Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	213	Workshop	3	Successful Silver Soldering	Martin Gearing	Or - how to avoid disaster! Looks at approaches to silver soldering which s... more Or - how to avoid disaster! Looks at approaches to silver soldering which should result in an increase in quality and a reduction in wastage. Practical considerations, proper presentation prevents poor performance
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	215	General		Next Issue		Lighting a Mill; Van der Graaf; Diamond Lap
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	216	Postbag		Measurements	Tony Reeve
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	216	Postbag		Fuel for Otto	Julian Sturdy
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	217	Postbag		Measurements	Dave Pack
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	217	Postbag		Measurements	Jonathan Edney
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Shunting Poles	Roger Backhouse
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Shunting Poles	John Townsend
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Train 2 Train	J.E.Kirby
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Train 2 Train	Noel Shelley
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Chemical Black	Andrew Cliff
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	218	Postbag		Is It a Fake?	John Bauer
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	219	Railway		We Visit the Pugneys Light Railway	John Arrowsmith	During his tour of Yorkshire, discovers a revitalised 7 1/4 inch gauge rail... more During his tour of Yorkshire, discovers a revitalised 7 1/4 inch gauge railway line in Wakefield. Class 47, locomotive Jane, cab layout, Brutus, Ivor the Engine, Brian Lomas built Class 47, two of the four Scamps
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	222	Locomotive	77	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Up the sid... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Up the siding again, steam porting in cylinder block, port plate and steam chest, steam valve mounted in the steam chest, 0-4-0 with stainless lagging, boiler and backhead fittings, Glyder, photos: Paul Jarman (Beamish Museum) and Anthony Simmons
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	224	Horology	8	An Astronomical Bracket Clock	Adrian Garner	Makes a bracket clock showing both mean and sidereal time. Pinions, arbors,... more Makes a bracket clock showing both mean and sidereal time. Pinions, arbors, spigots
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	226	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	227	Workshop	1	Zen and the Art of Model Painting and Lining	Luker	Tackles the task from first principles. Ariel Huntmaster at the classic bik... more Tackles the task from first principles. Ariel Huntmaster at the classic bike show, introduction, Uncle Nick and his 3 1/2"g. locomotive, 7 1/4"g. Stirling, 5 "g. American type locomotive, the surface prep, dealing with dings, body filler, Stirling tender tank, etch primer
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	230	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Prologue, Firth Park, Sheffield Auction Galleries
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	230	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Bolide, 'Windcutters' on the garden railway
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	230	Club News		Reading SME
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	231	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		'Weathered' Ka 949 (photo courtesy of Richard Satherley)
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	231	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	231	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	231	Club News		Chichester DSME
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	231	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Timekeeping Museum (British Horological Institute), Nursery rhyme (?) at BH... more Timekeeping Museum (British Horological Institute), Nursery rhyme (?) at BHI, Upton 1974, Hickory dickory dock, Yan, Tan, Tethera
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	232	Club News		Cambridge MES
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	232	Club News		Guildford MES
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	232	Club News		The Occasional LMS Newsletter		From Doug Hewson
	2021	30-Jul	227	4,670	232	Club News		And finally		'Pi Shop ' sign by retired mathematician, Chingford SME
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	123	On the cover à		Ballaarat		(photo: Luker's wife, the beautiful Michelle)
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	128	Smoke Rings		Panamint Cinema
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	128	Smoke Rings		Foreseeing the Unforeseeable		Frank Cooper, chairman 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	128	Smoke Rings		Waking Up to Freedom		Covid
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	129	Locomotive	1	Ballaarat A 5 Inch Gauge 0-4-0 Aussie Locomotive	Luker	Describes a simple but authentic small locomotive. Introduction, some backg... more Describes a simple but authentic small locomotive. Introduction, some background on Ballaarat, general arrangement, the model, the front and rear buffer beams, the stretchers and frames, fixing cock-ups
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	134	General		Next Issue		Flying Scotsman; Art of Painting; Pugneys; Dundee; Radial Borer
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	134	Workshop	2	Successful Silver Soldering	Martin Gearing	Or - how to avoid disaster! Looks at approaches to silver soldering which s... more Or - how to avoid disaster! Looks at approaches to silver soldering which should result in an increase in quality and a reduction in wastage. Producing a silver soldered joint using the 'Pallion' method, my initial failure (with knobs on!) leading to uncertainty, after the autopsy - what went wrong? Figuring a workable solution out
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	138	Turbine	3	Steam Turbines of the LMS Locomotive 6202	Mike Tilby	Construction and control. Investigates the design of the LMS turbine powere... more Construction and control. Investigates the design of the LMS turbine powered locomotive 6202. Rotor construction, blade attachment, construction of the turbine cylinder, the dummy piston and rotor end thrust, turbine back-pressure, turbine design and control of power, properties of steam and turbine design, references
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	144	Horology	7	An Astronomical Bracket Clock	Adrian Garner	Makes a bracket clock showing both mean and sidereal time. Wheels, crossing... more Makes a bracket clock showing both mean and sidereal time. Wheels, crossing out of wheels, the remontoire, wheel collets, references
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	149	Locomotive	10	Britannia Class 7 Locomotive in 5 Inch Gauge. A Modelworks Rebuild	Norm Norton	Lubricators, Water Gauges and Regulator. Takes a renewed look at this popul... more Lubricators, Water Gauges and Regulator. Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built BR Standard Pacific. Oliver Cromwell on the GCR in Loughborough in 2014, the project progresses, lubricators, Ewins design plunger, water gauges, regulator, references
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	154	Railway		Still the Secret Railway	Brian Baker	Looks back at the 40th Parklands Railway Week. 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society Pro... more Looks back at the 40th Parklands Railway Week. 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society Proficiency Scheme, Grace Clifton, Jamie Duncan's GWR Penrhos Grange No. 6868, 6 inch scale Foden owned by Sam Pidduck, Hemsby village, Eric Upchurch's Pet class Crewe Works shunter, class 86, Martin Evans drives Norman Atkin's Warship, LMS Pug 51207 owned by Stuart Duncan, Tim Coles' LMS Jinty, Chris and Mike Jones' GWR Collet, David Maudsley, John Painter's 4202 built by Tony Newbury, Peter King's Romulus with Charlie Riches, Bob Whitfield's Old Ruby C19, Tim Kay's J70 GER tram locomotive, Alfie Witheridge, Nigel Surman, County of Norfolk, Nigel's model T Ford
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	158	Historic	23	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	The Rise of Competition in Steam Engine Building. Takes a look at the histo... more The Rise of Competition in Steam Engine Building. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. The structural cast-iron of the Ditherington Flax Mill, references
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	160	Postbag		Is It a Fake?	J.E.Kirby
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	160	Postbag		Lubrication	Mike Gray
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	160	Postbag		Lubrication	Nick Feast
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	161	Postbag		Lubrication	Rhys Owen
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	162	Workshop		Overhauling a Bandsaw Vice	Jacques Maurel	Does a little workshop maintenance. How it works, the problem, improvements
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	164	Locomotive	14	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Main Frames. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomo... more Main Frames. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, frames
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	168	Nautical		LARCing About!	Noel Shelley	Recalls his encounter with the Wash Monster. The LARC XV(15) hull no. 58
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	170	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		No engineering prologue, just get on with it, Andre Rousseau, 3D manufactur... more No engineering prologue, just get on with it, Andre Rousseau, 3D manufacturing with explosives
	2021	16-Jul	227	4,669	170	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
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