Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	109	Locomotive	35	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	Manifold and Whistle. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompso... more Manifold and Whistle. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's most successful locomotive. 4MT whistle valve (photo by Eddie Gibbons), dummy whistle, sanding valve castings, sand boxes, sand ejectors, rear sand box on the full-size B1
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	112	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Sam's Trains on YouTube, Sheffield's auction, his clock
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	112	Club News		SM&EE
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	112	Club News		National 2 1/2in. Gauge Association
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	112	Club News		York ME
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	113	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	113	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	113	Club News		Hereford SME
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	113	Club News		Cambridge DMES
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	113	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Use of the term 'diorami', Flanders and Swann,
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	114	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		I came, I sawed and clinkered, Clock shop - Milton Keynes Clock Club, Sapph... more I came, I sawed and clinkered, Clock shop - Milton Keynes Clock Club, Sapphire a 4 inch scale Fowler road locomotive, all at MMEX, my 'luggie' and trailer swapping hotels in Birmingham, Land Rover by a 'pensioner'
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	114	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	114	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	114	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	114	Club News		And finally		Without Gravity? Kipling, kipple
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	115	General		Next Issue		Tractor: Wonderlab: EKP: Flying Scotsman: Beam Engine
	2024	29-Dec	232	4,733	115	Diary		Club Diary
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	3	On the cover …		A view into the cab of Doug Hewson's 5 inch gauge 4MT locomotive		(photo Doug Hewson)
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	8	Smoke Rings		Merry Christmas!		Model Engineer cover - December 23rd 1948. See 99 2483
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	8	Smoke Rings		Sleeping car		Charlie tests the new Golden Gate sleeping car (photo Lisa Kimberland). The... more Charlie tests the new Golden Gate sleeping car (photo Lisa Kimberland). The Golden Gate Live Steamers in San Francisco
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	9	Exhibition		LOWMEX 2023	Julie Williams	Reports from this year's Lowestoft Model Engineering Exhibition. Halesworth... more Reports from this year's Lowestoft Model Engineering Exhibition. Halesworth DMES, parts for a 4 inch Foster traction engine by David and Glenn Doddington, Garrett 'Royal Show Compound' engine Margaret by Peter Joyce, Union Pacific 'Bog Boy' locomotive, a collection of clocks by Colin Walton, a gang of menacing figures by Gary Edwards, Nick Gratton's collection of showman's engines and organs, Charlie Lovett's Cowens and Sheldon 75 ton crane, John Luscott's prize winning BSA DBD34 Gold Star motor cycle, the movies come to Halesworth, a pair of lightsabers [lightsabres?] - Daleks & droids by Clive Randlesome, Wimshurst machine by Professor Baz, Victorian pumping engine by John Child, cruiser HMS Tiger by Chris Bullock, dioramas, radio controlled tanks, Lego City, John Wilkins with his 4 inch Burrell traction engine, K'Nex funfair (Photos by the Author, John Wilkins, Jamie Haywood, Clive Randlesham)
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	13	Railway	4	Buckeye Coupling for 5 Inch Gauge	Jonathan Buck	Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Torsion sp... more Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Torsion spring as modelled, wire guide tool, 4497 Golden Plover and its 1935-pattern corridor tender
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	16	Railway	2	The Richmond Light Railway - A Kentish Treasure	Mark Smithers	Visits a two foot gauge railway in Kent. Decauville 'Type 3' 0-4-0T Lily, N... more Visits a two foot gauge railway in Kent. Decauville 'Type 3' 0-4-0T Lily, New Barn Halt, Robert Hudson, Lydd Ranges, 'Quarry Hunslet' 0-4-0T Sybil, Richmond Station, Leary, No. 7 (Motor Rail W/N 7403 of 1973)
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	19	Locomotive	33	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	Yet More on Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Tho... more Yet More on Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's most successful locomotive. View of the steam brake valve on B1 61264, distribution valve for steam brake, five-inch gauge steam valve by Dave Noble, steam brake displacement lubricator, steam valve with elbow for steam heating (photo by John Thompson), Dave Noble's steam brake valve in a five-inch gauge Britannia, BR steam brake valve, boiler feeds
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	22	Steam	15	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Ouest Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. I... more Ouest Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Inside and outside admission, valve gear performance, locomotive with Hawthorne Kitson valve gear, references
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	25	Railway		Driving Truck for 7 1/4 Inch Gauge	Cliff Almond	Describes the construction of his driving truck. Couples to Hunslet, unders... more Describes the construction of his driving truck. Couples to Hunslet, underside of chassis, bearing assembly, general arrangement - elevations, completed body, water tank, tool storage
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	33	Workshop	5	A Method of Manufacturing Piston Rings of the Clupet Style	Martin Gearing	Discovers how to make these rings himself. Testing, conclusion
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	35	Postbag		Electrical Safety	J.E.Kirby
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	35	Postbag		Boiler Testing	Doug Hewson
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	36	Postbag		Morton's Valve Gear	Duncan Webster
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	37	Nautical	3	Hercules A twin cylinder compound condensing marine steam engine	Chris Walter	Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Cylinder, rear ... more Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Cylinder, rear support columns, cylinder block support plate, column bases
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	43	Locomotive	18	A Five-Inch Gauge 0-4-0 Padarn Railway Tender Locomotive (Fire Queen)	Luker	Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. Introduc... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. Introduction, the tender as it stands at the Penrhyn castle, Fire Queen's sister locomotive Jenny Lind, the origins of the tender, front view of the tender, the model tender design, enjoy the mini-series!
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	47	Exhibition	2	Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition Display Classes	John Arrowsmith	Reports on the display classes. Fosseway Steamers line-up, Will Haynes with... more Reports on the display classes. Fosseway Steamers line-up, Will Haynes with his dad's 4 inch scale Burrell traction engine, Luke Crowther and grandad with their 4 inch scale traction engine, Will Haynes driving Paul Riley's 4 inch Foster, Gas Turbine Builders Association, Western Region 18100 gas turbine locomotive by Gerry Burchell, 3 1/2" gauge Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 Mogul by Bernard Clark, LMS Jinty 0-6-0 by Richard Folwell, Western Region 1500 class tank locomotive and building stand by Roger Froud, 5"g. BR Class 9F Evening Star & tender chassis by Bob Shephard, 4 inch scale Garrett traction engine by Richard Betts, John Luscott's BSA Gold Star motor cycle, large sailing barge by Tony Judd, John Fowler 200 gallon cart by Derek Morris, Jan Ridders hot air engine by John Wing, Birmingham Society display, 3 1/2 inch gauge 2-2-2 LBSC Grosvenor by Carl Jones (Birmingham), Burrell Gold Medal traction engine owned by Stephen Harrison, Bromsgrove Society, Wolverhampton MES, steam plant & Simplicity road roller (Wolverhampton), John Fowler engine on the Model Steam Road Vehicle display, field gun part of Welwyn Garden City stand, Tom Badger on the lathe (Society of Ornamental Turners)
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	52	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Miscellaneous items from the auctions, H&M speed controllers, Ford Anglia 1... more Miscellaneous items from the auctions, H&M speed controllers, Ford Anglia 105E race car
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	52	Club News		Vale of Aylesbury MES
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	52	Club News		Reading SME
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	52	Club News		Bradford MES
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	53	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Ashmead sail boat on Lympsham Wharf diorama at MMEX, John Thorpe's Meccano ... more Ashmead sail boat on Lympsham Wharf diorama at MMEX, John Thorpe's Meccano Flying Scotsman at MMEX
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	53	Club News		Stamford MES
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	53	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	54	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Witham Cove at Sheffield Model Railway Exhibition, long case clock works, '... more Witham Cove at Sheffield Model Railway Exhibition, long case clock works, 'turboid', power cut calculator, Kelham Island Museum
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	54	Club News		Chesterfield DMES
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	54	Club News		And finally		Power line technician reaches his catenary
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	55	Diary		Club Diary
	2024	16-Dec	232	4,732	55	General		Next Issue		Butterside Down: Workshop: Dynamometer Car: Huddersfield: Biscuit Tin Engin... more Butterside Down: Workshop: Dynamometer Car: Huddersfield: Biscuit Tin Engine
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	723	On the cover …		A Manchester tram circa 1906		Seen on the SM&EE stand at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition (photo... more Seen on the SM&EE stand at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition (photo John Arrowsmith)
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	728	Smoke Rings		Traditional Skills
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	728	Smoke Rings		Jim Crebbin		Roger Backhouse, Santa Fe Mallett locomotive
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	728	Smoke Rings		Mystery Engine		Two stroke internal combustion engine made by a young model engineer
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	729	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition Competition	John Arrowsmith	Reports on the competition classes. The main Coventry MES display, the over... more Reports on the competition classes. The main Coventry MES display, the overall display by the Hereford SME, Austin 7 chassis (Coventry), Young Engineer's work (Hereford), Manchester tram circa 1906 (SM&EE), Terry Mendham using the lathe on the SM&EE display, 100-year old 15 inch howitzer by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, 10 1/4 inch gauge LNER P2 class by John Wilks, 10 1/4 inch gauge LNER J11 0-6-0 'Pom Pom' by Daniel Floyd, 7 1/4 scale [gauge?] 'Jinty' locomotive and driving truck by Tim Coles, Manning Wardle 2-6-2 tank locomotive (Oxford Society), Melton Mowbray MES display, Melton Mowbray motorised rail bending machine, In the Clock Shop display by Milton Keynes Clock Club, ship's chronometer & cutting clock wheels in the Clock Shop, Gauge 1 MRA display & shunting yard, Clyde Puffer (Kingsbury Water Park), Knightcote Model Boat Club display, Stothert and Pitt beam engine by Ian Matthews, Sheldon tandem compound launch engine by John Bertinat (Wolverhampton)
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