Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	13	Track		New Signals: Safer Signalling	Eric L.Basire	Wimborne & District SME install a new system. New signals, the signalling s... more Wimborne & District SME install a new system. New signals, the signalling system
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	16	Stationary Engine		Helping Dad make a True Vertical Mill Engine	Stewart Hart	Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. Inspiration and ... more Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. Inspiration and background, the model version, the Kenyon Engine at Bolton Steam Museum (Photo courtesy NMES), planning, critical features, references, cylinder assembly
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	20	Electrical		Lighting Up!	Raymond McMahon	Makes scale model electric lighting. Construction, making the sockets
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	22	Locomotive	2	A Mechanical Controller for Battery Electric Locomotives	Derek Alford	Creates a responsive and efficient control mechanism. Overload protection, ... more Creates a responsive and efficient control mechanism. Overload protection, layout of the mechanical controller, air cooled resistors, traction switch panel, traction switch details, meter panel, control panel, hints on wiring up, calibrating the metres (meters?), operating hints and tips
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	27	Puzzle		The Keyhole Cube	J.Randolph Bulgin	Some careful machining is required to create his little puzzle. To start ma... more Some careful machining is required to create his little puzzle. To start machining, that's it!
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	31	General		Next Issue		Building Locomotives from Kits; Bradford Industrial Museum's 40th Anniversa... more Building Locomotives from Kits; Bradford Industrial Museum's 40th Anniversary; A Ransomes Roller by Neil Wyatt; Setting up a Spin Indexer; Keith Wilson: an Obituary; Index to Volume 213
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	32	Stationary Engine		Re-Boring a Corliss Valve Chamber	Neil Carney	Describes the method employed in this in situ repair. Elsie, diagnosing a p... more Describes the method employed in this in situ repair. Elsie, diagnosing a problem, the set-up, valve machining
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	36	Stationary Engine	5	Making the R & B Engine	Ian Strickland	Revisits a Model Engineer design from 30 years ago. Bearing retaining caps,... more Revisits a Model Engineer design from 30 years ago. Bearing retaining caps, cylinder
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	40	Workshop	3	A Wire Winder	Linton Wedlock	Method for making long-length, small-diameter wire coils. Core wire tension... more Method for making long-length, small-diameter wire coils. Core wire tensions, coil pitch control, removing the core, attaching the wrapping, automatic wire winding, spool holder, wire coiling assembly, wrapping wire tensioning, measuring the tension, automatic switching, the end result, conclusions, references
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	44	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	45	Locomotive	24	Bantam Cock A 2-6-2, L.N.E.R. V4 - 3 1/2 inch gauge engine	LBSC	Continues his V4 locomotive. Feed clacks, washout plugs, firehole door, ste... more Continues his V4 locomotive. Feed clacks, washout plugs, firehole door, steam gauge, grate, how to erect the boiler, smokebox essentials
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	48	An Engineer's Day Out	2	The London Transport Museum: Railways, Over and Under Ground	Roger Backhouse	Records the history of London's transport through a visit to this museum in... more Records the history of London's transport through a visit to this museum in the capital. Metropolitan Railway construction, Metropolitan Railway 4-4-0 condensing tank engine by Beyer Peacock, the first Underground Railway, the first tube, 'Metro-land' map, John Hampden, Neasden, suburban developments, North London Railway, Great Northern Railway, modern times, escalators, lifts and power supplies, art and design, McAlpine tunnelling machine, electrical gear, library, postscript, thanks, further reading, Tower Subway entrance, tunneling (tunnelling?) shield by Peter Barlow and Henry Greathead, Sir Henry Greathead's statue, City and South London Railway locomotive by Mather and Platt, John Glover, underground expansion, the Met goes electric, tube stock
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Nobel Prize for Physics, LEDs
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Welling DMES
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Cambridge MES		Graham Clarke's Aveling & Porter roller (Photo courtesy of Tad Davison)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR		Signal box Billmore Junction
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Tyneside SMEE
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Stamford MES
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Guildford MES
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	54	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	55	Club News		Saffron Walden DSME		Southern N15 from Faversham Miniature Railway, visiting the Torry Hill Rail... more Southern N15 from Faversham Miniature Railway, visiting the Torry Hill Railway (Photo courtesy of Jeff Dickinson)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	55	Club News		Edinburgh SME
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	55	Club News		Bradford MES
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	55	Club News		Vale of Aylesbury MES		Bob Jones 'walking the dog' (Photo courtesy of Ian Meikle)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		SM&EE
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		Sutton Coldfield MES
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		Colchester SMEE
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		Reading SME
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)		Rumley Oil Pull kerosene powered tractor at Puget Sound Threshing Bee (Phot... more Rumley Oil Pull kerosene powered tractor at Puget Sound Threshing Bee (Photo courtesy Andrew Hutchinson)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		Saffron Walden DSME		Little & Large at the Audley End Railway (Photo courtesy of Adrian Townsend... more Little & Large at the Audley End Railway (Photo courtesy of Adrian Townsend)
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	56	Club News		And finally		Two types of people
	2014	12-Dec	213	4,497	57	Diary		Diary
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	NULL	Exhibition		Model Engineer Exhibition Show Guide		Essential information, competition classes, clubs and societies, national a... more Essential information, competition classes, clubs and societies, national associations, private collections, meet the makers, what to see at the MEX Makers Area, the Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy, the judges, SM&EE, lecture programme, trade stands
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	751	On the cover ...		Stewart Hart's new engine in the 'Helping Dad' series		Inspired by the Kenyon Engine at Bolton Steam Museum. Photo by Stewart Hart
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	760	Smoke Rings		Keith Wilson (death of)
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	760	Smoke Rings		Wilton Exhibition returns in 2105
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	760	Smoke Rings		One thousand boilers from Helen Verrall!		Western Steam, Ron Smith
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	760	Smoke Rings		Model Engineer Exhibition
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	760	Smoke Rings		Apology to John Pace (Hydraulic Counterbalance)
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	761	Locomotive	2	Patriotism The Royal Army Ordnance Corps	Alan Crossfield	Describes his much admired, Gold Medal winning Patriot in 5 inch gauge. The... more Describes his much admired, Gold Medal winning Patriot in 5 inch gauge. The cylinders, the inside cylinder of The Unknown Warrior, machining the bores, piston valves and a model engineer's overview, valve chest liners, fitting the liners
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	764	Workshop	2	Hydraulic Counterbalance	John Pace	Gives a grinding head some mechanical assistance. Turnaround pulley plates,... more Gives a grinding head some mechanical assistance. Turnaround pulley plates, pulleys, spacer block, conclusion
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	769	Stationary Engine		Helping Dad make a True Vertical Mill Engine	Stewart Hart	Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. The completed en... more Describes another engine ideal for encouraging youngsters. The completed engine
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	770	Exhibition		Model Engineer Exhibition Trade Stands in the Surrey Hall
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	772	Competition		Consistent Fun in LittleLEC	Peter Langridge	Sets out a level playing field. Reference
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	772	Competition		LittleLEC 2014	David Batty	Events secretary at West Riding SLS reports on this year's competition. Pet... more Events secretary at West Riding SLS reports on this year's competition. Peter Langridge with Rob Roy, Steve Eaton with his 2 1/2"g. Toby
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	774	Track		Plastic Magic	Brian Baker	Shows the advantages of replacing wooden sleepers. Norwich DSME, properties... more Shows the advantages of replacing wooden sleepers. Norwich DSME, properties of the plastic, potential suppliers, cutting the material, fastenings, the late Bert Oliff, Canvey RMEC, reference
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	778	Road Locomotive	8	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Drills the many smokebox holes. Tube scraper for descaling, chimney and bas... more Drills the many smokebox holes. Tube scraper for descaling, chimney and base, drilling the smokebox, the hole for the chimney
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	782	Book Review		Cherry's Model Engines: The Story of the Remarkable Cherry Hill	David Carpenter	A review by Diane Carney
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	783	Internal Combustion	7	Internal Combustion Theory and Practice	Ron Wright	A retired technical college teacher provides an in-depth course in I/C. Car... more A retired technical college teacher provides an in-depth course in I/C. Carburetion: main system, operation, compensating jet theory, corrected carburettor, air bleed compensation, the diffuser tube, acceleration
	2014	28-Nov	213	4,496	786	Historic	4	Journeyman's Jottings Old Engines Reviewed	Journeyman	Turns the pages of some historic publications. Duncan's Compound Engine wit... more Turns the pages of some historic publications. Duncan's Compound Engine with Reversing Gear, Beam Engine at Messrs Whitbread & Co.'s Brewery, Fenby's Compound Marine Engine, Hartley's Variable Expansion Gear for Oscillating Engines
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