| Year | 2003 |
| Date | 16-May |
| Volume | 190 |
| Issue | 4,195 |
| Page | 541 |
| Category | Reminiscences |
| Part | 1 |
| Title | What Makes a Model Engineer? |
| Author | Don Unwin |
| Notes | Long time if occasional contributor recalls early days of his hobby, Meccano smoking robot 1938, Meccano framework for the replica St. Albans astronomical clock, galleon made from wood, tramp steamer, 2 1/2"g. Dyak, Stuart boiler, 2 1/2"g. Pacific, 3 1/2"g. Atlantic Maisie, 60mm centre precision lathe, Stuart Turner air compressor, 1 1/2" scale Fowler Showman's road locomotive |