Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	870	Locomotive	28	Fairlie Complex: A Beginner's Paradox	Terence Holland	Completes the boiler and describes testing. The foundation ring, firebox ba... more Completes the boiler and describes testing. The foundation ring, firebox backplate, firebox backplate/backhead assembly, backhead stays, steam dome bush, top water gauge fittings and clack bushes, leak testing, boiler specifications and hydraulic pressure testing, steam test
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	874	Locomotive	16	A Close Scale GWR 14XX class Locomotive in 7 1/4 inch Gauge	John Smith	Continues his constructional series on the 1400 class locomotive. The boile... more Continues his constructional series on the 1400 class locomotive. The boiler, boiler furniture, the smokebox
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	878	Locomotive	8	Building Locomotives from Kits	Doug Hewson	Perfects the valve gear. A prototype Britannia (photo by Nigel Fraser-Ker),... more Perfects the valve gear. A prototype Britannia (photo by Nigel Fraser-Ker), setting Walscheart's (Walschaert's?) valve gear, Mike Hewson
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	882	Automotive	3	Making Alloy Wheels and Pneumatic Tyres	Alex M. du Pre	Describes making realistic components. Moulding the tyres, making the tyre ... more Describes making realistic components. Moulding the tyres, making the tyre pattern, take a two-part silicone rubber mould of the tyre pattern, tyres with rubber core, rubber compounds and mixtures, conclusions
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	886	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Mythologise heroic train drivers, Sheffield DSMEE, model engineering articl... more Mythologise heroic train drivers, Sheffield DSMEE, model engineering articles in 1913 edition, wireless telegraphy, Radio Society of Great Britain
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	886	Club News		National 2 1/2in. Gauge Association		Dick Allan and his 2 1/2 inch gauge Garratt 'William Francis' at the Readin... more Dick Allan and his 2 1/2 inch gauge Garratt 'William Francis' at the Reading Rally (photo courtesy Mike Manners)
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	886	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		Peter Targett's finished Northumbrian (photo courtesy of Peter Targett)
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Pinewood (Wokingham) MR
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Welsh Highland Railway
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Colchester SME
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Tyneside SMEE		American 4-4-0 owned by K.Lummas (Cleveland) at Open Weekend (photo courtes... more American 4-4-0 owned by K.Lummas (Cleveland) at Open Weekend (photo courtesy of Phil Work)
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		SM&EE
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	887	Club News		Don Valley Railway		Plasticard Gauge 1 DMU
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	888	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	888	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA (Yorkshire Group)		Jamie Wilde with his Mallard and dynamometer car at the NRM (photo courtesy... more Jamie Wilde with his Mallard and dynamometer car at the NRM (photo courtesy of Grahame Platt), the Golden Age Models dynamometer car (photo courtesy of John Barefoot)
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	888	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	888	Club News		Saffron Walden DSME
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	888	Club News		And finally		The man who was cooled to absolute zero
	2013	13-Dec	211	4,471	889	Diary		Diary
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	751	On the cover ...		4 1/2 inch Burrell traction engine by James Allison		To the Plastow design, at an end of season Steam Party at Fenns Bank Whitch... more To the Plastow design, at an end of season Steam Party at Fenns Bank Whitchurch
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	760	Smoke Rings		In this issue à		Two technical articles, locomotive efficiency by 'Artisan', I/C engines by ... more Two technical articles, locomotive efficiency by 'Artisan', I/C engines by Graham Astbury
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	760	Smoke Rings		Dr. Jonathan Minns
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	761	Hot Air	6	A Dean Myers Rider-Ericsson Hot Air Engine	John Pace	Takes on a commission. Crankshaft
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	764	Nautical	5	A Compound Condensing Marine Engine	James Lauder	Makes the engine of his dreams. Steam chests, valves and covers, valve spin... more Makes the engine of his dreams. Steam chests, valves and covers, valve spindles and glands, piston rods and cross-heads
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	768	Stationary Engine	6	Helping Dad make a Simple Mill Engine	Stewart Hart	His engine to encourage a beginner. Bearing stand, main bearings, slide bar... more His engine to encourage a beginner. Bearing stand, main bearings, slide bars, slide bar spacer and valve rod guise, slide bar pillar, slide bar spacers, base plate
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	773	Horology		An Elegant Scroll Frame Skeleton Clock	Raymond Fella	Writes. To be seen at the Model Engineer Exhibition
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	773	Locomotive		L&SWR Clyde in 5 inch Gauge by Peter Fagg		To be seen at the Model Engineer Exhibition
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	774	Locomotive	12	The Harlandic Titan	Ray McMahon	Starts to make running boards and body panels. Roof bulkheads
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	778	Workshop		Pattern Making: the Modern Approach?	Steve Eaton	Writes a special feature for MEX 2013. What is 3D printing? Now, to put thi... more Writes a special feature for MEX 2013. What is 3D printing? Now, to put this all into practice, 3D drawing/sti file
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	779	General		Next Issue		Return to Rio Tinto; Three phase modifications; Making a scribing bar; M.E.... more Return to Rio Tinto; Three phase modifications; Making a scribing bar; M.E. 100 years ago; Door chimes; GWR 14XX locomotive
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	780	Internal Combustion		Problems of Combustion in Small Engines	Graham Astbury	Gives the benefit of his professional knowledge. Basic combustion, flame qu... more Gives the benefit of his professional knowledge. Basic combustion, flame quenching
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	782	Rally		Model Steam Road Vehicle Society Annual Rally	Graham Gardner	Pictorial report on a great weekend in Tewkesbury. Adam and Dan Sluman, Phi... more Pictorial report on a great weekend in Tewkesbury. Adam and Dan Sluman, Phil South, Sandra and Kim Smith, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	799	Railway	3	An introduction to GL5	Doug Hewson	Founding member chronicles the background. Double headed trains (photo by H... more Founding member chronicles the background. Double headed trains (photo by Hugh Topham, busy yard at Gilling, report to the Yardmaster! Loose and screwed up couplings, Steve Whittaker with B1 Waterbuck, tank engines and driving trucks on shed, Peter Layfield's LNER V2, Steve Andrews' North Eastern T3, Martin Wyatt's BR Standard Class 2
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	802	General	2	Draining the Fens; Full Circle?	Roger Backhouse	Explores the rich farmland of Eastern England. Holme Post, steam changes, O... more Explores the rich farmland of Eastern England. Holme Post, steam changes, Owston Ferry Marshal tandem compound engine (photo courtesy of John P.Dawson), Ruston 7XHR & 1VTO diesels at Dogdyke, Gwynne pump, oil and diesel engines, Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day engine at Stretham, Petter 'Atomic' engine, electric pumps at Pinchbeck, enginemen, North Sluice, Denver Sluice, Wicken Fen wind pump, back to the future? Future of the Fens, dragline at Pinchbeck, other places to visit
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	807	Postbag		London Tilbury identification (The origins of a Victorian model, Bruce Heal... more London Tilbury identification (The origins of a Victorian model, Bruce Healey)	R.N.Smith
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	807	Postbag		Harz Railway model	Jakob Helf
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	807	Postbag		Beware of brass	Peter King	De-zincification
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	808	Locomotive		Locomotive Springing, Adhesion and Pulling Power	Artisan	Writes on the theory and practice. Keith Wraight's weighbridge at Colcheste... more Writes on the theory and practice. Keith Wraight's weighbridge at Colchester SME, adhesive weight, the curvature effect, optimising weight distribution, an engineer's solution, weight distribution, springs
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	814	Stationary Engine	10	Norden A Nineteenth Century Mill Engine to 1:12 Scale	Neil Wyatt	Makes the pipework. Steam supply, governor parts, exhaust, stop valve parts
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	818	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Sheffield University Technical College, fisherman's gansey (Filey pattern),... more Sheffield University Technical College, fisherman's gansey (Filey pattern), photography prizes
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	818	Club News		BCSME (British Columbia SME (Can)?)		Layne Goodwin learning to drive (photo courtesy of Mark Waite)
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	818	Club News		Teeside SMEE
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	818	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	819	Club News		Westland & Yeovil DMES
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	819	Club News		Don Valley Railway		Alan Bullock, Gauge 1 North, Patriot 45507, A4, SECR Wainwright D class
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	819	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	819	Club News		Rochdale SMEE
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	820	Club News		Warrington DMES
	2013	29-Nov	211	4,470	820	Club News		National 2 1/2in. Gauge Association
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