Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	183	On the cover …		Andrew Breese with his 5 inch gauge B1 locomotive		Worthing club president drives around the track (photo: John Arrowsmith)
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	203	Workshop		ML7 Modifications	Mike Joseph	Demonstrates how he improved his Myford ML7 lathe
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	206	Electronic		An Electronic Control System for a Traverser	Peter Russel	Describes how he improved the control of the Sunderland club's traverser. R... more Describes how he improved the control of the Sunderland club's traverser. Roker Park, specifying the new system, final system specification, conclusion
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	208	Postbag		Cherry Hill	Mitch Barnes
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	208	Postbag		Cherry Hill	Ashley Best
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		Farewell	Ed.
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		Farewell	Steve Goodbody	Tribute to Martin Evans
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		Rob Roy	Graham Piercy
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		Sutton Oak Shed	Colin Standish
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		LBSC	Tim Coles
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		Milling Slots	John Coleman
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	209	Postbag		William Smith	Mike Joseph
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	212	Obituary		Philip Bellamy 1934 - 2024	Martin Goddard	Remembers his uncle Philip
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	213	Locomotive	12	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Co... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Coupling rods - front, coupling rods - rear, connecting rods, correction
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	217	Book Review		The Wantage Tramway: a bucolic road side Tramway	Richard Marks	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	218	Exhibition		Kempton Steam Museum	Robert Hobbs	Admires the great engine at Kempton. The author operates the barring engine... more Admires the great engine at Kempton. The author operates the barring engine, indicator diagram, references
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	223	Stationary Engine		Stuart Turner Sirius Piston Valve. A Tale of Two Twins	Graeme Quayle	Improves the valve timing of the Sirius engine. The original Sirius drawing... more Improves the valve timing of the Sirius engine. The original Sirius drawing, the original piston valve, the blue Sirius engine, the green Sirius engine, the original piston valve, the new piston valve, the revised piston valve
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	226	Locomotive	10	A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 1/2 Inch Gauge	Gerald Martyn	Steam Chest. Covers and the Rest. Decides to build a locomotive that he can... more Steam Chest. Covers and the Rest. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Steam chest, cover and gland cover, valve and spindle, piston, rod and covers, slidebars and crossheads
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	232	Workshop	3	Working on the lathe: drilling and boring	Neil Raine	Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Cuttin... more Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Cutting speed and metal machinability, drilling speed, relation between drilling speed and cutting speed for small twist drill, drilling speeds, references
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	234	Diary		Club Diary
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		Tyneside SMEE
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		St Albans MES		A 'stretched' Deltic Pinza
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		Bradford MES
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	236	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Cherry Hill, atomic batteries, parcel arrivals, CD's
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	237	Club News		Guildford ME
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	237	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		NLR loco, Sentinel, a long bit of signwriting by Bagnall, Nick Baines and b... more NLR loco, Sentinel, a long bit of signwriting by Bagnall, Nick Baines and battery electric T3 at MEX (photos courtesy of Ted Sadler)
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	237	Club News		Halesworth DMES
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	238	Club News		And finally		The late software engineer, grep, fgrep
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	238	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Black Screen of Fear, computer problems
	2025	24-Jan	234	4,761	238	Club News		Bristol ME		Davinder and his Little Samson (photo courtesy of Davinder Singh Matmaru)
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	123	On the cover …		Mr Harding's Perkins 'hit and miss' engine		Seen at the Lowestoft Model Engineering Exhibition (photo: Julie Williams)
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	124	Smoke Rings		Bradford Cup
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	124	Smoke Rings		The Joy of LEC's
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	124	Smoke Rings		Garden Rail Show
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	124	Smoke Rings		Conundrum		John Arrowsmith, safety valve
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	124	Smoke Rings		Cock-Up Corner		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition - Highlights (see 233 4757 736)
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	128	Stationary Engine	11	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Cylinder covers and t... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Cylinder covers and the imitation metallic packing for the piston rod seals, HP cylinder assembly
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	132	An Engineer's Day Out		Austria's Zillertalbahn	Roger Backhouse	Recalls a holiday to the Austrian Tirol. History, the railway today, compou... more Recalls a holiday to the Austrian Tirol. History, the railway today, compound locomotive No. 3 Tirol at Jenbach station, tourists' view of the Zillertal from the Heritage Train, the journey, goods traffic, view into No. 3 cab, No. 3 takes water at Mayrhofen, ballast wagons, snowplough. Schlitters Bruck station, balises, standard gauge shunting locomotive on a transporter wagon, timber wagons, steam locomotive, cab picture No. 3, 0-8-2 tank and tender engine No. 4 (Photo courtesy Gunter Denoth and ZB 2024), No. 4 on shed at Jenbach, sandboxes and turbo generators, No. 5 Gerlos, Heusinger von Waldegg motion work, Lupo class diesel hydraulic locomotives, locomotive D40, four wheel Zillertalbahn coaches, open carriage, rack locomotive demonstration at Jenbach, Achenseebahn, Riggenbach system, diesels, D40,, coach interior, wheel lathe, coaching stock and railcars, workshop the Achenseebahn, the Zillertalbahn in Wales
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	137	Locomotive	64	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Reach Rod. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomoti... more Reach Rod. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings.
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	142	Workshop	2	Working on the lathe: drilling and boring	Neil Raine	Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Drilli... more Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Drilling in the lathe. The accuracy of drilling, references
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	145	Book Review		Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway	Graham Bessant	Review by Paul Carpenter
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	146	Nautical	5	A Radial Marine Steam Engine	Ian Couchman	Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. The final b... more Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. The final bits, run time, finishing off, painting
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	152	Historic	65	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Ultimate Fate of the Patent. Takes a look at the history and developmen... more The Ultimate Fate of the Patent. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. References
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	154	Competition		IMLEC 2025 Fareham and District Society of Model Engineers	Howard Atkins	Chairman of Fareham and District Society of Model Engineers, invites entrie... more Chairman of Fareham and District Society of Model Engineers, invites entries for this year's IMLEC. FDSME Club, FDSME track layout, a lap of Fareham raised track, our location, local community interactions, submitting your entry, our location, how to find us
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	156	Competition		Announcing LittleLEC 2025 - at the Tiverton and District MES	Adrian Newson	Invites entries for this years LittleLEC. About us, track, facilities, park... more Invites entries for this years LittleLEC. About us, track, facilities, parking, finding us, Tiverton contacts
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	157	Competition		Narrow Gauge Locomotive Efficiency Competition (NGLEC) 2025	Glyn Davies	Invites entries for this year's competition. Oswestry and North Shropshire ... more Invites entries for this year's competition. Oswestry and North Shropshire MES
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	158	Exhibition		LOWMEX 2024	Julie Williams	Offers an account of East Anglia's biggest and fastest growing model engine... more Offers an account of East Anglia's biggest and fastest growing model engineering exhibition. 3 inch Fowler showman's engine by Clive Randlesome, Tommy by Gary Edwards, Halesworth and District MES display (photo by Kevin Rackham), Butch & clocks by Colin Walton, 7 1/4"g. Cowan's crane by Charlie Lovett, 7 1/4"g. 0-8-0 'S1' South African shunter by Glyn Ford, 16mm scale coal fired locomotive by Chris Nobbs, hit and miss engine by Mr Harding, carbide lamp, Foden steam wagon by John Dickinson owned by Brian Baker, 5"g. 4-4-0 Glen Garry by Terry Woodward, garden railway layout, Persious, Norwich Droids, 3D printing, paper galleon
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	162	Locomotive	9	A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 1/2 Inch Gauge	Gerald Martyn	Cylinders. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Cylinder assembl... more Cylinders. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Cylinder assembly, cylinder block
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