Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	68	Smoke Rings		Bradford Cup		Ron Fitzgerald
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	68	Smoke Rings		Midlands Show and Competition		John Stevenson Trophy, Association of Helicopter Aerosports, Elmers No 19
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	69	General	1	Innovations in the Last 100 Published Model Engineer Articles	Luker	Looks back over his recently achieved century. Non reverti, William a 2-6-2... more Looks back over his recently achieved century. Non reverti, William a 2-6-2T, modern techniques and calculations for balancing steam engines, computer aided design (CAD) and virtual dynamic model checks, Stirling 2-2-2, Fire Queen, 3D printing of complex patterns, casting methods and new alloys, tested to virtual failure, surface tensile stress plot, FEA as a thermal structural deign tool, references
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	72	Stationary Engine	6	A Twin Tandem Compound Steam Engine	Graeme Quayle	Presents his own design for a compound winding engine. Valve chests, covers... more Presents his own design for a compound winding engine. Valve chests, covers and slide valves, slide valves and rods, reversing components
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	77	General	14	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Hauling the Toys - Part 4. Takes a random walk through model engineering. A... more Hauling the Toys - Part 4. Takes a random walk through model engineering. A firm anchorage, Erickson's E-Track system, heave-ho, chocks away, Ruby Swann, Erickson's ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) wheel chocks, ATV kit's ratchet straps, postscript to Episode 14
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	82	Locomotive	60	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley'... more Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings.
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	84	General	1	Harris Tweed - How engineering innovations transformed an island craft	Roger Backhouse	Discovers how a cloth unique to the Outer Hebrides is woven. Lewis, Kenny M... more Discovers how a cloth unique to the Outer Hebrides is woven. Lewis, Kenny Maclennan with his rapier loom, pirn winder, history, orb trademark, Ray Craig, Benbecula rocket range, Kildonan Museum, South Uist, spinning wheel at Taigh Chailean B&B Isle of Lewis, traditional tweed making, essential parts of a loom, Marion Campbell's pattern book (seen at Drinhader 'Clo Mhor' Exhibition), flying shuttle, Bonas-Griffith loom, beater (or sley)
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	87	Club		SMEE News. Amberley Museum Visit	Martin Kyte	Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Lubric... more Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Lubricator drive on the Tangye engine, machine shop, Thomas Long press, 3 triode receiver from 1972, thermionic valves, measuring instruments, 1/16th scale tool box, Robey oil engine, three phase electrical generator
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	90	Workshop		Super Glue is Super	Patrick Hendra	From Eastleigh Young Engineers, describes the use and limitations of cyanoa... more From Eastleigh Young Engineers, describes the use and limitations of cyanoacrylate adhesives. What is superglue? Molecular structure of poly diethyl cyanoacrylate, superglue in the mechanical workshop, a totally different example - holding during drilling, assembling and retaining, a problem for a Young Engineer, applications, superglue is brittle, a safety note, performance with various materials
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	94	Stationary Engine	1	Bassett-Lowke Eclipse Replica	Jason Ballamy	Builds a small boat engine inspired by a Bassett-Lowke design. The original... more Builds a small boat engine inspired by a Bassett-Lowke design. The original, original catalogue illustration and description, 3D CAD general arrangement, 3D CAD section through engine, the model, sole plate, sole plate assembly, main bearings, crankshaft, bearings and columns, crankshaft, columns
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	98	Locomotive	1	Boxers to Polkas - The Story of George Forrester's Locomotives	Ron Fitzgerald	Explores the history of George Forrester, a little known but influential lo... more Explores the history of George Forrester, a little known but influential locomotive engineer. George Forrester's 2-2-2 Vauxhall built for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotive Swiftsure 1834, Samson of 1831, sector plate and dog clutch on a contemporary model of the Middleton Railway locomotive (in the collection of the Leeds Industrial Museum), Nicholas Wood's slip eccentric valve gear applied to a Killingworth locomotive, Rocket's valve gear, Swiftsure's valve gear, footnotes
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	103	Club		The Ballad of Almondell	Andrew Newton	Explains how Edinburgh's new track is more than just a track. We had to sta... more Explains how Edinburgh's new track is more than just a track. We had to start somewhere! Map of Almondell, our heritage building
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	107	Locomotive	48	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	Painting and Lining. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson... more Painting and Lining. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive. Kit required, a painted and lined 4MT locomotive, finished linings on B1 1306 (photos: John Thompson)
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	112	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Dropped weight on foot, picture if not more newsletters and photographs, be... more Dropped weight on foot, picture if not more newsletters and photographs, bearded dragon, my Pogona
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	112	Club News		Sheffield MRS		Neepsend MRS, Chartered Institute of Rivet Counters
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	112	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	112	Club News		Northern Districts ME (Perth, Aus)
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	113	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Amateur radio 'Hamfest', Coningsby, Thorpe Camp, Woodall Spa, Dogdyke Pumpi... more Amateur radio 'Hamfest', Coningsby, Thorpe Camp, Woodall Spa, Dogdyke Pumping station, Ruston oil engine & Lancashire boiler at Dogdyke, 1950 Citroen TA 11B at Tattersall Castle, stepside pickup
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	113	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)		Chris Holland's 'Challenger', ex-editor Paul Ohannesian
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	114	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Overgrown miniature railway in Derbyshire, Beverage aerial
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	114	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	114	Smoke Rings		Sydney LSLS
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	114	Club News		And finally		Tectonic plates in the dishwasher, continental breakfast
	2024	28-Jun	233	4,746	115	Diary		Club Diary
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	3	On the cover …		A tender tank for Cornwall, a five-inch gauge LNWR 2-2-2 locomotive		(photo by Jim Clark)
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	8	Smoke Rings		Parklands Week Ends		6868 Penrhos Grange belonging to Stuart Duncan, 4202 a GWR 2-8-0T belonging... more 6868 Penrhos Grange belonging to Stuart Duncan, 4202 a GWR 2-8-0T belonging to John Painter, 1028 County of Warwick belonging to Peter Lawson, all built by Tony Newbury, GWR Dean Goods by Keith Wilson belonging to James Duncan, previously belonging to Ted Martin, Pet a 7 1/4"g. shunting engine model of engines for 18"g. Crew works system by Eric Upchurch, LNER 25 ton breakdown crane by Don Ketley now owned by John Dalton
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	8	Smoke Rings		Cock-up Corner		Llanelli's Spring Rally, see 232 4743 673
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	9	An Engineer's Day Out		Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire	Roger Backhouse	Visits a Regency mill still weaving silk on Victorian looms. Silk industry ... more Visits a Regency mill still weaving silk on Victorian looms. Silk industry history, Whitchurch silk mill on the River Test, Whitchurch silk mill, seen from downstream, gear wheels and governor, waterwheel, dyed hanks (slips) of silk on 'swifts', silk processing, ceramic guides, bobbin frame, beamer, hand loom, healds (leashes), Enoch Ruston maker's plate on Macclesfield made loom, Dobby mechanism, shuttle, pirn (quill) winders, overview, visiting the mill, City Mill Winchester, West Country Pacific 34007 Wadebridge at Alresford on the Watercress Line (Photographed 10th July 2010), Twyford Waterworks
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	14	Turbine	2	Miniature Gas Turbines - An Introduction	Tim Coles	Takes us through the basics of model turbine design. Turbine wheel, axial f... more Takes us through the basics of model turbine design. Turbine wheel, axial flow turbine wheel, bearings, the control of gas turbines, shaft attached to turbine wheel and compressor, model turbine control system, turboshaft engines, model aircraft turboprop system, constructing a model turbine, some statistics, the Gas Turbine Builders' Association, GT3 gas turbine powered locomotive
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	17	Historic	58	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Coalbrookdale Engine and the Introduction of the Engine to London. Take... more The Coalbrookdale Engine and the Introduction of the Engine to London. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. John Farey's 1804 drawing of the London dyehouse engine and cylinder, references
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	20	Locomotive	47	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	AWS Gear and Lamps. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson'... more AWS Gear and Lamps. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive. Screw coupling retaining shoe, transponder shoe mounting, working lamp and wired lamp bracket, battery holder, general view of AWS transponder, working gauge glass lamp, LNER style lamp, LMS style lamp, three GWR style lamps, another GWR style lamp
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	24	Workshop	2	Engineering Surface Flatness	Neil Raine	Discusses the meaning, measurement and methods of achieving flatness. Refer... more Discusses the meaning, measurement and methods of achieving flatness. Reference standards, assessing surface flatness using a reference standard, using the wavelength of light to measure surface flatness, the condition of perfect flatness, type and causes of surface imperfection, mechanical wear, how flat is flat enough? Manufacturing flatness, hand scraping, surface grinding, summary, references, notes
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	28	Book Review		The Glorious Years of the LMS	Peter Tuffley	Travelling in first class style on the LMS, review by Roger Backhouse
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	29	Index		Index to Volume 232
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	33	Workshop		The Magic Bolt	Jacques Maurel	Finds a screw that drives him nuts. Machining, notes
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	35	Stationary Engine	6	A Twin Tandem Compound Steam Engine	Graeme Quayle	Presents his own design for a compound winding engine. Crankshaft parts, wo... more Presents his own design for a compound winding engine. Crankshaft parts, wood base, flywheel
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	40	Club		We Visit the Banbury & District Society of Model Engineers	John Arrowsmith	Visits a small, thriving club on the banks of the Oxford canal. Secretary T... more Visits a small, thriving club on the banks of the Oxford canal. Secretary Tony Lee drives the club engine, 5"g. electric 0-4-0, workshop, display cabinet, Pete Downer's boiler, Pete Downer and John Punter, Caille two stroke engine, Jamie Simmons working on his new steam launch, gearbox, rear axle & cylinder for the new 3in scale traction engine
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	43	General	13	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Hauling the Toys - Part 3. Takes a random walk through model engineering. T... more Hauling the Toys - Part 3. Takes a random walk through model engineering. The aurhor and his Dad in a German car on the highways of Britain in 1973, gumming up the arteries, the same car fifty years later, the deceleration demon, the demon in practice, an interim conclusion, Mr. Newton's equations of motion, postscript to Part 13
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	46	General		Next Issue		Eclipse: Superglue: Harris Tweed: Forrester: Edinburgh
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	47	Locomotive	8	Building 3020 Cornwall in 5 Inch Gauge	Jim Clark	Builds the famous LNWR 2-2-2 - the first locomotive earmarked for preservat... more Builds the famous LNWR 2-2-2 - the first locomotive earmarked for preservation. Tender tank body, tender toolboxes, tender fittings, tender hand pump, completing the tender and finishing the project
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	52	Club News		Geoff Thorsby's comments		My locomotive on the club track, trailer problems, Bolide, horns
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	52	Club News		Warrington DMES
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	52	Club News		Friends of Gowrie		Close up, Hengist is BIG, Hengist builders plate, kit built locomotives and... more Close up, Hengist is BIG, Hengist builders plate, kit built locomotives and rolling stock on a stall at the Hengist Open Day
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	52	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	53	Club News		City of Oxford SME		L&B 188
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	53	Club News		Stamford MES
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	53	Club News		Bradford MES
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	54	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	54	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2024	14-Jun	233	4,745	54	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Thorpe Camp Radio rally, Hamfest, Dogdyke pumping engines, Tattersall Castl... more Thorpe Camp Radio rally, Hamfest, Dogdyke pumping engines, Tattersall Castle and church clock
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