Talk:Meccano

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Hornby HO train Scalextric slotcars where also made by meccano isn'it ? Ericd 19:08 21 May 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Reorganising this article

I would like to split Meccano (the construction kit) and Meccano Ltd (the company) into two separate sections in the article. Meccano Ltd redirects to this page and it could be a little confusing. Any thoughts? --Bruce1ee 07:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough the Meccano company was resposible for more than just the construction kit - but I would keep company history in the article where it does impact the kit. GraemeLeggett 10:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
I've split the article, but it still needs some work. I also want to expand on the history of Meccano Ltd and add a section on the Meccano Magazine. --Bruce1ee 05:33, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Splitting this article

This article has become quite long now and I propose that it be split into 3 separate articles:

If there are no objections, I'd be happy to undertake the split myself. --Bruce1ee 14:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Done. --Bruce1ee 14:01, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Empty space?

I see there is a large expanse of empty white underneath the old Meccano sign at the top of the page. Perhaps another picture could squeeze in under there? Perhaps a layout of some main pieces and connectors recieven in an average kit for examples? Lady BlahDeBlah 14:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Another picture can be added below the logo, but it might make the top of the page a little cluttered. A better option might be to move the logo down a little to the right of the TOC, thus filling that white space. --Bruce1ee 15:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
OK (10 months later!) I've moved the old Meccano logo down to the right of the TOC. How does that look? --Bruce1ee 14:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Celtic Park soccer stadium

I've reverted (twice) the following addition by anon user 12.17.12.230:

"It was also used, in the most part, to construct Celtic Park soccer stadium, located in the east side of Glasgow, United Kingdom."

Celtic Park soccer stadium may look like a Meccano construction, but Meccano was not used to build it. --Bruce1ee 13:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plastic meccano ?

There is no mention of plastic meccano.

I had a set in the late 60s - with yellow struts. They had blue plastic bolts. The holes for the plastic bolts were spaced two inches apart with three smaller holes inbetween that could be used to mate it with real mecanno.

However I do not know when it was manufacured or what sets were available.

Arachrah 10:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Plastic Meccano is mentioned in "The new Meccano" section, but this is from the 1980s and I'm not sure if it's what you are referring to. What you had might have been a Meccano clone. --Bruce1ee 13:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Plastic Meccano was indeed made by Meccano Ltd, launched in August 1965 with the slogan "big pieces for little hands", and the main outfits were lettered A, B, and C (there was also an educational version). In 1971 it was redesigned and renumbered as sets 100, 200, 300, 400. The parts are obviously different, but compatible. There was another facelift in 1977. It was successful right through to the end of UK production, and in fact was one of the only Meccano products still increasing its sales in the last couple of years. The French factory didn't continue it, I don't believe, so it doesn't belong in post-1980 sections. By the way, many of the external links on this page are not the best of selections IMHO... Best regards, Charles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.154.179.23 (talk) 11:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Charles, thanks for this info. I think it should be added to the article and perhaps also mentioned in Meccano Ltd. Regarding the external links, they do need to be reviewed. I busy with other things at the moment, but feel free to jump in! --Bruce1ee 07:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bolts

"For many years bolts were slotted, but since the 1900s, these are Allen (hex-headed) and zinc electroplated steel" - they were still slotted in the 1960s - don't know when the change was made so can't make a correction myself, also the reference to Allen (repeated in another place) is surely wrong - Allen heads have a hex socket which takes an Allen key. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.6.254.67 (talk) 17:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Well spotted. I've corrected the quoted sentence. Allen head bolts were introduced in 1989 as stated earlier in the section. --Bruce1eetalk 05:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)