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(...) An excellent point. That one had slipped my mind. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of the hardened brass gears and incredibly strong beams, axles and brackets; perhaps things more appropriate for gear boxes, cranes, bridges etc. Of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Refreshing.... isn't it? Thank goodness not everything in life has given in to the evils of Political Correctness. (...) Bear in mind that many of the traditions, expressions and "standards" of the Meccano enthusiasts have been in place for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Whew, now there's a cool car... Yeah, i figured yours was modeled after one over there. I'm thinking more Stateside here, but yeah from pictures i've seen it kinda reminds me of them too... Josh (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Hi everyone I found a 8465 in camberley wollies today.I got it for 26.99. Only one before you ask. I also looked in the Entertainer it has all the new bionicle sets. Duncan (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Meccano hasn't got pneumatics though has it. So I'd say Lego has the pneumatic advantage. Steve (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) You guessed it! :) There's a photo on my website: (URL)i like your engine shed, its got (...) Interesting, I got my ideas from sheds I remember at railway museums in the UK when I was a child, quite often bricked and boarded up and always very (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the comments, Hugh. I still don't think windows would look right somehow. I might be mistaken, but my impression of engine sheds from when I visited rail museums as a child was of long tall windowless buildings, with no hint of the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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good grief, all sounds a bit dry dosen't it just looked at their website, dosen't exactly encourage you to join, exceedingly formal and undfriendly, and 14squids a year. Anyone got any idea how many times Mechanno has gone bust and been brought up (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GIF4CM.G2E@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> Does the International Society of Meccano*men* allow women or is it an entirely male society? Surely that's not 'Politically Correct' these (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) *Visually* superior perhaps, but only because LEGO is more of a sculpting medium. Meccano has a definite mechanical advantage due to the strength and precision it derives from being made of steel, brass, etc. Allan B. (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Simon, It sounds like you have them on the back foot, move in for the kill. :) I had a look for these "men" on the web. All I found were a handful of sites of varying quality and loads of dead links and non-existent images. Perhaps Todd should (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I can only speculate that Sir Harry is referring to Meccano's Golden Age, which was anytime prior to the late 1960's. Meccano, in it's day, offered sets which allowed for an amazing range of building possibilities. They offered an astounding (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Ya that WOULD be funny, eh?... let the media stage a big "debate", make sure it's on live TV, and then have a love-in and refuse to disagree with anything the other side says, but instead make snide comments about the media... Naaa.. never (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Paul Cook" <astronut1@lycos.com> wrote in message news:GIEzJo.5wK@lugnet.com... (...) Great stuff -- the design pedigree is first-class :-) My only thought is that it might be a bit dark in there without side windows. So, go on, increase that S@H (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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I was looking forward to a verbal punch up with the Meccanoist's but if their going to be reasonable about things, that takes away all the fun!! :-) (I'm joking) I like the idea of a combined front, but I'd love to be a fly on the wall of their AGM (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well I've emailed him since and he mentioned he might mention this at the AGM so I get the feeling it's quite formal (I don't wish to appear prejudiced but I would expect it to be mainly composed of late middle aged British blokes who could be (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Is this a for real org, or just 3 guys and a website? Any sense of that from the letter? (...) THIS is an excellent point (ties in with my general disdain for mainstream media nicely) (...) Good point, except one does need to note that this (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Wait, Toyota MR2 Spider right? anyways, i like your engine shed, its got the presence of an older shed, maybe the type you'd see on a short line or logging railroad? I love the office, i'm going to have to start making more train related (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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The Meccano can I opened continues to spill worms... I have had the following email from the Chairman of the International Society of Meccanomen: "Dear Simon One of ISM's members (a prominent Civil Engineer) has sent me a copy of page 17 of New (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk) !
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"Paul Cook" <astronut1@lycos.com> wrote in message news:GIEzJo.5wK@lugnet.com... (...) We will have a proper TABLE TOP train layout area this time at TVLF So PLEASE bring the shed. Buy a bigger car! You wouldnt believe how useful my Honda Shuttle (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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