,582; 376 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1935-08).jpg 1,172 × 1,600; 437 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1939-04).jpg 2,408 × 3,122; 894 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor (MM 1939-12).jpg 915 × 1,200; 200 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor Outfits (MM 1938-11).jpg 2,301 × 1,601; 635 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor Outfits fullpage (MM 1936-10).jpg 1,204 × 1,617; 385 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor Parts (1935 BHTMP).jpg 1,663 × 1,204; 391 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor, double-page spread (MM 1933-09).jpg 3,000 × 2,022; 1.14 MB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor, double-page spread (MM 1933-10).jpg 3,000 × 1,994; 1.15 MB
- Meccano Motor Car Constructor, shop point-of-sale sign.jpg 1,600 × 1,569; 445 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Outfit No1 (1939 catalogue).jpg 685 × 837; 77 KB
- Meccano Motor Car Outfit No2 (1939 catalogue).jpg 703 × 1,115; 104 KB
- Meccano Motor Car, box end.jpg 2,200 × 1,795; 746 KB
- Meccano Motors (MCat ~1963).jpg 1,600 × 1,113; 391 KB
- Meccano Motors, Add Life (MM 1959-11).jpg 1,074 × 1,487; 218 KB
- Meccano Multikit (DinkyCat12 1976).jpg 2,200 × 1,696; 892 KB
- Meccano Multikit (DinkyCat13 1977).jpg 2,200 × 1,674; 993 KB
- Meccano No.3 Outfit, manual, cover 47-3 (ML 1947).jpg 1,600 × 978; 260 KB
- Meccano No0 Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 928 × 1,182; 256 KB
- Meccano No0 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,155 × 1,605; 707 KB
- Meccano No00 Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 780 × 1,164; 256 KB
- Meccano No00 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,164 × 1,625; 744 KB
- Meccano No1 Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 874 × 1,195; 147 KB
- Meccano No1 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,160 × 1,605; 964 KB
- Meccano No1 Special Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 781 × 1,207; 155 KB
- Meccano No2 Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 895 × 1,193; 146 KB
- Meccano No2 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,146 × 1,605; 849 KB
- Meccano No2 Special Aeroplane Outfit (1939 catalogue).jpg 761 × 1,209; 158 KB
- Meccano No3 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,182 × 1,605; 820 KB
- Meccano No4 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,156 × 1,605; 845 KB
- Meccano No5 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,150 × 1,605; 863 KB
- Meccano No6 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,150 × 1,605; 877 KB
- Meccano No7 Outfit (MBE 1931).jpg 2,167 × 1,625; 830 KB