Author: CMAMAS

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abrams-battle-tank-26.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/abrams-battle-tank/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579387078638{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Battle Tanks and Meccano It is somewhat surprising to realize that, contrary to other subjects like cranes, clocks, commercial vehicles, fairground machinery, locomotives, orreries, etc., there are almost no Battle Tanks plans in the literature. However,…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/level-luffing-dockside-crane-15.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/level-luffing-dockside-crane-mp-72/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579388141208{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This is a remake of a popular Meccano model. See the complete set of photos here: Level Luffing Dockside Crane Photos This article appeared in the July 2018 issue of “Canadian MeccaNotes”. Yves Ste-Marie, Québec, Canada[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/servetti-trolley-027_right_end_view_02.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/servettis-trolley-factory-with-arduino-based-automation/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579389472641{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This is a remake of a famous Meccano model using Arduino-based automation. See the complete set of photos here: Servetti’s Trolley Factory Photos Also see videos of the completed model below. This article appeared in the November…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fairground-ride-18.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/fairground-ride/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579392855201{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Fairground Ride Not too sure what to call this but it could be called a Fairground Ride. The unit sits on a cube which has an elevator lift to raise the rotating track to clear the…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/twin-a-frame-beam-pumping-engine-16.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/twin-a-frame-beam-pumping-engine/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458931656{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Scroll down for a video of the engine, below the text. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458899919{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This model is a kind of amalgam of the: A-Frame Beam Engine-by Philip Webb MP-93-1996 and the Twin Beam Pumping Engine…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/meccano_tower_crane_dscf7887_t.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://meccano.crabdance.com/meccano/Meccano_Tower_Crane_Arduino.html” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Read The Article[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1732466353196{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]David Williams’s  Arduino-controlled tower crane has a fascinating story, with lots of technical details. Click here to read all about it on David’s own site.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/gsm-20-giant-block-setter-43.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/gsm-20-the-giant-block-setting-crane/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579395677268{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The GSM 20 – The Giant Block-setting Crane 1971 by G. E. Rudings of South Africa. Even though the leaflet text is quite clear, the illustrations of the gear box were puzzling. Thanks to Mr. David…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vrr-railway-34.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/steam-locomotive-of-the-vitznau-rigi-rack-railway/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579396488600{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Original design by Keith W Cameron, M.D., October 1978 Model rebuilt and instructions retyped with additional notes by Bruce Vanschepen. Text edited by Colin Hoare. The prototype for this model is a veteran steam locomotive illustrated…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bwe_fig_01_155t-min.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/index.php/portfolio-posts/bucket-wheel-excavator/” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Image Gallery[/mk_button][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bucket-wheel-excavator-instructions.pdf” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Instructions PDF[/mk_button][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bucket-wheel-excavator-images.zip” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Images .zip File[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579397021470{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This model of an O&K (Orenstein and Koppel AG) bucket wheel excavator is…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fig7ends.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579449239169{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In 1998 I acquired what I though to be an unusual Meccano Set. It was not listed in any “official” Meccano Ltd. literature that I had seen at the time. Indeed, I still have not found any reference to the two sets discussed in this article. If…