Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	674	Readers' Queries		Provisional protection	J.F.B.
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	674	Readers' Queries		Paraffin burner	R.F.	Sketch plan of traction engine firebox
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	674	Readers' Queries		Arranging backstroke	F.J.
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	674	Readers' Queries		Powering an M.T.B.	R.E.J.
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	674	Readers' Queries		Hardening without scaling	R.W.T.
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	675	Postbag		Craftsmanship	Peter D.Pain	W.E.Bray & Co.. A vice and vee-blocks by John Higgs (on page 676)
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	675	Postbag		Steam Wagons	A.J.McMillan	Four still being used by a Liverpool haulage contractor
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	675	Postbag		Home of American Locos	Eric E.Guest
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	675	Postbag		Tal-Y-Llyn Railway	P.W.Johnson
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	675	Postbag		Traction Engines	D.A.Johnson
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		Old-Timers Tale	Thos G.Wishart	A steam engine and boiler
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		Dinner for a Loco	David Reeve
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		The Appleby Boy	E.C.Wright
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		Flash Steam	W.H.Rider
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		Brisk Baling Out	David Reeve
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		German Camouflage	T.W.Coney
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	676	Postbag		Brisk Baling Out	Editor
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		North London SME		A lady visitor's view of an exhibition
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		Colchester SMEE		Models amid fashions
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		Hoddesdon DMRS
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		The Tyneside SMEE		Jumble sale
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		The Navy League		Diamond Jubilee Bazaar
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Club News and Views		Society of Inventors		Lecture by W.J.Hughes
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	677	Diary		M.E. Diary
	1955	03-Nov	113	2,841	678	Club News and Views		The Junior Institution of Engineers
	1955	03-Nov	112	2,841	678	Club News and Views		The Model Car Association
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	589	Cover Picture		G.W.R. locomotive Tangley Hall at Paddington Station		See 113 2843 760
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Drilling hairs		General Electric, 0.001 in. drill
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Perpetual motion		Philosopher's Stone
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Lively steam locomotives		LBSC's Western Region Hall calss 4-6-0, high speeds timed by O.S.Nock, Bris... more LBSC's Western Region Hall calss 4-6-0, high speeds timed by O.S.Nock, Bristolian, King Henry VI, Denbigh Castle
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Time on my hands		Five Centuries of British Timekeeping
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Split seconds		Electronic watch and clock timing machine
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	590	Smoke Rings		Stroboscopic action of fluorescent tube
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	591	Smoke Rings		Sky atlas		Mt. Palomar Observatoy
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	591	Smoke Rings		Island galaxies		Sky atlas
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	591	Smoke Rings		Challengers meet		W.E.Appleby, Charles G.S.Buist
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	591	Smoke Rings		Breezy subject		Rex Wailes, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	591	Smoke Rings		Quick work!		National Fire Protection Company, fire extinguishing
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	592	Round the Exhibition		Round the Exhibitions. A week at Cheltenham	Charles Tunstall	The Mayor of Cheltenham, N.H.Toomey's petrol-driven locomotive, Keith Richa... more The Mayor of Cheltenham, N.H.Toomey's petrol-driven locomotive, Keith Richardson and Dr. R.Bracey, model tug Energy and boiler by Charles Blazdell, a warm wlecome, a ride in the dark, fifty years of modelling, attractive dΘcor
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	592	Exhibition		Round the Exhibitions. Spotlight on Southport	"Northerner"	Miniature car-racing track, fine woodwork, J.W.Greenhalgh's cabin cruiser, ... more Miniature car-racing track, fine woodwork, J.W.Greenhalgh's cabin cruiser, model drifter Bitzer by F.Wright, a railway layout, five-cylinder radial steam-engine by A.H.Maytum
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	595	Stationary Engine		A Small Compound Steam Engine	G.Leagas	Meyer valve gear, Pickering governor, pressure of 130 p.s.i., gunmetal bear... more Meyer valve gear, Pickering governor, pressure of 130 p.s.i., gunmetal bearings, four-flow type condenser, crankshaft coupling
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	597	Nautical		Building a Simple Hull	Artificer	Diificulties of "bread-and-butter" systems, the materials used, efficiency ... more Diificulties of "bread-and-butter" systems, the materials used, efficiency and stability, forming solid anchorages, a jig for formers, checking the fairing, steaming the stringers, making templates, supporting the joints
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	600	Railway		Unorthodox Rail Units	G.W.McArd	From 20 to 100 m.p.h.. Pennsylvanian Rairoad 6-4-4-6 Class S1 locomotive, D... more From 20 to 100 m.p.h.. Pennsylvanian Rairoad 6-4-4-6 Class S1 locomotive, Davos-Parsenn Funicular, a Talgo locomotive and train, rack in the Andes, heavy weights at speed, super-steep climbs, Shay by Lima Locomotive Works, lighter trains for economy, Locher rack and pinion arrangement, a Transandine Railway's Kitson-Meyer locomotive
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	604	Nautical		A 50 M.P.H. Hydroplane	E.A.Walker	Boxotrix, sponsons and hull, teething troubles, ball race housing, valve ti... more Boxotrix, sponsons and hull, teething troubles, ball race housing, valve timing, induction and exhaust, proving the theories, pride comes before ...
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	607	Locomotive		Prelude to a Loco	LBSC	What tools to buy. Sixteen years with no complaint, machine tools required,... more What tools to buy. Sixteen years with no complaint, machine tools required, an alternative to a drilling machine , home-made self-blowing gas blow-pipe, cheap scriber, the hand tools you will need, brazing forge, buy screwing-tackle in sets, for measuring and working out, some useful oddments, other home-made tools, tool-maker's cramp, the bench and vice, laying out the shop, a brazing and soldering outfit, begging for bits, a loco built in 43 days
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	610	Workshop		Electroplating in the workshop	L.C.Longley	An introduction. An involved study, the theory, cleaning the surfaces, the ... more An introduction. An involved study, the theory, cleaning the surfaces, the right vessel, acid bath, gold plating, lesser carats solution, another mixture, a simple bath
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	612	General		Windmills	Rex Wailes	The vertical type, Burwell tower mill, Cranbrook smock mill, Cross-in-hand ... more The vertical type, Burwell tower mill, Cranbrook smock mill, Cross-in-hand post mill, Foracett End post mill, Upminster, Chillenden post mill, Herringfleet drainage mill, Baura post mill, Heckington tower mill
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	616	Expert's Workshop		Fitting Woodruffe keys	Duplex	The Woodruff key, cuting the key seat, cutting the keyway
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	617	Book		"Plumbers" of the Royal Navy	Commander Geoffrey Penn	Unknown officers, the present system
	1955	27-Oct	113	2,840	618	Readers' Queries		Clockwork bicycle	B.M.
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