Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	568	Book Review		Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives 1923-1959	David Maidment and Bob Meanley	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	568	Book Review		Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives - the Final Years 1960-1965	David Maidment	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	569	Historic	51	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Trevithick Dynasty. Takes a look at the history and development of the ... more The Trevithick Dynasty. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. Dolcoath Mine, the Bullan Garden workings, the Cornish mining districts showing distribution of Boulton and Watt engines in 1800, references
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	572	Automotive		Isle of Man Motor Museum	Geoff Theasby	Shares with us the latest additions to his photo album. Aston Martin Lagond... more Shares with us the latest additions to his photo album. Aston Martin Lagonda, Facel Vega Excellence 1959, cutaway Talbot 90 1948, not the fastest Lamborghini [tracked tractor], Chevrolet GMC, Yamaha YP260 - from a man with a shed …, Willys Station Wagon 1953, Stretch Checker cab, Zagato Zele 1974, Citroen DS23 Tissier car transporter 1973, Lincoln Continental, Jake Thackray's 'Grim Limousine' from Sister Josephine? 1975 Lincoln Continental (Mafia staff car …?), Dodge La Femme 1956, a charabanc, model steam plant, models all made on the Isle of Man according to Mr Cunningham
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	575	Workshop	5	A New Workshop	Peter Seymour-Howell	Builds a new workshop before continuing work on Flying Scotsman. New consum... more Builds a new workshop before continuing work on Flying Scotsman. New consumer unit, well sealed wall sections, panelling, the longest wall
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	577	Workshop	1	A Method of Manufacturing Piston Rings of the Clupet Style	Martin Gearing	Discovers how to make these rings himself. Clupet piston ring manufacturing... more Discovers how to make these rings himself. Clupet piston ring manufacturing references
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	579	Club		We Visit the Bradford Model Engineering Society	John Arrowsmith	Drops in on one of the oldest model engineering clubs in the world. Jim Jen... more Drops in on one of the oldest model engineering clubs in the world. Jim Jennings prepares his Crampton for a steaming, raised track steaming bays, kitchen serving counter, small workshop, clock by David Brimacombe, storage shed bridge, raised track stock storage, ground level turntable, double raised track clips, the president drives the 0-6-0, petrol hydraulic club 0-6-0 locomotive, the other petrol hydraulic 0-6-0 Amos, system control panel relays, track control panel, Adrian Shuttleworth brings some carriages out from their underground storage bunker
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	583	Locomotive	14	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 blow... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The blow-downs, the fire door and fire hole shelf, hand rails and stanchions, the big steering wheel (reversing and tender brake handle)
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	587	Locomotive		Stan Bray's Crampton Locomotive	Howard Lewis	Completes Stan's last project
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	588	Horology	3	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 motion work and hands, a cast base plate, making the frames
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	591	Club		Northern Association of Model Engineers	BobHayter	Reports from Ellenroad Steam Museum. Birkett Trophy and Young Engineer Awar... more Reports from Ellenroad Steam Museum. Birkett Trophy and Young Engineer Award, Dean Allsopp, Paul Birkett, the main engine at Ellenroad Steam Museum, Bob Hayter presents the NAME citation, Stapleford Miniature Railway, Richard Gretton, Karen Allsopp, Mark Allsopp, Dean Allsopp, June Tricklebank, Wendy Gretton, Ian Tricklebank, photographs by Jason Pattinson, Sale MES
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	592	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Acquired stuff at an auction, Meccano, Fischertechnik Handbook, Robert Post... more Acquired stuff at an auction, Meccano, Fischertechnik Handbook, Robert Postlethwaite, 2 1/2 inch castings 1 & 2 (photo courtesy of n25ga), Ruston 48 as acquired
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	592	Club News		Worthing SME
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		National 2 1/2in. Gauge Association		Graharm Hennessey's 4-4-0 Annie Boddie (photo courtesy Graharm Hennessey)
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Robots in the domestic house? Dishwasher
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Roundhouse Fowler on the garden railway
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		York ME
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	593	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	594	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Silver Cloud traction engine from Sheffield Steam Rally 2023, notable town ... more Silver Cloud traction engine from Sheffield Steam Rally 2023, notable town clerks, Keighley, Julius Caesar
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	594	Club News		Norwich DSME
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	594	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	594	Club News		And finally		Computer password? 'The date of our wedding'
	2023	20-Oct	231	4,728	595	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	483	On the cover …		Percival Marshall		Founder and first editor of Model Engineer, at the age of 33
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	488	Smoke Rings		125 Years
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	488	Smoke Rings		Skills
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	488	Smoke Rings		Bradford Cup		Steve Goodbody receives the Bradford Cup from Adrian Shuttleworth president... more Steve Goodbody receives the Bradford Cup from Adrian Shuttleworth president of the Bradford Society of Model Engineers (photo: Jocelyn Fung)
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	488	Smoke Rings		Autumn Shows		South Devon Garden Railway Group, LOWMEX Lowestoft Model Engineering Exhibi... more South Devon Garden Railway Group, LOWMEX Lowestoft Model Engineering Exhibition, Halesworth MES
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	488	Smoke Rings		Haddenham Steam Rally		A fine view
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	489	Historic		The First Year of Model Engineer	Roger Backhouse	Looks back at the beginnings of our magazine. Percival Marshall, early mast... more Looks back at the beginnings of our magazine. Percival Marshall, early masthead for the Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician, W.Martin and Co., Frank Spicer - first winner of a Model Engineer competition, his engine, developing the magazine, the Britannia lathe made by Colchester, lathe screw carriers, casting brass at home, the Crypto Works Company Ltd., telegraphy, electricity, radio and other new technologies, wireless telegraphy receiver by Miller and Woods, Mr Burnham's model dynamo, Lawrence Scott and Co., the American Talking Machine Co., 'Ever Ready' portable darkroom, steam power, Como by Dr Bradbury Winter, engine made from Lipton's cans, Chicago to Jericho Railway, 2 7/8"g. railway by Leonard Jones, model railways, gas power, 'Godiva' engine, Bateman;s museum of models, Wimshurst machine drawings, motor transport, proposed warship design, model boats, other devices, electric tramcar by G.H.Rooke, clocks, models from Model Engineer, shaping the hobby - Society of Model Engineers, circulation, overseas sales and spin-offs, pocket galvanometer from North London Electrical Stores, themes today, thanks to Mike Tilby, coloured illustration of sun through the old casement from Model Engineer January 4th 1923
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	498	Personal	1	Percival Marshall	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. The Hoe printing press, ... more Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. The Hoe printing press, Hermet & Miquet, bicycle, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	504	Postbag		Skills	J.E.Kirby
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	504	Postbag		Director's Saloon	Peter Cooper
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	Postbag		Electrical Safety	John Bauer
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	Postbag		Electrical Safety	Ed.
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	General		Next Issue		Curtains: Percival Marshal: LNER B1: Manx Motor Museum: Clupet Rings
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	506	Book Review		The Planet and Samson Locomotive: their design and development	Anthony Dawson	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	507	Horology	2	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 main spring, barrel and stop work, mainspring winder with improvised measuring weight, chart of mainspring torque vs. turns, more to do about springs …, mainspring torque chart, barrel with stop work fitted, spring winding force
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	511	Locomotive	6	Recycling A 3 1/2 Inch Southern Schools Locomotive	Robert Hobbs	Takes a box of bits and turns out a Schools Class 4-4-0. Tender chassis wit... more Takes a box of bits and turns out a Schools Class 4-4-0. Tender chassis with brake gear fitted, front and rear views, the boiler installed complete with boiler bands, handrails, completed locomotive
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	514	Competition		Little LEC 2023 Report	Arthur Green	Reports from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. The busy steaming bays... more Reports from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. The busy steaming bays, Sean Pritchard, William Powell and the 'Purple One', Tom Henderson preparing his Rob Roy, William Musselwhite drives the late Bill Roebuck's Rob Roy, the winners line-up, results, postscript from Bryan Finch, LittleLEC co-ordinator, photographs by various Swansea SME members
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	517	Workshop	2	The Twist Drill Bit	Neil Raine	Remembers the 160th anniversary of the invention by Stephen A.Morse. The cu... more Remembers the 160th anniversary of the invention by Stephen A.Morse. The cutting action of a drill bit, a factory ground drill bit, damage, functional properties of some design elements of the twist drill bit, conclusion, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	520	Locomotive	29	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	More On Smoke Boxes. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson... more More On Smoke Boxes. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive.
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	522	Workshop	2	Joint Failure in Silver Soldered Stainless Steel	Graham Astbury	Researches an unexpected Metallurgical problem. Galvanic corrosion, reducin... more Researches an unexpected Metallurgical problem. Galvanic corrosion, reducing the corrosion, the solution, the problem with zinc, fluxes, conclusions, acknowledgment, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	525	Club		New From Cardiff	Mike Denman	Brings us the latest. Signals & 1/4 inch gauge Hunslet
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	526	Steam	10	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Greenly's Corrected Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex su... more Greenly's Corrected Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	528	Locomotive	13	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 cros... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The crosshead pump, crosshead pump air bleed valve, the sight glass, the sight glass tap, the clacks
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	532	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Lack of newsletters, Deborah, mobile chairlift embarkation
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	533	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Battered wheelbarrow (chip shop?)
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	533	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		A workshop on a 'ute' by Max Leggett, NDMES [Northern Districts MES (Perth,... more A workshop on a 'ute' by Max Leggett, NDMES [Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)?], Max's Moveable Machinery … (photo courtesy of Jim Clark), wreck somewhere south of IoM, steel hulled Training Ship Staatsraad Lemkuhl in Kristianasund, Bollinder engine at Alta Museum, the Midnight Sun in Glorious Monochrome
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