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Scorpion2nz
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| A great improvement well done but what is with the brass rods?? could you not find meccano axles and couplings |
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great work.
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great work.
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silverfoxsteam
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Very inventive Hedd. The new version's going to be much better!
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8_10 Brass Cleaner
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| Scorpion2nz wrote: | | A great improvement well done but what is with the brass rods?? could you not find meccano axles and couplings |
This is a far better job, you'll notice that most of the meccano is now far from standard. I had to get the tin snips and file out to make it all fit. |
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steamyjim
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| 8_10 Brass Cleaner wrote: | | Scorpion2nz wrote: | | A great improvement well done but what is with the brass rods?? could you not find meccano axles and couplings |
This is a far better job, you'll notice that most of the meccano is now far from standard. I had to get the tin snips and file out to make it all fit. |
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Scorpion2nz
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| 8_10 Brass Cleaner wrote: | | Scorpion2nz wrote: | | A great improvement well done but what is with the brass rods?? could you not find meccano axles and couplings |
This is a far better job, you'll notice that most of the meccano is now far from standard. I had to get the tin snips and file out to make it all fit. |
Just what do you mean Meccano far from Standard ???
all of mine is Standard but then my collection is from 1908 through to 1970s with the odd exception of the G scale train set and Crane and 1 space set but then those 3 are made up and that is where they stay
I prefer to work with the Nickel 1908 - 1926 and the Blue/gold 1934 - 1942 |
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8_10 Brass Cleaner
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| Scorpion2nz wrote: | | 8_10 Brass Cleaner wrote: | | Scorpion2nz wrote: | | A great improvement well done but what is with the brass rods?? could you not find meccano axles and couplings |
This is a far better job, you'll notice that most of the meccano is now far from standard. I had to get the tin snips and file out to make it all fit. |
Just what do you mean Meccano far from Standard ???
all of mine is Standard but then my collection is from 1908 through to 1970s with the odd exception of the G scale train set and Crane and 1 space set but then those 3 are made up and that is where they stay
I prefer to work with the Nickel 1908 - 1926 and the Blue/gold 1934 - 1942 |
Well, the bracket near the crank is now narrower than it should be at one end so as to fit nicely between the boiler and the outside of the firebox.
The worm on the crankshaft now has a 5mm hole in it.
The two plates on the smokebox sides are a custom shape, so as to look right.
And the jib is 4 holes shorter than a standard meccano length, it looked too tall as was.
Its a Mamod crane engine, not a meccano model. Just a toy used for fun purposes. I won't play with it, but with friends like mine (i.e people with full size engines) their kids think it is great fun. I expect it will be more so now its a better job. My daughter is a bit young, but I'll show her how to lift her dollies up with it when she is older. |
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