The Jonateer
@the-jonateer.bsky.social
Collector with zero spacial awareness; writer with too much ambition.
I finally made a thing.
Designed this in late 2021 as a ‘what if’ since it always seemed inevitable back in the day that Ertl would have produced Mike, before we even knew of a prototype. My conversion from digital models to physical is owed entirely to the 3D printer.
Designed this in late 2021 as a ‘what if’ since it always seemed inevitable back in the day that Ertl would have produced Mike, before we even knew of a prototype. My conversion from digital models to physical is owed entirely to the 3D printer.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I finally made a thing.
Designed this in late 2021 as a ‘what if’ since it always seemed inevitable back in the day that Ertl would have produced Mike, before we even knew of a prototype. My conversion from digital models to physical is owed entirely to the 3D printer.
Designed this in late 2021 as a ‘what if’ since it always seemed inevitable back in the day that Ertl would have produced Mike, before we even knew of a prototype. My conversion from digital models to physical is owed entirely to the 3D printer.
Assuming the toolings are long gone (or languishing in Greece) these factory facsimile drawings may be the earliest surviving items relating to Meccano Percy's production. There are also revised copies showing Percy's transition into the generic Playtrain. (1/3)
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Assuming the toolings are long gone (or languishing in Greece) these factory facsimile drawings may be the earliest surviving items relating to Meccano Percy's production. There are also revised copies showing Percy's transition into the generic Playtrain. (1/3)
When Meccano's Binns Road factory closed its doors in 1979, a number of the company's artefacts were rescued from disposal by former employees and inspired individuals.
Wouldn't it be fun if among those surviving artefacts were items relating to the Meccano Percy?
Wouldn't it be fun if among those surviving artefacts were items relating to the Meccano Percy?
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 PM
When Meccano's Binns Road factory closed its doors in 1979, a number of the company's artefacts were rescued from disposal by former employees and inspired individuals.
Wouldn't it be fun if among those surviving artefacts were items relating to the Meccano Percy?
Wouldn't it be fun if among those surviving artefacts were items relating to the Meccano Percy?