Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	385	Postbag. First Class Post		Night classes	Ted Fletcher	Scarborough & District Model Engineering Group, Yorkshire Coast College
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	385	Postbag. First Class Post		Judging standards at ME - a reader's view	David White
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	385	Postbag. First Class Post		Judging at the ME Exhibition	Ivan Law, Chief Judge and Dennis Monk
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	385	Postbag. First Class Post		Excellent service	Allan Mountfield	GLR Distributors Ltd.
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	385	Postbag. First Class Post		Cutting gears	Jim Robertson
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	386	Stationary Engine	6	Stockport Vacuum Engine	Anthony Mount	Describes the clamp plate, guide arm, wooden base and other small parts. Va... more Describes the clamp plate, guide arm, wooden base and other small parts. Valve, valve rod spring stop, springs, clamp studs, drain cock body and handle, shouldered studs, engine nameplate, base nameplate
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	391	Internal Combustion	2	The engine that made Rudolf Diesel world-famous	Johan van Zanten (Utrecht)	Concludes his description. Diesel's third prototype, the finished engine, t... more Concludes his description. Diesel's third prototype, the finished engine, technical details, engine behaviour, future experiments, bibliography
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	394	Railway	2	Following along behind. A 7 1/4in. gauge LNER/BR brake van	Brian Baker	Assembles, modifies and details from a Phoenix Locomotives kit. V hanger br... more Assembles, modifies and details from a Phoenix Locomotives kit. V hanger bracket, brake components, rivet counting! Wheels, axleboxes, doors and windows, body, suppliers
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	398	Locomotive	6	Charlie. A Southern Railway Q1 for 3 1/2in. gauge	Nick Feast	Tackles the coupling rods
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	402	Fire	5	Shand Mason Steam Fire Engine in 1:6 scale	Gunter Kallies	Wheels. Tyres, bush and hubcaps
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	404	Exhibition		The Model Engineer Exhibition. A request from the editor		1:8 scale Buda Velocipede by Roger Curtis, Guildford MES
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	405	Educational	4	Beginners start here	David Clark	In the workshop with the editor. Stuart 10H and 10V, soleplate
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	406	Competition	3	IMLEC 2009	Bernard North	Charles Weatherley (Worthing DMES), Tony Guerrier (North London MES), Roy G... more Charles Weatherley (Worthing DMES), Tony Guerrier (North London MES), Roy Gregson (Prescott DMES), Andy Siddall (Harlington LS), Alan Crossfield (Leyland SME), John Hurley (Kinver & West Midlands MES), Brian Remnant (Romney Marsh MES), presentation of awards, Mike Chrisp (SM&EE), Neil Mortimer, Paul Tompkins, Alan Crossfield, Andrew Giffen, Len Steel, comment, results
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	410	Musical		Steam calliopes, whistles and wind chimes	Terence Holland	Revisits LBSC's 1950s projects. Pipe frequencies and lengths, calliopette, ... more Revisits LBSC's 1950s projects. Pipe frequencies and lengths, calliopette, end corrections for various pipe diameters, steam whistles, typical chords, wind chime construction, lengths for 22mm copper chimes
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	414	Keith's Column		Filler caps and air-vents on tanks and water scoops	Keith Wilson	Wilson's Words of Wisdom, Bob Symes' electric Garratt/Swiss 'kroc', "Next t... more Wilson's Words of Wisdom, Bob Symes' electric Garratt/Swiss 'kroc', "Next train's gone"! Tender topics, scale headlamps, 10 1/4in gauge locomotives, 15in big one! GWR/British Rail Prairie tank, 'Scale' day at Leyland, GWR, LNER and LMS working together, Bob Symes' large Great Western tank locomotive, a little puzzle
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	417	General		How to be a model engineer in seven easy steps	Andy Stait	Full-size GWR handrail, a step in the wrong direction, help, Hereford SME, ... more Full-size GWR handrail, a step in the wrong direction, help, Hereford SME, first lesson learned, workshop upgrade, second lesson, making a start, full-size connecting rod bearing, third lesson, building up experience and knowledge, fourth lesson, making the same mistake - again! Fifth lesson, standards, sixth lesson, rectifying mistakes, seventh lesson
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	419	General		Next Issue		Northumbrian locomotive; Empire Building - making the tender; Edwardian Ele... more Northumbrian locomotive; Empire Building - making the tender; Edwardian Elegance; Fair Rosamund GWR 0-4-2; Shand Mason fire engine; gun drilling; PTFE piston valves; a knife sharpener for Christmas; Dave Fenner builds a basic tram engine; Tony Meeks makes headlamps for a 5in. gauge Princess of Wales
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	420	Exhibition		To help you get the best from the Model Engineer exhibition
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	421	Exhibition		The Model Engineer Exhibition. 11th - 13th December 2009. Entry Form - Comp... more The Model Engineer Exhibition. 11th - 13th December 2009. Entry Form - Competition & Loan Models
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	422	Locomotive		Steam Railway magazine. Engineering news from the big railway	Danny Hopkins	Steam Railway Gala - Photographic Competition, Great Central Railway, GNR N... more Steam Railway Gala - Photographic Competition, Great Central Railway, GNR N2 and Fairburn tanks (photo: Rick Eborall), Mountsorrel Granite Company wagon at Rothley
	2009	25-Sep	203	4,361	424	Diary		Diary
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	NULL	Plans Service		Free with this Issue; sheet 3 for Martin Evans 5in. gauge Springbok; sheet ... more Free with this Issue; sheet 3 for Martin Evans 5in. gauge Springbok; sheet 1 of The 'Seagull' by Edgar T Westbury
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	311	On the cover ...		Michael Lee's Moondial		(Photograph by Michael Lee)
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	319	Smoke Rings		M.E. Musical clock		John Wilding
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	319	Smoke Rings		Warco Open Day		College Engineering, J and B Tooling, Guildford MES, Roy Darlington, SM&EE
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	319	Smoke Rings		Myford Open Day
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	319	Smoke Rings		London Transport Museum's Depot, Acton		Museum object handling sessions, characters from the past, the Big Draw - c... more Museum object handling sessions, characters from the past, the Big Draw - crazy paving art workshop, Glittering Griffins badge making activity, Transport Tales and Railway Rhymes story telling
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	320	Postbag. First Class Post		A letter from the editor		Letters of complaint, editorial functions
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	320	Postbag. First Class Post		Pratt Burnerd	P.S.McMillan
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	320	Postbag. First Class Post		County of Gloucester	Steve Protheroe
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	320	Postbag. First Class Post		Springbok errors	Richard Harper
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	320	Postbag. First Class Post		Springbok errors	Ed.	New thread on website
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Lifting table (Moving them about, Brian Baker)	David Bennett	(Member, High Wycombe MEC)
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Shattering experience (Beginners start here, Roy Whiffin)	Peter King, New Zealand)	HSS tool steel as clamp packing
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Faulty DRO	Richard Parsons
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Boiler regulations	Martin Gearing, website posting
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Boiler regulations	Ed.
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	321	Postbag. First Class Post		Full steam ahead in the North West	Graham Robertshaw	Stockport South MES, Stockport DSME
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	322	Horology		A Moondial Calendar for the Northern Hemisphere	Michael Lee	Describes. Beginning, dial construction, photographic etching, the Moondial... more Describes. Beginning, dial construction, photographic etching, the Moondial plate, setting up the instrument, Moon's phase, to find the time by the moon, determining tides, planting crops by the moon's cycle, acknowledgements, references
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	325	Beam Engine		Cornish Beam Engines	Ian Abbott	National Trust in Cornwall. Levant, Pool small engine, Pool large engine
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	328	Workshop		Making a ball turning tool	Mike Freeman	Used for making a chess set. Outer and inner frames, brass bushes and pivot... more Used for making a chess set. Outer and inner frames, brass bushes and pivot pins, handle assembly, making your first ball - for the handle, conclusion
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	332	Horology		The M.E. Musical Clock	John Wilding	Looks at updating. Geoffrey Booth's clock, original case to Claude Reeve's ... more Looks at updating. Geoffrey Booth's clock, original case to Claude Reeve's design
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	334	Locomotive	7	Empire Building (Empire of India)	Alan Crossfield	Continues with the safety valve bonnet and top feed covers. Shaping the bon... more Continues with the safety valve bonnet and top feed covers. Shaping the bonnet, finishing touches, water-feed pipe shrouds, producing the pipe shroud, miniature setscrews, producing the screws, a very useful tool (locomotive building support)
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	338	Locomotive	2	Fair Rosamund	Neville Evans	Continues with frame drawings. Malcolm Mitchell's 7mm scale 517 Class tank ... more Continues with frame drawings. Malcolm Mitchell's 7mm scale 517 Class tank locomotive, the model
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	339	Railway		Country Connections at Witham - Summer 1904	S.P.Bowditch	Drawn by
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	342	Exhibition		How to man an exhibition stand	Stephen Brain	My background, reasons we attend shows, the know-all, the relative, the tim... more My background, reasons we attend shows, the know-all, the relative, the timids, the outgoing, comrades in arms, children, things not to do, things to do
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	344	Historic		Edwardian Elegance: The steam yachts Emerald and Medea	Ron Isted	Completes his look. Sea Serpent encounter! A 6-month charter, a target for ... more Completes his look. Sea Serpent encounter! A 6-month charter, a target for suffragettes, Emerald references, Model Engineer articles, principal means of propulsion, Emerald main dimensions
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	346	Workshop		Alternative DROs for the lathe	Michael Palmer	A low cost solution
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	347	Workshop		The 'Humble' Screwdriver	John Wilding	A new handle. References, addresses
	2009	11-Sep	203	4,360	350	General		The Model Engineer Website		Competitions, the forums, PDFs on the website, Trevithick, Springbok, Boxhi... more Competitions, the forums, PDFs on the website, Trevithick, Springbok, Boxhill, Model Mechanics, errors, subscriber number
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