Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A very clever man was Frank Hornby. Starting in the first decade of the 20th century, he systematically took over the lives of most boys ...

The seaplane is a joyful thing to behold up close, nuts and bolts emulating the rivets found in real aircraft panels. But in many ways it represents 'old Meccano’; Fleuet is looking to the future.