Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	508	General		Craft Engineering	Linton Wedlock	Asks 'would a simple approach help to promote hobby engineering?' Too intim... more Asks 'would a simple approach help to promote hobby engineering?' Too intimidating, from a devil's advocate, more variety, presentation, elementary projects, off the enthusiasts' radar, promoting engineering, nothing new à, à but not like it used to be
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	512	Tram	6	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. Side frames, platforms, resistance box, stairs
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	515	Stationary Engine	6	Ferrabee Pillar Engine, 1862	Anthony Mount	Continues his new construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. ... more Continues his new construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. Crank
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	518	Agricultural	15	A Saunderson & Mills Tractor Engine	George Punter	Writes a postscript after completing the engine for his 1913 agricultural t... more Writes a postscript after completing the engine for his 1913 agricultural tractor. Postscript, final thoughts, editor's postscript
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	520	Road Locomotive		Wildish & Son	Alan Barnes	Talks to Terry and Andrew about engines they have owned and run. 4" scale F... more Talks to Terry and Andrew about engines they have owned and run. 4" scale Foster, 3" scale Burrell, Simon Hudson, John Holroyd, 'Duke of Kent' at Bodiam, Fowler bought by Barry Buckley, photos by Alan Barnes, The Steam Workshop, Terry Wildish, Foster by Dennis Ramsden and Ted Wells, Andy Cole's Burrell
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	525	Lathe	2	Making Chuck Jaws	Jacques Maurel	Describes a simple way of making chuck jaws (both hard and soft) and how to... more Describes a simple way of making chuck jaws (both hard and soft) and how to hold them for machining in the lathe. Holding soft jaws, the front ring, the outside ring, holding hard jaws, method for machining soft jaws, reversible hard jaws set on jaw sole
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	529	General		Next Issue		Making the Stuart Steam Hammer; Improving 14XX Commercial Kits; A Clock Whe... more Making the Stuart Steam Hammer; Improving 14XX Commercial Kits; A Clock Wheel Cutting Engine; Tips on Folding Metal, A Dynomometer Box
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	530	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Omega Seamaster watch, music synthesisers, Perseid meteors, Neil Wyatt, Ant... more Omega Seamaster watch, music synthesisers, Perseid meteors, Neil Wyatt, Anthony Mount, I.I.Polzunov, Alan Cox poem, Pam Ayres, Derek Walcott, Ted Hughes, inscrutable oriental child, note-taker batteries,
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	530	Club News		Wakefield SMEE		Hunslet Charles, Raven S2 (LNER B15) 819
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	531	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	531	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	531	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus)		Graham Bell (Photo courtesy of R.Stephens)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	531	Club News		City of Oxford SME		David and Bonita Wilkins' garden tramway wagon (Photo courtesy of Bonita Wi... more David and Bonita Wilkins' garden tramway wagon (Photo courtesy of Bonita Wilkins)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		Cliff Daniels' Gresley articulated coaches (Photo courtesy of Ted Sadler)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		Reading SME		S2s at West Riding SLS (Photo courtesy of John Spokes)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Club News		And finally		Working in industrial adhesives, Holy Studloc
	2017	29-Sep	219	4,570	532	Diary		Diary
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	411	On the cover ...		Tale of Two Britannias		Two 7 1/4 2inch gauge Britannias built by Eastleigh railwaymen. Photo, Mike... more Two 7 1/4 2inch gauge Britannias built by Eastleigh railwaymen. Photo, Mike Johns
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	420	Smoke Rings		Model Engineering Courses: Milling		The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (SM&EE)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	420	Smoke Rings		Central Southern Gauge-0 Group
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	420	Smoke Rings		St. Albans BIG Model Show		Meccano model of the Laxey Wheel presented by the West London Meccano Socie... more Meccano model of the Laxey Wheel presented by the West London Meccano Society (Photo courtesy of St. Albans MES)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	420	Smoke Rings		Progress at Almondell
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	421	Stationary Engine	2	The Middleton Inverted Vee Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Completes another small stationary steam engine by designer, Bob Middleton.... more Completes another small stationary steam engine by designer, Bob Middleton. The base spacer, frame cross brace, cylinder, cylinder cover plates, steam chest, steam chest cover, Looks at a selection of significant engineering models. SM&EE, James Wong, beam engine by James Littlewood Naylor 1843, the West Dean link, conservation courses, Eve Taylor, ferric corrosion treatment by Stacey Hibberd, work for SM&EE, small pump, Jenny Lind model, Hannah Collacott, Natalie Mitchell, Jon Privett, Edgar Westbury's Kiwi, 1902 vertical engine by J.Hallett, Francesca Levey, facilities available, other objects conserved, horology, conservation courses, courses, information, reference, Greg Orton, Schaublin lathe
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	429	General		Next Issue		New Series: A Trivet Engine; Lighting the Lamps; Road Steam in Focus The Wi... more New Series: A Trivet Engine; Lighting the Lamps; Road Steam in Focus The Wildish Family; Wide-A-Wake; Ferrabee Engine
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	430	Electrical	2	Rescaling Moving Coil Meters	Graham Astbury	Describes a way of changing the scales and sensitivity of these instruments... more Describes a way of changing the scales and sensitivity of these instruments. Redrawing the scale, the ammeter, nomenclature
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	433	Automotive		An Ingeniously Made Model	Mark Kallenberg	Describes an astonishing survivor of the Great War. Colonel John Henry Town... more Describes an astonishing survivor of the Great War. Colonel John Henry Townsend Icke, the builder and his model
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	437	Locomotive		A Tale of Two Britannias	Mike Johns	Sets the record straight. Len Willoughby's Iron Duke, Chuck Laws, British C... more Sets the record straight. Len Willoughby's Iron Duke, Chuck Laws, British Columbia SME, John Samuel's Greywood Central Railway, John Butt, Ian Allen's Great Cockcrow Railway, Lindsay McDonnell at Burnaby, Jim Hoyle's Britannia, Tom Miller's private track in Oregon, photos courtesy John Butt, Kim Richardson, Mike Johns and Lindsay McDonnell
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	439	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	440	Competition	3	IMLEC 2017 Southport Model Engineering Club	Diane Carney	Trevor McKelvey: LMS Black 5, Marcus Peel: LNER B1, Paul Tomkins: BR Britan... more Trevor McKelvey: LMS Black 5, Marcus Peel: LNER B1, Paul Tomkins: BR Britannia, John Cottam: S.R. Merchant Navy, Jeannie Walker (Diane Carney's daughter): LNER Peppercorn A2, Carl Mayhew: LNER 01, Judith Bellamy: BR 9F, Kevan Ayling: SR Leader, Tom Parham: GWR 2-8-0, Jeanie Walker, Karen Howard and Judith Bellamy, Paul Tomkins, Lionel Flippance
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	444	Locomotive	27	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Current pr... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Current progress, boiler lagging
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	446	Locomotive	6	Technologie sans Frontieres	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at English and French locomotive design in the second half of the nin... more Looks at English and French locomotive design in the second half of the nineteenth century. Alfred de Glehn and the French compound tradition, Webb compound Ouest 901, Nord No. 701, bogie Alsacien, Nord no. 2.831, Nord no. 2.833 Fill de l'Air, reference
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	450	Lathe		Making Chuck Jaws	Jacques Maurel	Describes a simple way of making chuck jaws (both hard and soft) and how to... more Describes a simple way of making chuck jaws (both hard and soft) and how to hold them for machining in the lathe. Machining the guiding surfaces, machining the rear rack, using hexagonal tips as soft jaws, making hard jaws, references
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	454	Rally		The Midlands Federation Rally 2017	Terry Dell	Reports on this well-attended summer rally which featured a wide range of v... more Reports on this well-attended summer rally which featured a wide range of visiting steam and diesel outline locomotive types. Burton-upon-Trent MES, a fair weather day! Visiting variety, John Dutton's 5"g. Baby Deltic D5901, Bob Daniels' 5"g. Midland Single No. 2603, Jim Smith's 3 1/2"g. Stanier Mogul, David Osborn's Vale of Rheidol coaches, David Brownjohn's Polly 6, Bryan Wilson's 3 1/2"g. Buffalo, Maurice Bennett's Class 15, John Ollerenshaw's Sweet Pea, Competition results, John Ward's aluminium 5"g. Sweet Pea Alicat, Keith Bloor, Campbell Trophy, Bob Daniels (Rugeley Power Station SME), reference
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	458	Lathe	2	Using Coventry Dieheads	David Earnshaw	Explains his interest in these industrial attachments. Assembly, main body,... more Explains his interest in these industrial attachments. Assembly, main body, shank
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	461	Book Review		Injectors: Theory, Construction and Working	W.W.F.Pullen	Reviewed by Roger Backhouse
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	462	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Drones, gauge 1 diesel-outline 0-4-0, wheelsets
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	462	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		Peter Targett's axle weighing gauge (Photo courtesy of Peter Targett)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	462	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	462	Club News		Bradford MES
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	463	Club News		Waushakum LS (USA)		Norfolk & Southern Dash-9 (Photo courtesy of Editor, J.B.Mentzer)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	463	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	463	Club News		Norwich DSME
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	463	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	463	Club News		Isle of Wight MES		Gerry's sternwheeler Vectimod Delta Queen (Photo courtesy of Martin Everitt... more Gerry's sternwheeler Vectimod Delta Queen (Photo courtesy of Martin Everitt)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	464	Club News		Halesworth DMES
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	464	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA (Yorkshire Group)
	2017	15-Sep	219	4,569	464	Club News		Ryedale SME
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