Magazines
Here we are compiling a list of Runnymede Meccano Guild Magazine back-issues.
We have a limited stock of original copies of some recent issues still available. Check below to see what is in stock. Remastered second editions of issues 1 to 20 are also available to purchase online.
Magazines will be shipped to you via Second Class Mail (UK) or International Standard Airmail (overseas).
If you wish to avoid postage and handling charges, and are in a position to collect your order at an RMG meeting or other event, please contact the Secretary with your request, and either send him a cheque, or arrange for cash on delivery. Please note that if you are ordering by this method from overseas, we can accept cash (Pounds Sterling or Euros only) or cheques drawn on a UK account. Please do not send foreign cheques.
If you’d like to receive future issues, membership of the guild includes a three issue subscription!
The picture on the front cover shows Jim MacCulloch’s ‘Wokka’ Workhorse CH-47 Chinook flying over Tower Bridge in London.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows Vic Potter’s tracked loading shovel.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows the RoboDog by Pete Evans.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows Terry Allen's Brough Superior motorcycle. Not only is the rider Lawrence of Arabia, but the gentleman standing beside him is George Brough — the designer of the Superior!
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows Peter Finney's Garratt, pulling into Caernarfon Station alongside its Welsh Highland Railway prototype.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover the The Greenhouse by Mark and Rebecca Jakins.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows a spitfire by Nick Rodgers.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows an Allis-Chalmers Model B Tractor modelled by Darren Bonner.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows 'Babs' modelled by Pete Evans.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows The Scammel Explorer by Chris Bates.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover shows Craig Longhurst and Simon Walker's models of an Enigma machine.
£10.00
Pete Wood has created the digitally enhanced picture on the front cover of The Snow Groomer, Nick Rodgers' new model featured in this issue.
£10.00
Pete Wood has created the digitally enhanced picture on the front cover of John Rogers' The Clyde Puffer.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover is of Philip Webb's Saturn V Moon Rocket.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover is of Santiago Plicio's Juggernauticus.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover is of Alan Wenbourne’s Mars Rover. A feature article on this appears on page 18 of this issue.
£10.00
The picture on the front cover is of Richard Smith’s 1950s tractor. A feature article on this appears on page 38 of this issue.
£8.00
The front cover of this issue shows the Beaumont-English Tunnel Boring Machine (1880) built by Howard Somerville. A feature article on this model appears on page 43 of this issue. I was looking for my treasure chest before going to Kempton and could not find it. Imagine my surprise when I found out it had ended up at the bottom of the English Channel, surrounded by fish(plates).
£8.00
The front cover of this issue shows Eddie Oatley’s 20-ton Balanced Jib Level Luffing Dockside Crane. We have all watched this model grow over the last couple of years and it was a pleasure to see it finally completed. The model was awarded the Runnymede Shield at our June 2018 meeting.
£7.00
The front cover of this issue shows Santiago Plicio’s Ferocity model Photoshopped into appropriate surroundings.
£7.00
The front cover of this issue shows Peter Goddard’s Manchester Ship Canal Lock Gate Fitter. This was awarded the Bill Roberts Memorial Trophy at the October 2017 meeting of the Guild. Once again we are indebted to Pete Wood for the computer imagery showing the model sailing down the Manchester Ship Canal.
£7.00
The front cover of this issue shows Richard Payn’s Sobemai Balance Crane in a dockyard setting. Richard was awarded the Runnymede Shield for this model at our June meeting. It was also awarded 2nd place for the Issigonis Shield award at SkegEx in June.
£7.00
Our cover shows the Andy Knox model of the Kempton Park Great Engine superimposed over the original. Once again we have to thank Pete Wood for this computer imagery which was also used on the advertising posters prior to our exhibition there in November of last year. The original photograph was taken in 2015 when we exhibited our models in the lower area.
£7.00
Our cover shows the front of Pete Evans’ wonderful model of a Brooklands Garage with suitably attired 1930s gentlemen added by Pete Wood. This model won the Issigonis Shield at Skegness in 2016 as well as the Bill Roberts Memorial Trophy at our June meeting. A write-up of this model appears on pages 32–36 of this issue.
£7.00
Our front cover shows Colin Bull’s interpretation of the Laxey Waterwheel on the Isle of Man. This model was awarded the John Linder Memorial Trophy at Meccanuity 2016 and the Runnymede Modelling Shield 2016. A write-up of the model appears on pages 51–53 of this issue.
£7.00
Our front cover shows Pete Wood’s Lamborghini Countach cutting up a corner on a country road. The last article, covering the bodywork, appears in this issue.
£7.00
An original copy of this issue from unused stock.
Our front cover shows Neil Bedford’s Hannover CLiii aircraft flying over the English countryside. If you can recognise the castle below then it would be safe to assume that the pilot has lost his way to the south coast! Once again we are indebted to Pete Wood for producing this cover. A write-up on this model appears on page 13 of this issue. The model was awarded 10th place for the Alec Issigonis Shield at Skegness in July.
£7.00
Our front cover shows Terry Allen’s Bugatti Type 57C Atlantic Coupe of 1935-38 parked in his drive at home. Terry has swept the boards this year and walked off with the top price at the CAM Exhibition in France and the Alec Issigonis Shield at Skegness. To cap that, he joined us at Lyne in October and walked off with the Bill Roberts Memorial Trophy. This is modelling of the highest standard and is a truly great work of art.
£7.00
Our front cover shows the Wolseley WD11 1.5hp Stationary Engine of the 1940s built by the master builder Darren Bonner. This model was awarded the Runnymede Shield for excellence in modelling at the June meeting of the Runnymede Meccano Guild. It was also placed 10th at SkegEx in the Alec Issigonis awards in July of this year. A full write up appears on page 40 of this issue.
£7.00
The model of the Ploughing Engine on the front cover was built about 20 years ago by the late Russell King.
£7.00
We are once again indebted to Roland Jaggard for the splendid cover of this issue. The model featured is the Mercedes Benz Bulk Cement Carrier that was awarded the Runnymede Shield at the June 2013 meeting.
£7.00