Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	231	Our Cover Picture		Scale model Ferrari racing car. W.P.Jones		Pioneer Model Car Club
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	231	Smoke Rings		The Duke of Edinburgh Trophy
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	231	Smoke Rings		Birmingham National Rally
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	231	Smoke Rings		Ordeal by Question!		Queries and Replies
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	231	Smoke Rings		Adjusting a Spirit Level
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	232	Automotive		A Scale Model Ferrari Racing Car	Geoffrey Deason	A Pedal-Driven Version of a Famous 2-Litre Grand Prix Prototype. Built by W... more A Pedal-Driven Version of a Famous 2-Litre Grand Prix Prototype. Built by W.P.Jones. A local product,"space frame" construction, the pedal drive, alongside an Austin Hereford, suspension and brake gear, cockpit close-up, working front brake cables
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	234	General		Next Week		A Miniature Electric Motor; Automatic Cross Traverse; Petrol Engines; A Fou... more A Miniature Electric Motor; Automatic Cross Traverse; Petrol Engines; A Four-Way Toolpost; Hot Lacquering; "Netta"
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	235	Nautical		Model Power Boat News	Meridian	Flash Steam - Engine Problems. Opposed twin poppet valve engine by A.Clay, ... more Flash Steam - Engine Problems. Opposed twin poppet valve engine by A.Clay, design, materials, valve arrangement, A.Rayman's single-cylinder engine and double-acting engine, lubrication and clearances, non-racing engines
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	239	Nautical		Wooden Hull Construction. A Simple Method	L.G.Warner	The finished model destroyer photographed by Roger Bradley, stern view show... more The finished model destroyer photographed by Roger Bradley, stern view showing propeller shafts, bow view of frame, how to drill propeller shafts
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	241	Exhibition		An Aberdeen Exhibition		Aberdeen Daxford Engine Trawler Ben Lui by J.Main, compound engine loaned b... more Aberdeen Daxford Engine Trawler Ben Lui by J.Main, compound engine loaned by Sparks Ltd., 1 1/4" scale traction engine
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	242	Locomotive		Twin Sisters	J.I.Austen-Walton	The fixed bunker, the removable bunker, spectacle plate, finish
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	244	Trade		A Simple slot-milling Machine (Jag Machinery)
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	245	Domestic		A Simple "Ding-Dong" Door Bell or Chime	C.R.Jones	Front and side elevations, the indicator
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	248	Locomotive		"L.B.S.C.'s" Lobby Chat. Lathe Bearings	LBSC	Harry Park's "Princess Royal" and "Hielan' Lassie", cutting speeds, John Fo... more Harry Park's "Princess Royal" and "Hielan' Lassie", cutting speeds, John Fowler's 3-cyl. 4-6-2 with Baker valve gear, "Longshaw Liz" by F.Houldsworth and H.Stanworth, high boiler pressures, E.Holden's "Hughes" type L. & Y. 4-6-0, Bert Hayhurst's "Juliet", the Blackburn Live Steamers
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	250	General		Cover Pictures		Sent in by readers, will be paid for
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	251	Road Locomotive		A 2-in. Scale Traction Engine	Dennis Carter	Views
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	252	Workshop		Sharpening Engraving Tools	"Duplex"	The feed mechanism, operating the attachment
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	254	Queries and Replies		Foot Motor for Lathe	A.McQ.
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	254	Queries and Replies		Air Compressors	H.E.T.
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	254	Queries and Replies		Electric Clock Details	T.D.H.
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	255	Workshop		Handy Changewheel Studs	P.S.Hall	Nuts, washers, studs
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	256	Readers' Letters		Hot Air Engines	R.E.Vinning
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	256	Readers' Letters		Fixing Crossheads	K.N.Harris
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	257	Readers' Letters		Towards the Ideal Lathe?	C.Wastell
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	257	Readers' Letters		Old Gas Engines	W.Simons
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	257	For the Bookshelf		Lathe and Shaping Machine Tools	"Duplex"
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	257	For the Bookshelf		Great North of Scotland Railway	Stephenson LS
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	257	For the Bookshelf		Great Trains of the World	Wyatt Blassingame
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Harrow and Wembley SME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Rednal DSME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Exeter DMES
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Salisbury DMES
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Norwich DSME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		The Junior Institution of Engineers
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Merseyside LSME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Northern Association ME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		The Gauge "1" MRA
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Edinburgh SME
	1955	03-Mar	112	2,806	258	With the Clubs		Croydon SME
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	203	Our Cover Picture		1936 Leyland FK6 motor fire engine with 50 ft. Bayley escape. S.A.Walter
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	203	Smoke Rings		To "M.E." Exhibition Competitors
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	203	Smoke Rings		An Exhibition Postponed		Nottingham SMEE
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	203	Smoke Rings		The Model Steam Locomotive
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	203	Smoke Rings		Royal Society of Arts Prize		Howard, Benjamin Shaw, Fothergill
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	204	Locomotive		"L.B.S.C.'s" Lobby Chat. On Pumps, Single or Hand	LBSC	Bob Hannum's vertical tender pump, components, a shock for the schoolmaster... more Bob Hannum's vertical tender pump, components, a shock for the schoolmaster! Double-acting duplex donkey-pump, Jack Fesco's butterfly-type fire-hole door, a vertical twin tender pump, another kind of twin, "it's all wrong!"
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	207	Petrol Engine Topics		A 10 c.c. General-purpose Four-stroke (Dolphin)	Edgar T.Westbury	Crankcase, machining, timing case endplate, crankcase endplate
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	210	Road Locomotive		The Allchin "M.E." Traction Engine to 1 1/2-in. Scale	W.J.Hughes	Perch bracket, fastening-plates and lamp brackets, front wheels, front hub ... more Perch bracket, fastening-plates and lamp brackets, front wheels, front hub centres, front hub ends, milling the spoke-grooves, front wheel spokes, front wheel tyres, wheel assembly, retaining collars and hub caps, acknowledgements
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	215	Museum		Fire-fighting Appliances at the Science Museum		Manual fire engine of 1766, steam-driven horse-drawn of 1902, Southgate Bor... more Manual fire engine of 1766, steam-driven horse-drawn of 1902, Southgate Borough Council 1894, one of the first 1863
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	216	General		Focus on Readers' Work		5"g. Maid of Kent by R.Dimmock, M.Y. Centaur by A.Galeota, beam engine by E... more 5"g. Maid of Kent by R.Dimmock, M.Y. Centaur by A.Galeota, beam engine by E.Langford, Cowell drilling machine by R.Colegate, Emett type loco by Ernest Fraser, 1" scale Marshall traction engine and Fordson Major tractor by J.T.Foster, 4mm scale King George VI loco by A.L.P.Green, S.S. "Viking" by Leonard Foote
	1955	24-Feb	112	2,805	218	In the Workshop		Low Voltage Electric Motors	Duplex	A rotary transformer of English manufacturer, shunt wound motor, American-m... more A rotary transformer of English manufacturer, shunt wound motor, American-made rotary transformer, internal connections, modified connections, low-voltage Magslip, for 230 volts a.c., small series wound blower
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