Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	775	Stationary Engine	3	Another Steam Plant	Ian Beilby	Builds another steam plant, this time with an electrically 'fired' boiler.
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	777	Locomotive	62	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley'... more Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Reverser shaft, reverser stool, cab floor
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	779	Rally		The 2024 Usk Country Show	John Arrowsmith	Recalls his day at one of the oldest country shows in the country. Foden D ... more Recalls his day at one of the oldest country shows in the country. Foden D Type tractor circa 1931 owned by Tristan Jones, John Kidley with his 6" scale general purpose agricultural engine, 4" scale Burrell owned by Chris Morris, the Newport Society chairman Tony Hall at the regulator of the club's Simplex, 5"g. example of a GWR Bulldog locomotive owned by Ross Hopkins, Keith Morris is presented with the John Haining trophy by John Arrowsmith, Eddie Atree's 2-6-0 Mogul chassis of a Sweet Creek American locomotive, 7 1/4"g. American locomotive tender by John Abbot, a walking stick with an oscillating steam engine, Stuart Turner 'Victoria' twin cylinder steam engine by Colin Thomas, Mamod engines and equipment owned by James Tonen, little 'Scuffler' farm implement by John Tonen, Julian Woods and Danny Jones on the hot air engine display, experimental hot air heat pump by Julian Woods, matchstick models by R & C Markey, Henrici hot air engine by Phillip Heames's father, the Usk Astronomical Society, David Ayers with his 4 stroke I/C engine, 2" scale Clayton & Shuttleworth steam lorry by Alex Dobbs
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	784	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	784	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA		1850 live steam model (photo courtesy of Rod Clarke)
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	784	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Apollo astronauts, looking up into the cap at Heckington windmill, the car ... more Apollo astronauts, looking up into the cap at Heckington windmill, the car park mystery excrescence
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		Guildford MES
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		Bradford MES
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		Brighton & Hove SMLE
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Video tape decks at BMEG, A History of Live Steam and Model Engineering on ... more Video tape decks at BMEG, A History of Live Steam and Model Engineering on YouTube
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	785	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	786	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	786	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Bond Bug at Gainsborough Old Hall, inside Gainsborough Old Hall
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	786	Club News		St Albans DMES
	2024	29-Nov	233	4,757	786	Club News		Bristol ME
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	671	On the cover …		A triple expansion marine engine with radial cylinders		Built by Ian Couchman (photo: Ian Couchman)
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	672	Smoke Rings		Midlands Show		Freya Hempenstall's Nelly the Copter, 1/6 scale hansom cab, the latest engi... more Freya Hempenstall's Nelly the Copter, 1/6 scale hansom cab, the latest engine from EKP/Kennions - beam engine Lara
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	672	Smoke Rings		Bradford Cup		Ron Fitzgerald receives the Bradford Cup from Mike Chrisp, president of SME... more Ron Fitzgerald receives the Bradford Cup from Mike Chrisp, president of SMEE
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	676	Nautical	1	A Radial Marine Steam Engine	Ian Couchman	Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. Isometric v... more Builds a rather unusual 'quasi radial' triple expansion engine. Isometric view, making plans, the frame
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	680	Club		The 51st AGM for the 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society	John Arrowsmith	Reports from the Rugby Model Engineering Society. New clubhouse, EAR 4-8-2-... more Reports from the Rugby Model Engineering Society. New clubhouse, EAR 4-8-2-2-8-4 Garratt, Rainsbrook Central, 15F 4-8-2 City of Johannesberg [Johannesburg?], Matt Ranier with his Class 2, Phill Hancock with coal crusher, John Dalton with his LT tank locomotive, Mickcauley Myers awarded the Junior Engineer Trophy
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	683	Locomotive	5	A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 1/2 Inch Gauge	Gerald Martyn	Motion Brackets. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Motion bra... more Motion Brackets. Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Motion bracket, footplate support bracket, finished ser of frames
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	686	General		Life Beyond Lego	Patrick Hendra	Of Eastleigh Young Engineers, says there is - or should be - life beyond Le... more Of Eastleigh Young Engineers, says there is - or should be - life beyond Lego. What would you have to do to run a successful Junior Section of your Club? Members. What sort of project should you try? Teaching methods, OK - what are the difficulties, Terry teaching (photo by Steven Brown), having fun (photo by Elizabeth Deal)
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	690	Club		SMEE News. The Forncett Steam Museum	Martin Kyte	Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. The SM... more Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. The SMEE stand, De Dion motor car, the Dover engine, the Hick Hargreaves engine
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	691	Club	2	SMEE News. The Selby Coalfield	Martin Kyte
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	692	Stationary Engine	7	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Eccentric strap halve... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Eccentric strap halves, original Throp/Southworth eccentric drawings (with permission of Blackgates Engineering), eccentrics, eccentric strap palms and eccentric rods
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	700	Locomotive	61	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley'... more Reverser Stand (Continued). Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Reverser shaft, reverser stool, cab floor
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	704	General	24	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	The Wonders of Technology - Part 3. The Best of Them All. Takes a random wa... more The Wonders of Technology - Part 3. The Best of Them All. Takes a random walk through model engineering. Takes a random walk through model engineering. Orbiter Discovery, catching up with old acquaintances, the pinnacle of perfection, the Atlantis Museum, compare and contrast, a shuttle engine close-up, for want of a magic wand, touchdown
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	707	Workshop		Myford Carriage Depth Stop	Roger Castle-Smith	Makes a simple carriage stop for his Myford Super 7 lathe
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	708	Educational	5	Kinematics	Rhys Owen	Presents a readers' guide to the laws of motion. See 233 4757 732
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	710	Book Review		The Liberation Line: the last untold story of the Normandy landings	Christian Wolmar	Note. Review by Roger Backhouse
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	711	Locomotive		The MGWR Works' Last Loco. An 80-plus year story	Callum Christie	Completes his great-grandfather's locomotive project. James Christie, at a ... more Completes his great-grandfather's locomotive project. James Christie, at a miniature railway in Llandudno North Wales in July 2024, Great-Aunt Margaret
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	713	Postbag		Public Running	Roger Backhouse
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	713	Postbag		Public Running	Nigel Graham
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	714	Stationary Engine	2	Another Steam Plant	Ian Beilby	Builds another steam plant, this time with an electrically 'fired' boiler.
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	717	Locomotive	7	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Po... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Pony truck - sectional side elevation, top view and front elevation, frame, side control, dampers, No. 76031, pony truck - centre slide block, axleboxes
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	721	Stationary Engine	3	Unseizing a Beam Engine	Mitch Barnes	Of the SMEE gets to grips with an ME Beam Engine steam plant, which had bec... more Of the SMEE gets to grips with an ME Beam Engine steam plant, which had become seized up at some point in its past.
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	724	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		The East Midlands rally, Heckington windmill, a Radio Club junk sale, Natio... more The East Midlands rally, Heckington windmill, a Radio Club junk sale, National AR Hamfest, Gainsborough Old Hall, 'Luggie' ran out of charge, money down the drain, Broadcast Equipment Conservation Group, Jim Bailey, Beckingham, Tuxford portable No 1131 at Heckington Mill, wind powered Dalek and Debs, Boston Bubble car museum, Gilbern Invader
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	725	Club News		Urmston DMES		Michael Sutcliffe on Redgauntlet
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	725	Club News		Welling DMES
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		And finally		I think I'm a Type 'O'
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Roger Backhouse, Lancaster and Morecambe Model Engineers, Amesbury Shed
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		Stamford MES
	2024	15-Nov	233	4,756	726	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2024	15-Nov	232	4,756	736	Exhibition		Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition - Highlights	John Arrowsmith	Offers his first impressions of the Midlands show. 7 1/4"g. BR Standard Cla... more Offers his first impressions of the Midlands show. 7 1/4"g. BR Standard Class 5 locomotive owned by Andy Harvey, 10 1/4"g. GWR 0-4-2 tank locomotive and Toad guard's van, 2 1/2"g. LSWR T3 Class 4-4-0 locomotive, a 1/4 scale Royal Navy Gazelle Westland HT2 helicopter lown by Glen Davies, Mick Keenan's Clayton and Goodfellow cross compound sream engine, the 'desktop' hydrogen demonstration unit, replica Formula 1 steering wheel by Angus French, small oscillating engine by Tommy Pugh-Bodman, AEC Matador lorry by Kai Pugh-Bodman, SM&EE display, optical dividing head, lifeboats from Knightcote Model Boat Club, 6 cylinder oscillating engines in a triangular formation, 3" scale Clayton thresher with Marshall traction engine
	2024	01-Nov	233	4,755	611	On the cover …		A model of a 1962 Raleigh Trent Tourist bicycle roughly 1:5 scale made by B... more A model of a 1962 Raleigh Trent Tourist bicycle roughly 1:5 scale made by Bill Godrey		(photo: Mandy Meadows)
	2024	01-Nov	233	4,755	612	Smoke Rings		Sinister		Relief for the left-handed, St. Paul's Cathedral toilet sign
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