Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	392	Postbag		Scraping	Neil Raine responds
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	393	Locomotive	2	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Fr... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Frames of 76077 painted, frame stretcher on 76077, frame drilling plan, frames of 76077, busy shunting a goods train
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	397	General	19	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Pastures New - Part 3. The Comforts of Home. Takes a random walk through mo... more Pastures New - Part 3. The Comforts of Home. Takes a random walk through model engineering. The thwack of neither leather nor willow, first light, warming the cockles, number one son Sam, Mini Split heat pump system, indoor heat exchanger, filling the cavities, insulation, postscript to Part 19
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	402	Railway	2	Driving Trolley for a Battery Locomotive	Mike Joseph	Builds a trolley for his locomotive Zahia, previously featured in Model Eng... more Builds a trolley for his locomotive Zahia, previously featured in Model Engineer, Axle, axlebox, axlebox covers, leg guard bracket, complete vehicle, suppliers
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	404	Tram	4	Enhanced By Vehicles How introducing road vehicles improved a model tramway	Ashley Best	Realises that a typical street scene is not all trams. Windscreens and wind... more Realises that a typical street scene is not all trams. Windscreens and windows, headlights, van with split windscreen, assorted small parts, number plate and stop lights, exhaust and silencer for a lorry, side lights, conclusion, references
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	407	Competition		LittleLEC 2024	Les Brimson and Owen Chapman	Report from the North London Society of Model Engineers. Mike Foreman and R... more Report from the North London Society of Model Engineers. Mike Foreman and Rob Roy, Sean Pritchard with Mona, Peter Wardropper, Stephen Harrison's first run, John and Jack Shawe with their LNWR Jumbo 2-4-0, William Powell with Jessica, with his Mona, Anne Brimson with Juliet, the leader board table gives all the results, postscript from Bryan Finch LittleLEC co-ordinator
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	412	Locomotive	5	The Leufortin Project	Ian Bayliss	Presents an internal combustion G-scale locomotive. Trial engine installati... more Presents an internal combustion G-scale locomotive. Trial engine installation, major assemblies installed, replacement engine and installation components, consequences, the handrails/side guards
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	416	Club News		North London SME		Dolphin (Picture courtesy of Roy Verden)
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	416	Club News		Northern Districts ME (Perth, Aus)		Ron Collins' third scale Climax (Picture courtesy of Ron Collins)
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	416	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Preamble, Sheffield Auctions
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Plymouth MS
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Sheffield SMEE		'Coffee pot' locomotive, PS Models 'Wren'
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Stamford MES
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Norwich DSME
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	417	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	418	Club News		Reading SME
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	418	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		South Yorkshire Transport Museum, 'Mobylette'
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	418	Club News		Derby SMEE
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	418	Club News		Urmston DMES
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	418	Club News		And finally		'a pie, a pint and a kind word'
	2024	06-Sep	233	4,751	419	Diary		Club Diary
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	303	On the cover …		John Baguley prepares Ayesha for her appearance at her centenary rally stag... more John Baguley prepares Ayesha for her appearance at her centenary rally staged by the National 2 1/2 Inch Gauge Association		(Photo by Steve Eaton)
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		Life of LBSC		The 'Curly' bowl, Eddie Castellan's new book om LBSC
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		Southport
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		IMLEC
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		Rob Roy Rally		Bromsgrove SME
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		Derek Brown		'DAG' Brown is presented with his certificate by Alan Hopwood
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	308	Smoke Rings		Cock-up Corner		Boxers to Polkas - The Story of George Forrester's Locomotives, see 233 474... more Boxers to Polkas - The Story of George Forrester's Locomotives, see 233 4748 220
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	309	Stationary Engine	1	A Tandem Compound Mill Engine	David Thomas	Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Introduction, history... more Builds Arnold Throp's model of a Corliss mill engine. Introduction, history; the origin of the model, the castings as received, history; George H. Corliss, George Corliss' patent for a 'Rotary Steam Valve', Arnold Throp's original model now displayed at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney NSW, a screen capture of the 3D CAD model (Alibre 27), a general assembly drawing of the model, cross-section drawn on the cylinder vertical centre line, the current state of the new model, references
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	313	Tram	3	Enhanced By Vehicles How introducing road vehicles improved a model tramway	Ashley Best	Realises that a typical street scene is not all trams. Louvres, radiator, l... more Realises that a typical street scene is not all trams. Louvres, radiator, louvre tool, radiator cowl and grille, scuttle, bodywork, signwriting, interiors
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	316	General	18	The View from Butterside Down	Steve Goodbody	Pastures New - Part 2. The Decanter, Takes a random walk through model engi... more Pastures New - Part 2. The Decanter, Takes a random walk through model engineering. The newly arrived shed, three-dimensional puzzles, the gang's all here, brass tacks, the stuffing within, postscript to Part 18
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	319	Locomotive	4	The Leufortin Project	Ian Bayliss	Presents an internal combustion G-scale locomotive. Chassis assembly, jacks... more Presents an internal combustion G-scale locomotive. Chassis assembly, jackshaft and gears, transmission, reduction gearbox, original gearbox and transmission
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	323	Club		SMEE News. SMEE and West Dean College (The General and the Particular)	Martin Kyte	Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Two ex... more Has the latest from the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Two examples of clocks made at West Dean, restored clock cases, the furniture department, a repair to a ceramic figure
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	326	Railway	1	Driving Trolley for a Battery Locomotive	Mike Joseph	Builds a trolley for his locomotive Zahia, previously featured in Model Eng... more Builds a trolley for his locomotive Zahia, previously featured in Model Engineer, Chassis, disk brake and wheel, brake caliper and W iron, side panel brackets, brake actuating lever, bodywork, seat
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	329	Locomotive	1	A BR Standard Class 4 Tender Engine	Doug Hewson	Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. Th... more Describes a 5 inch gauge version of the BR Standard 2-6-0 tender engine. The subject, BR Standard Class 4 76054 with a BR1B tender (photo: Rail Online), general arrangement, BR Standard Class 4 76079 with a BR2A tender on the NYMR, subject locomotive with a new cab
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	333	Competition		LBSC Rose Bowl Competition 2024 Preview	Steve Eaton	Looks forward to the 'Curly Bowl' competition in September. 7 1/4 inch Virg... more Looks forward to the 'Curly Bowl' competition in September. 7 1/4 inch Virginia - Nick Allsopp, 3 1/2 inch River Darenth ('Betty') - Peter Wardropper, Cheltenham SME
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	334	Historic		The Battle of the Boilers - a Centenary Celebration	Eddie Castellan	Looks back at a pivotal event in model engineering history - 100 years ago.... more Looks back at a pivotal event in model engineering history - 100 years ago. Ayesha at Rugby MES for her 100th birthday rally 11 September 2022, John Baguley steams Ayesha at her centenary rally staged by the National 2 1/2 Inch Gauge Association 11 September 2022, the restored Challenger currently on show at Ravenglass Railway Museum (Photo: Will Sands Ravenglass Railway Museum collection), Challenger under construction, 2 1/2inch gauge GWR Star class Princess Mary, C.M.Keiller's first coal-fired 4-4-0 No 1 built in 1919, Magnus Opus driven by Arthur Kirk, Ayesha on 6 July 1922 plus a rare sighting of her elusive builder, '184' William Briggs builder of the spirit-fired atlantic Charles Rous-Martin now owned by The Steam Workshop, Greenley's 476-wagon PR stunt, Challenger with three passengers, Greenly, W.J.Bassett-Lowke, C.M.Keiller, a gathering of Ayeshas, 2 1/2 inch gauge 4F Harriet owned by Bryan Luxford driven by Jack Shaw (Photo: Owen Chapman)
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	338	An Engineer's Day Out		Newcastle upon Tyne - Engineering and Art	Roger Backhouse	Finds a place where art meets engineering. Laing Art Gallery, Discovery Cen... more Finds a place where art meets engineering. Laing Art Gallery, Discovery Centre, J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, Newcastle castle gatehouse, railway station. Robert Stephenson and his work, High Level Bridge, High Level and other bridges, Tyne Bridge, the Swing Bridge, the Metro Bridge, Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society lecture theatre, Lord Armstrong and Hydraulic power, Joseph Swan and electric light, Charles Parsons and the steam turbine, Turbinia and the discovery museum, aircraft joystick, art industry and nostalgia, torsion dynamometer, Parsons turbine, shaping the keel plate of a corvette (Leslie Cole. 1942. Laing Art Gallery)
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	343	Locomotive	3	Boxers to Polkas - The Story of George Forrester's Locomotives	Ron Fitzgerald	Explores the history of George Forrester, a little known but influential lo... more Explores the history of George Forrester, a little known but influential locomotive engineer. The Artizan's plate showing the one of the two GJR locomotives built at the company's Edge Hill workshops, footnotes
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	347	General		Next Issue		Parklands: Mill Engine: Swansea: LittleLEC: Butterside Down
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	348	General		Marketing and Publicity for Model Engineering Societies	Roger Backhouse	Reminds us that 'getting out there' is the key to survival. Open friendly c... more Reminds us that 'getting out there' is the key to survival. Open friendly clubs? Marketing, activity at York Model Engineers track, 'Le Mans' style non stop run to raise money for Martin House children's hospital, Richard Gibbon's Wren, York's garden railway, York's display at the Easter Model Railway Show at the Racecourse, newspaper coverage for York Model Engineers, David Foster's model of York's tracks, club facilities, using publicity, local media and news releases, exhibitions, Bradford MES display tent, Adrian Shuttleworth, Embsay Transport Festival (Photo, Dominic Scholes 2024), Daniel Precious, North Eastern Autocar (Photo, Mike Pinder), developing member skills, social media - Facebook, SMEE's training courses, Peter Haycock, Tubal Cain engine, Alex Brooker, Andi Oliver, York's Bob Lovett (Photo, North One TV 2022), good posters, be flexible, references
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	352	Club News		High Wycombe MEC
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	352	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Holiday to Iceland/Faroes, Scharnhorst, Battle of the North Cape, 'My Bolid... more Holiday to Iceland/Faroes, Scharnhorst, Battle of the North Cape, 'My Bolide is Over the Ocean', electric locomotive, driving trailer suspension
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		Sheffield SMEE
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2024	23-Aug	233	4,750	353	Club News		MEE Auckland
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