Set 10 Blue Yellow Zinc Late 1960s

The cabinet still has four drawers and the stringing cards are identical to those used in the 1958-1963 outfits. Apart from changing the colour of the parts from the earlier period, the only changes occurred in the cabinet handles as shown below and a new plastic pouch to hold the instruction leaflets.

Set 10 Cabinet 1975

Left, around 1973 the cabinet was changed to a "teak" finish and the handles were changed to L shaped aluminium. The drawers were also no longer flush, but overlapping. Parts were still strung onto cards. For a full description of this cabinet and how to build it click here.

Photographs courtesy of Graham Jost and William Irwin.

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In 1977, at the end of the mid blue, yellow, zinc period, a 3-drawer cabinet was introduced. It had L-shaped aluminium handles, overhanging drawers, and white moulded plastic trays for the parts. The top drawer contained the long girders at a skew angle. Parts were no longer strung on cards instead they were loosely placed in the trays.

Outfit 10 for the years:
1945-1953	1954-1957	1958-1963	1964-1970	1970-1978 You are here	1978-1979
Meccano Chests and Cabinets			Presentation Outfit Variations