The Jonateer
@the-jonateer.bsky.social
Collector with zero spacial awareness; writer with too much ambition.
I’d have liked to smooth it more but Plasto is too stubborn for this scale – people recommend paint thinners – but some snips of waste filament mixed in made a decent coal load. “Good from afar…” and all that, but for a first attempt I’m happy.
Keep on creating, y’all.
Keep on creating, y’all.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’d have liked to smooth it more but Plasto is too stubborn for this scale – people recommend paint thinners – but some snips of waste filament mixed in made a decent coal load. “Good from afar…” and all that, but for a first attempt I’m happy.
Keep on creating, y’all.
Keep on creating, y’all.
The real Ertl Mike surfacing in 2022 was what experts call ‘the Sir Handel Effect’ – when you take so long to #Season4IsBack that #Season4ComesBack on its own against all odds. Redesigned Mike (in Blender) last year then held a paintbrush for the first time since high school.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The real Ertl Mike surfacing in 2022 was what experts call ‘the Sir Handel Effect’ – when you take so long to #Season4IsBack that #Season4ComesBack on its own against all odds. Redesigned Mike (in Blender) last year then held a paintbrush for the first time since high school.
After scouring Small Railway Engines for the sort of details a designer might pick up on (we now know Jock the New Engine was used instead) I made version 1 in gmax. Note the lamp iron and clearly-digitally-built valve gear – because you won’t be seeing them again.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
After scouring Small Railway Engines for the sort of details a designer might pick up on (we now know Jock the New Engine was used instead) I made version 1 in gmax. Note the lamp iron and clearly-digitally-built valve gear – because you won’t be seeing them again.
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.
I've always felt that what we know about the Meccano Percy is a bit muddy, and these drawings provide a little more context in the form of dates - *and* what I believe to be new information. I'll try to do a write-up at some point.
And yes, I've made 3D models of them. (3/3)
And yes, I've made 3D models of them. (3/3)
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I've always felt that what we know about the Meccano Percy is a bit muddy, and these drawings provide a little more context in the form of dates - *and* what I believe to be new information. I'll try to do a write-up at some point.
And yes, I've made 3D models of them. (3/3)
And yes, I've made 3D models of them. (3/3)
Diagrams for Percy's ubiquitous trucks survive, too - if there were ever any other elevations drawn (I expect there will have been) these are not present. Also absent is anything relating to the track sections, but they're listed on a job list which also surfaced recently. (2/3)
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Diagrams for Percy's ubiquitous trucks survive, too - if there were ever any other elevations drawn (I expect there will have been) these are not present. Also absent is anything relating to the track sections, but they're listed on a job list which also surfaced recently. (2/3)
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?