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| Sandman |
Meccano. What did you buy??Got all of my Meccano lots today. I think these must be one of the best buys on ebay. For very little money I bought a few job lots and the return on my investment was tremendous.I now have all the spindles, pulleys, cogs, cams, worm drives, gears, tools and wheels I could ever need, along with a mass of plates and other parts too many to mention. I even got a ratchet drive among them. O.K. they may have a bit of paint missing here and there but as they were bought simply for fun, who cares. I can reccommend anyone who wants to have a bit of fun with their engines to go down this route. I still can't believe the value. (And I'm a Scotsman.) 
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| Mamodman123 |
Re: Meccano. What did you buy??
Bought a great job lot for 10 pounds. I got a hell of a lot of girders, little bits, got loads and load left, so much to work with. Like SM said they are excellent buys! thanks Wallace for pointing them out first of all
What are you going to build then SM? |
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| Sandman |
Re: Meccano. What did you buy??
My one piece of laxity. I never got any nuts and bolts, so I can't build anything yet. 
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| Mamodman123 |
I didn't either, so it had to sit in a box until I bought some .Once they came I couldn't wait to get started
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| Sandman |
Snap
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| Mamodman123 |
The possibilities are endless SM!
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| Wallace |
I'll post my pics when I get my stuff. Have organised to take photos of all Dad's stuff Fri afternoon.
Heaps of instruction manuals too. |
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| SPOKESMAN |
Bad news about your nuts SM.
Looking forwar to seeing some Bowman powered contraptions . . . |
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| James |
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| Wallace |
LOL. Bit slow to get that one I was.
Anyways, SM, try bitsorpieces on ebay. I get all of Dad's stuff from him, and pointed MM in that direction. He sells packs of 100 |
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| Sandman |
Curses and blasphemes I left myself open for that one Mike.
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| SPOKESMAN |
It had to be done! 
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| SPOKESMAN |
Just won this set, which is a bit of a bargain IMHO!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTORISED-M...56070QQcategoryZ724QQcmdZViewItem |
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| Mamodman123 |
It's not too bad Mike should come in useful anyway
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| MTA |
I bought a job lot from the same bloke as MM and SM, nuts and bolts and axles from bitsorpieces... | ||||
| Lewis |
great buy mike i have some meccano but not much need to get into the habit of getting some to build a model | ||||
| Wallace |
Nice Mike, cheap too. Though I've never heard of a 4m though, that's interesting. |
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| SPOKESMAN |
I have another 4M set here, so they will combine nicely. Basically the 4M set was like the set 4 but with a motor and all the wiring and connectors needed for it. |
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| Wallace |
Ahh, I see. Makes sense now.
Learn something new, most days
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| SPOKESMAN |
Worth £15 of anybodies money Wallace! I will use the new set to build something around my MEC1 or SP3. | ||||
| Wallace |
Bargain I think Ebay here, you wouldn't be looking at bidding on that unless you were prepared to go up to 40pound at least. Great find Mike |
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| SPOKESMAN |
My Meccano Gears outfit B finally arrived today . . . the PO mislaid it from Friday when they tried to deliver it - jeez they are cr*p. Anyway if finally turned up in work today.
Will post pics later . . . I can feel a lot of intricated mechs being made!
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| Mamodman123 |
Glad they finally turned up Mike
Can't wait to see what you do with them |