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2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 355 Postbag Player Piano information Editor's note
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 356 Locomotive 9 Building a Gauge 3 Dee Dick Allen Builds an enlarged version of the Gauge 1 Dee. Backhead, foundation ring an... more
Builds an enlarged version of the Gauge 1 Dee. Backhead, foundation ring and stays, testing, regulator body, regulator valve, steam collector, superheater
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 359 Locomotive 36 Building a Darjeeling Himalayan Class B 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive in 3 1/2in. g... more
Building a Darjeeling Himalayan Class B 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive in 3 1/2in. gauge
Ray McMahon Makes the window frames
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 362 Portable Engine 7 A 1:6 Scale Barrett, Exall and Andrewes Portable Engine Tony Webster Starts to make the boiler. Forming the flanges, stays, silver soldering
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 366 An Engineer's Day Out The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; Firepower Museum and the Greenwich Heritage Ce... more
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; Firepower Museum and the Greenwich Heritage Centre
Roger Backhouse Visits two military museums. Mortar, Beresford Square, guardhouse, Royal Br... more
Visits two military museums. Mortar, Beresford Square, guardhouse, Royal Brass Foundry, officers mess, gun development, Dial Square, Dial Square Arch, cast iron mortar, Bodiam Castle, Peterara, bombard replica, muzzle loading guns, the Sultan of Mysore, Napoleonic War bronze field gun by Francis Kinman in Shoe Lane London, Joseph Whitworth's rifled muzzle loader, Armstrong 18 pdr Mark II field gun, Armstrong rifled breechloader, disappearing coastal gun, seven barrelled breech loading gun by Hans Reysinger of Augsburg, bronze minion with William & Mary cipher, garrison carriage, iron shell Congreve rockets, Siege of Copenhagen, Congreve rolling ball clock, carriage for Congreve rockets, bronze gun
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 370 Locomotive 16 LBSC's 'Roedean', a Southern 'Schools' 4-4-0 LBSC Makes the feed pump. Pump body, valves, ram and gland, how to erect the pum... more
Makes the feed pump. Pump body, valves, ram and gland, how to erect the pump, cylinder drain cocks
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 373 Stationary Engine 11 Armstrong's Hydraulic Pumping Engine Anthony Mount Concludes his design. Drive pulley, wooden base, studs, nameplate, governor... more
Concludes his design. Drive pulley, wooden base, studs, nameplate, governor spring, oil cups, wooden lagging, assembly, painting, back to assembly
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 379 General If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 380 Hot Air 2 The Reverend Robert Stirling's Air Engine Geoff Goodchild Makes a copy of an original engine. Bearings, assembly of wooden components... more
Makes a copy of an original engine. Bearings, assembly of wooden components, crankshaft, flywheel, power cylinder
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 384 Horology 14 Building a bracket clock John Parslow Concludes his series. Front door latch, clock case assembly, fretwork and e... more
Concludes his series. Front door latch, clock case assembly, fretwork and escutcheon, case lifting handle, final finishing of the clock case
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 388 Stationary Engine 4 An American Popcorn Engine Stewart Hart Continues his American popcorn roasting engine. Bearing housings, crankshaf... more
Continues his American popcorn roasting engine. Bearing housings, crankshaft, eccentric strap
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 391 Exhibition 5 Model Engineer Competition Bronze Medal Winners Diane Carney Reviews the 2011 competition. Geoffrey Goodchild's rectilinear vertical ste... more
Reviews the 2011 competition. Geoffrey Goodchild's rectilinear vertical steam engine, Bob Fawcett's Foden 4" scale flat back lorry, Andrew Breese's 4" scale Tasker Type A2 'Little Giant', universal pillar tool by Neil Read, Commander W.T.Barker, James Buxton's William Strutt epicyclic clock
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 393 General Next Issue Fairlie Locomotive; BR Mark I Coaches; Engineer's Day Out; MEX Bronze Medal... more
Fairlie Locomotive; BR Mark I Coaches; Engineer's Day Out; MEX Bronze Medal Winners; Portable Engine; Dee Locomotive; Stirling Engine; Popcorn Engine; Roedean Schools Class Locomotive; Clive Cook's 4" scale oil lamp conversion
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 394 Club News Sheffield SMEE
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 394 Club News Tyneside SMEE Ian Spencer's B1 61322 from the 2012 calendar
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 394 Club News Urmston DMES Rick Warren and his LBSC Pansy
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Wortley Top Forge ME
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Rochdale MES Alf Molyneux's Santa
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Colchester SME
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News North Wilts MES Upended Prairie locomotive by James and Stuart Duncan (Photo courtesy of Ke... more
Upended Prairie locomotive by James and Stuart Duncan (Photo courtesy of Ken Parker)
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Nottingham SMEE
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Bournemouth DSME
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News SM&EE
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Fareham DSME
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Club News Melton Mowbray DMES
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 395 Humorous A biologist, a physicist and a mathematician
2012 09-Mar 208 4,425 396 Diary Diary
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 275 On the cover ... A model of the Reverend Robert Stirling's Air Engine (Photo by Geoff Goodchild)
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 283 Smoke Rings The website
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 283 Smoke Rings Subscription problems
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 283 Smoke Rings Digital Subscriptions
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 283 Smoke Rings Postbag
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 283 Smoke Rings IMLEC 2012 update IMLEC calculation of results, rules etc.
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 284 Locomotive 9 Fairlie Complex: A Beginner's Paradox Terence Holland Makes a start on the cylinder. The eccentric strap, the cylinders, machinin... more
Makes a start on the cylinder. The eccentric strap, the cylinders, machining the cylinders
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 287 Postbag Kaye's tool shop (A Myford experience, Bill Buxton) Graham Tebbs
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 287 Postbag Unknown marine engine Ian Gurton St Albans MES
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 287 Postbag Static 1 Mike Ginn
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 287 Postbag Static 2 Peter Langridge
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 287 Postbag Comment on Smoke Rings Derek Potter
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 288 Locomotive 8 Building a Gauge 3 Dee Dick Allen Builds an enlarged version of the Gauge 1 Dee. Useful information, inner fi... more
Builds an enlarged version of the Gauge 1 Dee. Useful information, inner firebox, tubes and crown stay, bushes, assembling the boiler
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 290 Locomotive 15 LBSC's 'Roedean', a Southern 'Schools' 4-4-0 LBSC Continues with the exhaust pipe. Steam pipes, boiler feed pump
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 292 Stationary Engine 10 Armstrong's Hydraulic Pumping Engine Anthony Mount Makes the hydraulic pump
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 297 Railway 7 A Midland Railway Style Low Sided Goods Wagon Geoff Dowden Continues his new series; a late 19th Century Midland Railway goods wagon i... more
Continues his new series; a late 19th Century Midland Railway goods wagon in 5in gauge. Financial implications, conclusion
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 300 Exhibition 2 The London Model Engineering Exhibition 2012 David Clark Visits Alexandra Palace. Thames Fireboat Massey Shaw by Dave Vaul (Hanwell ... more
Visits Alexandra Palace. Thames Fireboat Massey Shaw by Dave Vaul (Hanwell DMS), Winson steam lorry, large clock (Big Ben?) (West London Meccano Society), SS Donola (Welwyn Garden City), Gauge 1 rolling stock (Tonbridge MES) 1 1/2" scale by J.Huigen, Gauge 1 London Transport Great Western pannier tank, the Association of London Modellers, GWR King Edward VIII No. 6029 (Malden DSME), Hawker Typhoon by Bob Dowsett (Romford MEC)
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 302 Locomotive Thomas Telford in Service Bob Lilley Reviews the Bristol Society's Class 67 Locomotive twelve months on. A resou... more
Reviews the Bristol Society's Class 67 Locomotive twelve months on. A resounding success, a few problems, alternators, come and have a look
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 305 Locomotive 2 Making American Steam Locomotive Models Andy Probyn Looks across the pond. Maxitrak Forney locomotive
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 308 Hot Air The Reverend Robert Stirling's Air Engine Geoff Goodchild Makes a copy of an original engine. General considerations, engine platform... more
Makes a copy of an original engine. General considerations, engine platform, columns and beams, reference
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 312 Stationary Engine 3 An American Popcorn Engine Stewart Hart Continues his American popcorn roasting engine. Piston and crosshead guide,... more
Continues his American popcorn roasting engine. Piston and crosshead guide, crosshead
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 316 Horology 13 Building a bracket clock John Parslow Looks at the final finishing. Side panels, dial mask, base plate and top pl... more
Looks at the final finishing. Side panels, dial mask, base plate and top plate, basic carcass assembly, cushion top, mouldings
2012 24-Feb 208 4,424 321 Exhibition 4 Model Engineer Competition Silver Medal Winners Diane Carney Reviews the 2011 competition. Queen Hatshepsut's Royal Ceremonial Barge of ... more
Reviews the 2011 competition. Queen Hatshepsut's Royal Ceremonial Barge of 1490 by Raymond Hunt, silver wheels, WW1 Army Field Kitchen & Horse Drawn Hay Tedder by Brian Young, Brian King, John Garnish, Neil Carney, Pete Shires, Raymond Hunt, Tom Pascoe, two photographs courtesy of Mike Chrisp