BAYKO Parts List - 1949 to 1959
The Peak Period

Detailed below are the complete parts lists for the BAYKO sets from the production between 1949 and 1959, which included both the peak and the beginning of the end of BAYKO.
I hope you find this useful - if you've spotted an error in the list or want to debate any of the figures...
 
Sets were now in the red, white and mid-green colour scheme, the latter drifting to a lighter green as the polystyrene windows were introduced.
 
There is some debate over why the post-war BAYKO set structure changed so significantly from the pre-war structure...
 
BAYKO model church from the early 1950s - click here for a larger image
The #4 Sets included this recently launched range of new parts which are highlighted in green ink below.
The Corner Bricks contents [6 x red & 18 white] are illogical...
...8 x red & 16 x white would make far more sense for building!
The parts highlighted in blue were not included in the earliest #4 Sets or the #3X conversion sets.
The parts highlighted in red were introduced in the late 1950s but only detailed in the last published parts list and the last two manuals. MECCANO MAGAZINE hints at them in May 1958, but the Garage Doors were launched in 1959.
Unfortunately neither manual includes either the Ramp or the T.V. Aerial in the list of conversion set parts for sets #0 to #3, however...
...the inclusion, here, of the Garage Doors in set #2x is correct, though illogical...
This period now had the largest range of parts at any time in BAYKO's history.
BAYKO model detached house from the later 1950s - click here for a larger image
The #4 set was first advertised in MECCANO Magazine in February 1952, the #3X Conversion Set was actually advertised earlier, in July, 1951, though it was included in an April, 1951 BAYKO parts price list, and the first BAYKO set #3X manual is dated August, 1951...
Until the late 1950s, this was the most commercially successful period for BAYKO.
Materials used to make many of the Brick, Window and Door pieces gradually migrated from plastic to polystyrene during the second half of this period.
 
The early post-war period was almost littered with manuals, there were so many variants even allowing for the ten years...
....in fact there were no less than thirty different versions in the ten years covered by this period...
 
Click on any of the highlighted set numbers below [e.g. #2] to see a photo of the set.
 
 
Part No.
BAYKO Part Description
Standard Sets
Conversion Sets
1B
Base (Small)
1
2
2
4
8
1
  
2
4
3
Large Roof
      
1
1
    
1
  
2
Medium Roof
    
1
1
1
  
1
    
28
Small Roof
  
1
1
1
1
1
      
30
Flat Roof
2
2
2
2
4
      
2
29
Roof Ends
2
2
2
2
4
      
2
27
Bricks - Red
11
18
24
40
51
7
6
16
11
27
Bricks - White
9
10
21
40
70
1
11
19
30
5
Half Bricks - Red
  
2
2
2
6
2
    
4
5
Half Bricks - White
11
13
21
25
50
2
8
4
25
4
Bricks End- Red
4
6
8
12
16
2
2
4
4
4
Bricks End - White
8
10
16
20
32
2
6
4
12
5L
Bricks Long - Red
  
4
4
5
8
4
    
3
5L
Bricks Long - White
  
2
2
8
12
2
  
6
4
26
Bricks Curved - Red
2
2
4
8
12
  
2
4
4
26
Bricks Curved - White
1
1
2
4
6
  
1
2
2
8
Doors
2
2
3
5
6
  
1
2
1
7
Windows
6
8
19
19
40
2
11
  
21
7L
Windows Large
  
2
2
3
4
2
  
1
1
25
Windows Curved
1
1
2
4
6
  
1
2
2
19
Bay Window Cover
    
1
2
3
  
1
1
1
15L
Pillars - 3-Brick
  
2
4
8
12
2
2
4
4
15M
Pillars - 2-Brick
        
6
      
6
10
Chimneys
1
1
1
2
2
    
1
  
12S
Steps (Straight)
    
2
4
6
  
2
2
2
11
Arch
      
1
2
    
1
1
9
Canopy
1
1
1
1
2
      
1
Part No.
BAYKO Part Description
Standard Sets
Conversion Sets
 
Floors - 7 x 7
      
1
2
    
1
1
 
Floors - 11 x 7
    
1
1
2
  
1
  
1
 
Floors - 13 x 9
    
1
1
2
  
1
  
1
 
Floors - 15 x 5
        
1
      
1
 
Floors - 15 x 6
      
2
4
    
2
2
 
Floors - 15 x 11
      
1
2
    
1
1
 
Rods ½-Brick
12
12
12
18
34
    
6
16
 
Rods 1-Brick
12
18
18
18
20
6
    
2
 
Rods 2-Brick
6
6
6
12
18
    
6
6
 
Rods 3-Brick
24
36
36
52
52
12
  
16
  
 
Rods 4-Brick
4
4
36
44
70
  
32
8
26
 
Rods 5-Brick
    
36
36
56
  
36
  
20
 
Rods 6-Brick
    
4
4
39
  
4
  
35
 
Rods 7-Brick
        
4
      
4
 
Rods 8-Brick
        
14
      
14
 
Tie Bars
8
8
10
16
28
  
2
6
12
 
Corner Ties
4
5
8
10
15
1
3
2
5
 
Base Links
  
2
2
6
14
2
  
4
8
 
Screws
  
4
4
12
28
4
  
8
16
 
Screwdriver
  
1
1
1
1
1
      
 
Instruction Book - Sets #0 - #3
1
1
1
1
1
        
 
Instruction Book - Set #4
        
1
      
1
31
Gable Roof
        
2
      
2
32
Roof Ends Long
        
2
      
2
33
Balustrades
        
24
      
24
42
Gate & Matching Balustrade
        
3
      
3
34
Bricks Wall
        
24
      
24
35
Bricks Corner - Red
        
6
      
6
35
Bricks Corner - White
        
18
      
18
36
Spans
        
6
      
6
37S
Crazy Paving
        
24
      
24
38L
Windows Side - Left
        
4
      
4
38R
Windows Side - Right
        
4
      
4
39
Bricks Side - Red
        
8
      
8
39
Bricks Side - White
        
8
      
8
40
Windows Opening
        
4
      
4
41
Chimney Small
        
1
      
1
17
Pinnacle Roof - White
        
1
      
1
18
Pinnacle Platform - White
        
1
      
1
20
Dome - White
        
1
      
1
 
TV Aerial
1
1
1
1
1
      
1
 
Opening/Garage Doors
    
1
1
2
  
1
1
1
 
Ramp
    
1
1
2
  
1
  
1
 
Glazing Strips
1
2
3
4
6
1
1
1
2
Part No.
BAYKO Part Description
Standard Sets
Conversion Sets
 
Click on any of the highlighted set numbers above [e.g. #2] to see a photo of the set.
 
 
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Latest update - November 24, 2010