Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	769	Locomotive	36	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Oil Cups, Expansion Links and Return Cranks. Builds a fine, fully detailed ... more Oil Cups, Expansion Links and Return Cranks. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, oil cups, expansion links, return cranks
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	774	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	774	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Nothing to review, Deborah painting, telephone troubleshooter, Lincolnshire... more Nothing to review, Deborah painting, telephone troubleshooter, Lincolnshire amateur radio rally, International Flat Earth Society, 1928 Rover 10 at Market Drayton, FT8, antennae, Ferrari 488, unusual trailer, Geoff Carless, motorcycle combination
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Men's Sheds
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Tyneside SMEE		Steam launch by Phil Burns (photo courtesy of Linda Nicholls)
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Reading SME
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Taunton ME
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Bradford MES
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	775	Club News		Cambridge MES		Peter, Andrew and Graham's complex trackwork (photo courtesy of Tim Coles)
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	Club News		Centurion SME (SA)
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	Club News		Southampton SME		John Lloyd's 'Spam Can' (photo courtesy of treasurer Catherine O'Shea)
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Target of 2000 words
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	Club News		And finally		Slow and fast old men
	2022	03-Jun	228	4,692	776	General		Next Issue		Leyland: Glasgow: Britannia: Steam Engines: Soldering
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	663	On the cover ...		Is this a 'Rail Rover'? Ken Toone's converted Land rover		(photo: Ken Toone)
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	668	Smoke Rings		New NW Wales Club		'Modelywr Gwynedd a Mon Modellers'
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	668	Smoke Rings		Event Alert!		Melton Mowbray DMES Whissendine steam weekend, LittleLEC Reading SME, Welsh... more Melton Mowbray DMES Whissendine steam weekend, LittleLEC Reading SME, Welsh Rally Cardiff MES, Railway Week Hemsby
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	668	Smoke Rings		Unique Nameplate?		Mike Joseph, Arabic nameplate, Zahia
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	669	Railway		Simple 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Wagons	Kevin Baldwin	Reaches for his angle grinder and gets down to business. A simple welded ch... more Reaches for his angle grinder and gets down to business. A simple welded chassis, pillow blocks for bearings, add breaks (brakes), footrests, coal wagon, lettering and strapping, padded seats, look the part
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	672	Workshop		Making Do!	Gordon Gurney	Undertakes an exercise in improvisation. The Victorian skeleton clock to Jo... more Undertakes an exercise in improvisation. The Victorian skeleton clock to John Wilding's design, the E.W. Lathe, makeshift faceplate, a successful result, the clock with its new surround, see 229 4694 96
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	674	Locomotive	12	Ballaarat A 5 Inch Gauge 0-4-0 Aussie Locomotive	Luker	Describes a simple but authentic small locomotive. The smokebox, blower and... more Describes a simple but authentic small locomotive. The smokebox, blower and coupling, the smoke box door, dart and crossbar assembly, the chimney, the main steam regulator, fitting the boiler, cladding the boiler
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	680	Railway		Conversion of a Tamiya 1/10 Scale Land Rover to Road/Rail Operation	Ken Toone	Extends the versatility of his Land Rover even further. Underside showing t... more Extends the versatility of his Land Rover even further. Underside showing the fabricated extensions, views
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	682	Railway		A Lockdown Project (Gauge 1 railway layout)	John Arrowsmith	Discovers how one reader survived the dark days of covid lockdown. Excellen... more Discovers how one reader survived the dark days of covid lockdown. Excellent storage space provided by the kitchen units, roof detail, Rhywle Station building based on an original at Presteign, good shed, the coal and coke merchant, 1447 loco, 1420 loco and auto coach, the excursion locomotive, water tank, coal at the engine shed, signal box and main platform, fencing around the cattle pens
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	685	Locomotive		Recovering LBSC's Speedy's Performance Through Overhaul of the Piston Valve... more Recovering LBSC's Speedy's Performance Through Overhaul of the Piston Valve Assembly	Richard Gibbon	Restores a pannier's 'get up and go'. The old piston valve, copper and emer... more Restores a pannier's 'get up and go'. The old piston valve, copper and emery lap, measuring plug, cack on the track
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	688	Postbag		Lubrication	Nick Feast
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	688	Postbag		3D CAD	Tony Reeve
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	689	Postbag		Insurance	Dave Moore	Chairman, Brandon DSME
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	689	Postbag		Jodrell Bank	Mike Johns (Taunton)
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	690	Book Review		Mustang in My Workshop	David Glen	Model Engineering or Sleight of Hand?
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	692	Internal Combustion	5	The Little Demon Supercharged V8	Mick Knight	Describes the construction of a supercharged V8 internal combustion engine.... more Describes the construction of a supercharged V8 internal combustion engine. Camshaft
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	694	Electrical	1	Making a Solenoid Engine	Tony Swinfield	Constructs an electrically driven horizontal engine. Making the frame from ... more Constructs an electrically driven horizontal engine. Making the frame from a solid block, to make the frame from flat plate, the base, the front, the sides
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	698	General		Next Issue		Pennies from Heaven: GL5 Rally: Mabel: Viljoen: Bristol Foundry
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	699	Locomotive	35	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Main Springs. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locom... more Main Springs. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, spring swivel, spring leaves, spring buckle, spring hangers, shock absorbers
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	704	Historic	33	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Other Machine Tools at the Soho Foundry. Takes a look at the history and de... more Other Machine Tools at the Soho Foundry. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. A heavy metal working lathe, canon boring and turning machine at Woolwich Arsenal, watercolour by Jan or Pieter Verbruggen, model slide rest, Matthew Boulton's lathe, references
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	707	Workshop	2	Soft Soldering	Graham Astbury and Mike Tilby	Delve into the background behind fluxes and soft solders. Composition of co... more Delve into the background behind fluxes and soft solders. Composition of common soft solders, tin - a metal that can cry, grow whiskers and transform into a non-metal, wetting, references
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	709	Diary		Club Diary
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	710	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Deborah, water in toolbox, DIY cable tidy, Spirawrap
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	710	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	710	Club News		Maryborough MELSA (Aus)
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	710	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	710	Club Chat		Rand SME (SA)
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		Welling DMES
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		Bradford MES
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		Teeside SGR
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2022	20-May	228	4,691	711	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		And finally, Ambrose Bierce, Devils Dictionary, railways, John Ruskin, Buxt... more And finally, Ambrose Bierce, Devils Dictionary, railways, John Ruskin, Buxton, Bakewell, Foster traction engine Kelham Flyer
	2022	06-May	228	4,690	603	On the cover ...		Running repairs on an '0' Gauge GWR pannier tank at the Garden Rail Show		(photo: John Arrowsmith)
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