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Friday, May 25, 2018

Technical colour, a brilliance never before attainable

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When first introduced, the strips and plates of Meccano were nickel plated. This gives the small mechanical models a fairly neutral and tech...
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Monday, May 21, 2018

Three more items, a cross-section

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The large thrift shop ( with that Erika M ) also had a vast store of records. Bins and bins filled with vinyl. Bins with large, once expensi...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

Sightings (and a purchase)

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We went to a local thrift shop yesterday. It's a fairly large store that raises funds for the shelter next-door to it, and attracts quit...
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Friday, May 18, 2018

Rubber, still rubber

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This is amazing. This is a little motor tyre, in the Meccano system this is part number 142c. This particular specimen can be dated to aro...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Get ahead faster, improve your homework

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To convince you it is a wise decision to purchase a typewriter, several manufacturers advertised not so much the machine itself, but rather ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Much simplified oscillating engine

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The instruction manuals of the '20-ies and '30-ies contain a lot of mechanical machinery. Next to the trucks, cranes and large excav...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

Using a crisp Portable (and not smiling)

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Another scene from an older black & white movie. This is from a bigger-budget feature film of 1939, she is using an early 'twenties ...
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