I got my first Meccano set in 1948, as a present for my 7th birthday.
It was a No.2 set, in red and green. With it came an Instruction Manual (in Spanish !!!), identical to the one shown at the right.
That same evening, with the help of my daddy, I built my first model, a crane.
Little did I know at that time that I was hooked for life...

Though I occasionally still build some models, today I am mostly engaged in projects consisting on compiling Meccano Literature of all periods, and on documenting Meccano History and Products since 1970, and particularly after the end of production in the UK, in 1981 (for details click on the buttons at the left).
Why did I choose this period? Well, not because I am particularly fond of it, but because this is the least known period of Meccano history, as far as I know, no one having yet studied and documented it in depth...

First results of this research were the Set Parts Lists I have been publishing for some years now, which are kindly hosted by Timothy Edwards on his website.
There are 4 lists available for download as Excel spreadsheets. They refer to the 1970-1981 (UK), 1970-1988 (France), 1989-2000 and 1998-2009 sub-periods.

If you want to download the latest versions (updated in July 2010), click on the picture at the right.

Other results of the research on the 1970-2009 period are Sets, New Parts and All Parts lists for the sub-periods 1970-1981 (UK), 1970-1985 (France), 1986-1998 and 1998-2009.
Click on the menu entries at the left, to see what is already available, and follow the links to the download pages.

Stay tuned! Work is in progress for several sub-periods, and resulting lists will be added to this website as soon as available.