Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	167	Locomotive	11	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. In... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Injector carrier, 76110 with a pick-up goods & 76110 in the works (photos by Rail-online), brake gear, brake beams and brake blocks, brake cylinder
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	170	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition - Club Stands and Fossway Steamers	John Arrowsmith	Reports on the club stands from the Midlands show. Hereford SME, Harlington... more Reports on the club stands from the Midlands show. Hereford SME, Harlington LS, Coventry MES, Birmingham SME, Model Road Vehicle Society, Eastleigh Young Engineers, Erewash Valley Society, Midlands Meccano Guild, 5"g. 'Lickey Banker' from the Bromsgrove Society, 1/4 scale Westland Gazelle HT2 helicopter built and flown by Glen Davies Welwyn Garden City SME, Association of Helicopter Aerosports, Melton Mowbray & District MES, Gauge 3 Society, National 2 1/2 Inch Gauge Association, City of Oxford SME, Nigel Bell's 4 inch scale Burrell showman's engine, universal tools on the Coventry display, Knightcote Model Boat Club, Great Bear boiler on the Wolverhampton & District MES, Model Engine Makers, Douglas from Echills Wood Railway, SM&EE workshop, GWR 1400 tank locomotive from the 10 1/4 Inch Gauge Society, Federation of Model Engineering Societies, 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society, Northampton SME, Society of Ornamental Turners, turbo-electric locomotive No. 18100 from the Gas Turbine Builders Association, Julian and Graham from the Stirling Engine Society, Gauge 1 Model Railway Association, Northern Association of Model Engineers, London & North Western Railway Society, Fosseway Steamers
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	176	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	176	Smoke Rings		Sydney LSLS
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	176	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Start from here, preserved locomotive Minor in Reykjavik (photo courtesy of... more Start from here, preserved locomotive Minor in Reykjavik (photo courtesy of Victor Croasdale)
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		Nottingham SMEE
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		Welling DMES
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		Stamford MES
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Cabin car from Luggies (taken from the internet), Constructors Club, radio ... more Cabin car from Luggies (taken from the internet), Constructors Club, radio receivers 50 years apart, Gainsbrough Old Hall roof
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	177	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	178	Club News		And finally		Threee erors
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	178	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	178	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Marconi Marine satellite phone BMEG, Newcomen Society, Fred Starr, Frank Wh... more Marconi Marine satellite phone BMEG, Newcomen Society, Fred Starr, Frank Whittle, Papplewick, car tailgate gas struts
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	184	Smoke Rings		Farewell		Editor Martin Evans retires
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	184	Smoke Rings		Your Subscription
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	184	Smoke Rings		All Change		Model Engineer and Workshop, monthly
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	188	Club		We Visit the Worthing & District Society of Model Engineers	John Arrowsmith	Visits the Henry Greenly Memorial Railway in West Sussex. A group of happy ... more Visits the Henry Greenly Memorial Railway in West Sussex. A group of happy members, superb clubhouse, main signal control panel, models and storage units, 00 gauge layout, tunnel portal, traverser, Geoff Symes tends his 3 inch scale Allchin, new test rig, 5"g. B1 owned by club president Andrew Breeze, John with the LBSC lamp, Class 3 BO-BO diesel locomotive by Alan Norman, Jim Alderman with his Sweet Pea, workshop, footbridge, steaming bays, Field Place
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	193	Stationary Engine	12	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Cylinder of the Stott... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Cylinder of the Stott engine at the Anson Engine Museum, J.& W. McNaught tandem compound in the Bolton Steam Musem, (Author's photographs), Cladding parts, bending jig for small angle stock, references
	2025	10-Jan	234	4,760	197	Locomotive		Fred - a 5 Inch Gauge Locomotive. A Young Engineer's Project	Spencer Priddy	Constructs his first Locomotive. Introduction, the project, with his certif... more Constructs his first Locomotive. Introduction, the project, with his certificate, receives his award from the Federation of Model Engineering Societies, Bob Polley, Matthew Thomas, spencer, Julia Thomas, the inspirational article, summary, what's next? First test drive, Spencer's dad driving
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	63	On the cover …		Beam engine by L.J.Evans		Completed in 1981, brought back to life by Mitch Barnes (photo: Mitch Barne... more Completed in 1981, brought back to life by Mitch Barnes (photo: Mitch Barnes)
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	64	Smoke Rings		Happy New Year		Bad times, hope for better
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	64	Smoke Rings		Cherry Hill, MBE		Cherry Hill
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	64	Smoke Rings		Style and Substance		Latest Jaguar advertisement
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	64	Smoke Rings		Club Secretaries		Events timetable
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	64	Smoke Rings		Cock-Up Corner		LOWMEX. Clive Randlesome's Fowler showman's engine guards the entrance at L... more LOWMEX. Clive Randlesome's Fowler showman's engine guards the entrance at LOWMEX
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	68	Obituary		Cherry Hill MBE 1931 - 2024	David Carpenter	Celebrates the life of a most extraordinary model engineer. Cherry Hinds wi... more Celebrates the life of a most extraordinary model engineer. Cherry Hinds with her first traction engine, the Allchin Royal Chester in 1:16 scale, research and design, receives the Duke of Edinburgh Award from Ivan Law at the Centenary Model Engineer Exhibition in 2007, the Merryweather fire engine, the Blackburn agricultural engine, Cherry at the SMEE stand at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2023
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	70	Locomotive	8	A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 1/2 Inch Gauge	Gerald Martyn	Rods and Putting the Wheels On. Decides to build a locomotive that he can l... more Rods and Putting the Wheels On. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Coupling rods, quartering the wheels in the lathe, connecting rods
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	75	Railway		Youth is Not Entirely Wasted on the Young	Peter Kenington	Gives a group of youngsters something useful to do during their summer holi... more Gives a group of youngsters something useful to do during their summer holiday. Tim, Matthew, Mathide, Charlotte, Jack
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	77	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition - Displays and Club Stands	John Arrowsmith	Reports on the model displays from the Midlands show. Class 2, Class 3, Eas... more Reports on the model displays from the Midlands show. Class 2, Class 3, East African Railway 2-8-2 Class 28 owned by Jeremy Buck, 7 1/4"g. GWR King class locomotive by Andrew Auger, John Swingewood's LMS Black 5 4767 George Stephenson with outside Stephenson valve gear, 5"g. GWR pannier owned by Paul Swingewood, Myglyd a 7 1/4"g. Romulus owned by Ed Parrot, Class 4, a Trojan steam engine by John Wing, Class 5, John Wing's rectilinear or 'cross' engine, Class 6, Class 7, steam engine and boiler by Derek Morris, grasshopper beam engine by Ian Matthews, Georgina an over-crank steam engine by Dave Arnold, 1 1/2" scale Allchin traction engine by Dennis Lambe. Class 9, 4" scale Garrett traction engine by Richard Betts, 4-facet drill grinding jig by Dave Arnold, 30 hour long-case clock by Richard Thomas, AEC Matador lorry by Kia Pugh-Bodman, Class 14, Class 15, Stuart S50 mill engine & oscillating engine and boiler by Luke Mason, 1/4 scale Velocette KYY Mk 8 motorcycle by John Shaw, Stirling engine by John Wing, Class 16, set of metric taps and adjustable dies c1912
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	82	Workshop	1	Working on the lathe: drilling and boring	Neil Raine	Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Introd... more Explains how to create holes using drilling and boring in the lathe. Introduction, Myford ML7, background about drilling and boring, comparison between drilling and boring metal, general metal boring, references
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	86	Locomotive	63	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Reverser (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's icon... more Reverser (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings.
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	89	Personal		Engineering's Local Heroes Freeman Wills Crofts - railway engineer turned c... more Engineering's Local Heroes Freeman Wills Crofts - railway engineer turned crime novelist	Roger Backhouse	Reference, Mystery In The Channel
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	92	Stationary Engine	10	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. High pressure cylinde... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. High pressure cylinder, piston and the special cutter for the steam passages, references
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	97	Postbag		Life Beyond Lego	Roger Clay
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	97	Postbag		Adverts	Anthony Mount
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	97	Postbag		Boilers	Tim Coles
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	98	Stationary Engine	6	Unseizing a Beam Engine	Mitch Barnes	Of the SMEE gets to grips with an ME Beam Engine steam plant, which had bec... more Of the SMEE gets to grips with an ME Beam Engine steam plant, which had become seized up at some point in its past.
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	100	Railway		A Short Ghost Story The Settle and Carlisle Railway- Autumn 1984	Mike Joseph	On a dark and stormy night, he encounters the Ribblehead Revenant
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	101	General		Next Issue		Zillertalbahn: Flying Scotsman: Efficiency Competitions: LOWMEX Show: Marin... more Zillertalbahn: Flying Scotsman: Efficiency Competitions: LOWMEX Show: Marine Engine
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	102	Locomotive	10	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Le... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Leaf springs
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	105	General	27	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Takes a random walk through model engineering. The best laid plans, quack (... more Takes a random walk through model engineering. The best laid plans, quack (photo credit Sam Goodbody) [picture of dancing author], practice makes …? An unexpected result, the pointe is; postscript to Part 27
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	108	General		Space Toys	Henk-Jan de Ruiter	Looks back to a space-age Christmas. Toy manufacturers, museums, other cool... more Looks back to a space-age Christmas. Toy manufacturers, museums, other cool websites, notes
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	110	Nautical	4	A Radial Marine Steam Engine	Ian Couchman	Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. Pistons, cy... more Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. Pistons, cylinders
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	116	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	116	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Old jokes Supreme Court review, Sheffield SMEE, water feed pump
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	116	Club News		St Albans MES
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	116	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	117	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES
	2025	27-Dec	234	4,759	117	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
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