MECCANO - AEREOPLANO 2 IN 1 70

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Meccano Aeroplane Constructor Boxed Set O, in fair used condition, instruction leaflet, plus a quantity of used additional Aeroplane parts and a constructed Royal Airforce Bi-plane. In fact by the late thirties a lot of the aircraft had a rather dated look but never the less they were very popular with boys at the time. With the mass-production of these planes for the war, the public became used to recognising their distinctive outlines, and the idea of a generic constructor kit that could not make recognisable versions of these "celebrity" aircraft became less attractive. In 1931 Meccano announced a complete departure from the long established Meccano range, "Aeroplane Constructor Outfits". We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

It took my brother about 10 minutes to make and it helps you and the child decide if they like mechanno enough to get a bigger model to make. Let your imagination fly high as you explore the world of real engineering with the Meccano 2-in-1 Model Stunt Plane Set. Above is an Aeroplane Constructor Outfit advertisement from the pages of the Meccano Magazine December 1933. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Just the other day, though (May 2014) I happened to be at said nephew's house and while I was there he brought out the kit and after 20mins he had finished it.The aircraft show at the top of the ad is the Fairy Long Range Monoplane originally constructed in 1928 the picture shows the second aircraft built in 1933, this briefly held the world endurance record, it was in the news at this time so an article appeared in the February 1932 Meccano Magazine. The Meccano boy appears to building the same aircraft depicted in the illustration it even shows the use of tapered wings a part that were never made available in the U. Items purchased must be posted, collected and removed from our premises within two weeks following the sale.

The illustration of the boy constructing a model of the aircraft was also used on the box label for conversion outfits but with a different aircraft illustration, in fact the illustration of the boy appears frequently in 1930's advertising material. All items sold are sold as collectors items, recommended for display use only and we do not advise or take any responsibility if used for the purpose for which they were designed for. Any statement made in the description of a lot is the opinion of the specialist cataloguer and will be either from evidence he or she has at the time of writing the description, this may also be information provided by the vendor of the lot. It's the first part of the building that's a bit fiddly but you are given the right tools to make the model. Up until this point, aircraft designs had been fairly generic, since they'd often been designed for very limited production runs, and the wing is a large aircraft tended to look very much like that of a small plane.

No bids will be accepted on the day of the auction, unless you are known to the auction house or have an agreement with the auctioneer. Special Aeroplane Constructor Outfits represented a slightly improved (and more expensive) almost immediate redesign of the system.

The highest bidder of any lot will not become the legal owner of the lot until all associated fees have been paid to the Auction House, this includes any fees charged by the auction house. The sets reached a natural closure during WW2, as the wartime investment in better and more efficient aircraft designs meant that aeroplane shapes were now increasingly tailored to the tasks that there were designed to carry out, and increasingly optimised for scale. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.The auctioneer has the legal right to re-open any lot in the auction, even if the hammer has come down.

Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. set had fewer holes, and the holes and nuts and bolts were also smaller, as on the Motor Car Constructor Outfits. We use cookies and similar technologies to offer you a personalized, safe, reliable experience and to be able to measure page performance to continue improving our services. Aerodynamic limitations meant that basic fuselage and wing shapes weren't too different for large and small aircraft, so an airframe could have an open cockpit and a comparatively large pilot and become a single-seater plane, or it could have window-pieces fitted along its sides, and a jutting multi-window enclosed cockpit shell fitted forward, and with a few more changes could represent a very large airliner.As with the main Meccano range, Aeroplane Constructor Kits came at different levels (00, 0, 1, 2 and No. We are also not responsible for any package sent either by ourselves or any third-party company which is lost in transit.