Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	52	Nautical		The History of "Tich Too"	H.J.Turpin	Miniature flash steam hydroplane. Hull, three-quarter views, front and rear... more Miniature flash steam hydroplane. Hull, three-quarter views, front and rear cowls added to prevent flooding, modified shape, skeg and adjustable propeller bearing, duralumin pick-up, water pick-ups, front propeller shaft bearing with oil container
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	56	General		A Plea for Fresh Ideas in Model Making	"Adage"
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	57	Photographic		Simple Photographic Enlargers	"Kinemette"	All-metal miniature vertical enlarger. Construction, upper and lower casing... more All-metal miniature vertical enlarger. Construction, upper and lower casings, light traps, condenser and stage housings
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	60	Locomotive		Out of their Element!	LBSC	Commander Shadwell "going up", H.M. Submarine service prepares for action (... more Commander Shadwell "going up", H.M. Submarine service prepares for action ("Purley Grange" by Commander J.B.Mitford), a craft leaves port! (all on the Bursledon R.R.), "Lobby chat". climbing grades, a prototype parallel case
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	60	Locomotive		Miss Ten-To-Eight	LBSC	Tender beams, half plan of fame asembly, springs, axleboxes, laminated spri... more Tender beams, half plan of fame asembly, springs, axleboxes, laminated springs (photo by C.J.Grose)
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	64	Model Engineers and National Service		Capstan and turret lathes	Edgar T.Westbury	The overhead support, combination tool holder for boring turning and facing... more The overhead support, combination tool holder for boring turning and facing, centring and facing tool, Coventry patent collapsing tap, Coventry self-opening diehead (Alfred Herbert), screwcutting, special drill with inserted cutters and oil passages (H.W.Ward)
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	66	Workshop		A Turning Tool for Leather and Fibres	W.M.Halliday
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	67	Workshop		Gauges and Gauging	R.Barnard Way	For those on National Service. Testing a square for accuracy by cylindrical... more For those on National Service. Testing a square for accuracy by cylindrical gauge, the protractor vernier, the right-angled triangle, the sine bar in principle, the Pratt and Whitney sine block in use, the Pitter sine bar
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	70	Electrical		Model Traction Motors and Control Gear	J.Gordon Hall	Motor construction for locomotives and other models. Part sectional general... more Motor construction for locomotives and other models. Part sectional general arrangement, armature laminations assembled to shaft, shaft, drive end bush, com. end bush
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	73	Queries and Replies		7715. Winding a Small Induction motor	E.E.S.
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	73	Queries and Replies		7706. Re-Winding an A.C. Motor	G.H.T.
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	73	Queries and Replies		7723. Balancing	F.B.
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	74	Practical Letters		Large-Scale Locomotives	"Churchwardian"
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	74	Practical Letters		Large-Scale Locomotives	A.J.Maxwell
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	75	Practical Letters		Classification of Model Speed Boats	Edgar T.Westbury
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Practical Letters		Loco. Coal	Victor B.Harrison
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Reports of Meetings		SM&EE
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Reports of Meetings		The Kent MES
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Reports of Meetings		Mancunian MES
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Reports of Meetings		Leicester SME
	1940	18-Jan	82	2,019	76	Reports of Meetings		Norwich DSME
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	NULL	Cover Picture		Flash steam launch "Truant". W.J.Hood
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	25	Smoke Rings		Some New Year Thoughts	Percival Marshall
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	25	Smoke Rings		A Model Locomotive Novelty	Percival Marshall	Model petrol-driven locomotive ("1831"?)
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	26	Model Engineers and National Service		Capstan and turret lathes	Edgar T.Westbury	A combined work-stop and centre drill (Alfred Herbert), capstan and turret ... more A combined work-stop and centre drill (Alfred Herbert), capstan and turret head cutting tools, cross-slide of Hjorth capstan lathe, examples of roller and vee steady holders (Alfred Herbert), steadies for capstan and turret tools, travelling steadies, roller steady tool holder, steadies for other purposes, vee steay tool holder
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	29	Workshop		A Gas Brazing Blowpipe	J.Coulson, Junr.
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	30	Workshop		Some Hints on Metal Spinning	Ernest F.Carter	Tools required, altering the "T" Rest, working in copper, buckling
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	32	Hot Air		Hot Air Engines	A.H.R.	Notes for a working model. Sectional elevation, plan and end view, connecti... more Notes for a working model. Sectional elevation, plan and end view, connecting-rod and valve-rod, displacer piston (hollow), relative position diagram, motor piston
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	34	Workshop		Building up Worn Threads	F.C.
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	35	Photographic		Simple Photographic Enlargers	"Kinemette"	All-metal miniature vertical enlarger. Small experimental home-made prototy... more All-metal miniature vertical enlarger. Small experimental home-made prototype, side view, principles of design, plan view
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	38	Railway		Railway Practice	Chas S.Lake	G.W.R. Tank Engines (class 35XX 2-4-0). Autos. Locomotive Rods. Blast Pipes... more G.W.R. Tank Engines (class 35XX 2-4-0). Autos. Locomotive Rods. Blast Pipes. New Locomotives for Indian Railways (2-6-2 for East Indian Railways). Greetings
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	41	Locomotive		Miss Ten-to-Eight	LBSC	Tender for R.I. 750 (drawing by J.Chapman), tender frame
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	41	Locomotive		The "Bat"	LBSC	Eccentrics and stop collars, how to erect wheels and axles, coupling-rods, ... more Eccentrics and stop collars, how to erect wheels and axles, coupling-rods, "current comments", a veteran passes (Charlie H.Hogan)
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	44	Locomotive		A Makeshift Gauge Glass	E.F.C.	Section for a 3 1/2"g. locomotive
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	45	Model Aeronautics		Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplane Building	Lawrence H.Sparey	Propellers, an asymetrical propeller of alternate laminations, of duralumin... more Propellers, an asymetrical propeller of alternate laminations, of duralumin and English oak, of Chauviere type,
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	49	Practical Letters		Speed Boat Classification	John H.Benson
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	49	Practical Letters		Large Scale Locomotives	"Mr X."
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	50	Reports of Meetings		SM&EE
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	50	Reports of Meetings		Mancunian MES
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	50	Reports of Meetings		The Junior Institutuion of Engineers
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	50	Reports of Meetings		Ulster SME
	1940	11-Jan	82	2,018	50	Reports of Meetings		Edinburgh SME
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	NULL	Cover Picture		G.W.R. stopping train at Aldermarston water troughs
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	1	Smoke Rings		One Hundred Years Ago	Percival Marshall	The Penny Mechanic
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	2	Smoke Rings		The Late Capt. A.B.Lockhart	Percival Marshall
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	2	Smoke Rings		Negative Lead	Percival Marshall
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	2	Smoke Rings		Manning the Machine Tools	Percival Marshall
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	3	General		Engines. Some early memories	B.C.J.	Small three-ram hydraulic engine in a carpaenter's shop, horizontal compoun... more Small three-ram hydraulic engine in a carpaenter's shop, horizontal compound condensing engine at the Crystal Palace, an undertype engine - usually compound, a portable or "Agricultural" engine, the gas engine with two-curved spoked flywheels, pumping engine, a typical hot air engine
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	8	Model Engineers and National Service		Capstan and turret lathes	Edgar T.Westbury	Capstan head locking gear, sliding saddle and cross slide, limit stops, sec... more Capstan head locking gear, sliding saddle and cross slide, limit stops, section of capstan slide, cross slide of capstan lathe showing front and back stops
	1940	04-Jan	82	2,017	11	Lathe		A Roller Filing Rest for a 3-in. Lathe	"Ned"	Vertical slide and supporting plate, filing a hexagonal cap nut using the f... more Vertical slide and supporting plate, filing a hexagonal cap nut using the filing rest, lead screw, eye bolts, knurled head, die block, rollers and pivot studs, roller filing rest components, using the filing rest
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