Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Bradford MES
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	713	Club News		Esk Valley MES
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	714	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Wakefield Model Railway Show, Buggleskelly at Sheffield Model Railway Exhib... more Wakefield Model Railway Show, Buggleskelly at Sheffield Model Railway Exhibition, Riley RME 1954 at South Yorkshire Transport Museum
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	714	Club News		North London SME
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	714	Club News		St Albans DMES
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	714	Club News		And finally		Elvis Presley's 'Wooden Leg', pirate copy
	2023	17-Nov	231	4,730	715	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	562	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Slow motion drive, strobe setting control for the Type 273 radar
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	603	On the cover …		Rex Hanman demonstrates the steaming up process to Jack Irvine at the Rob R... more Rex Hanman demonstrates the steaming up process to Jack Irvine at the Rob Roy Rally		(photo courtesy of Rex Hanman)
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	608	Smoke Rings		Midlands Show		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, Warwickshire Events Centre ('The Fos... more Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, Warwickshire Events Centre ('The Fosse'), 5-inch GWR pannier tank 7713 (photo by Alan Crossfield), Cherry Hill (photo by John Arrowsmith)
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	608	Smoke Rings		IMLEC 2024		Southport Model Engineering Club
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	608	Smoke Rings		EKP Acquire Kennions
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	609	Locomotive	15	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 safe... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The safety valve, the regulator, the steam dome and safety valve ornamental covers, the regulator handle and rods, the blower valve and cover, references
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	614	Rally		Rob Roy Rally 2023	Rex Hanman	Reports from the Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers. Revamped steaming b... more Reports from the Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers. Revamped steaming bays, Paul Wootton's engine wasn't the prettiest, Pauls performance, Trevor Wootton, Jack Irvine studies the steam up process, Will Taylor's double header, Bryan Mellem polishes Haggis, Rob Roys and friends on display
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	616	Railway	1	Buckeye Coupling for 5 Inch Gauge	Jonathan Buck	Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical coulpings. Two 5 inch... more Equips a 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive with prototypical coulpings. Two 5 inch gauge drophead buckeye couplings, 4464 Bittern and its 1928-pattern corridor tender (converted in preservation from a non-corridor original, drophead buckeye, vestibule buffer, face plate, screw coupling, vacuum brake hose, steam heat hose
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	618	Book Review		The Perfect Sword: forging the dark ages	Paul Gething and Edoardo Albert	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	619	Horology	4	A Model Engineer's Clock	Jim Clark	Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. Tes... more Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. Testing the clock, performance under various spring power settings. Great wheel pinion - excessive side play, simple test rig to measure pendulum swing, 9-tooth pinion, a typical lantern pinion, length of pendulum - the bob hangs very close to the base, balance weight for minute hand, skeleton chapter ring, the benefits of testing and proving, finishing touches - the clock face
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	624	Photographic	2	A Peek Behind the Curtains	Steve Goodbody	Supporting Roles. Shares his experiences of photographing models. Adaptioni... more Supporting Roles. Shares his experiences of photographing models. Adaptionist foundations
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	628	Obituary		Nigel Thompson 1937-2023	Ken Wood
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	629	Steam	12	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Walschaerts Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subj... more Walschaerts Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Introduction, basic principles, design of the combination lever, union link etc.,, design of expansion link, backset, Burrow's method, Gettings' method, results, references
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	633	Workshop	2	A Method of Manufacturing Piston Rings of the Clupet Style	Martin Gearing	Discovers how to make these rings himself. Initial work plan
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	637	Fire		Going with a Bang? The explosive experiences of York Model Engineers	Roger Backhouse	Recalls fun and games in the clubhouse. The dangers of home experiments wit... more Recalls fun and games in the clubhouse. The dangers of home experiments with explosives depicted in a 19th century book, a home-made cannon turned on a father's lathe, nitrogen tri-chloride, Pierre-louis Dulong, spent 303 cartridge cases, custard powder, flour and baby milk powder, class 08 shunter by Bob Lovett, National Railway Museum, Richard Gibbon, car fire extinguisher, demolition of Fords Dagenham gas holder, Graham Astbury, Richard Gibbon, Bob Lovett, Brian Smith, Ian Mcay, York Society of Model Engineers
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	640	General		Next Issue		7 1/4 Inch Gauge AGM: Barbados Railway: Angle Plate: Hercules: LNER B1
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	641	Locomotive	31	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	The Superheaters. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's ... more The Superheaters. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive. Superheater element clamps, superheater header, superheater header passages, the author acquiring inspiration, the full-sized header, the completed smokebox, the model header in position
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	646	Workshop	6	A New Workshop	Peter Seymour-Howell	Builds a new workshop before continuing work on Flying Scotsman. Worktops a... more Builds a new workshop before continuing work on Flying Scotsman. Worktops added, 'minge' clips supporting the hoist column, floor fixing, installed hoist
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	648	Personal	3	Percival Marshall	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. Surviving Model Engineer... more Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. Surviving Model Engineer covers are rare, James Carson's G.W.R Great Bear Pacific emerging from Twining tunnel, Drummond 3 1/2 inch centre Round Bed Lathe, 26 - 29 Poppin's Court, Fleet Street, 66 Farringdon Street, Fleet Street, new workshop at 66 Farringdon Street, G.H.Shirley, Percival Marshall in the editor's chair at 66 Farringdon Street, Alfred Marshall in the sub-editor's chair, the library, references
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	652	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	652	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Jeremiah Clarke, Stepway car, Dacia Sandero, MG ZTT, WWII vintage Diamond T... more Jeremiah Clarke, Stepway car, Dacia Sandero, MG ZTT, WWII vintage Diamond T at the South Yorkshire Transport Museum
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Nottingham SMEE
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Guildford MES
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Brighton & Hove SMLE		Wheelslip damage
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	653	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		Geoff Rumble at the West Horsley meeting (Photo courtesy of Ted Sadler
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	654	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	654	Club News		And finally		Concorde military version
	2023	03-Nov	231	4,729	655	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	543	On the cover …		Graham Hennessey's 2 1/2 inch gauge 4-4-0 locomotive Annie Boddie		(photo courtesy of Graham Hennessey)
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	548	Smoke Rings		IMLEC 2024		Southport Model Engineering Club
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	548	Smoke Rings		Wordsearch Competition		Winners
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	548	Smoke Rings		Burrell Traction Engine		William Higgs, see 110 2759 365 and 110 2759 369
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	548	Smoke Rings		In This Issue		Steve Goodbody, Geoff Theasby, Martin Gearing, Roger Backhouse
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	548	Smoke Rings		Keeping Warm		Clarke Devil 370SPD Remote Controlled Quartz Halogen Heater, Clarke Contrac... more Clarke Devil 370SPD Remote Controlled Quartz Halogen Heater, Clarke Contractor Devil 351C Ceramic Heater, Machine Mart
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	549	Personal	2	Percival Marshall	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. Early staff and contribu... more Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. Early staff and contributors to the Model Engineer (Model Engineer Supplement 1904), Alfred H.Avery, Chas W.Cook, Alfred Dawson, Frank Finch, Henry Greenly, Thos. D.Garscadden, T.H.Hawley, A.W.Marshall, Frank E.Powell, W.C.Runciman, W.H.Wilson Theobald, C.F.Townsend, Henry Greenly's prize winning gauge one locomotive, Henry Greenly's working drawings for a 2 1/2 gauge version of the prize winning locomotive, the tinted drawing of the compound undertype engine published in the Model Engineer 1st January 1903, references
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	557	Photographic	1	A Peek Behind the Curtains	Steve Goodbody	Reusing The Canvas. Shares his experiences of photographing models. Adaptio... more Reusing The Canvas. Shares his experiences of photographing models. Adaptionism, adaptionism in the visual arts, the authors painting booth … becomes a photography location, Rob Roy, lighting arrangements, backlighting
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	560	Locomotive	30	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	The Boiler. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 loc... more The Boiler. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive. Boiler, cross section, front tube plate, backplate, dome bush and cover, inner dome, B1 61296 on York turntable (photo by Rail Online), B1 61135 (photo by R.C.Riley), B1 61310
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	565	Steam	11	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Morton's Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject... more Morton's Valve Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Version 2, JMG gear, finale, references
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