Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	361	Railway	6	Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. A4;... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. A4; setting the valves and finishing the chassis
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	364	Nautical	2	Building Dancer. The Engine	John Olsen	Constructs a 1:1 scale steam launch. Castings and patterns, engine, referen... more Constructs a 1:1 scale steam launch. Castings and patterns, engine, references
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	369	Locomotive	4	Vertical Boiler Locomotives	Martin Ranson	Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Frames, wheels and a... more Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Frames, wheels and axles, coupling rods
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	371	General		Next Issue		London Exhibition; Steam Turbines; GWR Pannier Tank; Barclay Tanks; Rob Roy... more London Exhibition; Steam Turbines; GWR Pannier Tank; Barclay Tanks; Rob Roy Rally
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	372	Pump	4	A Boiler Feed Pump	Ian Couchman	Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Coup... more Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Coupler, the pump
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	376	Historic	5	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine.... more Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. The Newcomen Engine, the Griff Colliery engine, references
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	379	Stationary Engine	16	Building the Model Engineer Beam Engine	David Haythornthwaite	Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings.... more Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings. Port face, machining the cylinder, cylinder cover
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	382	Postbag		Foundry	'Steamboat Ed' Haas
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	382	Postbag		Guns	J.E.Kirby
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	383	Postbag		Foundry	Ray Foulkes
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	383	Postbag		Pure Water (Boilers, Stuart Merton)	Chris Pattison
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	383	Postbag		Rack Locomotives (Content of Model Engineer, Tony Reeve)	Jeremy Buck
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	383	Postbag		Oiling Axleboxes	Tom Parham
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	384	Locomotive	4	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Completing the bunk... more Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Completing the bunker tank, progress with the well tank
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	388	Locomotive	1	A Draught Proposal	Peter Kenington	Re-examines the electrical side of the humble steam-raising blower and prop... more Re-examines the electrical side of the humble steam-raising blower and proposes a couple of simple (and cheap) alternatives to traditional solutions for powering this essential piece of kit. Current considerations, a hard cell, the business case, an armoured battery
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	391	Club		The Winter Storms Visit Sunderland	Peter Russell	Secretary of the City of Sunderland Model Engineering Society reports on th... more Secretary of the City of Sunderland Model Engineering Society reports on the damage
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		'Bolide', deranged computer, Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway, monorails,... more 'Bolide', deranged computer, Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway, monorails, Lartigue, Erwins, Road Machines
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Welling DMES		C&MLR Argyll (Photo courtesy of Editor, Tony Riley)
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Bradford MES
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Reading SME
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		City of Sunderland MES
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	396	Club News		Newcomen Society		12"g. locomotive, Leatham & Co.
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Train horns on youtube, and for bus enthusiasts
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		Manx Steam & MEC
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		Nottingham SMEE
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA		Martin Ford's 'weathered' 16 ton wagon (Photo courtesy of Martin Ford), G1 ... more Martin Ford's 'weathered' 16 ton wagon (Photo courtesy of Martin Ford), G1 Gladstone by Tony Armstrong (Photo courtesy of Dick Comber), Frank Herold's G1 Henschel of 1941 (Photo courtesy of Bill Read)
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	397	Club News		York City DSME
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	398	Club News		Cambridge MES
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	398	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Preserved tram in Whanganui (NZ) Debs home town, Mercury Hermes Scooterette... more Preserved tram in Whanganui (NZ) Debs home town, Mercury Hermes Scooterette, Beyer-Peacock IoM Crelling at Sheffield Auctions
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	398	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)		Tom Hardy's urn (Photo courtesy of Editor, Jim Clark)
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	398	Club News		And finally		Twin brother, cloning
	2020	28-Feb	224	4,633	399	Diary		Diary
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	275	On the cover ...		One of the boilers for Martin Ranson's pair of 32mm 'pepperpot' locomotives		(photograph Martin Ranson)
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	284	Smoke Rings		Happy Valentines!
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	284	Smoke Rings		Flying Scotsman
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	284	Smoke Rings		Southern Federation
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	284	Smoke Rings		Cock-Up Corner		Maudslay, Maudsley, ME4631 contents page, LttleLEC
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	285	Locomotive	3	Vertical Boiler Locomotives	Martin Ranson	Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Steam valve and safe... more Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Steam valve and safety valve, lagging and boiler bands, boiler fittings, pressure testing
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	288	Stationary Engine	3	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Cylinder block po... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Cylinder block porting, cylinder top cover, piston and piston rod, piston rod glands
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	291	Locomotive		Building a Working Steam Loco After Dinner	David Hatherill	And son John break all records for locomotive manufacture
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	292	Pump	3	A Boiler Feed Pump	Ian Couchman	Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Valv... more Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Valve chest
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	294	General		Next Issue		Blowers; Magdalen Road; Tram Truck; London Exhibition; Beam Engine
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	295	Obituary		Ron Dawe	Andrew Smith	RLS Chairman
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	296	Railway	2	Moseley Railway Trust's Golden Jubilee	Mark Smithers	Spends the weekend at Apedale to celebrate an anniversary. Deutz rod-couple... more Spends the weekend at Apedale to celebrate an anniversary. Deutz rod-coupled 0-4-0 Diesel W/N 10050, Motor Rail 'Simplex','D' class bogie wagon, 'E' and 'F' bogie wagons, re-created gun carriage bogie wagon, Kerr Stuart 'Tattoo' class 0-4-2ST Stanhope, Pechot bogie wagon, U.S. bogie 'Pershing' flat wagon, Baldwin 7 1/2 ton 4-50-1-C tractor, Froissy
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	299	Turbine	23	Steam Turbines Large and Miniature	Mike Tilby	Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. The Stump... more Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. The Stumpf-type turbine, Riedler Stumpf turbines, advantages of this design, aircraft navigation instruments, design variations, design and manufacture of model turbine rotors, miniature turbogenerators, optimising efficiency, reverse turbine pockets and blades, acknowledgement, references
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	305	Locomotive	15	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. D... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. Drain cock operation
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	309	Railway	5	Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. Wor... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. Work gets underway on the chassis
	2020	14-Feb	224	4,632	314	Book Review		Bassett-Lowke Art: The Making of an Identity	Christine Sanderson	Reviewed by Mitch Barnes
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