Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	30-Dec	230	4,707	114	Club News		And finally		This computer code ? only God and I knew how it worked ?
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	3	On the cover ...		Steve Goodbody's Rob Roy, a 3 1/2 inch Gauge Caledonian Railway locomotive		(photo: Steve Goodbody)
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	8	Smoke Rings		Merry Christmas
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	8	Smoke Rings		Young and Junior Engineer Awards 2022		Northern Association of Model Engineers
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	8	Smoke Rings		Boiler Stamp		5"g. Midland locomotive, 560 2 89 GM
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	8	Smoke Rings		Cock-up Corner		List of contents in Issue 4705, An Engineer, His Book and the Owner, Midlan... more List of contents in Issue 4705, An Engineer, His Book and the Owner, Midlands Model Engineering exhibition report, John Arrowsmith, Roger Backhouse
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	8	Smoke Rings		Bassett-Lowke		Bassett-Lowke Stationery - The Making of an Identity, by Christine Sanderso... more Bassett-Lowke Stationery - The Making of an Identity, by Christine Sanderson
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	9	Locomotive	3	The Eating of Elephants	Steve Goodbody	Rob Who?. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Radio Susse... more Rob Who?. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Radio Sussex to the rescue, captivating the customers, a plea to all experts, our expert opines, a rear three-quarters view of Rob Roy, car, overloaded, "498" Class (From: The McIntosh Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway 1895 - 1914 by A.B.MacLeod M.I.Loco.E., published in 1948 by Ian Allen Ltd. and reproduced with kind permission from Crecy Publishing), postscript to Part 3
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	12	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	13	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition. Clubs and Displays	John Arrowsmith	Rounds off with a look at the club stands and displays. Melton Mowbray DMES... more Rounds off with a look at the club stands and displays. Melton Mowbray DMES, 4 inch scale Burrell by Peter Fairhurst, Kingsbury Water Park MBC, Hereford SME, Bob Fawcett's 2" scale Fowler BB1 ploughing engine, The Girl Pat a 70ft long Seiner fishing boat by Graham Farrow, 1/3 scale Austin 7 chassis (Coventry MES), 0-10-0 Big Bertha (Bromsgrove MES), a de Havilland Gypsy Major engine (I/C Engine Builders Group), Stirling Engine Society, engine compartment of a steam boat (Steamboat Association of Great Britain), Gauge 1 MRA, Hot air powered hair dryer shown by Julian Wood, Noel Shelley demonstrates the Brierly cutter/grinder, Richard Kew's 6" scale Ruston Proctor operating the circular saw (Fosseway Steamers), large engines, Graham Sadler's Atkinson steam lorry (MSRVA), USS Missouri (Midlands Meccano Guild), Tom Jacobs gear cutting machine (SM&EE), Sherman tank by Ian Bellamy (Wolverhampton DMES), Northern Association ME, Birmingham SME, Gauge 3, Erewash Valley MES, Knightcote MBC, London & North Western RS, 1/8 scale Fowler cultivator by George King (Welwyn Garden City SME), Train4Rail, Simplicity road roller by Richard Folwell, A4 loco by Tony Bickerstaffe, GNR Class 01 2-8-0 by Paul Pavior, Seal engine by Mike Tull, horizontal engine by David Arnold
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	18	Astronomical		Eise Eisinga Planetarium in the Netherlands	Henk-Jan de Ruiter	Pays a visit to the oldest working planetarium in the world. Portrait of Ei... more Pays a visit to the oldest working planetarium in the world. Portrait of Eisinga by Van der Kooi 1827
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	20	Steam	1	Is it Possible to Insulate Small Steam Pipes Effectively?	Mike Tilby	Discusses options for reducing heat loss from models. Why lag steam pipes? ... more Discusses options for reducing heat loss from models. Why lag steam pipes? Thermal conduction, how heat loss occurs, conduction, first problem for lagging small pipes, pipe wall and lagging, heat transfer to air, overall rate of heat loss, how can lagging increase heat loss? Second problem for logging small pipes, is radiation important? Thermal radiation, references
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	24	Stationary Engine	9	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. Cylinder block, cylinder cover
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	33	Locomotive	5	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
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	35	General		Next Issue		Dynamometer: Guinness Engine: LOWMEX: A4 Locomotive
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	36	Electrical	12	Rewinding a Two Speed Motor	Graham Astbury	Learns a lot about single-phase induction motors and describes 'The long an... more Learns a lot about single-phase induction motors and describes 'The long and winding road that leads to a 2-speed single-phase motor'. Discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements, references
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	38	Stationary Engine	13	A Miniature Oscillating Steam Engine	Hotspur	Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Making the fire ... more Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Making the fire hole frame and door, adding the door furniture
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	42	Postbag		Atmospheric Railway	Andrew Fiderkiewicz
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	42	Postbag		Atmospheric Railway	Mike Joseph
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	42	Postbag		Atmospheric Railway	J.E.Kirby
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	44	Internal Combustion	1	'Hit and Miss' Internal Combustion Engine	Ian Couchman	Tries something a little different. The base
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	46	Club		We Visit the Rochdale MES	John Arrowsmith	Visits a long-established club near Manchester. A track plan of the site, t... more Visits a long-established club near Manchester. A track plan of the site, table engine & double diagonal engine & twin oscillating engine, all by Keith Sharp, the club's tram engine, 5"g. Hughes Crab & 3 1/2"g. Coronation Pacific both by David Woolfenden, checking the safety valves, Geoff Hilton and John Schofield prepare the Koppel, experimental coal crusher, locomotive storage shed, large traverser, centre lathe, bench drill, group of members
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	50	Personal	2	An Engineer, his Book and the Owner. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth	Roger Backhouse	Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lind... more Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, mechanics, cranes and winding, metal joining, boiler problems solved, metalworking, blast furnaces and cutting tools, steam. Ships, miscellaneous, advertisements, discovering the owner, United Asbestos Co., Peter Brotherhood, Bullivants, Ruston Proctor, Mike Tilby's research, trolly wires, Phosphor Bronze Co., W.& T. Avery, the light of other days?
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	54	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	54	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	54	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Newark radio rally, Network Rail 'Sand-Rover', electronic components in dre... more Newark radio rally, Network Rail 'Sand-Rover', electronic components in dressing gown pocket, variable voltage bench power supply, Urdu/Arabic on trailer hoarding, milk float at the Sheffield Canal Festival, see 230 4710 297
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	55	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Pinzgauer
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	55	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	55	Club News		Stamford MES
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	55	Club News		Bournemouth DSME		FunLEC winner 'Golden Britannia' Bodge of Oman by Phil Mortimer (photo cour... more FunLEC winner 'Golden Britannia' Bodge of Oman by Phil Mortimer (photo courtesy of Phil Mortimer), Caterpillar (photo courtesy of William Powell)
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	56	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Sheffield's Kelham Island Museum, half day symposium on steam turbines
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	56	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	56	Club News		Welling DMES
	2023	16-Dec	230	4,706	56	Club News		And finally		WDMES, "when you wish to pawn a Star"
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	723	On the cover ...		A wooden Fowler 'Superba' traction engine by George King		Seen at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition (photo: John Arrowsmith)
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	723	On the cover ...		A wooden Fowler 'Superba' traction engine by George King		Seen at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition (photo: John Arrowsmith)
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Stirling Single		Jeremy Buck, Des Adeley, W.Martin and Co., Rev. T.B.Parley
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Machine Mart Christmas Gift Cards
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Tobin Bronze		Ron Collins, Ballaarat copper boiler
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Stirling Single		Jeremy Buck, Des Adeley, W.Martin and Co., Rev. T.B.Parley
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Machine Mart Christmas Gift Cards
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	728	Smoke Rings		Tobin Bronze		Ron Collins, Ballaarat copper boiler
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	729	Stationary Engine	8	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. Flywheel, flywheel collet, alternative enhanced spoked flywheel
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	729	Stationary Engine	8	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. Flywheel, flywheel collet, alternative enhanced spoked flywheel
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	734	Personal		Merlin Biddlecombe Day	Nick Feast	Celebrates with the Southampton club the life of a longstanding member. Mer... more Celebrates with the Southampton club the life of a longstanding member. Merlin's 5"g. Standard 5 (Photo courtesy of Station Road Steam), Watercress Line, Britannia built to the LBSC design in the 1950s, William Powell sits with Merlin's Mona, Paul Dean (Southampton club), Merlin's wife Marcia, Bill Perrett being driven by Fred Wilkins, Bill's Speedy, Merlin drives Bill Perrett's Speedy in 2012 (Photo courtesy of Daily Echo), Mike Sandeman prepares hi LMS Black 5, John Lloyd preparing to light up his 5"g. Merchant Navy Pacific Channel Packet, family and visitors
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	734	Personal		Merlin Biddlecombe Day	Nick Feast	Celebrates with the Southampton club the life of a longstanding member. Mer... more Celebrates with the Southampton club the life of a longstanding member. Merlin's 5"g. Standard 5 (Photo courtesy of Station Road Steam), Watercress Line, Britannia built to the LBSC design in the 1950s, William Powell sits with Merlin's Mona, Paul Dean (Southampton club), Merlin's wife Marcia, Bill Perrett being driven by Fred Wilkins, Bill's Speedy, Merlin drives Bill Perrett's Speedy in 2012 (Photo courtesy of Daily Echo), Mike Sandeman prepares hi LMS Black 5, John Lloyd preparing to light up his 5"g. Merchant Navy Pacific Channel Packet, family and visitors
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	736	Internal Combustion		A Model Atkinson Engine	Terry Dowling	Describes his model of a novel internal combustion engine. Building the mod... more Describes his model of a novel internal combustion engine. Building the model, how does it work? Making a start, the cams, fuel, electrics, flywheel, tank, running the engine, conclusions, references
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	736	Internal Combustion		A Model Atkinson Engine	Terry Dowling	Describes his model of a novel internal combustion engine. Building the mod... more Describes his model of a novel internal combustion engine. Building the model, how does it work? Making a start, the cams, fuel, electrics, flywheel, tank, running the engine, conclusions, references
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	739	Personal	1	An Engineer, his Book and the Owner. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth	Roger Backhouse	Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lind... more Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Molesworth's Pocket Book of Engineering Formula (Thanks to Carol Morgan. Archivist, Institution of Civil Engineers, for this photograph, and to the ICE for permission to use the image), content and comparators, surveying, properties of materials, Albert Jesse Lander, Harling's drawing and surveying instruments, civil engineering, Pulsometer steam pump, stress on beams, tables of useful information, railway construction, Joy valve gear and Peaucellier's parallel motion, Alfred Williams, Worthington Pumping engines, other power, roads and hydraulics, physics, mathematics, Hindley's high-speed engines, Harris & Mills, sines and cosines
	2022	02-Dec	229	4,705	739	Personal	1	An Engineer, his Book and the Owner. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth	Roger Backhouse	Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lind... more Examines a Victorian volume well known to most engineers. Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Molesworth's Pocket Book of Engineering Formula (Thanks to Carol Morgan. Archivist, Institution of Civil Engineers, for this photograph, and to the ICE for permission to use the image), content and comparators, surveying, properties of materials, Albert Jesse Lander, Harling's drawing and surveying instruments, civil engineering, Pulsometer steam pump, stress on beams, tables of useful information, railway construction, Joy valve gear and Peaucellier's parallel motion, Alfred Williams, Worthington Pumping engines, other power, roads and hydraulics, physics, mathematics, Hindley's high-speed engines, Harris & Mills, sines and cosines
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