Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2021	01-Jan	226	4,655	112	Club News		And finally		Flat-Earther bulldozer driver
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	3	On the cover à		A hot air toy train set made by Ernst Plank of Nuremburg		Photograph ⌐ Alex Prochek 2020
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	8	Smoke Rings		Merry Christmas!
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	8	Smoke Rings		Mystery Object
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	8	Smoke Rings		James Wells (death of)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	8	Smoke Rings		Cock-up Corner (Sten Guns, Paul Collyer)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	9	Hot Air		Hot Air Toy Locomotives	Roger Backhouse	Looks back at LBSC's reminiscences on toy trains. A hot air locomotive made... more Looks back at LBSC's reminiscences on toy trains. A hot air locomotive made by Ernst Plank of Nuremburg (photograph kindly made available by Alex Prochek (USA). ⌐ Alex Prochek 2020), LBSC investigates, solving the mystery, designing a hot air locomotive, 0 gauge hot air locomotive by H.A.Barnett, Roy Key's Gauge 1 Caloric No 1, other hot air engines, acknowledgements, Alex Chapman, Nicholas Oddy, references
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	12	Stationary Engine	9	Grasshopper Haulage Engine	Stewart Hart	Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engi... more Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engine. 'A' frame assembly, 'A' frame or alternative, the base, frame brace, crank shaft assembly, bed plate
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	16	Book Review		Ceramic Burners for Model Steam Boilers	Alex Weiss	Reviewed by Martin Ranson
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	17	Horology		Worm and Wheel Gearing in Clockwork Mechanisms	John Moorhouse	Looks at worm gears commonly used in clocks and automata. Key measurements ... more Looks at worm gears commonly used in clocks and automata. Key measurements of the endless, key measurements of the drive wheels, data from small musical boxes, Griesbaum bird box, references
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	20	Armament		Cavalry Sword	James Wells	Our Man in a Shed recalls a foray into the world of the armourer
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	22	General		A Not Particularly Silent Night	Rafe Shirley	His deep and dreamless sleep is rudely disturbed
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	24	Locomotive	69	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The well t... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The well tank, axlebox oilers, current progress in Norfolk, photos: Anthony Simmons
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	26	General		Making a Stand That Will Make Your Model Steam Engines Proud	Luker	Shows how you can display your work to best advantage. The skeleton frame, ... more Shows how you can display your work to best advantage. The skeleton frame, adding the wood, the locomotive lift, cost of everything
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	29	Index		Index to Volume 225
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	33	Locomotive	6	150 Years of the 'Quarry Hunslet' Dynasty. The Mature Alice Class	Mark Smithers	Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Britomart class... more Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Britomart class Pen-yr Orsedd locomotive Sybil, Una, the current Alice, the original Maid Marian and Irish Mail, King of the Scalets, Wild Aster (now Thomas Bach), 5"g. model of Wild Aster
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	37	Road Locomotive	77	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Splits the canopy and adds a seat and a pair of footrests. Tender try cocks... more Splits the canopy and adds a seat and a pair of footrests. Tender try cocks, belly tank bypass, pump drip tray, tender breather, reversing lever
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	41	Electrical	4	Petrol Engine and Alternator Sets - How to make them work well and why they... more Petrol Engine and Alternator Sets - How to make them work well and why they often don't	Jon Freeman	Explains how to make petrol engines and electrical alternators work efficie... more Explains how to make petrol engines and electrical alternators work efficiently together. The first live tests, engine speed is measured, engine speed is controlled, torque limiter testing, building a structured program, lookup tables, test results
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	44	Automotive		Showcase 1918 Morgan Grand Prix Three Wheeler	Terry Phelps
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	45	Locomotive		P2 Locomotive Frames Getting Framed!	Graham Langer	Traces the design and fabrication of the frames for the new-build P2 Prince... more Traces the design and fabrication of the frames for the new-build P2 Prince of Wales. The frames of No. 2001 Cock of the North at Doncaster works, the frames of No. 2007, poly patterns, (photo: Daniela Filova)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	48	Locomotive	26	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. B... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. Backhead, Mason's valve, whistle valve
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	50	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Linda Nicholls, Tyneside SMEE?, General Yen, John Collyer, Bolide, Bugatti
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	50	Club News		MEE Auckland		Murray Lane's history of Auckland SME
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	50	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES		Andy Giffen's 15F (Photo courtesy of Barry Green), the unseen side of track... more Andy Giffen's 15F (Photo courtesy of Barry Green), the unseen side of track maintenance (Photo courtesy of editor, Neil Chamberlain
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	50	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Chingford DMEC		He thinks!
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Newcomen Society
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Centurion SME (SA)		A modern rail inspection trolley, or 'jigger'. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Nobod... more A modern rail inspection trolley, or 'jigger'. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Noboddy.)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		St Albans DMES
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	51	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	52	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)		A 'masked up' locomotive, Tor's own unique locomotive (Photos courtesy of e... more A 'masked up' locomotive, Tor's own unique locomotive (Photos courtesy of editor Paul Ohannesian.)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	52	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	52	Club News		Guildford MES
	2021	18-Dec	226	4,654	52	Club News		And finally		Nelson, Horatio
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	723	On the cover à		Ian Couchman's Model Engineer beam engine		Photograph: Ian Couchman
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	728	Smoke Rings		Lockdown II		In Miniature by Simon Garfield, How Small Things Illuminate the World
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	728	Smoke Rings		Back Issues
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	729	Railway		We Visit Tree Tops Railway	John Arrowsmith	Ventures into leafy Buckinghamshire on a summer's day. Colchester Bantam la... more Ventures into leafy Buckinghamshire on a summer's day. Colchester Bantam lathe, 4-4-4 Metropolitan tank locomotive, 5"g. 0-4-2 Ajax, 2-6-4 locomotive and trial valve gear, cylinder patterns
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	733	Stationary Engine	8	Grasshopper Haulage Engine - Valve Linkage	Stewart Hart	Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engi... more Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engine. Valve linkage assembly, valve crank arms, valve crank pin, forked link, swivel pin, handle, cross arm assembly
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	736	Locomotive	14	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Makes a set of rear lamp brackets. Completing the lamp brackets, the bunker... more Makes a set of rear lamp brackets. Completing the lamp brackets, the bunker plate on a preserved well tank (Image courtesy of David Aitken)
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	740	Postbag		Prostate Cancer	John Bauer
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	740	Postbag		Prostate Cancer	Paul Horth
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	740	Postbag		Trevor Shortland	Vic Whittaker
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	740	Postbag		Sten Guns	Paul Collyer
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	741	Postbag		Sten Guns	J.E.Kirby
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	741	Postbag		Colonel Stephens	John Bauer
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	741	Postbag		Railway Brakes	Mike Gray
	2020	04-Dec	225	4,653	741	Postbag		Belt Sanders	Tim Coles
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