Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	255	Steam	5	Compression in Steam Engines - Good or bad?	Inchanga	Continues his look at the mechanics of steam within a cylinder. Making an i... more Continues his look at the mechanics of steam within a cylinder. Making an indicator diagram, limitations of valve gear types, crank angularity
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	258	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Abu ben Adam, modern Prometheus, Jean-Claude Decaux
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	258	Club News		Harrow & Wembley SME		Train rides! (Photo courtesy of Simon Tilbury
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	258	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	258	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		Steam wagon engine (Photo courtesy of Peter Anderson)
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	259	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	259	Club News		Nottingham SMEE
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	259	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	259	Club News		Bradford MES
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	259	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)		Gerry Wittenberg's coal screen, Bill Mellors' steam turbine (Photos courtes... more Gerry Wittenberg's coal screen, Bill Mellors' steam turbine (Photos courtesy of Paul Ohannesian)
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	260	Club News		Guildford MES
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	260	Club News		Sydney LSLS (Aus)		Warwick Allison's locomotive yard (Photo courtesy of Warwick Allison)
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	260	Club News		Ryedale SME		Mike Jack's hornblock casting (Photo courtesy of William Putman)
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	260	Club News		SM&EE
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	260	Club News		And finally		A fine is a tax, a tax is a fine
	2016	05-Aug	217	4,540	261	Diary		Diary
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	139	On the cover ...		Alan Pickering's 'undertype' hot air engine		Photo, Alan Pickering
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	148	Smoke Rings		Philip Girdlestone (death of)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	148	Smoke Rings		Dr. Giles Parkes (death of)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	148	Smoke Rings		Robert Stirling's Bicentenary
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	149	Locomotive	3	An LNER P1 Mineral Locomotive in 5 inch Gauge	Geoff Moore	Describes his Gold Medal winning Mikado. Booster, in situ photo by Diane Ca... more Describes his Gold Medal winning Mikado. Booster, in situ photo by Diane Carney, boiler, dummy Westinghouse pump
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	155	Internal Combustion	13	Allan Brothers Lampless Oil Engine	Frank Cruickshank	Continues his series on the construction of an attractive, early 'semi-Dies... more Continues his series on the construction of an attractive, early 'semi-Diesel' engine. Cam cutting and fitting, valve timing, air inlet pipe
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	158	Locomotive		Southam	Neil Wyatt	Designs and builds an authentic looking 3 1/2 inch gauge battery electric l... more Designs and builds an authentic looking 3 1/2 inch gauge battery electric locomotive with style. Background, Southam, a little bit of history, Long Itchington cement works, D604 photo by Robin Webster, D625 at Armley Mills
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	162	Workshop	2	Perfecto A 7 inch Powered Shaper	Mike Haughton	Writes about a British made power tool. A machine vice, cutting a rack, lub... more Writes about a British made power tool. A machine vice, cutting a rack, lubrication, conclusions
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	164	Personal	3	H.C.Powell. Steam Locomotive Model Engineer	David Powell	Chronicles his father's model engineering career, 1905-1969. Duchess Of Buc... more Chronicles his father's model engineering career, 1905-1969. Duchess Of Buccleuch, LMS Number 6230 (1960 - 1966), Jack Salem, Louis Raper, reference
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	170	Lathe		A Quick Change Rear Toolpost	Roger Vane	Adapts a Myford idea for use with any lathe. Making the base, making all th... more Adapts a Myford idea for use with any lathe. Making the base, making all the other parts, a note about Tee-nuts, setting the toolpost, ready for use, reference
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	174	Stationary Engine	3	Agnes A Pollit & Wigzell Tandem Compound	Peter Southworth	Wrote a detailed account of an engine that once powered a Yorkshire woollen... more Wrote a detailed account of an engine that once powered a Yorkshire woollen mill. (Article taken from a book published by the late Peter Southworth in 2000). Steam, oil and water
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	176	Hot Air		An Undertype Hot Air Engine	Alan Pickering	A unique design for an engine with speed control. The magic engine, visibil... more A unique design for an engine with speed control. The magic engine, visibility, construction, flywheel and cylinders, making the motion, Mitchell lathe, reference
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	180	Locomotive	15	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, forging ahead, cylinders
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	184	Internal Combustion		More About Combustion in Engines	Graham Astbury	Investigates the influence of the chemistry of fuels. Fundamental burning v... more Investigates the influence of the chemistry of fuels. Fundamental burning velocity, detonation, pre-ignition, fuel properties, other fuels, references
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	187	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	188	Exhibition		The Model Engineer Exhibition 16-18 September 2016. Entry Form - Competitio... more The Model Engineer Exhibition 16-18 September 2016. Entry Form - Competition & Loan Models
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	189	Reminiscences		Memories of Rugby School	Dr. Patrick Carnegy	Remembers his school metalwork teacher, Charles Mortimer
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	189	General		Next Issue		Brooklands Museum Part 2: Aviation History; An Aveling Motor Roller; Beginn... more Brooklands Museum Part 2: Aviation History; An Aveling Motor Roller; Beginner's CNC; Saunderson & Mills 3 inch scale Tractor Engine; Engineer's Day Out: King Cotton, Part 2
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	190	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Drones, Volvo, Little Else, Doncaster Exhibition, sludge carrier by V.Cross... more Drones, Volvo, Little Else, Doncaster Exhibition, sludge carrier by V.Crossman, The Scout magazine, Tinsley Class 12 shunter by D.Wild, J.Husband's Hermaphrodite cart, three 'Ellies' from Australia, Andrew & Eleanor Allison
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Welling DMES
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Yorkshire Group Gauge 1 MRA		G1MRA 'Ridings' layout diorama (Photo courtesy of Gauge ! Yorkshire Group)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Victor Croasdale, Floating Crane of Piraeus, Degrees of Separation
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Mid Wales MES
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	191	Club News		Sydney LSLS (Aus)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		Stamford MES
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		National 2 1/2in. Gauge Association		LNER 2-6-2 at Tingley (West Riding SLS) (Photo courtesy of Cedric Norman),
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		Old Locomotive Committee		Keith Hogan's 4-6-2T (Photo courtesy of Keith Hogan)
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		Birmingham SME
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	192	Club News		And finally		Serotonin and Dopamine
	2016	22-Jul	217	4,539	193	Diary		Diary
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