Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	466	Smoke Rings		Saw Setting Oddity	Editor
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	467	Lathe		Low Cost CNC Updates	S.T.Deane	Describes an improved version of the original program and passes on a coupl... more Describes an improved version of the original program and passes on a couple of useful hints
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	469	Automotive		Birth of the Carwash?	Tubal Cain	Relates an interesting sidelight on what could be considered a new phenomen... more Relates an interesting sidelight on what could be considered a new phenomenon. Carriage washing apparatus, Great Northern Railway, steam hair brush
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	470	Nautical	1	Pisces II. A 100 mph flash steam hydroplane	Bob Kirtley	Describes the construction with special reference to the high performance e... more Describes the construction with special reference to the high performance engine. (Photos: Tom Clement). Development, how it works
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	472	Workshop	1	Poly V Belt Drives	G.F.Deane	Discusses Poly V Belt drives and mill/drill modifications. A brief look at ... more Discusses Poly V Belt drives and mill/drill modifications. A brief look at poly V belts
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	474	Bray's Bench	3	Tandem Compound Engine	Stan Bray	Making a Tandem Compound stationary engine from castings. Brunel Models. Cy... more Making a Tandem Compound stationary engine from castings. Brunel Models. Cylinder covers
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	476	Rally		M.S.R.V.S. Rally (Model Steam Road Vehicle Society)	Condor	Eric Hughes' 4" scale Burrell, Malcolm Hughes' 4 1/2" scale Burrell, Bob St... more Eric Hughes' 4" scale Burrell, Malcolm Hughes' 4 1/2" scale Burrell, Bob Stone's 4" scale Foster, Mercury factory truck restored by Fred Matthews, Geof Sims' 4" scale Foster, Terence Seago's 1 1/2" scale Allchin & sawbench, Mike Hart's 1 1/2" scale horses, 2" scale Durham & North Yorks engines by Barrie Whitehall & Les & Ian Bromley, Huw Jones' 3" scale Suffolk Dredging engine, great pedal powered fun, Blake Pullen's spring time cultivator, E.Napper's 2" scale American engine
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	478	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Cold Front from Frost Auto Restoration
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	478	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Lever Feed Attachment for the Unimat 3 Lathe from Hemingway
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	478	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		BA Tapping Drill Set from M.E.S.A.S.
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	478	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		The Optivisor from Charles Frank
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	479	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Mamod Steam Roadster from Kittle Hobby
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	479	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Air Brush Beginners' Kit from Beatties
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	479	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		New Complete Stationary Engine Kits from Stuart Models
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	479	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Double Deck Bus Model From Alder Valley
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	479	Suggested Xmas Gifts For the Modeller		Detailed Drawings from The Locomotive Design Co.
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	480	General	3	Handy Skills	Dave Lammas	Outlines some skills appropriate to the Model Engineer. Antique detection
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	481	On Shed	2	Singapore. A 7 1/4 in. gauge light 0-4-0 Locomotive	Martin Evans	Frames, buffer beams, stretchers, wheels, crankpins
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		Qualos 4 in. Junior lathe	Gary Osborne
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		A flash steam club in the Blackburn area	Dennis J.Knight
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		Distilling petrol from plastic bags	J.Conway
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		English girl pen-friend for Chinese boy	Zhao Wan Li
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		English girl pen-friend for Chinese boy	Ed.
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		Deep throat motorised fretsaw	A.G.Douglas
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	485	Can You Help?		Swindon axlebox drawing 70963	Cliff Barratt
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	486	Railway	7	Vacuum Brakes. An Automatic Vacuum Braking System as used by Birmingham S.M... more Vacuum Brakes. An Automatic Vacuum Braking System as used by Birmingham S.M.E.	Brian Hughes	Described. Combined brake valve and ejector, locomotive brakes, operating t... more Described. Combined brake valve and ejector, locomotive brakes, operating the brakes
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	488	Rally		Guildford's Own. 23rd Model Traction Engine Rally and Model Exhibition	Alan Vessey	Freelance portable engine by A.Taylor, 4" scale showman's engine by Rex Hou... more Freelance portable engine by A.Taylor, 4" scale showman's engine by Rex Houlder, 4" engine of John "Casey" Jones, 2" Burrell engine by J.Tack, steam launch River Sprite by Ron Roebuck, small steam launch by Brian Finch, treadle driven lathe by John Day, centaur gas engine by Bryan Finch, Geoff Burlington's triple expansion marine engine, Retlas gas engine by Tony Harcombe, Pierre Bender's flash steam loco, 5"g. GWR railcar by M.L.Ennis, pair of Simplexes by J.Morris, 3 times IMLEC winner George Eveniss by Lionel Flippance, 2 1/2"g. and 3 1/2"g. LBSC inspired motive power by the late George Williams, Austere Ada & Mary Ann by LBSC
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	490	Keith's Column	6	How to Make' Em. Making a Steam Locomotive - the problems and some solution... more How to Make' Em. Making a Steam Locomotive - the problems and some solutions discussed	Keith Wilson	Frame stays, hornblocks, on the parallel bars, riveting horns into frames, ... more Frame stays, hornblocks, on the parallel bars, riveting horns into frames, other types of horns, materials - cast iron or gunmetal, precision steam locomotives
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	492	Stationary Engine	16	Neddy. A Steam-Driven Pumping Jack of "Nodding Donkey"	Tubal Cain	Setting up, details, grease lubricators
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	494	Trade		The Walkover 555 Oxy/Propane Set	Ted Jolliffe	Brought to you exclusively by our Reader Services Dept., this little set ca... more Brought to you exclusively by our Reader Services Dept., this little set can solve many of your high temperature metal joining problems
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Nottingham SMEE
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Bracknell RS
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Peterborough SME		Fred Beard
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Talyllyn Railway		Miniature steam rally
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Mid Wales MES
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Erewash Valley MES
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		West Wilts SME
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		MES Northern Ireland
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Didcot Railway Centre
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Stockholes Farm MRS
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Club Chat		Worthing DSME
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	495	Diary		Club Diary
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	496	Post Bag		Machine Speeds - Some Comments	David W.Plumb
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	497	Post Bag		Vacuum Cleaners	G.F.A.M.Turner
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	497	Post Bag		Swindon Buckle Press (Swindon Invasion, Alan Vessey)	W.T.Butler
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	498	Post Bag		Club Chat makes New Friends	Colin Whitehall	Blackpool Ballroom's Wurlitzer organ
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	498	Post Bag		A Change from Steam	John Lippert
	1990	19-Oct	165	3,883	499	Post Bag		Small Lathe Power Feed	David Abbott
	1990	05-Oct	165	3,882	395	Our Front Cover		Two views of Singapore at Rutland Railway Museum		Photos: Ted and John Jolliffe
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