Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	431	On the cover …		Phil Barrett's unusual 4 1/2 inch scale Foden steam omnibus		Seen at the Brandon steam weekend
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	436	Smoke Rings		Midlands Show Reminder
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	436	Smoke Rings		York		Trainload at the Dringhouses track, York ladies dispense tea and cakes (pho... more Trainload at the Dringhouses track, York ladies dispense tea and cakes (photos: Roger Backhouse),
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	436	Smoke Rings		FMES Rally		Nottingham ME, Martin Parham with his 7 1/4 inch gauge Stirling Single, Les... more Nottingham ME, Martin Parham with his 7 1/4 inch gauge Stirling Single, Les Brimson is handed the Australian Shield by FMES chairman Bob Polley
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	437	Locomotive	1	A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 1/2 Inch Gauge	Gerald Martyn	Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Introduction. Rivets on sid... more Decides to build a locomotive that he can lift. Introduction. Rivets on side tank, Pannier tank 1370 at Weymouth (photo: The Transport Treasury), the design, general arrangement
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	440	General		The Changing Face of Model Engineering	Tom Parham	Wonders where new directions in our hobby will take us. Polly VI built by A... more Wonders where new directions in our hobby will take us. Polly VI built by Andy/Luke Bridges, a pair of 3D printed tank wagons, modified Winson 'Brittania' [Britannia?] at IMLEC, Jinty, boiler making done at the club, passing on experiences
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	443	Rally		Brandon's Steam Weekend	Kevin Baldwin and Martin Evans	Report from the Brandon Society's steam up at Weeting. Three model by John ... more Report from the Brandon Society's steam up at Weeting. Three model by John Merrett, HMS Chatham by chairman Dave Moore, Peter Baldwin in charge of Eric Strawson's mill engine, David Etheridge with his 4 inch Foden steam lorry, Chris Hazel's 3 inch 'Minnie' called Scallywag, Doug and Bev Fleet with their 4 inch Burrell showman's engine, Ben Tregear drives his 4 inch Fowler Kitchener, 4 inch Burrell road locomotive belonging to Mike Turner, 4 1/2 inch Foden steam 'bus belonging to Phil Barrett, a row of engines, Geoffrey Bethell's torpedo boat, line up after the parade, Clive and Emily Randlesham receive their Golden Shovel, Chris Hazel gets Golden Spanner for Scallywag, Jonas Bailey inducted into the Order of the Golden Shovel, (some photos by Geoffrey Bethell)
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	446	Book Review		De Re Metallica	'Agricola', translated by Herbert and Lou Hoover	Review by Geoff Theasby
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	447	Locomotive	6	The Leufortin Project	Ian Bayliss	Presents an internal combustion G-scale locomotive. The cab
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	450	General	20	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Pastures New - Part 4. The Finishing Touch. Takes a random walk through mod... more Pastures New - Part 4. The Finishing Touch. Takes a random walk through model engineering. I beg your pardon? Spatter, barstocks, castors, the finished workshop, … and finally rust, what? Is that it
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	454	Club		SMEE News. Why SMEE?	Martin Kyte	Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers.
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	455	Nautical		The Joy of Model Submarines	Joe Rothwell	Relives the excitement of wondering whether his model will ever re-emerge f... more Relives the excitement of wondering whether his model will ever re-emerge from the depths. Hefty Holland, Holland submarine general arrangement, re-production toys from days of old, Holland in dry dock, vital statistics, materials list
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	460	Stationary Engine	3	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Flywheel, references
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	464	Educational	1	Kinematics	Rhys Owen	Presents a readers' guide to the laws of motion. Displacement, velocity, ac... more Presents a readers' guide to the laws of motion. Displacement, velocity, acceleration and time, the equations of motion under uniform acceleration, acceleration, example 1, example 2, algebraic digression, example 3
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	468	Club		We Visit the Newport Society of Model Engineers	John Arrowsmith	Visits a club occupying a large riverside site in Newport. Aerial view of t... more Visits a club occupying a large riverside site in Newport. Aerial view of the current Glebelands site, self gauge widening turnouts, Eddie Attree, working day members
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	472	Automotive	1	The Development of Motor Cycle Engineering before WWI	Patrick Hendra	Of Eastleigh Young Engineers, takes a look at the design of early motor cyc... more Of Eastleigh Young Engineers, takes a look at the design of early motor cycles. Half of a Royal Enfield, the start of motoring in the UK, early motorcycles and motorcycling, steering geometry, Benz Motorwagen, American Henderson-sort of car on two wheels, radial engine in a bike, UK speed limits, belt drive, references
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	476	Locomotive	3	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. St... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Stretcher No. 1, frames, pony truck pivot support (photo Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway), footplate support angles, buffer beam, buffers
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	480	Club News		Welling DMES
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	480	Club News		Steam Apprentice Club
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	480	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	480	Club News		Chesterfield DMES		Peter Nash barn find (photo courtesy of John Walker)
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		'Imperial Viscount' custom car, radio truck at SYTM
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		Old Locomotive Committee
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		Warrington DMES
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		Pickering EEMS		Hot Rod (photo courtesy of Brian)
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	481	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Finningley radio rally goodies
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	483	General		Next Issue		BR Standard Mogul: Helicopter: Erewash 50th: Kinematics: Butterside Down
	2024	20-Sep	233	4,752	483	Diary		Club Diary
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	363	On the cover …		Jack Potter from the Norfolk Railway Society bids a farewell to Parklands		Behind his M.J.Engineering Bagnall(Photo by Brian Baker)
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	368	Smoke Rings		Maidstone's 95th		95th birthday cake, the Editor cuts the cake (photo Richard Linkins)
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	368	Smoke Rings		Races to the North		Patrick Hendra
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	368	Smoke Rings		Calling Harlington		Noel Shelley
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	368	Smoke Rings		Cock-up Corner		The Artizan's plate showing one of the two GJR locomotives built at the com... more The Artizan's plate showing one of the two GJR locomotives built at the company's Edge Hill workshops, Ron Fitzgerald, George Forrester, see 233 4749 261
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	368	Smoke Rings		Nostalgia		North Yorks Moors Railway, L.P.Hartley, 'The past is a foreign country ….'
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	369	Railway		Parklands Railway Hemsby - End of the Line - All good things must come to a... more Parklands Railway Hemsby - End of the Line - All good things must come to an end	Brian Baker	Marks the end of an era for a railway on the Norfolk coast. Hemsby station ... more Marks the end of an era for a railway on the Norfolk coast. Hemsby station (photograph found by John Ward, D.Smith with Holmside Bess, Eric Upchurch's Pet class Crewe works shunting locomotive, David Mawdsley drives a Deans (Dean?) 0-6-0 Goods 2562, Mick Jones with his GWR 0-6-0 Collett Goods, his Schools class Loco No. 901 Winchester, Parklands circuit, Lister D engine restored by Karl Oliver, 'group photo', Holmside owned by George Witheridge, John Dalton with his Britannia 70025 Western Star. Charlie Riches (Norwich) driving Pete King's (standing on the left) 0-6-0 Romulus Sophie B, so, they think it's all over? Rick Upchurch drives his Pearl, John Painter driving his own GWR 42XX class 2-8-2 class 4203, John Painter with a crane, Bruce Harvey ran his BR Standard class 4 80008, Andy Potter brought a 6" scale 'Little Samson' showmans engine, Lisa Chiver & Sue Parham drive Class 08 833 'Liverpool Street Pilot', Daniel Mason brought hie LNER Mogul (Nottingham), Tim Coles (Cambridge) with his LMSS 'Jinty' 47406, Pete King waits with Sophie B, Brian Aldridge with County of Norfolk, Jack Potter on his M.J.Engineering Bagnall, it is now! Malcolm Wade with his scamp, Luc Tennstedt, John Hancock, Ben Fraser, Laurel Green station, Ron Manning, Don Witheridge, 0-4-0 Romulus James, B1 Bushbuck, Brian Reading, friendship, relaxation, contentment
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	375	Historic	61	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Locus Classicus. Takes a look at the history and development of the station... more Locus Classicus. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. Section of the dredger engine, a six horse power engine bought by the Navy Dockyard to drive lathes and saws (Goodrich Collection, Science Museum), a four horse power engine bought by the Navy Dockyard to scour barrels and a set of polishing lathes, the coal whipping crane, the Goodrich drawing of a boat engine, sizes and prices of Trevithick High-Pressure Steam Engines, engine driving a single paddle wheel, references
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	380	Stationary Engine	2	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Crankshaft, crankshaf... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Crankshaft, crankshaft keyway locations, crank and crankpin, references
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	384	Book Review		A History of Ship Launches	George Hodgkinson	Shipyard launch trigger seen in Riverside Museum Glasgow, review by Roger B... more Shipyard launch trigger seen in Riverside Museum Glasgow, review by Roger Backhouse
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	386	Club		We Visit the Swansea Society of Model Engineers	John Arrowsmith	Visits a long established club in the Mumbles. The track plan for the clock... more Visits a long established club in the Mumbles. The track plan for the clockwise running direction, brake gear on the new driving truck, William with his 3 1/2"g. Rob Roy, Somerset & Dorset 7F owned by Josh Holmes, the club's saddle tank, 5"g. B1, Don Burrow working in the signal box, workshop with William on the Cardiff lathe, shaper, garden railway layout, 3D printed Single Fairlie. inner tunnel entry portal, Sandra with the club's saddle tank locomotive, motorised scooter, happy group of members with club mascot Charlie
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	391	Postbag		Deionised Water	Mike Joseph
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	391	Postbag		Small Diameters	J.E.Kirby
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	391	Postbag		Butterside Down	Noel Shelley
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	391	Postbag		Thunderbirds	Henk-Jan de Ruiter
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		Moving Workshop	Andrew Cliff
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		George Forrestor	Alan Cox
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		National Railway Museum	Roger Backhouse
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		Scraping	Ed.
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		Scraping	Martin Whillock
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		Scraping	Neil Raine responds
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