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1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 665 Queries and Replies Fitting Flash-light Bulbs F.M.
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 666 More Utility Steam Engines The "Cygnet". A Single-Acting Horizontal Twin Edgar T.Westbury Piston yoke, connecting-rods, piston assembly, rotary valve, return crank, ... more
Piston yoke, connecting-rods, piston assembly, rotary valve, return crank, assembly, apologies to constructors ("Unicorn" mill engine)
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 670 Workshop The Trials of Hand Turning B.Wood (East Africa) A matching difficulty, a painful victim, be careful, accuracy, gruesome "Be... more
A matching difficulty, a painful victim, be careful, accuracy, gruesome "Bert", "Bat out of Hell", "Oscar the Robot"
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 672 Exhibition Huddersfield Exhibition "Northerner" L.R.Raper's 5"g. "Aspinall" 0-6-0 locomotive, Frank Cook's "No. 750", "Gree... more
L.R.Raper's 5"g. "Aspinall" 0-6-0 locomotive, Frank Cook's "No. 750", "Green Arrow" by D.W.Horsfall, other exhibits, vertical slide by J.Clegg, E.Thornton's 3/8" scale open-top tramway car
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 673 Trade "Titfield Thunderbolt" Cylinder-block Castings (W.K.Waugh)
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 674 Readers' Letters A Novel Crown J.Hanson
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 674 Readers' Letters Electronic Organs C.H.Clarke
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 674 Readers' Letters This Judging Business One of the Judges
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 675 Readers' Letters Model Cars H.Pickersgill Hon. Sec. Guiseley MEC
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs Harrow and Wembley SME
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs The Junior Institution of Engineers
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs The Bristol RC
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs Isle of Wight MES
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs Chertsey, Ottershaw DMRC
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs Blenheim MEES (NZ)
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 With the Clubs Romford MEC
1953 03-Dec 109 2,741 676 Diary The Model Engineer Diary
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 619 Our Cover Picture A 16-year old student operating an 18-in. Alba shaping machine. Braintree T... more
A 16-year old student operating an 18-in. Alba shaping machine. Braintree Technical and Arts Institute
Photograph by D.H.Downie
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 619 Smoke Rings Federation in Cardiff Cardiff and District Federation of Model Clubs and Scieties, R.S.Page
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 619 Smoke Rings A Heavy Present National Model Railroad Association, British Region, Canadian Pacific Railw... more
National Model Railroad Association, British Region, Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive bell
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 619 Smoke Rings Calling Worcester F.L.Fudger
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 620 Steam Engine The Simplest Steam Engine? C.Horace Clarke Component parts, details, see 4 49 230 and 171 3950 157
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 624 Hot Air More about Hot Air Engines H.E.Rendell Operating the displacers, displacer arrangements, loss of heat
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 626 Nautical The "M.E." Speed Boat Competition Revision of Rules to Conform with Modern Standards of Performance
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 627 Locomotive "L.B.S.C.'s" Lobby Chat. Exhibition Absentees LBSC A rush job, Billy Van Brocklin's 4-6-0, why the criticism? Not "scale model... more
A rush job, Billy Van Brocklin's 4-6-0, why the criticism? Not "scale models", Jack Hewitson's Canadian built "Invicta" gets her tender, Sandy McInnes of Helensburgh at Pretoria, a "Rainhill" at Toronto (by Emery Ohlenkamp driven by his son Harold, see 110 2751 160), an actual case, what might have been, "Britannia's little mum", cut it out!
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 631 For the Bookshelf Model Railways Henry Greenly Revised by Ernest A.Steel
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 632 Boiler Boiler Joints - Some Facts and Figures H.E.White Lapped joint in copper sheet, throat-plate and wrapper seam bronze-welded, ... more
Lapped joint in copper sheet, throat-plate and wrapper seam bronze-welded, testing rig for copper stays, section showing copper rivet used as firebox stay, diagram showing construction of bronze-welded firebox
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 635 In the Workshop Making a Circulating Pump "Duplex" Building the pump, sectional drawing, pump body, packing gland and lubricat... more
Building the pump, sectional drawing, pump body, packing gland and lubricator, cover plate and inlet port, the gland plate, cover plate, rotor and spindle
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 638 Readers' Letters A Re-Painted Burrell W.Moore
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 638 Readers' Letters An Improvised Lathe Steady L.J.Cooper
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 639 Readers' Letters Ignition Phenomena John H.Ahern
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 639 Readers' Letters Small Band-Saws H.T.Lee
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 639 Readers' Letters A Mystery - Still Unsolved "Teardrop"
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 640 Talking about Steam- 22 Expansion Valve Gears W.J.Hughes Variable expansion, expansion valve gears (as fitted to early and later sid... more
Variable expansion, expansion valve gears (as fitted to early and later side-lever marine engines), an early marine expansion engine, the "Wallis" expansion gear, as fitted to Wallis and Steevens traction-engines
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 643 Queries and Replies Converted Rotary Transformer G.G.
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 643 Queries and Replies Motor for Driving Lathe G.R.G.
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 643 Queries and Replies Grinding in the Lathe K.A.L.
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 644 Exhibition Huddersfield Exhibition "Northerner" A "fixed agricultural engine" (by Harry Booth), complete steam plant by E.A... more
A "fixed agricultural engine" (by Harry Booth), complete steam plant by E.A.Preston, "Sparky" design hydroplane by J.D.Tetley, two-cylinder petrol installation by J.Fletcher, more steam engines, 10-cc. glow-plug engine by T.Brooks, internal combustion engines, steam yacht by Brian Littlewood, marine models, Mississippi stern-wheeler by J.Sykes
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs SM&EE
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs Aylesbury DSME
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs Watford MES
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs Eltham DLS
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs International RCMS
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs Reading SMEE
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 Diary The Model Engineer Diary
1953 26-Nov 109 2,740 647 With the Clubs Huddersfield SME 7-n.h.p. "Foden" compound traction engine belonging to Dan Hollings
1953 19-Nov 109 2,739 591 Our Cover Picture Hot Air Engine. A.E.Phillips
1953 19-Nov 109 2,739 591 Smoke Rings Manchester Model Railway Exhibition
1953 19-Nov 109 2,739 591 Smoke Rings The Churchward "Saints"
1953 19-Nov 109 2,739 592 Locomotive "Britannia" in 3 1/2-in. Gauge LBSC Concluding Instalment. Arrangement of driver's brake valve and grate dumpin... more
Concluding Instalment. Arrangement of driver's brake valve and grate dumping catch, assembly and erection, isolation valve, dumping catch, handrails, chime whistle, brake pipe, final details, engine and tender coupling, epilogue