Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	1989	01-Sep	163	3,856	310	Post Bag		Propane v Butane	G.K.Bartlett
	1989	01-Sep	163	3,856	310	Post Bag		25 t.p.i. Taps	M.E.Pitcher
	1989	01-Sep	163	3,856	310	Post Bag		Locomotives in Argentina	Michael Coutis
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	191	Our Front Cover		The 1851 Engine; a design by Woking Precision Models		Photo: Manny Cefai
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	203	Smoke Rings		Stopping for Silver Solder	Editor
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	203	Smoke Rings		Arc Welding and Contact Lenses	Editor
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	203	Smoke Rings		Plans Popularity (A.J.Reeves)	Editor
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	204	Bray's Bench	1	The 1851 Engine. An unusual Victorian oscillating engine	Stan Bray	Describes his construction in some detail. An existing model design, home w... more Describes his construction in some detail. An existing model design, home workshop tooling
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	207	Locomotive	2	Locomotive Draughting	Harold Barton	Empirical approach to Locomotive Draughting. Manometer test, taper of chimn... more Empirical approach to Locomotive Draughting. Manometer test, taper of chimney above the choke line, petticoat, blast alignment, blast cap, position of ejector in smokebox, blast orifice/choke height factor, Bob Stark - test driver, postscript on grates
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	210	Steam		Steam Heritage. The 1989 Steam Awards	Alan Vessey	A nostalgic rail journey to attend the ceremony aboard the SS Great Britain... more A nostalgic rail journey to attend the ceremony aboard the SS Great Britain. Class 50 loco Ajax, King class 6024 King Edward 1, Avonside 0-6-0ST loco Portbury, Tidman gallopers, 2 cyl. Savage centre engine, steam tug Mayflower, Sentinel waggon owned by John Crawley, Malcolm Edwards presents the awards, SS Sir Walter Scott, Brunel's SS Great Britain, ex GWR London tank 6106 at GCR Loughborough, Hick Hargreaves Corliss engine, Forncett Industrial Museum, ex Taff Vale tank no. 28
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	213	Locomotive	6	Going Electric	Rex Nicholls	Chassis and body construction for his Met. Growler locomotive. The chassis ... more Chassis and body construction for his Met. Growler locomotive. The chassis for Growler, battery box and control board, buffers for Growler, lamps and lights, front coupling, our locomotive body, wiring in the power bogies, future articles
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	216	Workshop	3	My Milling Machine	Windrush	Some notes on building the Dore-Westbury Mark 2. The column nut ring, the e... more Some notes on building the Dore-Westbury Mark 2. The column nut ring, the elevating key, quill
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	218	Track		Bridgend Track Opening	Ted Jolliffe	C.A.T.O. lends a hand, Graham Matthews' 5"g. Britannia, Toby a 5"g. tram en... more C.A.T.O. lends a hand, Graham Matthews' 5"g. Britannia, Toby a 5"g. tram engine by S.Pearce, Stuart Borman's Gemma, 5"g. Jinty by Dennis Pearson, Claude Polton's harbour patrol boat, Lanbrook's patent scarifier by Elwyn Davies, opening a success
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	220	Railway	13	Making Tracks. The Design, Construction and Maintenance of Ground Level Min... more Making Tracks. The Design, Construction and Maintenance of Ground Level Miniature Railways	Dennis Monk	The cross levels, important safety aspects, the test, consolidation, buffer... more The cross levels, important safety aspects, the test, consolidation, buffer stops
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	222	Workshop		Small Pins	Richard Beel	A method of neatly fastening pinned joints described. Making spring rings
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	222	Educational		Evening Classes Directory 1989-90
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	223	Trade Topics		New Catalogue from MESAS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	223	Trade Topics		Using the Rapidoliner (Rotring)
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	223	Trade Topics (Book)		The Big Four Remembered	J.S.Whiteley and G.W.Morrison
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	223	Trade Topics (Book)		The Tide Mill at Eling. History of a Working Mill	Diana Smith
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	224	Locomotive		Overture & Beginners. A few ideas to aid the novice locomotive builder	Martin Evans	Wheel turning, machining eccentrics, driving Bruce Ellis's Caribou, keeping... more Wheel turning, machining eccentrics, driving Bruce Ellis's Caribou, keeping slide valves on their port faces, leaking cylinder drain cocks, drilling coupling rods, valve setting with Stephenson gear, bushes in boilers, leaking safety valves, making backhead fittings, Natal by Bruce Ellis, Martin's Jinty chassis, 5"g. Metro by S.Taylor, Rob Roy by Andrew Smith
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	228	Stationary Engine	3	Neddy. A Steam-Driven Pumping Jack of "Nodding Donkey"	Tubal Cain	Developed and built. The gearbox cover, machining the cover, cover meets bo... more Developed and built. The gearbox cover, machining the cover, cover meets body, a tooling aid, boring true
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	231	Workshop	3	Boring & Facing Head	A.J.Lofquist (U.S.A.)	Describes the function and construction of a Self-Contained Boring and Faci... more Describes the function and construction of a Self-Contained Boring and Facing Head. The body; second operations, the lathe for milling, a lathe carriage stop, comparison of cutter holders, dovetail cutting, the reverse dovetail
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	234	Educational		Uxbridge Evening Class	Peter Tarrant	Describes some of the projects and personalities at a popular "night school... more Describes some of the projects and personalities at a popular "night school". Ample workshop equipment, the lecturer F.Young, 3 1/2"g. Juliet by Mark Hamlin, 5"g. driving truck by Keith Levack
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	236	Greenhorns' Guides	1	Wood. The Engineer's Friend	Harold Mason	Talks about wood and its value to the engineer. Wood on the coal mines, Cap... more Talks about wood and its value to the engineer. Wood on the coal mines, Caphouse Colliery, Irwin Bottomley
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Bradford MES
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Dewsbury Society
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		North London SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Kinver & West Midlands SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Stuart International MEC (SIMEC)
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Southern Federation MES
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		South Cheshire MES
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Basingstoke DMES
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Milton Keynes MS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		High Wycombe MEC
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Cheltenham SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Bedford SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Warrington DMES		Bernard Evans' 4" scale Burrell
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	239	Club Chat		Golden Gate LS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Calgary MES
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Pennsylvania LS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		British Columbia SME (Can)
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Richmond Hill LS		John Vincent's Wren (on page 239), Rob Pare's 3/4" scale CPR 4-8-4, Bob Goo... more John Vincent's Wren (on page 239), Rob Pare's 3/4" scale CPR 4-8-4, Bob Gooch, Arno Mathew's freelance 2-6-0, Mike Field's 2-6-0 and Dominion CO4C 4-8-4T, photos by Noel Tyler
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Red River LS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Sydney SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Adelaide MSRS
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		SLS Victoria (Aus)
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Bendigo SME (Aus)
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Auckland SME
	1989	18-Aug	163	3,855	240	Club Chat		Bankstown SLS
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