Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	167	Locomotive	1	Making the driving wheels for 4457	Bob Bramson	Explains how he designed and made the driving wheels for a 7 1/4"g. Great N... more Explains how he designed and made the driving wheels for a 7 1/4"g. Great Northern C1 class locomotive.
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	169	Pump		Tales of the SM&EE Collection: the Hatfield Water Pump	Peter Haycock and Roger Backhouse	Take a look at the Hatfield Water Pump. Merryweather, Museum of Technology ... more Take a look at the Hatfield Water Pump. Merryweather, Museum of Technology and Transport, Auckland New Zealand, Lisa Truttman, model by Harry Roughton, Stationary Engines Committee
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	171	Tram	9	Bolton Corporation No. 46	Ashley Best	His illustrated description of an award winning, scratch built model in 1:1... more His illustrated description of an award winning, scratch built model in 1:16 scale. Seats, handrails
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	175	Educational	5	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Discusses cutting lubricants and takes the first cut. Coolant, the dials
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	177	Road Locomotive	39	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Makes the parts for the flywheel brake
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	180	Stationary Engine	10	Ferrabee Pillar Engine, 1862	Anthony Mount	Continues his construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. Gove... more Continues his construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. Governor spindle, governor arms, governor balls, governor links, governor pivot block, governor bracket
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	184	Postbag		Sombre Harvest	Peter King
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	184	Postbag		Insurance	Ted Fletcher
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	185	Postbag		Big Boy	John Hannum
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	185	Postbag		Old Toys	Henk-Jan de Ruiter replies
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	185	Postbag		Help - Tri-Wing Screwdrivers	James Buxton
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	185	Postbag		Help - Tri-Wing Screwdrivers	Peter Browning
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	185	Postbag		Young Engineers	Roger Curtis
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	186	An Engineer's Day Out		Aberdeen Maritime Museum	Roger Backhouse	Pays a visit. Murchison platform, half hull models, Lady Rosemary, Denny te... more Pays a visit. Murchison platform, half hull models, Lady Rosemary, Denny test tank Dumbarton, steam yacht Fox, Sir John Franklin, Thermopylae, The Thrift, Fox propeller, grab dredger, harbour view, Rattray Head light, harbour and coastal equipment, North Sea oil and gas, harpoon gun, ship-based oil rig, jack-up platform, semi-submersible, drilling bits, drilling rigs, diving suit, ROV, Newt suit by Phil Nuyttens, Piper Alpha disaster, undersea engineering, Scorpio remote operated vehicle, Merseyside Maritime Museum, the future of oil, the Scottish Samurai, Thomas Glover and Mitsubishi, further reading
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Bathroom light switch, mass spectrometry
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		Harrow & Wembley SME
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		North London SME
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	190	Club News		Steam Apprentice Club
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	191	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Alan Thorpe's showman's engine (photo courtesy of Mick Savage)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	191	Club News		Bradford MES
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	191	Club News		Stamford MES
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	191	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)		A new home of the Case (photo courtesy of Paul Ohannesian)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	191	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)		See 219 4572 668
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Tonbridge MES
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)		Gary Douglas's USS Comstock F45 (photo courtesy of Gary Douglas), Bruce Gea... more Gary Douglas's USS Comstock F45 (photo courtesy of Gary Douglas), Bruce Geage's 1/12th scale Caterpillar D8 (photo courtesy of Bruce Geage)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Northampton SME
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		York City DMES		T-shirt (photo courtesy of Richard Gibbon)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA (Yorkshire Group)
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	192	Club News		And finally		The first computer was an apple. Norwich DSME
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	193	Diary		Diary
	2018	19-Jan	220	4,578	193	General		Next Issue		Webb Tool Chests; ENV Aero Engine; GWR 14XX; Out and About; Buying a Projec... more Webb Tool Chests; ENV Aero Engine; GWR 14XX; Out and About; Buying a Project; Steam Hammer
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	71	On the cover ...		Ken Toone's 10mm scale Cowans Sheldon breakdown crane		(Photo: Ken Toone)
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	81	Smoke Rings		A Happy New Year to you all!
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	81	Smoke Rings		Helping Orphans		Mitch Barnes, buying unfinished projects
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	81	Smoke Rings		Remap at Alexandra Palace		The London Model Engineering Exhibition
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	81	Smoke Rings		Club Secretaries		Send us your Diary events
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	82	General	1	Buying a Project	Mitch Barnes	Mitch Barnes takes a wry look at buying unfinished projects. Early pattern ... more Mitch Barnes takes a wry look at buying unfinished projects. Early pattern Stuart Turner No.7, it's something you don't need but you really want à , steam engine project - 'how did I get here?' Tempted? So, where do we pick these projects up then? 3 1/2"g. City of Bath, buying at an auction house
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	85	An Engineer's Day Out		A Day Out in York	Roger Backhouse	Visits the York Model Engineers and discovers that it is much more than tra... more Visits the York Model Engineers and discovers that it is much more than trains. Flying Scotsman (photo copyright Paul Howard), history, about the society, tracks, society activities, Ted Burdge's Alco model, Erskine station, Thomas Barnes' 2 1/2"g. 2-8-0 to Chris Barron design, Ian Walcraft, Alan Hopwood, Phil Tattersfield, Poppleton Children's Sports Day, 'Le Mans' Richard Gibbon's Wren Lashin' Middlin', Bob Polley's agricultural models, Mogul tractor and stone crusher by Peter Bentley, overcrank engine & Potty 3 cylinder radial engine by Henry Tuke, lyre clock & Shand Mason fire engine by Dennis Lawson, other modelling interests, Osprey kit herring drifter by Tom Pearce, Saltash Castle corvette by Trevor Boulton, dockyard dribbler by Dave Bowerman, website, thanks
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	88	Railway		A Cowans-Sheldon Breakdown Crane	Ken Toone	Describes his 75 ton breakdown scale (crane?), built to 10mm scale
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	91	Aeronautical	3	The ENV Aero Engine	Stephen Wessel	Continues an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype.... more Continues an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype. Valves and guides, piston design, a note about IPA, piston making, con rods
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	94	Stationary Engine	4	Stuart Steam Hammer	Ray Griffin	Makes the mouthpiece and gland
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	97	Educational	4	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Explains how to set up your newly acquired lathe. The tool, grinding HSS to... more Explains how to set up your newly acquired lathe. The tool, grinding HSS tools, setting up, using a chuck
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	101	Locomotive	31	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. A minor mo... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. A minor modification, cab of Douglas at Pendre, Peter Sam and friends in Corris red à and rebuilt as Corris No.4, Douglas on the bench à and back on track! The driving tender
	2018	05-Jan	220	4,577	105	General		Zoyd the Robot and Toad	James Wells	Finds a fun way to fill otherwise wasted time
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