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2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 749 Postbag. First Class Post Drilling brass Graham Garner Stockport Vacuum Engine
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 749 Postbag. First Class Post South African Locomotives Eckart Hartmann
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 749 Postbag. First Class Post Magpie engine Bob Jack
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 750 Steam 1 Superheater Elements Bill Steer Looks at some practical aspects. Evolution, only one problem? So where do w... more
Looks at some practical aspects. Evolution, only one problem? So where do we begin? Radiant superheaters, more choices, stainless steel supplies, working with stainless, showing respect, a typical superheater
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 754 Locomotive 4 Matthew Murray's Rack Locomotive of 1812 for the Middleton Railway Anthony Mount Makes the gear shaft bearings, axles crank arms and guidebar assembly. Pini... more
Makes the gear shaft bearings, axles crank arms and guidebar assembly. Pinion shaft
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 758 Locomotive 9 Charlie. A Southern Railway Q1 for 3 1/2in. gauge Nick Feast Machines the cylinder block
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 762 Road Steam 1 Out and About 2009 Martin Wallis Presents his annual round-up. 6" Allchin at Strumpshaw, 3" 'Plastow' Burrel... more
Presents his annual round-up. 6" Allchin at Strumpshaw, 3" 'Plastow' Burrell by Peter Spikings rallied by Brian Reeve at Thetford, Harrogate Exhibition, B.Fawcett's 2" scale Fowler, Dave Barlow's 4" Garrett Julie4" scale bought by Dave Walker, Pickering Steam Rally, Stan Nipper's 3" Little Samson, Richard Gregory and Kevin Rackham's 4" scale Dodman engines, GNS 6" scale McLaren Genius, the late Viv Kirk's Burrell No. 3833, McLaren No 127, Fowler T3 Tiger Tractor No. 15629, No 15288, Rushden Steam Cavalcade, full-size highlights, Old Warden, 4" scale Foster crane engine by R.Blacklee, Richard Scourfield's Burrell crane engine No. 3166 Joe Chamberlain, Clayton & Shuttleworth crane engine
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 768 Keith's Column Offers advice on the subject of silver-brazing Keith Wilson Wilson's Words of Wisdom, Harlington LS, sources of heat, flux
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 770 Aeronautical 2 Scratchbuilding Static Scale Model Aircraft Alan Clark Concludes his notes. Napier Sabre 2 engine, scratchbuilds on the decline
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 772 Historic Edwardian Elegance: Great Northern Railway Compound Atlantic Ron Isted Describes the compound expansion-powered locomotives of the GNR. French suc... more
Describes the compound expansion-powered locomotives of the GNR. French success, the Klondykes, GNR join in, dual personality, triple trials
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 776 Internal Combustion A new Spark Ignition System for I/C Engines Dave Fenner Looks at an inexpensive option. Just Engines, Jim Shelley, Hemingway Kits
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 778 Workshop Steam, Storage and Slide Boxes David Haythornthwaite Steam engine at Lodge Mill Burnley, old Albert, from being a child, be orga... more
Steam engine at Lodge Mill Burnley, old Albert, from being a child, be organised, car boot sales, smashed screen
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 781 Internal Combustion The small spark ignition 2-stroke engine Dave Parkes Looks at basic design and construction. Still at it! A clean canvas, compre... more
Looks at basic design and construction. Still at it! A clean canvas, compression ration, fuel supply, carburettors? Spark plugs, contact breakers
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 784 Internal Combustion I/C Topics Editor
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 785 News The South Downs Light Railway Society Brian Bird Photos by Phil Ashworth Editor of the Heywood Journal, Flying Scotsman, Sou... more
Photos by Phil Ashworth Editor of the Heywood Journal, Flying Scotsman, Southern 4-6-0
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 786 Competition Morris Lubricants MCT metal cutting lubricant
2009 18-Dec 203 4,367 787 Diary Diary
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 NULL Plans Service Free with this Issue; sheet 8 for Martin Evans 5in. gauge Springbok; Spray ... more
Free with this Issue; sheet 8 for Martin Evans 5in. gauge Springbok; Spray Gun Mk. 2 by Edgar T.Westbury
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 679 On the cover ... Cherry Hill's Blackburn 1863 engine (Photo by Cherry Hill)
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings Model Engineer Exhibition
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings Competitions
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings Articles
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings Matters outstanding
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2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings In the Editor's workshop
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 687 Smoke Rings Special Christmas Reader Offer Science Replicas, Coffee Cup hot air engine kit, the Copernican Orrery
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 688 Postbag. First Class Post Taunton Model Engineering Exhibition Mike Johns Chairman TME
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 688 Postbag. First Class Post Watt? Sun and Planet Dick Clifton
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 688 Postbag. First Class Post Bricks 1 Leonard Woods
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 688 Postbag. First Class Post Bricks 2 Jim Robson
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Bricks 2 Ed.
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Odd threads Alan Tomblin
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Valve gear design Don Ashton
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Murray removal John Pontefract
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Horn keeps mystery Peter Gardner 7 1/4in. gauge B1 by Martin Evans
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Convex knurling Tony Mountain
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Steam launch voltage monitor chip Jed Weare President Weare CNC, Inc. USA, Martin Ranson
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 689 Postbag. First Class Post Reprint of Tich articles Roger Backhouse
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 690 Beam Engine 3 Freelance Beam Engine Frivolity Martin Ranson Continues by making the top end, beam linkages, crankshaft and flywheel
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 694 Competition Morris Lubricants MCT metal cutting lubricant
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 695 Locomotive 6 Northumbrian. A second look at Rainhill Tony Weale Continues with the cylinders, pistons and rods, port cutting. Photographed ... more
Continues with the cylinders, pistons and rods, port cutting. Photographed and built by Paul Dewstone. Steam and exhaust passages
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 698 Fire 9 Shand Mason Steam Fire Engine in 1:6 scale Gunter Kallies Continues the description with the boiler. Foundation ring, outer shell, pr... more
Continues the description with the boiler. Foundation ring, outer shell, pressure test, firebox underside
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 702 Aeronautical Scratchbuilding Static Scale Model Aircraft Alan Clark Provides further notes. Marauder B-26B
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 704 Locomotive 5 Fair Rosamund Neville Evans Continues with the cylinders. hornblocks, axleboxes, connecting and couplin... more
Continues with the cylinders. hornblocks, axleboxes, connecting and coupling rods. Coil spring axleboxes, don't set your sights too high!
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 708 Locomotive 10 Empire Building (Empire of India) Alan Crossfield Concludes. Spraying, painting the tender water tank, lining out, lining the... more
Concludes. Spraying, painting the tender water tank, lining out, lining the boiler bands, reassmbly (re-assembly?), completion and beyond, Leyland SME
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 712 Horology A Universal Heliochronometer Michael Lee Describes his version of Armstead's sunlight compass design. Forgotten desi... more
Describes his version of Armstead's sunlight compass design. Forgotten design, further developments, constructing a 2008 instrument, using the Heliochronometer, using the instrument as a clock, using the instrument in the Southern Hemisphere, making the instrument, craftsmanship, Charles Wade, design and construction time, acknowledgements, references and notes
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 717 Lathe Alternative mountings for Myford-Dickson Quick-Change Toolposts Nigel Bennett Improves his lathe. Order of machining, design for the ML7 lathe, an additi... more
Improves his lathe. Order of machining, design for the ML7 lathe, an additional suggestion
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 720 Boiler A practical approach to boilermaking Terence Holland Builds a Yarrow water tube boiler. Safety, soft solder, acid cleaning, refe... more
Builds a Yarrow water tube boiler. Safety, soft solder, acid cleaning, references
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 724 General Next Issue Mathew Murray's Rack Locomotive; Charlie - Southern Railway Q1; Keith's Col... more
Mathew Murray's Rack Locomotive; Charlie - Southern Railway Q1; Keith's Column; Super Heater Elements (Bill Steer); Scale Model Aircraft; Martin Evans Springbok and Hatfield drawings; world of road steam with Martin Wallis
2009 04-Dec 203 4,366 725 Diary Diary