Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

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	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	92	Railway	2	Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. Sti... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. Stirling Single No. 1003, 59 Class Garrett No. 5922 Mount Blackett, 55 Class Garrett No. 5510, aspirations
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	98	Locomotive		Model Locomotive Wheel and Brake Block Profiles	Hiroyuki Watanabe	Explains a method for achieving correctly profiled wheels and brake blocks
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	103	Book Review		The Remarkable Jim Crebbin and his Experimental Locomotives	Roger Backhouse	Reviewed by D.A.G. Brown
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	104	Automotive		More Slotcars	Henk-Jan de Ruiter	Revisits the slot car scene and takes a look at some classic chassis from t... more Revisits the slot car scene and takes a look at some classic chassis from the '60s and '70s, 1/24 Cox magnesium, 1/24 Russkit 'black widow', K & B 1/25 slotcar, Batman replica, Tamiya, Scalextric, references
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	107	Historic	2	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 atmospheric steam engine, Newcomen's atmospheric engine, Papin's demonstration, Roger North's Notebook, Rhys Jenkins Collected Papers, single chamber Savery pump, Philosophical Transactions, MS drawing in the Royal Society Collection, 1704 Lexicon Technicum by Harris, Savery's Miner's Friend 1702, reference
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	111	Stationary Engine	4	My First Project	Dan Watson	Makes a good start in model engineering with a Stuart S50 mill engine
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	114	Tram	4	Brill 22E Tram Truck	Ashley Best	Describes an American design of tram truck that was widely used on British ... more Describes an American design of tram truck that was widely used on British trams. Alternative methods, load bearing, rear cross beam, compression spring, bracing
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	118	Workshop	4	Backyard Foundry Techniques: Casting	Luker	Describes how to set up and use your own backyard foundry. Safety and PPE, ... more Describes how to set up and use your own backyard foundry. Safety and PPE, scavenging for materials, mixing metals for model engineering applications, copper alloy calculator, when and how to pour, fettling, cleaning and checking the castings, some casting defects and their causes, fixing casting defects
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	123	General		Man in a Shed. Ali Bubba	James Wells	Our Man in a Shed gets all seasonal and ventures into toymaking
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	124	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Peak Programme Meters, Volume Unit meters, Loudness Units
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	124	Club Chat		Durban SME (SA)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	124	Club News		Pickering EEMS		Ted Fletcher's PCB Cutter (Photo courtesy of Neville Foster), rocking 'hors... more Ted Fletcher's PCB Cutter (Photo courtesy of Neville Foster), rocking 'horse' for Ivy (Photo courtesy of David Proctor)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		Vale of Aylesbury MES
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		Stamford MES
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		Cambridge MES
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		Henley Solon Owners Club		Graham Astbury writes, Henley Solon plastic welding tip (Photo courtesy of ... more Graham Astbury writes, Henley Solon plastic welding tip (Photo courtesy of Graham Astbury)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	125	Club News		Bradford MES
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		York City DSME		Morse key by Chris Robinson (Photo courtesy of Roger Backhouse)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus.)
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Bramah's improved fire engines at Sheffield's Kelham Island Museum
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	126	Club News		And finally		Falling asleep randomly, during a left wing polemic
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	127	Diary		Diary
	2020	03-Jan	224	4,629	127	General		Next Issue		Pepperpot Locomotives; Boiler Feed Pump; Wallis Advance Steam Roller; Bradf... more Pepperpot Locomotives; Boiler Feed Pump; Wallis Advance Steam Roller; Bradford Exhibition
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	3	On the cover ...		Bob Middleton's double sided beam engine		Constructed by Rodney Oldfield (photograph by Rodney Oldfield)
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	12	Smoke Rings		Duff Coal
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	12	Smoke Rings		Another Year gone		Merry Christmas from me and General Gough! George Punter learns that he has... more Merry Christmas from me and General Gough! George Punter learns that he has won the Duke of Edinburgh trophy
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	13	Stationary Engine	1	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Base plate, eleva... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Base plate, elevations
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	17	Workshop	3	Backyard Foundry Techniques: Sand and moulding	Luker	Describes how to set up and use your own backyard foundry. The basics of sa... more Describes how to set up and use your own backyard foundry. The basics of sand, safety with sand, green sand mix, core sands, flasks for sand moulding, tools for sand moulding, making the sand moulds
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	21	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	22	General		The Polar Express	Jon Edney	Tells how the festive spirit is brought to a Cambridgeshire village. The fe... more Tells how the festive spirit is brought to a Cambridgeshire village. The festive scene, alert engine driver, in course of arrangement, the finished result
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	24	Rally		The Stirling Engine Rally 2019	John Arrowsmith	Visits the Hereford Waterworks Museum, the venue again for this year's rall... more Visits the Hereford Waterworks Museum, the venue again for this year's rally. 1890 Hayward-Tyler hot air engine, assorted engines and experimental gear box from Julian Wood, hot air powered car, Bob Cannon's Gamma and Henrici hot air engines, Ryder-Ericsson hot air engine by Andy Badman, commercial engines provided by Brian Lowe, David Laycock's side plates, cooling fan by Jeff Ford, Tony Goodger's free piston engine, Norris Bomford's four lever Stirling engine, heater tubes, waterworks museum display, time line models
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	28	Locomotive	56	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Airservice... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Airservice Constructional Corps No.1, cab view, fireman's side, injector pipework, Douglas, spooky goings-on, the War Department 0-6-0s, reference
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	32	Index		Index to Volume 223
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	36	General		Next Issue		Wheel Profiles; Midlands Show; M.E. Beam Engine; Brill Tram Truck, Slot Car... more Wheel Profiles; Midlands Show; M.E. Beam Engine; Brill Tram Truck, Slot Cars
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	37	Railway		Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. No.... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. No. 8783 leaving the running shed, introduction, railway developments, operation, workshop, locomotives, Y4 No 226
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	41	Road Locomotive	64	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Paints the belly tank and fits the ashpan. Belly tank, make and fit the ash... more Paints the belly tank and fits the ashpan. Belly tank, make and fit the ashpan
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	44	Historic	1	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. Preface, Agricola's De Re Metallica, mine water pumping before steam, the Beamish Mine water powered pumping engine c1763, George Sorocold's London Bridge Waterworks Engine of 1701, references
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	47	Locomotive	13	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. R... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. Reversing lever, reach rod, lubricator
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	51	Turbine	21	Steam Turbines Large and Miniature. Design and manufacture of blades	Mike Tilby	Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. Design an... more Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. Design and manufacture of blades, manufacturing methods, small reaction blades, the blade shop, impulse blades, impulse blade profiles, alignment of steam flow with the blade surface, finding the entry angle, exit angles, implications for model turbines, acknowledgement, reference
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	56	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		John Beddows, John Ballard, Reading SME, firebox loo, Newark amateur radio ... more John Beddows, John Ballard, Reading SME, firebox loo, Newark amateur radio event, Sheffield SMEE, decline in model engineering, National Emergency Services Museum, NFS fire tender interior c1941
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	56	Club News		City of Sunderland MES
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	56	Club News		Frimley & Ascot LC
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	57	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	57	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)		Electric hinge (Photo courtesy of Amy McLellan)
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	57	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Newcomen Society, Engineering Heritage Australia magazine
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	57	Club News		St Albans DMES
	2020	20-Dec	224	4,628	57	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES		Pilot's eye view from a steamroller (Photo courtesy of Steve Cooper)
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