Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	122	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Moth or small bat, knitting needles, plastic gears, Angus French's Land Rov... more Moth or small bat, knitting needles, plastic gears, Angus French's Land Rover, Deborah's song
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	122	Club News		Gauge 3 Society
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	122	Club Chat		Gauge 0 Guild		60th Anniversary, 4F by Ian Middleditch at Guildex Telford, (Photo courtesy... more 60th Anniversary, 4F by Ian Middleditch at Guildex Telford, (Photo courtesy of Mike Baker), Joe Brown's OF 7002 and bogie well wagon with a transformer (Photo courtesy of Joe Brown
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	123	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	123	Club News		Harrow & Wembley SME
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	123	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus)		Aerial photo courtesy of Bellarine Bayside
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	123	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)		Joe Fothergill's 'reefer' internal fittings (Photo courtesy of Editor Graha... more Joe Fothergill's 'reefer' internal fittings (Photo courtesy of Editor Graham Copley)
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	123	Club News		Stamford MES
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	124	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	124	Club News		Vale of Aylesbury MES		Mike Clemence's Countess (Photo courtesy of Mike Clemence), Mike Price's LM... more Mike Clemence's Countess (Photo courtesy of Mike Clemence), Mike Price's LMS restaurant car (Photo courtesy of Editor Robin Howard)
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	124	Club News		North West Group Gauge 1 MRA
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	124	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	124	Club News		And finally		Hawaiian 'aloha' pizza
	2017	06-Jan	218	4,551	125	Diary		Diary
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	3	On the cover ...		Meccano 'Cars of the Stars' by Henk-Jan De Ruiter		Photo by Henk-Jan De Ruiter and artwork by Nik Harber
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	12	Smoke Rings		Home and Workshop Machinery - Open Days
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	12	Smoke Rings		Museum trying to trace the original Halton Tank
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	12	Smoke Rings		Happy Christmas!		A little ditty (Twas the night before Christmas)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	12	Smoke Rings		Uniflow correction (Compression in Steam Engines - Good or bad? Inchanga)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	13	Historic	16	Journeyman's Jottings Old Engines Reviewed	Journeyman	Turns the pages of some historic publications. Willard Water-Tube Boiler, P... more Turns the pages of some historic publications. Willard Water-Tube Boiler, Portable Motor-Driven Foundry Riddle
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	16	Aeronautical		The ENV Aero Engine	Stephen Wessel	Begins an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype. Th... more Begins an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype. The Antoinette V8, looking for a prototype to model, Colin Palen flying his replica Short S29 at Old Rhinebeck, the 60hp engine at Wroughton, the design
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	20	Agricultural	6	The Tale of a 3 inch Scale Threshing Drum	Ian Couchman	Describes the metal and woodwork techniques used in producing a model thres... more Describes the metal and woodwork techniques used in producing a model threshing machine. The elevator, the awner/chobber, the housing
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	24	Workshop		Booty (Rotating machine vice)	Ted Joliffe	Recounts a chance purchase and where it led him. Too cheap to refuse, setti... more Recounts a chance purchase and where it led him. Too cheap to refuse, setting up snags, a Eureka moment, description, gains
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	26	Automotive	5	The Epicycle Gear Train	Ron Wright	Explains the theory and mechanics of transmission. Fluid coupling, operatio... more Explains the theory and mechanics of transmission. Fluid coupling, operation, slip characteristics, general characteristics, automatic transmission, gearbox components, operation
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	29	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	30	Automotive		The Spirit of Meccano	Henk-Jan De Ruiter	Goes back to his roots and shows off his little Meccano models (old racing ... more Goes back to his roots and shows off his little Meccano models (old racing cars)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	33	Index		Index to Volume 217
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	37	Internal Combustion		The Valveless Two Stroke Engine	Roger Backhouse	Looks back upon a technology that perhaps never realised its potential. The... more Looks back upon a technology that perhaps never realised its potential. The Day-Cock engine, Day gas engine, Ralph Lucas divided cylinder engine, the Vulcan car, Trojan car, the Trojan van, recent developments - Queen's University Belfast, Jaguar V6 engine, Lotus Omnivore engine, Achates Power opposed piston engines, some photographs courtesy of Kirklees Museums & Galleries: Tolson Museum Huddersfield, further reading, visits, reference
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	42	Personal		Charles Franklin Kettering	Inchanga	Following mention of him in a recent article, reveals more about this notab... more Following mention of him in a recent article, reveals more about this notable inventor
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	43	General		Next Issue		A visit to the French n/g Railway Museum in Friossy; Tales from the SMEE Co... more A visit to the French n/g Railway Museum in Friossy; Tales from the SMEE Collection: Professor Chaddock's Experimental Steam Turbine Plant; A redesigned cab for the 7 1/4 inch gauge GWR 14XX; Under type Hot Air Engine - Developments; BollAero .49
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	44	Stationary Engine	2	The Middleton V-4 Oscillating Cylinder Engine	Rodney S.Oldfield	Describes a small steam engine that may be creatively customised. Spacer ba... more Describes a small steam engine that may be creatively customised. Spacer bars and cradle uprights, cylinders, connecting rod big end bearings
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	48	Rally	2	Out and About 2016	Martin Wallis	Looks back at a summer season of steam. 1922 Stanley Steam Car, Z7 John Fow... more Looks back at a summer season of steam. 1922 Stanley Steam Car, Z7 John Fowler ploughing engine owned by Michael Davies, Sentinel outline waggon owned by Jack Hurrell, Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza, Lincolnshire Steam and Vintage Rally, Garrett 4CD tractor restored by David Bosworth, 4" scale Brown & May agricultural engine by Keith Fennimore & John Bruce, Great Dorset Steam Fair, Jan Huigens' 1 1/2" scale BB1 ploughing engine, Fowler ploughing engine No. 1908 restored by Paul Ransley, Mitchell plough made in Victoria Australia
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	52	Locomotive	4	Locomotives Built for Display	Robert Hobbs	Some construction ideas, completing a non-steaming Helian Lassie (Hielan?).... more Some construction ideas, completing a non-steaming Helian Lassie (Hielan?). Some sheet metal work
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	54	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		High Flight from Old Rare Films, six wheeled coaches, 'Cleminson', magazine... more High Flight from Old Rare Films, six wheeled coaches, 'Cleminson', magazines under cushions
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	54	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		John Branch's Gauge 3 Metro coach (Photo courtesy of John Branch)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	54	Club News		Fareham DSME
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	54	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	54	Club News		Guildford MES
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		City of Oxford SME		Dolgoch at the Dreaming Spires rally (Photo courtesy of Mike Couldrey)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Doug Hewson's new wagon book
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	55	Club News		Birmingham SME
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	56	Club News		City of Sunderland MES
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	56	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	56	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES		Alex, Henrietta and a goods train (Photo courtesy of Neil Chamberlain)
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	56	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Lack of relevant pictures, BR 2P 40688 in disguise as a tiny coffee bar, L&... more Lack of relevant pictures, BR 2P 40688 in disguise as a tiny coffee bar, L&Y 'Pug' 51218 from Mike Baker's Melcombe Magna layout (Photo courtesy of Mike Baker), Model jet demo at MEX
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	56	Club News		And finally		Computer hacking interview
	2017	23-Dec	218	4,550	57	Diary		Diary
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