Readers of the same vintage as the editor will fondly remember the Festival of Britain of 1951, marvelling at achievements of the day, particularly in engineering and especially the Skylon. It was a 300ft tall ’vertical feature’ supported by a system of cables and three 70ft struts.This Meccano model (photos from the MEWS archive) was shown at an Alexandra Palace exhibition by Colin Davis. It was designed by Colin in 1:36 scale