Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	734	Locomotive	17	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. The chea... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The cheating! The pipework, notable areas of interest that were challenging, comparing the model to the prototype, reference articles
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	738	Workshop		Cutting Fluids	R.Finch	Shares his research into this workshop essential. Introduction, background,... more Shares his research into this workshop essential. Introduction, background, requirements, soluble oils, semi-synthetic fluids, synthetic cutting fluids, neat cutting oils, applying cutting fluids, which is best? Health and safety, conclusions, acknowledgement, references
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	741	Railway	1	The Richmond Light Railway - A Kentish Treasure	Mark Smithers	Visits a two foot gauge railway in Kent. Map, New Barn Halt, Couillet 0-4-0... more Visits a two foot gauge railway in Kent. Map, New Barn Halt, Couillet 0-4-0Y Chuquitanta, 'Small Quarry class 0-4-0ST Elin, steam locomotives, Arnold Jung 0-4-WT Jenny, vertical boiler locomotive Leary, 'Driver for a Fiver'
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	746	Steam	14	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Twining Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject.... more Twining Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Wroxham Broad (photo courtesy of Bure Valley Railway), Kirklees Light Railway, Bure Valley Railway, references
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	747	General		Next Issue		Driving Truck: Valve Gear: Fire Queen: LNER B1: Hercules
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	748	Nautical	2	Hercules A twin cylinder compound condensing marine steam engine	Chris Walter	Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Main bearing st... more Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Main bearing standards, main bearing brasses, crankshaft, crankshaft drive flange
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	754	Workshop	4	A Method of Manufacturing Piston Rings of the Clupet Style	Martin Gearing	Discovers how to make these rings himself. Slitting saw coordinates, heat t... more Discovers how to make these rings himself. Slitting saw coordinates, heat treating mandrel
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	759	Railway	3	Buckeye Coupling for 5 Inch Gauge	Jonathan Buck	Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Coupler su... more Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Coupler support pin and unlocking lever
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	762	Locomotive	33	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	More Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's... more More Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's most successful locomotive. Vacuum reservoir (photo by John Thompson), cylinder drain cock lever, steam heating 'pepperpot', pressure gauges with flanges, train pipe and steam chest gauges
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	765	Steam		DIY Model Engineering Cylinder Alloys	Luker	Presents a new cylinder casting alloy. Some context, cast iron for steam cy... more Presents a new cylinder casting alloy. Some context, cast iron for steam cylinders, gunmetal for steam cylinders, the 'new' alloy for cylinders, 6%AlBr - the alloy, casting 6%AlBr, machining 6%AlBr, joining 6%AlBr, full steam ahead
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	769	Horology	6	A Model Engineer's Clock	Jim Clark	Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. Usi... more Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. Using modern technology in a traditional craft, wheel and pinion tooth design, hand cutting wheel spoke profiles, how is it done without using new technology? Conclusion
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	772	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Tocsin tolls, club news columns, wooden hill to Bedfordshire, page 93
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	772	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	772	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	772	Club News		Plymouth MS
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	772	Club News		City of Oxford MES
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	773	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		London horse omnibus. Viking longship, Romany Ledge wagon? John Wilks's Coc... more London horse omnibus. Viking longship, Romany Ledge wagon? John Wilks's Cock o' the North in 10 1/4 inch gauge, Mike Sayers's 1927 Delage racing engine, [photos taken at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition]
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	774	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		On the motorway, West Midlands Metro Tram No. 51
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	774	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA North Yorkshire Group
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	774	Club News		And finally		Funfair dismissal, from B&DSME [Bournemouth?]
	2023	01-Dec	231	4,731	775	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	663	On the cover …		Hercules twin cylinder compound condensing marine engine		(photo courtesy of Chris Walter)
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	668	Smoke Rings		Farewell to PM		Percival Marshall
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	668	Smoke Rings		FMES/Polly Trophy		Spencer Priddy, Mike Chrisp
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	668	Smoke Rings		Kingston College
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	668	Smoke Rings		Stolen Traction Engine		Burrell, Mountsorrel
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	669	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition Highlights	John Arrowsmith	Gives his first impressions of the show at The Fosse. 10 1/4"g. LNER P2 loc... more Gives his first impressions of the show at The Fosse. 10 1/4"g. LNER P2 locomotive by John Wilks, Delage 15.S.8 GP engine by Mike Sayers, Stuart S50 mill engine by Luke Mason, WWII armoured car on the Welwyn Garden City display, sailing barge by Tony Judd, 4 inch Burrell traction engine, LNER N2 condensing tank by Bruce Harvey, 1 1/2" scale Allchin Royal Chester traction engine by Dennis Lambe, 5 inch Gauge GWR pannier tank by Alan Crossfield, 5 inch gauge dual tank wagon by Guy Harding, 10 1/4 inch gauge LNER J11 0-6-0 'Pom Pom' by Daniel Floyd, 15 inch howitzer by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon on the SM&EE display, Cherry Hill with her engines and Duke of Edinburgh trophy, horizontal mill engine by Cherry Hill
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	672	Personal		Farewell to Percival Marshall		From Model Engineer M.E.2449, April 29th 1948.'P.M.' (photo by W.J.Bassett-... more From Model Engineer M.E.2449, April 29th 1948.'P.M.' (photo by W.J.Bassett-Lowke)
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	674	Locomotive	32	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	The Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's ... more The Cab Fittings. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's most successful locomotive. Part of the back plate of B1 61306 (photo courtesy of John Thompson), back plate of Ballan Baker's K1, back plate of Geoff Moore's 8303, B1 back plate undergoing repair, John Bruce's 7 1/4 inch back plate, fire hole door frame & complete fire hole door (photos courtesy of John Thompson
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	677	Steam	13	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Baker's Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject.... more Baker's Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Baker valve gear - outside and inside admission, Pilliod design of Baker's valve gear, program outputs, references
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	680	Railway		Barbados Railway	Paul Stone	Takes a ride on the St Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway. Winston, rum distil... more Takes a ride on the St Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway. Winston, rum distillery at Croquet Lawn halt, the mansion at St Nicholas Abbey , barograph
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	682	Historic	52	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Early Career of Richard Trevithick II and Edward Bull. Takes a look at ... more The Early Career of Richard Trevithick II and Edward Bull. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. Balcoath Bull Engine of 1792, drawing of a Bull engine by Richard Trevithick, references
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	686	Workshop	3	A Method of Manufacturing Piston Rings of the Clupet Style	Martin Gearing	Discovers how to make these rings himself. Factors for Consideration, muffl... more Discovers how to make these rings himself. Factors for Consideration, muffle furnace
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	689	Railway	2	Buckeye Coupling for 5 Inch Gauge	Jonathan Buck	Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Buckeye co... more Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical couplings. Buckeye coupling with transparent body, coupling in closed and open positions, ISO standard tolerance bands
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	692	Obituary		John Maxwell Hemmens 1935-2023	Martyn Hemmens
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	693	Postbag		Kelham Island Museum	Harold Jones	Sheffield-Simplex motor car
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	693	Postbag		Americanisms	Doug Hewson
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	693	Postbag		Valve Gears	Warwick Allison	Mortons valve gear seen in Nambour, Queensland
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	695	Horology	5	A Model Engineer's Clock	Jim Clark	Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. The... more Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. The final assembly, pendulum adventures (a bit more background and some theory …), brass frames, material expansion coefficients, pendulum length changes, temperature compensation
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	698	Nautical	1	Hercules A twin cylinder compound condensing marine steam engine	Chris Walter	Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Background, the... more Builds an engine described in Model Engineer 100 years ago. Background, the model, design, engine bedplate, see 50 1185 5 and 34
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	702	Workshop		Workshop Tips Angle Plate	Mike Joseph	Makes a simple but very useful workshop accessory. [Hinged]
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	704	Locomotive	16	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. The cyli... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The cylinder drain cocks, the whistle, the left hand side of the model, the mechanical lubricator, a few special bolts, the nameplates and maker's plate, references
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	708	Rally		The 50th AGM of the 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society	John Arrowsmith	Reports from the Bedford Model Engineering Society. Hunslet Quarry engine o... more Reports from the Bedford Model Engineering Society. Hunslet Quarry engine owned by Colin Morse, LNER N2 tank engine by Bruce Harvey, Nick Deytrihk with his 0-6-0 Romulus, main signal box at Haynes End station, smaller units on the line to Hammer Hill, George Coles and his wife with his WWI Deutz Benzolok C14 F locomotive, David Carson with his 0-4-0 Stafford, Class B Shay locomotive by Alan Beesly, the Egg Box Trophy presented to Pete Chapman, George Harrison receives the Junior Award
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	712	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Bought a clock, locomotive Deborah, Sheffield auctions, diesel depot at Wak... more Bought a clock, locomotive Deborah, Sheffield auctions, diesel depot at Wakefield MRE, Reliant Scimitar GTE 'shooting brake'
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	712	Club News		High Wycombe MES		Gardner hit and miss engine by John Whittaker (photo courtesy of John Savag... more Gardner hit and miss engine by John Whittaker (photo courtesy of John Savage)
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Dromna (anag), 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air at South Yorkshire Transport Museum
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Stamford MES
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Welling DMES
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Gauge 1 North, Yorkshire Group
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