This section shows, in chronological order, the various Instruction Manuals, Booklets and Leaflets which were included with BAYKO sets to help young modellers to get started. Rather surprisingly, in the thirty years or so of production, BAYKO clocked up no less than 62 manuals, not all different of course, though there is a progression of change throughout. If you think averaging roughly two a year is excessive, what will you make of the 16 in less than 3 years, immediately after the second world war‽ |
|||
The Instruction Manuals generally have up to six main functions : - |
|||
► | To give confidence, or reassurance, to the adult actually making the purchase! |
||
► | Provide a “how it's done” training section, suggesting educational benefits.. |
||
► | Introduce people to the names, descriptions and variety of all the parts. |
||
► | Provide a graduated range of plans from easy to expert as skills develop. |
||
► | Provide other information such as the set contents and, sometimes, the prices of sets and maybe even spare parts. |
||
► | Fire the young collector's aspirations to buy a larger set!!! |
||
The way this was done varied significantly over the years. Some documents fulfilled all the roles but sometimes BAYKO used more than one document to cover everything e.g., during the 'New Series' period just before the war, the larger conversion sets contained a number of instruction cards for further models which could only be built with the larger sets. |
|||
The manuals are available to you via two different routes : - |
|||
►Firstly, [below] I've shown the front cover alongside one other page from each manual, just click on either to move to a page documenting the whole manual, including access to larger images. Here you can see both the individual pages, and key information on the manual's place in both the development of BAYKO in general, and BAYKO manuals in particular. |
|||
►Secondly, I've introduced a new feature to this section, about which I am both proud and delighted. Using FLIP BOOK software, I've now provided a simulation of what the full manual would have looked like, hot of the press, as it were, in a fully animated book form - I'm sure you'll enjoy this nostalgic view. A slight warning, just occasionally the 'hinges' [staples] have had to be 'moved' to a different edge to accommodate the software - but they still look really good!!! |
|||
►There are links to these animated pages immediately underneath the page image links mentioned above. |
|||
►On the descriptive pages, there are also links at the bottom of every table of thumbnail images, linking direct to the animated pages. | |||
►Just a minor piece of information [impacting both forms] - in many of the images, particularly in pre-war manuals, the models appear to be coloured. This isn't the case, but is a consequence of my decision to try and show only 'pristine' images. What has happened is that the paper has been slightly oxidised/foxed or stained, and, while it is easy to 'clean' the page background, it is often impossible to 'clean' the model images without drowning out much of the brick pattern work and other details. |
|||
I'm always interested in expanding the range of documents on the site, so if you have anything that you don't see here and are happy to scan, sell or lend it to me then I'd love to hear from you… |
|||
If you're more interested in the models included in the BAYKO Manuals, then these are analysed elsewhere… |
|||
Use these links if you'd like to skip direct to a particular section : - | |
Click on any of the thumbnail images [below] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
PRE-WAR BAYKO MANUALS |
|||||||||
Apart from the sets #20 to #23 manual and, to a lesser extent, the 'New Series' Model Cards, the pre-war printing standards within this early period were very good indeed, perhaps indicative of a deliberate marketing attempt to project a quality image. |
|||||||||
Sets #1 to #5 Manual - 1934 Earliest Version |
Sets #1 to #5 Manual - 1934 Corrected Version |
||||||||
187 mm x 146 mm = 7.3 inch x 5.75 inches | 187 mm x 146 mm = 7.3 inch x 5.75 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||
Sets #1 to #5 & Set #6 1935 |
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1935 to 1937 |
||||||||
187 mm x 146 mm = 7.3 inch x 5.75 inches | 191 mm x 154 mm = 7.6 inch x 6.1 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1937 to 1938 |
Sets #20 to #23 Manual 1938? to 1941? Without Bakelite Slogan |
||||||||
191 mm x 154 mm = 7.6 inch x 6.1 inches | 140 mm x 200 mm = 5.5 inch x 7.85 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||
Sets #20 to #23 Manual 1938? to 1941? With Bakelite Slogan |
'New Series' Model Cards 1939 to 1941 |
||||||||
140 mm x 200 mm = 5.5 inch x 7.85 inches | 226 mm x 142 mm = 8.9 inch x 5.6 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full set of cards in animation. | ||||||||
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1939 to 1940 |
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1940? to 1941? |
||||||||
220 mm x 141 mm = 8.7 inch x 5.6 inches | 220 mm x 141 mm = 8.7 inch x 5.6 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1940? to 1941? |
|
||||||||
220 mm x 141 mm = 8.7 inch x 5.6 inches | |||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. |
Click on any of the thumbnail images [above or below] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
POST-WAR 'NEW SERIES' BAYKO MANUALS - 1945/1946 |
|||||||||
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1945 |
Sets #1 to #6 Manual 1945/1946 |
||||||||
220 mm x 141 mm = 8.7 inch x 5.6 inches | 220 mm x 141 mm = 8.7 inch x 5.6 inches | ||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||
|
Click on any of the thumbnail images [above or below] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
POST-WAR BAYKO MANUALS - 1946 to 1948 |
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Sets #0 and #1 Manual 1946 - 8 Pages - Export? |
Support Leaflets | ||||||||||||||
Sets #0 + #1 - 1946 / 47 | Sets #1X + #2 - 1947 | ||||||||||||||
219 mm x 139 mm = 8.65 inch x 5.5 inches | These were three separate documents, and, as such, do not form a manual. |
||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #2 Manual 1946 - 16 Pages - Export? |
Sets # 0 to #2 Leaflet 1946 to 1948 |
||||||||||||||
219 mm x 139 mm = 8.65 inch x 5.5 inches | 178 mm x 124 mm = 7.0 inch x 4.9 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Sets # 0 to #2 Manual Early 1947 - 20 Pages |
Sets # 0 to #2 Leaflet 1946 and 1947 - Version 2 |
||||||||||||||
219 mm x 139 mm = 8.65 inch x 5.5 inches | 178 mm x 124 mm = 7.0 inch x 4.9 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Sets # 0 to #2 Manual 1947 - 20 Pages |
Sets # 0 to #2 Leaflet 1947 and 1948 - Version 3 |
||||||||||||||
219 mm x 139 mm = 8.65 inch x 5.5 inches | 178 mm x 124 mm = 7.0 inch x 4.9 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Sets # 0 to #2 Manual 1947 to 1948 - 20 Pages |
Sets # 0 to #2 Leaflet 1947 and 1948 - Version 4 |
||||||||||||||
219 mm x 139 mm = 8.65 inch x 5.5 inches | 178 mm x 124 mm = 7.0 inch x 4.9 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Set #3 Manual 1948 |
Sets # 0 to #3 Leaflet 1948 to 1949 |
||||||||||||||
248 mm x 182 mm = 9.75 inch x 7.2 inches | 250 mm x 189 mm = 9.8 inch x 7.45 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Supplementary Leaflet 1948 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual 1948 - Early |
||||||||||||||
248 mm x 184 mm = 9.75 inch x 7.25 inches | 250 mm x 185 mm = 9.8 inch x 7.3 inches | ||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | ||||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual 1948 - Late |
|
||||||||||||||
250 mm x 185 mm = 9.8 inch x 7.3 inches | |||||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||||
|
Click on any of the thumbnail images [above or below] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
PEAK PERIOD BAYKO MANUALS - 1949 to 1959 |
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual March, 1949 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual January, 1950 |
|||||||||||||
[1st Issue] 50,000 copies |
[2nd Issue] 55,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual June, 1950 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual October, 1950 |
|||||||||||||
[3rd Issue] 50,000 copies |
[4th Issue] 50,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual February, 1951 |
Sets #3X Manual [February?], 1951 |
|||||||||||||
[5th Issue] 50,000 copies |
[1st Issue] [5,000 copies] |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual June, 1951 |
Sets #3X Manual August, 1951 |
|||||||||||||
[6th Issue] 50,000 copies |
2nd Issue 5,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual September, 1951 |
Set #3X Manual October, 1951 |
|||||||||||||
7th Issue 50,000 copies |
3rd Issue 5,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual November, 1951 |
Sets #3X Manual May, 1952 |
|||||||||||||
8th Issue 50,000 copies |
4th Issue 10,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual November, 1952 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual April, 1953 |
|||||||||||||
9th Issue 50,000 copies |
10th Issue 50,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual July, 1953 |
Set #3X Manual November, 1953 |
|||||||||||||
11th Issue 50,000 copies |
5th Issue 10,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual April, 1954 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual April, 1954 |
|||||||||||||
13th Issue 50,000 copies |
14th Issue 50,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #4 Manual August, 1954 |
Set 3X Manual September, 1954 |
|||||||||||||
[1st Issue] 20,000 copies |
6th Issue 10,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual January, 1955 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual September, 1955 |
|||||||||||||
15th Issue 100,000 copies |
16th Issue 100,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual March, 1956 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual January, 1957 |
|||||||||||||
17th Issue 100,000 copies |
18th Issue 100,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #4 Manual January, 1957 |
Sets #0 to #3 Manual November, 1957 |
|||||||||||||
3rd Issue 30,000 copies |
19th Issue 100,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
Sets #0 to #3 Manual August, 1959 |
Sets #0 to #4 Manual September, 1959 |
|||||||||||||
20th Issue 100,000 copies |
4th Issue 30,000 copies |
|||||||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||||||||
|
Click on any of the thumbnail images [above or below] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
MECCANO ERA BAYKO MANUALS |
||||||||
Sets #11 to #14 Manual August, 1960 |
Sets #11 to #14 Manual February, 1961 |
|||||||
222 mm x 190 mm = 8.75 inch x 7.5 inches 250,000 copies |
222 mm x 190 mm = 8.75 inch x 7.5 inches 100,000 copies |
|||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||
Sets #11 to #14 Manual April, 1962 |
Sets #11 to #14 Manual March, 1964 |
|||||||
222 mm x 190 mm = 8.75 inch x 7.5 inches 100,000 copies |
222 mm x 190 mm = 8.75 inch x 7.5 inches 40,000 copies |
|||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. | Click here to view the full manual animation. | |||||||
Set #15 Leaflets August, 1962 |
|
|||||||
266 mm x 217 mm = 10.4 x 8.5 inches 30,000/40,000 copies |
||||||||
Click here to view the full manual animation. |
Click on any of the thumbnail images [above] to move to the full manual description…
…or click on the link [underneath them] to see the full animated version.
Below here are links to related info : - |
Click on any of the links below for related information.
|
||