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MECCANO - AEREOPLANO 2 IN 1 70

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The auctioneer has the legal right to re-open any lot in the auction, even if the hammer has come down. The model can be disassembled and rebuilt infinitely by choosing one of the possible versions or giving free rein to the fantasy. Let your imagination fly high as you explore the world of real engineering with the Meccano 2-in-1 Model Stunt Plane Set. were threaded, making it much simpler to attach other items to it - one no longer had to hold a nut in place with a finger inserted into the bodyshell while tightening a bolt, a common cause of sore fingers.

If you purchase an item and you are not happy with the originality of an item you must contact the auction house within 7 days of receiving the lot(s), it is then solely up to the auctioneers discretion to issue a refund. The 2-in-1 Model Stunt Plane Set comes with 78 durable metal and plastic parts, plus real tools and instructions. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Special Aeroplane Constructor Outfits represented a slightly improved (and more expensive) almost immediate redesign of the system.Above is an Aeroplane Constructor Outfit advertisement from the pages of the Meccano Magazine December 1933. The model can be disassembled and reconstructed infinitely by choosing each time one of the possible versions or giving free rein to fantasy.

As World War 2 loomed, the aeroplane constructor sets were modified to remove markings that might make the sets useful to The Enemy for training pilots and gunners. They were never to appear again but they certainly would have looked completely at odds with the jets of the post war era. Up until this point, aircraft designs had been fairly generic, since they'd often been designed for very limited production runs, and the wing is a large aircraft tended to look very much like that of a small plane. Aerodynamic limitations meant that basic fuselage and wing shapes weren't too different for large and small aircraft, so an airframe could have an open cockpit and a comparatively large pilot and become a single-seater plane, or it could have window-pieces fitted along its sides, and a jutting multi-window enclosed cockpit shell fitted forward, and with a few more changes could represent a very large airliner.Another anomaly is in the small illustrations the set and the top two aircraft are from the first sets issued before improvements were made. In 1933 further improvements were made and the range of sets was expanded with "Special Aeroplane Outfits" these very fine sets included operating flaps and rudders, pilot's cabins and window panels to enable airliners to be constructed. Two different types of motors are available for this purpose, and are specially designed to fit inside the fuselage of a model aeroplane.

The hole spacing was as standard Meccano parts with 1/2" spacing there were special nickel plated nuts and dome headed bolts supplied with the sets.

Any lots with the following symbol Above right is the Meccano Magazine back cover from October 1931 showing the advertisement announcing the introduction of the Aeroplane Constructor outfits. The aircraft show at the top of the ad is the Fairy Long Range Monoplane originally constructed in 1928 the picture shows the second aircraft built in 1933, this briefly held the world endurance record, it was in the news at this time so an article appeared in the February 1932 Meccano Magazine.

Further improvements were planned for 1940 including tapered wings and camouflage colours but these never materialized and by the summer of 1941 production of the sets had ceased. The Meccano Stunt Plane 2 in 1 contains a pack of metal parts to build 2 different models of airplane with a propeller that really spins. Some items may be referred to as “gold grade”, this does not mean that the item is made of gold, please make sure you check with us before bidding. This was obviously a very popular model as it was also shown on the cover of Special Outfit manual cover despite the fact that far more complicated models could be built with the outfit but then it is a nice and at the time a modern looking aircraft.

We are also not responsible for any package sent either by ourselves or any third party company which is lost in transit. The sets included wings for monoplanes and biplanes, bodyshells, wheels, propellers, metal struts and cord for reinforcement lines, and in the larger sets there were also wheel covers, nine-piston engine block pieces, and seaplane floats, which were useful for standing models of very large airliners, where the standard wheels would be out of scale. Any bids left via a third party, including a online bidding platform, are not classed as absentee bids and are taken as if a room bid. No bids will be accepted on the day of the auction, unless you are known to the auction house or have an agreement with the auctioneer.

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