Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	328	Club News		Leeds SMEE		Nigel Bennett's Tom Rolt (photo courtesy of Nigel Bennett)
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	328	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	328	Club News		Bradford MES
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	328	Club News		And finally		The biggest lie. Welling MES
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	328	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		This is the end à
	2018	17-Aug	221	4,593	329	Diary		Diary
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	207	On the cover ...		Tom Armet's 4 1/2 inch scale Foden SWB steam lorry		Seen at the Bloxham Steam Rally (photograph John Arrowsmith)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	216	Smoke Rings		Southern Federation Rally		Cambridge DMES
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	216	Smoke Rings		Last Time's Cover Photo		By Geoff Theasby
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	217	Rally		The Bloxham Steam Rally	John Arrowsmith	Attends the annual show put on by the Banbury Steam Society. 4" scale Burre... more Attends the annual show put on by the Banbury Steam Society. 4" scale Burrell Brutus by Chris Mayall, 4 1/2" scale Foden SWB steam lorry owned by Tom Armet, Kevin Osbourn's 4" Burrell, 4" Burrell Showmans engine by Vernon Payne, Fairmile D type MTB by Adrian Abbott, coaster, Peter Jay's Shand Mason fire engine and 1" scale Minnie traction engine, Gordon Ockwell's 1:6 scale 1918 Titan tractor, a Century of Steam Models, Toys and Meccano by David Shirt, 1908 Robey traction engine, Lykamobile steam car, Foden 'beer lorry', Luke Needham's 4" Burrell, James, 3" scale Fowler owned by David Macdonald, 'Waterloo Boy' tractor by Gordon Ockwell
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	220	An Engineer's Day Out		Museum of English Rural Life, Reading	Roger Backhouse	Visits one of Britain's most important collections of rural industrial arte... more Visits one of Britain's most important collections of rural industrial artefacts. Romany caravan, hand tools, Jethro Tull, seed drill, 1949 Land Rover Series 1, Lincolnshire farm box, hermaphrodite wagons, Ransome RHB plough, Hornsby's, carts and wagons, speed the plough, harvest home, Albion reaper, threshing machines, Ransomes' model by Bill Smith (A.F.W.Smith), double blast threshing machine by E.Humphries, elevator by Messrs Reeves, Clayton and Shuttleworth portable engine, 1/24 scale road locomotive by George A.Froud, steam lawn mower by Ransomes, haymaking, steam power, Titan tractor by International Harvester, 1937 Fordson N tractor, 'wee grey Fergie' by Harry Ferguson, tractors, 1953 Ransomes MG crawler tractor, dairying, reading room, 1920s milking parlour, cheese press by Carson, reference
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	225	Road Locomotive	46	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Describes how he made a whistle for his six inch scale tractor
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	228	Educational		Young Engineers Training Day	John Arrowsmith	Visits the Hereford Club to observe the next generation of model engineers ... more Visits the Hereford Club to observe the next generation of model engineers being 'shown the ropes'. Oscillating engine by Matthew Kennington, Oliver drives the Sweet Pea loco, George starts the Sweet Pea loco, Tom is instructed by Matthew, copper pipe bending, tom's mum
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	230	Locomotive	38	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Chimney, b... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Chimney, blast pipe and blower arrangement, smokebox saddle, grate, dropping grate, ashpan, reference
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	234	Turbine	3	Steam Turbines Large and Miniature. Transfer of energy to the rotor.	Mike Tilby	Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. Steam tur... more Explores the technology, history and modelling of steam turbines. Steam turbine types, radial flow by C.A.Parsons, Stumpf type rotor by E.T.Westbury, steam does work on the rotor, measurement of work, work done on a blade, blade speed, kinetic energy, origin of the word 'turbine', Fourneyron hydraulic turbine, hydraulic versus steam turbines, heat engine, references
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	238	General		Next Issue		Sheffield Rally; BR2 Aero Engine; LittleLEC 2018; CNC for a Sieg Mill; Vert... more Sheffield Rally; BR2 Aero Engine; LittleLEC 2018; CNC for a Sieg Mill; Vertical Boiler
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	239	Club		Wandong Live Steamers	Les Phillips	Tells the story of the Wandong Live Steamers, based in Victoria, Australia.... more Tells the story of the Wandong Live Steamers, based in Victoria, Australia. Location and site, our story, obstacles overcome, celebrations, geography
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	242	Reminiscences		A Few Puffs of Steam	Ralph Oliver	Takes a gentle stroll down memory lane and recalls the early days of the He... more Takes a gentle stroll down memory lane and recalls the early days of the Heritage Railway. N0 4 Edward Thomas at Nant Gweronl Station on the Talyllyn Railway, Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0 ST Army No. WD192 - Waggoner on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	244	Educational	18	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Machines the tool holder step, which accurately and repeatably (repeatedly?... more Machines the tool holder step, which accurately and repeatably (repeatedly?) locates the removable tool holders. Machining the tool holder step, methods, detent pin flat
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	248	Internal Combustion	6	Two Pistons and Three Con Rods	Wolfgang Tepper	Describes a water-cooled four-stroke opposed-piston engine. Carburetto (car... more Describes a water-cooled four-stroke opposed-piston engine. Carburetto (carburettor?), operation
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	250	Postbag		Engineering Projections	Tony Reeve
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	250	Postbag		Electrical Connections	David Hockin
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	251	Postbag		Van de Graaf Generators	Graham Astbury
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	251	Postbag		Balancing	Jeremy Buck
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	251	Postbag		Shipbuilding	Julian Sturdy
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	251	Postbag		Rusty Rails	Mike Hanscomb	Beer Heights Light Railway. Renewal of the Guildford MES Ground Level Track
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	251	Postbag		Photographing Locos	David E.Hockin
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	252	Stationary Engine		The Restorer	Mitch Barnes	Brings a forgotten and neglected model back to life for future generations ... more Brings a forgotten and neglected model back to life for future generations to enjoy. Restored six years ago and now a century old, this is its story. Stuart Turner 1906 catalogue, Thomas Kenneth 'Ken' Tilston, Chester Hydraulics, history of the No. 7
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	255	Boiler	10	ME Vertical Boiler - Constructing the Boiler	Martin Gearing	Flares his firetubes. Inner firetubes, outer firetubes, flaring the firetub... more Flares his firetubes. Inner firetubes, outer firetubes, flaring the firetubes, flaring tube clamps, forming rings, tube flaring drift, flaring the tubes
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	258	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		GDPR permission, building a clock
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	258	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES		Andy Giffen's 15F, Geoff Hoad's electric Q1
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus.)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		City of Sunderland MES
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		West Riding SLS
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		SM&EE
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		Waushakum LS (USA)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		Cambridge MES
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	259	Club News		Reading SME		Tanks on the lawn! (Photo courtesy of Mike Manners)
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	260	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		VM78 millivoltmeter, Jane Austen, Welsh slate caverns
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	260	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	260	Club News		Welling DMES
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	260	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	260	Club News		And finally		Men in Sheds
	2018	03-Aug	221	4,592	261	Diary		Diary
	2018	20-Jul	221	4,591	139	On the cover ...		Aaron Ellis tends to Mark Atkins's quarter scale Burrell traction engine		Seen at the Grimsby and Cleethorpes MES, see 221 4592 207
	2018	20-Jul	221	4,591	148	Smoke Rings		Help Wanted		Bob Bramson, Eddie Draper of the Golden Valley Light Railway, steam locomot... more Bob Bramson, Eddie Draper of the Golden Valley Light Railway, steam locomotive Certification Engineer, Stephenson's Engineering, CNC apprentice training
	2018	20-Jul	221	4,591	148	Smoke Rings		Duckie
	2018	20-Jul	221	4,591	148	Smoke Rings		Bristol Show
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