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tmuir
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Ahh the supermodel 10 train. 
Best start watching ebay for job lots as that uses a lot of Meccano.
The hard to get bits you can buy from 'The Meccano Man' if you can't find his website PM me and I will give it to you.
Expect to spend a lot to get everything to make it.
My fire truck is only a set 9 model and even though I had 80% of the parts all the hard to get bits still cost me nearly $180 (75 pounds)
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Hows the fire truck coming along Tony  |
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| Cranko wrote: | | Hows the fire truck coming along Tony |
Cab is finished ladder has started and I have all the parts now but it has stalled due to all the repairs I'm doing around the house now its not raining outside. 
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Rob
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just been on meccano mans site for a while pricing up a set 10 from parts, and if you buy a set 10 made to order in green and red, it costs £1250!!!, if you buy it in second quality it costs £699, and if you buy them all individually in second quality, it only costs £417.46 excluding the motor (out of stock) and 1 of part 23 and 1 of part 50 which i cant find on there. so can anyone guess what im saving for now??? lots and lots of meccano to build this:
http://sizygie.free.fr/manuals/set_10.en/200dpi/m10_12_1.jpg
meccano mans site for those who dont have it:
http://meccanoman.co.uk/catalog/
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tmuir
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Told not cheap but they do look good the super models.
I would still watch ebay and buy job lots to save money and sometimes you can get lucky and have rare expensive bits in amongst cheap job lots.
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| OOOOOOOOh that looks rather nice |
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yeh got some bits yesterday, missed out by £1 for 9 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips to make the boiler, they went for £10.50.
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| rob-dd wrote: | yeh got some bits yesterday, missed out by £1 for 9 12 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips to make the boiler, they went for £10.50.
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Yeah they are the hard to get second hand in good condition.
I got lucky and got a packet of 6 new for $16 (£6) from my local hobby shop a year or so back.
It was their last packet and had been on the shelf for years.
They are yellow so I've had to strip them before I could use them as I needed red ones but were still a good buy for OZ.
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