Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	243	On the cover ...		Doug Collins drives David Goyder around the Bromsgrove track		Behind his King George V (photo: John Arrowsmith)
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	248	Smoke Rings		Harrogate		Model Engineering Exhibition
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	248	Smoke Rings		Archaic States of America		Metric system
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	248	Smoke Rings		Three Phases		Roger Backhouse, Polestar car, Graham Astbury
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	249	Club		We Visit the Bromsgrove SME	John Arrowsmith	Visits a lively club near Birmingham. Doug Collins fires up his 5"g. King G... more Visits a lively club near Birmingham. Doug Collins fires up his 5"g. King George, club house, Manor 4-6-0 belongs to Peter Maybury, 3 1/2"g. A1 Papyrus, LMS 2-6-2 tank locomotive, Albert Haywood fires up his Sweet Pea built by Harry Forrester (Rugely), Richard Taylor with his 2-6-2 tank locomotive, Class 37 with Clive Wilson and grandson Josh, passenger carriages, Class 50 and a Deltic, Bill Hall with his 5"g. Class 37, josh drives the Class 50, Doug Collins with his King, O-gauge layout, Alan Larigo, Coronation Pacific City of Glasgow, Accucraft steam powered train, Graham Coleman, Gauge 1 A4 Bittern and LMS Black 5
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	253	Stationary Engine	15	A Miniature Oscillating Steam Engine	Hotspur	Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Completing the b... more Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Completing the boiler fittings, adding the blower pipe and valve, mounting the pressure gauge
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	256	Locomotive	52	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Crosshead Drop Links. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's icon... more Crosshead Drop Links. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, Final shaping, oilers, gudgeon pins, drop links,
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	260	Internal Combustion	5	'Hit and Miss' Internal Combustion Engine	Ian Couchman	Tries something a little different. The cylinder head and associated parts,... more Tries something a little different. The cylinder head and associated parts, fuel valve design
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	262	Obituary		Professor Jorg Hugel. 25th December 1938 - 31st October 2022	Roger Backhouse	Appreciation. Remembers a prominent member of the Society of Model and Expe... more Appreciation. Remembers a prominent member of the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Thanks to Robert Grundler and Norman Bellingham
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	264	Locomotive		Steam Raising Blower	Cliff Almond	Describes the construction of an electric blower for steam raising. General... more Describes the construction of an electric blower for steam raising. General arrangement, laser cut parts
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	266	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	267	Locomotive	9	Wainwright's Swansong. The End of an Era	Nick Feast	Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardi... more Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardian locomotives. Ashpan, Wainwright's reversing gear, cab layout, cylinder drain valve, Bulleid reverser overhaul, Ray Stephen's drawing
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	270	Book Review		Alfred Raworth's Electric southern Railway	Peter Steer	Reviewed by Roger Backhouse
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	271	Book Review		The Gas Tramcar: an Idea Ahead of its Time	John Hannavy	Reviewed by Ashley Best
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	272	Steam		Adjustments to Stephenson's Valve Gear	Peter Gardner	Shares his experiences of using Charlie Dockstader's simulation. Introducti... more Shares his experiences of using Charlie Dockstader's simulation. Introduction, using the Charlie Dockstader simulation, Holmside potential modifications
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	277	Stationary Engine	13	Grasshopper Beam Engine	Martin Gearing	Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more expe... more Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more experienced builder. Control link, end link, alternative end link
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	280	Workshop		Making a Hemingway Kit Sheet Metal Folder	Roger Backhouse	Successfully follows the instructions. Purpose, first steps, tools needed, ... more Successfully follows the instructions. Purpose, first steps, tools needed, marking out, drilling holes and milling slots, York Model Engineers to the rescue, making the bending blades, assembly
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	282	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	283	Locomotive	3	LNER A4 Development - Mallard	Robert Hobbs	Restores a rather battered A3 as an A4. The author's 2 1/2 inch gauge A4 Ma... more Restores a rather battered A3 as an A4. The author's 2 1/2 inch gauge A4 Mallard, Smokebox castings, kit of parts ready for assembly, the completed locomotive, Mallard and City of Stoke on Trent
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	287	General		Next Issue		East Lincs: Romney Firefly: Night Owl: Stott Park: Bridget
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	288	Locomotive	7	The Eating of Elephants	Steve Goodbody	Driving School. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Prepa... more Driving School. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Preparations, a smooth start, Bob Douglas, Beacon School fete, Cecil Woods, singlemindedness, Saint Mary's School, postscript to Part 7, the author drives another Allchin (Photo credit: Emma Goodbody)
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	292	Railway	4	Building some LSWR Wagons	Gerald Martyn	Shares his experiences of building 5 inch gauge wagons for the LSWR. Ironin... more Shares his experiences of building 5 inch gauge wagons for the LSWR. Ironing, correction, starting the metalwork
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	295	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Walking stick, 'Leonardo da Vinci's flying pendulum clock
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	295	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA		LBSC brake van by John Dixon (photo courtesy of John Dixon), Model 'T ' rai... more LBSC brake van by John Dixon (photo courtesy of John Dixon), Model 'T ' railcar at Pleasant Point Railway in New Zealand (photo courtesy of Richard Donovan), 'Queen Mary's' articulated train (photo courtesy of Tony Armstrong), flash-boilered Experiment of 1911 (photo courtesy of David Viewing)
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Tyneside SMEE
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Chichester DSME
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	296	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	297	Club News		Southampton SME
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	297	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA Yorkshire Group
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	297	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		Ralph's 'The Wonder Engine' (photo courtesy of Ralph Brades), Cowan Sheldon... more Ralph's 'The Wonder Engine' (photo courtesy of Ralph Brades), Cowan Sheldon crane by Roger Marsh (photo courtesy of Roger Marsh), see 230 4711 352
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	297	Club News		And finally		Eating the Christmas decorations
	2023	10-Feb	230	4,710	297	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Doubt of the accuracy of Google Translate, Mike Joseph, see 230 4706 54
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	183	On the cover ...		A three inch scale Allchin traction engine based on Royal Chester		Seen at a South African model fair (photo: Luker)
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	188	Smoke Rings		IMLEC 2023		Bristol SMEE
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	188	Smoke Rings		A Golden Age (of model engineering)
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	188	Smoke Rings		Oddity		John Townsend
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	188	Smoke Rings		Boiler Testing Seminar
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	188	Smoke Rings		Stephen Jakeman		Noggin End Metals
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	189	Stationary Engine	12	Grasshopper Beam Engine	Martin Gearing	Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more expe... more Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more experienced builder. Beam, alternative enhanced beam
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	194	Locomotive	51	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Crossheads. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomot... more Crossheads. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, Initial shaping, fitting the slippers, rod and gudgeon pin bosses, profiling the front, final shaping
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	198	Lathe		Direct Indexing Device	David Fulton	Makes a dividing accessory for a Myford lathes that looks the part. Bullwhe... more Makes a dividing accessory for a Myford lathes that looks the part. Bullwheel arch, detent
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	199	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	200	Historic	42	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Post-Patent Watt Engine. William Murdoch, the bell crank engine and the... more The Post-Patent Watt Engine. William Murdoch, the bell crank engine and the slide valve. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. The model of the bell crank engine built by William Murdoch (Science Museum Picture Library), Murdoch's reciprocating slide valve, patent drawing for Murdoch's semi-rotative slide valve, the 1783 version of the sliding valve, the hollow stem valve, the Bell crank engine as shown by Farey, references
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	205	Locomotive	8	Wainwright's Swansong. The End of an Era	Nick Feast	Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardi... more Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardian locomotives. Cab controls
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	208	Locomotive	6	The Eating of Elephants	Steve Goodbody	A Lathe, a Workshop and a Five-Cylinder Rob Roy. Finds some things are best... more A Lathe, a Workshop and a Five-Cylinder Rob Roy. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. The shoulders of giants, a new home, Keats vee angle plate, a five cylindered Rob Roy, progress and projectiles, new horizons
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	212	Locomotive		A De Winton in Model Form	Peter Evans	Celebrates the first half century of an unusual locomotive. Maker's plate, ... more Celebrates the first half century of an unusual locomotive. Maker's plate, brake column, crankshaft and gearing, lubricator, leaf springs, oil boxes, front buffer beam, chimney and blower, boiler and regulator, superheater, safety valves, rear buffer beam, in steam, first outing
	2023	27-Jan	230	4,709	216	Electrical	3	Performance Testing an Electric Motor using a Dynamometer	Graham Astbury	Determines the output of a rewound electric motor by building a dynamometer... more Determines the output of a rewound electric motor by building a dynamometer. An actual test, temperature rise, a sausage roll, the Great Pyramid of Giza (Photo: Nina Aldin Thune), variation of performance, summary, references
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