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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cmn_200409_art_classes_page_1.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cmn_200409_art_classes.pdf” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Download PDF[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579448715650{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Every year the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, which is located in Owen Sound, Ontario, conducts a series of week long Summer Art Classes for children. These classes consist of five half-day sessions, and cover such diverse…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bill_bardutz-prairie_farm_report.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458607180{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]I taped this video clip of Bill Bardutz on the Prairie Farm Report TV show a few years ago. The video and audio have deteriorated a bit unfortunately.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458595383{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/spreadsheet_screenshot.gif” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/thebergearticlepartslist.zip” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Download Spreadsheet[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579443469165{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This is the spreadsheet referred to by the December 2003 Canadian MeccaNotes article “Sorting Meccano Lots into Outfits” by Andre Theberge.[/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/gordon_frank_2003.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579447411558{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Unfortunately, I have to report that Gordon Frank unexpectedly died at home on November 16, 2003. He was only 65 years old and was a long time farmer living outside St. Albert, northwest of Edmonton. Norma Frank, Gordon Frank’s wife, died on January 6, 2005 due to…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2003/11/ed_barclay-bumper_cars.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458745478{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Leslie Roberts taped this video clip of Ed Barclay and his Bumper Car model at the 2003 Toronto Hobby Show.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579458735683{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/canadian_meccanotes_200309_mellotron.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/canadian_meccanotes_200309_mellotron.pdf” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Download PDF[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579446599416{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In 1962, the three Bradley brothers of Birmingham, England (Les, Frank, Norman) were approached by an American named Bill Fransen. Mr. Fransen worked for Harry Chamberlin in Calif. building keyboard instruments, named the “Chamberlin”. Download the…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/no_4_exacto_set-1976_compositionr.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579444354124{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This article is from the March 2003 issue of “Canadian MeccaNotes”. During the past months Exacto has been introducing new products and services that widen the scope of their offer for the benefit of Meccano enthusiasts all over the world. From the point of view of…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano7.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579445966090{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]These “Meccano Set de Ingenieria” photos were supplied by Oscar Nenninger of Mexico. They are inscribed “Hecho en Mexico por Exin Mex bajo licencia de Meccano Limited England”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][mk_page_section][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano_catalogo.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano_catalogo.jpg” target=”_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano7.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano7.jpg” target=”_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano1.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano1.jpg” target=”_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano2.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mexico-meccano2.jpg”…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bral_after_cleanup_november_18_2002.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/windmills/” 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_1579442635164{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]These windmills were constructed using Meccano and “Other Systems” by Don Redmond and were displayed at the Hobby show in Toronto, November 2002. The photos are by Lloyd Schneider.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/exacto-ignis-geared-motors.jpg” image_size=”full” target=”_blank” align=”center”][mk_button dimension=”flat” corner_style=”full_rounded” size=”large” url=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/exacto_ignis_geared_motors_200303_-_cmamas.pdf” target=”_blank” align=”center” fullwidth=”true” btn_hover_bg=”#b0161c” text_color=”dark” btn_hover_txt_color=”#ffffff”]Download PDF[/mk_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1579445687359{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This Exacto ignis geared motors technical data sheet is from November, 2002.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_image src=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/exacto-ignis-geared-motors.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”http://staging.cmamas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/exacto_ignis_geared_motors_200303_-_cmamas.pdf” target=”_blank” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]