Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		IMLEC: 17 - 19, July, 2015		Nottingham SMEE
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		Diesel Day in May		Southport MEC
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		IMLEC - future events
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		Gordon Chiverton (death of)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		Thin glass for locomotive cab windows
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	488	Smoke Rings		Model Engineering Courses in Hertfordshire		Royston DMES
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	489	Stationary Engine	9	Making the R & B Engine	Ian Strickland	Revisits a Model Engineer design from 30 years ago. Cam follower arm, exhau... more Revisits a Model Engineer design from 30 years ago. Cam follower arm, exhaust valve and ignition timing, carburettor, mounting, fuel tank, electrics, exhaust pipe and silencer, cooling tank, starting handle, bedding down, painting, final assembly, Dynamo pulleys, running the engine, lastly, references
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	494	Locomotive		An Old Friend Martin Evans' curved link jig	Brian Baker	Brings a keepsake out of retirement. (Milling expansion links)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	495	General		Next Issue		Clockmaking for Engineers; A Material Width Reduction Jig; Kit Built Locomo... more Clockmaking for Engineers; A Material Width Reduction Jig; Kit Built Locomotive Tenders; A Simple Tool Box; Idris: A 16mm Locomotive
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	496	Railway		The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	Roger Backhouse	Takes a brief look at the history, the location and the locomotives. The fo... more Takes a brief look at the history, the location and the locomotives. The founders, Captain Howey (pub sign), smallest armoured train, locomotives, No. 1, Green Goddess, No. 2, Northern Chief, No. 11, Black Prince, cab of The Bug, No. 8, Hurricane, No. 6, Samson, No. 9, Winston Churchill, No. 7, Typhoon, No. 10, Doctor Syn, operations, New Romney, references and info.
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	499	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	500	Hot Air	2	The Anderson-Ericksson Hot Air Engine - 1897	James G. Rizzo	Models an 'improved' caloric engine. Power piston, glad (gland?), adjusting... more Models an 'improved' caloric engine. Power piston, glad (gland?), adjusting nut and connecting rods, water jacket and sealing top, cylinder top brackets, drive mechanism, the flywheel components, power piston, bell-crank lever and con-rods, displacer bits
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	505	Road Locomotive		Worm Wheel and Worm Design and Manufacture	Andrew Johnston	Describes his use of CNC to perform a complex piece of machining. Design of... more Describes his use of CNC to perform a complex piece of machining. Design of the worm and worm wheel, machining of the worm
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	508	Locomotive		An Edwardian Model Steam Locomotive	Brian Lee	Does some detective work on an old engine. Model LME 4-4-0, LMS/BR compound... more Does some detective work on an old engine. Model LME 4-4-0, LMS/BR compound, Bissel truck front bogie
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	512	Stationary Engine	5	Helping Dad make a True Vertical Mill Engine	Stewart Hart	Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. Cylinder base pl... more Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. Cylinder base plate, pillar assembly, dome nut, rotund, parallel bar, washer and stud, bearing stand assembly, crankshaft assembly, valve stem guide assembly
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	516	Workshop		Steady as you Go	Stewart Hart	Makes a simple fixed steady
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	518	Locomotive	26	Emma Victoria A 5 inch gauge freelance 0-4-0	Henry Wood	Drawn and described by. Assembly of the lubricator, emergency hand pump
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	522	Historic	6	Journeyman's Jottings Old Engines Reviewed	Journeyman	Turns the pages of some historic publications. Traction Engine At The Donca... more Turns the pages of some historic publications. Traction Engine At The Doncaster Show (Clayton & Shuttleworth), Davey's Compensating Lever Pumping Engine at Hampton, Burrell's Launch Boiler, Engines of the Mona's Queen
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	526	Locomotive		A 5 Inch Gauge Midland 3F	Philip Jervis	Adapts a Martin Evans design to recreate an 0-6-0 Express Goods engine. The... more Adapts a Martin Evans design to recreate an 0-6-0 Express Goods engine. The author with Geoff Dowden at Springfield Park Rochdale, three men and a Jinty, thoughts of a model, avoiding errors, running the engine
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	529	Book Review		Anatomy of a Narrow-Gauge Baldwin Its 100 Year History and its Three Lives	Peter Manning	With historical records by Nicholas Burman
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	530	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		List of major possessions, eyesight problems, Angus French's Land Rover at ... more List of major possessions, eyesight problems, Angus French's Land Rover at MEX Sandown Park, Sentinel Steam bus at Halesworth Lowestoft exhibition (Photo courtesy of Vernon Readhead)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	530	Club News		Guildford MES
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	530	Club News		Bradford MES
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Model and Experimental Engineers Auckland (Auckland SME (NZ)?)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Manx Steam & MEC
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Chesterfield DMES		Aerial view of Hady track (Photo courtesy of Peter Nash)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		SM&EE
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Edinburgh SME		Richard Niven's SA locomotives (Photo courtesy of Richard Niven)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	531	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Katherine Worsley of Hovingham
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	532	Club News		Saffron Walden DSME
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	532	Club News		Welling DMES
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	532	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		Franz Schleicher's folio clock (Photo courtesy of Peter Anderson)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	532	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	532	Club News		Tiverton DMES		Dogmatic attitude (Photo courtesy of Adrian Newson)
	2015	03-Apr	214	4,505	533	Diary		Diary
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	411	On the cover ...		Idris, a 16mm Locomotive		Photo: Martin Ranson
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	420	Smoke Rings		John Clark (death of)		Original Polly locomotive, J.G.S.Clark, Dennis Postlehwaite
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	420	Smoke Rings		Hundreds of Hunslets		Middleton Railway
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	420	Smoke Rings		Model exhibition in Lancashire		Barley Model Exhibition
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	420	Smoke Rings		Pete Waterman's collection comes to auction		5"g. Princess Coronation City of Birmingham, GWR 0-6-0 tender engine No. 33... more 5"g. Princess Coronation City of Birmingham, GWR 0-6-0 tender engine No. 337
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	421	Lathe	3	A Six Tool Turret	Harpit Sandhu	Makes an adaptable attachment. Making the release lever, indexer pin operat... more Makes an adaptable attachment. Making the release lever, indexer pin operating pin, pins for locating the base, progress to this point, counterboring the holding down holes, machining the clevis holes in the top of the capstan, drilling the capstan for the tool holders, the tool holders, finishing the clevises, tee nuts, lock down handle, painting the base
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	425	Locomotive		Idris A 16mm Locomotive for a Novice Engineer	Martin Ranson	An award winning maker of steam launches, turns to locomotive building. Fir... more An award winning maker of steam launches, turns to locomotive building. First thoughts, boilers and burners
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	430	Locomotive	6	Patriotism The Royal Army Ordnance Corps	Alan Crossfield	Describes his much admired, DOE winning Patriot in 5 inch gauge. Choosing t... more Describes his much admired, DOE winning Patriot in 5 inch gauge. Choosing the identity of the locomotive, what's in a name? Producing the plates, shed plate, works plates and set of tender plates, producing the nameplates, producing the letters, mounting the letters, producing the badges, etching the plates, completing the nameplates
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	433	General		Next Issue		Worm and Wheel: Design and Machining; A Small Fixed Steady; An Edwardian Mo... more Worm and Wheel: Design and Machining; A Small Fixed Steady; An Edwardian Model Locomotive; Journeyman's Jottings; Engineer's Day Out: The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	434	Internal Combustion	10	Internal Combustion Theory and Practice	Ron Wright	A retired technical college teacher provides an in-depth course in I/C. Dif... more A retired technical college teacher provides an in-depth course in I/C. Differential throttles with primary and main throats, exhaust manifolds, exhaust pressure waves, pipe length, application to induction system
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	436	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	437	Workshop		A Fabricated Hand Vice	Jim Haslam	Makes an accurate vice from standard material sections. Baseplate, movable ... more Makes an accurate vice from standard material sections. Baseplate, movable jaw, fixed jaw block, screw block, clamping screw, jaw plates, stepped jaw plates, vee jaw plates, moveable jaw - slide plate, screw collar, base bars, assembly, clamping
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	442	Historic	2	150 Years of the Hunslet Engine Co.	Richard Linkins	Looks back to the birth of an industry. 5"g. quarry Hunslet Bert, the proto... more Looks back to the birth of an industry. 5"g. quarry Hunslet Bert, the prototype Hunslet Austerity, World War 2 and later, the eclipse of steam, Whiston at the Foxfield Railway, Trangkil No. 4 (Photo Andrew Johnson), Brookes No. 1, John Alcock on the Middleton Railway, BR Class 05, Scunthorpe Bo-Bo (Photos Kris Ward), the Hunslet Works today, miniature locomotives, join in the 150 years celebrations! Acknowledgements, bibliography, references
	2015	20-Mar	214	4,504	446	Road Locomotive	12	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Makes a start on the crankshaft assembly. The crankshaft, crankshaft bearin... more Makes a start on the crankshaft assembly. The crankshaft, crankshaft bearings
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