Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	830	Road Locomotive	70	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Discovers how to make wicks for the lubricators. Smokebox door with 'G', cr... more Discovers how to make wicks for the lubricators. Smokebox door with 'G', crankshaft oiler, modified lubricators, miniature pallets, tender floor
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	833	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	834	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Write something for your club magazine, grandchildren
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	834	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Music to turn to in the workshop
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR		The flooded tunnel, drying out, first train through (Photos courtesy of Bar... more The flooded tunnel, drying out, first train through (Photos courtesy of Barbara Smith)
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Teeside SGR
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		High Wycombe MEC
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Welling DMES
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		P2 Earl Marischal at Thurnby GTG (Photo courtesy of Editor, Ashley Wattam)
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	835	Club News		Nottingham SMEE		Llandudno signal gantry in July 2019
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		Bradford MES
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		Bristol SMEE		New Year's Day (Photo courtesy of Editor, Richard Lunn)
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		Plymouth MS
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Three holes on a pitch circle
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2020	05-Jun	224	4,640	836	Club News		And finally		The self employed have staff meetings (talk to themselves)
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	727	On the cover à		Pouring molten metal into the sprue in the home foundry		(photo Gerald Martyn)
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	732	Smoke Rings		Lies, More Lies and Statistics
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	732	Smoke Rings		Colonel Tom		Hornby Hobbies, GB Railfreight locomotive 66731, NHS
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	732	Smoke Rings		Brief Lives (Michael Symes, death of)
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	732	Smoke Rings		Foundry near Chelmsford
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	732	Smoke Rings		IMLEC
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	733	Workshop	4	Mastering Non-Ferrous Metal Casting	Gerald Martyn	Has a go at making his own non-ferrous castings. Pouring molten metal, book... more Has a go at making his own non-ferrous castings. Pouring molten metal, books list, suppliers list
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	736	General		Next Issue		Projects; Murdoch Engine; Milestones; GWR Panier Tank; Watt Governor; Night... more Projects; Murdoch Engine; Milestones; GWR Panier Tank; Watt Governor; Night Owl
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	737	Smoke Rings		The Midlands Garden Rail Show 2020	John Arrowsmith	Attends what may have been (because of the coronavirus lockdown) the last e... more Attends what may have been (because of the coronavirus lockdown) the last exhibition of the year. City of Truro on the G1 MRA layout, steam generator, 1903 NER Autocar, Lough MPD display, Mogul, Hampton End railway, Gauge 1 Vintage Tinplate trains, armoured Simplex on the G Scale layout Hambledon Valley Railway engine shed, National 2 1/2 inch Gauge Association, 2 1/2"g.American S160 by Steve Eaton, Bromsgrove SME, four facet drill grinding jig on Coventry MES stand, Severn Mendip, Hunslet type locomotive on Whiteleaf Light Railway, Ballgornal Junction station, 0-6-0 Diesel on the 16mm layout, a Mallet style locomotive at Roche Junction
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	741	Stationary Engine	19	Building the Model Engineer Beam Engine	David Haythornthwaite	Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings.... more Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings. Valve links and crosshead, eccentric rod, the cylinder oiler (or whistle?)
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	743	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	744	Nautical		Syoksy Class Motor Torpedo Boat	Michael Nicholson	Creates a model of a Finnish torpedo boat. Introduction, the wheel house, t... more Creates a model of a Finnish torpedo boat. Introduction, the wheel house, the gun, the mines and depth charges, interior, superstructure, hull construction and twin propellors (propellers?), original construction and the crew, slipway
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	748	Historic	8	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine.... more Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. The Steam Engine becomes a Heat Engine, the Glasgow University Newcomen engine model, Rodney Law's reconstruction of Watt's first model of the separate condenser, re-drawing by Richard Hills of Watt's retrospective sketch of the anatomist's syringe steam cylinder, Glasgow Green, surviving second separate condenser and air pump model, Rodney Law's drawing of the second separate condenser and air pump model, references
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	752	Locomotive		Wahya. A 5 inch American Type Locomotive	Luker	Builds an American 4-4-0. Introduction, the frames
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	757	Workshop	2	A Small Bearing Puller	Graham Astbury	Of Bradford MES makes a bearing puller for a very restricted space. Links, ... more Of Bradford MES makes a bearing puller for a very restricted space. Links, screw, handle top, handle, assembly, final note
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	759	Portable Engine		Showcase. A Portable Steam Plant (Agricultural Engine)		A 2 inch scale 'Marshall' working model used to drive farming equipment, ho... more A 2 inch scale 'Marshall' working model used to drive farming equipment, hoists and bailers etc in the 1800s and towed into the required working area. Built by Jim Haslam in 1995
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	760	Postbag		Ross Yoke Engine	Patrick Carnegy
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	760	Postbag		Don Ashton	Dave Owen	CME, Llangollen Railway
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	760	Postbag		Turbines	Noel Shelley
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	760	Postbag		Turbines	John Bauer
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	761	Railway		Chicken Fun	Jonathan Edney	Discovers that chickens and garden railways do not mix. Success and failure... more Discovers that chickens and garden railways do not mix. Success and failure, celebratory cake, the culprits, the track, remediation, ready to run, reference
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	764	Steam	2	The Watt Governor	Mitch Barnes	Gives a short potted history of the 'Watt' Governor which bursts a few myth... more Gives a short potted history of the 'Watt' Governor which bursts a few myths before outlining how it works. Boulton, Watt and Co. Bellcrank engines c1806, 1825 engine by Fenton Murray and Wood, James Kay of Bury, Science Museum, Lady Stephanie, Easton and Amos engine at Kew
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	766	Steam		A Regulator Controlled Lubricator	Don Thorpe	Designs an unconventional method of pressurised lubrication. In conclusion
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	768	Stationary Engine	8	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Flywheel, eccentr... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Flywheel, eccentric straps, eccentric sheaves
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	771	Locomotive	7	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Cylinder drain cock... more Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Cylinder drain cock operating mechanism
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	774	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Coronavirus - the situation is changing, (written 26th March), Bolide, tran... more Coronavirus - the situation is changing, (written 26th March), Bolide, transmitter aerial, Henley Solon, 'Slim Jim' aerial
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	774	Club News		Pietermaritzburg MES (SA)
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	774	Club Chat		Durban SME (SA)
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