The model stays mostly within the parts selection of a Number Ten Set with additions - mainly narrow strips and brackets. Most of the additional parts are inexpensive ones.

Spare parts can be obtained from a variety of sources. In the UK, the club scene is frequented by second-hand dealers selling parts at very reasonable prices. Look at http://www.dircon.co.uk/meccano/ for details of a club in your area. New parts can also be obtained from MW Models, at http://www.btinternet.com/~mwmodels.meccano/index.htm.

This list is an accurate account of the parts used in the model pictured. You might find more washers useful, especially if you wish to follow good practice and use washers on both sides of all bolts. I only used washers on painted parts, and even then, not on all painted parts. I have increased the number of nuts and bolts on the basis that I never yet built a model which didn't seem to need more nuts and bolts than the parts list stated.

Many of the parts above can be substituted. In particular, the narrow strips used reflect those which were to hand when the model was built. Had more of the longer strips been available, they would have been used in the model.