![]() ![]() Any metalwork needed to be done is all going to be small piece stuff that I can do at the workbench I have in my bedroom. Being outside frames I can use plain wheels and not have to worry about sourcing spoked wheels. I can build the body using my presently usual card, ply and MDF building techniques, which is good because that means I can build it inside the house and not have to go out to the workshop which is a plus when I'm not well. It's a nice simple loco that's very appealing. Old windup alarm clocks on sale in the junk shops around here might not be safe either once I start experimenting.Īfter thinking over what kind of prototype would be good to build as a host for a clockwork mech to live in I decided to go with a Kerr Stuart Skylark. Somewhere I've got a plastic clip top container filled with clockwork mech innards including one or two mainsprings and I must find that before I get too much further. After a clean and a lube they might do better though. Did I hear someone say, "Not a lot," and I must agree because all three limped pretty painfully through their first trial windups. ![]() I'd never seen a 'Magic Motor' before outside of a catalogue picture, so I'm certainly interested to see what they are capable of. These are a big serious mainspring too so I think whoever took these motors apart would've got a good fright when it cut loose :lol: The dismantled No: 1 motors have one mainspring between them and it looks to be a good one. Photos will be done later as I seem to be having another relapse with this illness I live with and I'm typing this in bed using my laptop. Adding these to the No: 1 Meccano motor and Bassett Lowko 0-4-0 mech I already have I'm in a position to do some serious clockwork experimenting. After buying some job lots of aged and much used Meccano I now own three 'Magic Motors', the dismantled remains of two No 1 Meccano motors and a Meccano motor labled 'Hornby' that looks very much like it's based on a No:2 clockwork loco mech. ![]()
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