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2016 13-May 216 4,534 710 General If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
2016 13-May 216 4,534 711 Railway The Great Central Railway Model Railway and Engineering Event Friday 17 to Sunday 19 June, reference
2016 13-May 216 4,534 712 Agricultural A Saunderson & Mills Tractor Engine George Punter Makes the engine for his 1913 agricultural tractor. Pattern making, notes o... more
Makes the engine for his 1913 agricultural tractor. Pattern making, notes on the casting process
2016 13-May 216 4,534 718 Nautical 4 Mariner A Two Cylinder Vertical Engine Chris Walter Continues with his description of a freelance marine type engine. Connectin... more
Continues with his description of a freelance marine type engine. Connecting rods, connecting rod bearing caps, connecting rod bearings, intermediate rod, connecting rod fork and wrist pin
2016 13-May 216 4,534 722 Steam 3 Compression in Steam Engines - Good or bad? Inchanga Continues his look at the mechanics of steam within a cylinder. Clearance v... more
Continues his look at the mechanics of steam within a cylinder. Clearance volume, valve timing issues, vacuum condenser, indicator diagrams, James Watt and his experimental work
2016 13-May 216 4,534 724 Lathe A Universal Screw Cutting Attachment Jacques Maurel Offers an improved version of a previously described concept. Important not... more
Offers an improved version of a previously described concept. Important notes, making the attachment, use of the attachment, removing, reference
2016 13-May 216 4,534 730 Road Locomotive 24 Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale Chris Gunn Completes the differential and assembles the back axle. The bevel wheels, s... more
Completes the differential and assembles the back axle. The bevel wheels, spacer and wheels
2016 13-May 216 4,534 733 General Next Issue New Series: Halstead - a 2-4-2 Tank Locomotive of the Colne Valley & Halste... more
New Series: Halstead - a 2-4-2 Tank Locomotive of the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway in 5 inch gauge; A Tender for Idris; Agnes - The Story of a 1909 Tandem Compound Mill Engine by Pollit & Wigzell; King Cotton - An Engineer's Day Out; Geoff Moore's LNER Mikado; Allan Brothers Semi-Diesel engine; The Work of Harry Powell; The NTET Rally List, Part 2
2016 13-May 216 4,534 734 Club News Geoff Theasby's comments Andre Rousseau, cordless drill battery, Oxford Electric Bell, Chinese bridg... more
Andre Rousseau, cordless drill battery, Oxford Electric Bell, Chinese bridge building machine, oil can
2016 13-May 216 4,534 734 Club News Timpdon Lake Railway Guinea pig at Manchester MEX, hamster-powered train
2016 13-May 216 4,534 734 Club News MES Northern Ireland
2016 13-May 216 4,534 734 Club News MEE Auckland Graeme Quayle's engine collection (Photo courtesy of Murray Lane)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 734 Club News Nottingham SMEE
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Worthing DSME
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Yorkshire Group Gauge 1 MRA G1MRA 'Ridings' layout diorama (Photo courtesy of Gauge ! Yorkshire Group)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Surry Group Gauge 1 MRA Surrey Signal
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News City of Oxford SME Photo competition entry (Photo courtesy of Secretary, David Price), Gibson
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Bradford MES
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News Ryedale SME
2016 13-May 216 4,534 735 Club News North Wales MES
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Vale of Aylesbury MES
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Reading SME John Spokes' Uniflow engine (Photo courtesy of Mike Manners)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Tyneside SMEE
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Stockholes Farm MR
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Guildford MES
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Bristol SMEE Hot air balloon by Andy Booth (Photo courtesy of Trevor Chambers)
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News Geoff Theasby's comments Flying Fingers Feasby
2016 13-May 216 4,534 736 Club News And finally Radio astronomers changing light bulbs
2016 13-May 216 4,534 737 Diary Diary
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 615 On the cover ... Geoff Moore's 5in. Gauge LNER P1 locomotive Photo: Diane Carney. Artwork: Nik Harber
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 624 Smoke Rings Edinburgh Drivers sought Edinburgh SME, A3 Hyperion, Waverley route, Borders Railway
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 624 Smoke Rings Accessing back issues of your favourite magazine
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 624 Smoke Rings Saunderson & Mills Tractor
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 624 Smoke Rings A call for Kings! Swindon Railway Festival, 175th Anniversary of the birth of Swindon Railway... more
Swindon Railway Festival, 175th Anniversary of the birth of Swindon Railway Works, Seven Kings at Swindon
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 624 Smoke Rings Peter Southworth's Pollit & Wigzell engine, Agnes Request posted on the M.E. forum
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 625 Personal H.C.Powell. Steam Locomotive Model Engineer David Powell Chronicles his father's model engineering career, 1905-1969. The start of s... more
Chronicles his father's model engineering career, 1905-1969. The start of steam locomotive building 1933, his mother with the 3 1/2"g. Princess Royal at the ME Exhibition London 1936, the first locomotive; Princess Royal No 6200 (1933 - 1936), Duchess of Sutherland No. 6233 (1936 - 1940) Giggleswick No. 5538 (1940 - 1943), continuing with the construction, testing in the garden 1948, Norman Powell testing the Duchess 1948, history repeats itself, 7 1/4"g. LMSR Duchess of Buccleuch, drawings, the start of building, the boiler, the tender
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 631 General Next Issue Saunderson & Mills Tractor: Engine Construction, George Punter's drawings a... more
Saunderson & Mills Tractor: Engine Construction, George Punter's drawings and build notes; Storage Boxes for Small Engines; A Universal Screw Cutting Attachment; Brooklands Museum
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 632 Educational Grandad Will You Show Me à Alan Reid Teaches his protΘgΘ some useful techniques. A lesson to us all, perhaps. Fi... more
Teaches his protΘgΘ some useful techniques. A lesson to us all, perhaps. First year apprentice, second year apprentice, third year apprentice,
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 634 Internal Combustion 12 The Mastiff Plus Mick Knights Continues with the ignition. Starting dog
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 638 Locomotive 13 The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War Terence Holland Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Automatic ... more
Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Automatic drain, steam brake operating valve, reference
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 640 General If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 641 Personal 2 The Making of a Model Engineer Clive Fenn Recalls his formative years. Little Doris, the next big project, the Duches... more
Recalls his formative years. Little Doris, the next big project, the Duchess, Princess Helena Victoria
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 644 Nautical Ulverston Built Merchant Schooners Chris Broad Brings a vessel to life by telling the story of researching a model. Ulvers... more
Brings a vessel to life by telling the story of researching a model. Ulverston a town with a surprising maritime past, merchant schooners, the end of shipbuilding in Ulverston, Cumbria, finding a representative ship, sources available for information, the Millom Castle, a history of the Millom Castle, Lloyd's Survey, structure of the Millom Castle, making the model, conclusion, references
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 650 Locomotive An LNER P1 Mineral Locomotive in 5 inch Gauge Geoff Moore Describes his Gold Medal winning Mikado. In introduction to the prototype P... more
Describes his Gold Medal winning Mikado. In introduction to the prototype P1 mineral engines, the model: scale and design criteria, minimum radius and colour chart, research and drawings, frames, stretchers and horn blocks, axles, axleboxes, wheels and springs, notion brackets, reversing shaft and clutch
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 656 Internal Combustion 11 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. Pecker anvil, the pecker, die block lever, die block and hanger rod, fuel valve tappet
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 659 Workshop 3 A CNC Beginner's Experience Peter King Continues his series of short, palatable articles for the CNC novice. Sorti... more
Continues his series of short, palatable articles for the CNC novice. Sorting out equipment and preparing the mill for operations, a few tips I will pass on
2016 29-Apr 216 4,533 662 Workshop A Thin Piece Vice Ted Jolliffe Described by, with slight variations. Use of the tool, construction