I still reckon that Meccano was the best. I was forever running out of nuts and bolts. I seem to remember that gearboxes were my
forte. Just take a look at the traditional motor-cycle gearbox, and then have a go at making ("modelling") one of
those in Meccano (and I'm talking about
proper - old British - bikes here, of course ... not the "all indirect" gearbox types common today). Or, better still, a fully functioning lorry chassis. Those were the days!
Mind you, I'm thinking back to the
real Meccano, made in Liverpool, rather than the "modern" stuff made elsewhere.
