Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	774	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Endoscopes
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Vale of Aylesbury MES
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Cambridge MES
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	775	Club News		Stamford MES
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	776	Club News		Taunton ME
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	776	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Steampunk at South Yorkshire Transport Museum, Reading style Vardo, Percy t... more Steampunk at South Yorkshire Transport Museum, Reading style Vardo, Percy the Humber 'Pig' with Humber radio truck, Diamond T heavy haulage tractor
	2020	22-May	224	4,639	776	Correction		Gauge 1 MRA		'Little & Large' at Bexley Heath model railway show (photo courtesy of Jack... more 'Little & Large' at Bexley Heath model railway show (photo courtesy of Jack Ruler), Dick Abbott's Canadian Pacific 5931 Selkirk at Stittsville Ontario (photo courtesy of Rod Clarke)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	667	On the cover à		The Southern Federation Junior Engineer award winners at Swindon		The little man in the big hat (photo John Arrowsmith)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	672	Smoke Rings		VE Day
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	672	Smoke Rings		Don Ashton
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	672	Smoke Rings		Thermodynamic Temperature (Steam Plant Efficiency, John Olsen)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	672	Smoke Rings		Fairlie Minim		Rodney Weaver's 7 1/4"g.
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	673	General		Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies AGM	John Arrowsmith	Reports from the Steam Museum in Swindon. Andy Clarke. Ryan Philo, Eastleig... more Reports from the Steam Museum in Swindon. Andy Clarke. Ryan Philo, Eastleigh Young Engineers Club,, James Knight from Hereford, Brent Hudson, Tom Williams with his 7 1/4"g. 'Pedalino', display of models, awards officer Mike Chrisp, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	676	Club		News from Cardiff	Mike Denman	Reports on a busy summer at Cardiff. The new track extension concrete sleep... more Reports on a busy summer at Cardiff. The new track extension concrete sleepers
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	677	Obituary		Rodney Oldfield	Paul Carpenter	Don Ashton (photo Lise Sharkey). The Manchester Locomotive Society (photo G... more Don Ashton (photo Lise Sharkey). The Manchester Locomotive Society (photo Gerry Clarke), Don with Paul Carpenter (4709 project engineering manager) and Si King ('Hairy Biker')
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	678	Workshop	3	Mastering Non-Ferrous Metal Casting	Gerald Martyn	Has a go at making his own non-ferrous castings. Books list, suppliers list
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	682	Steam		Wheezeless Whistles	Bob Bramson	Shows how to take the wheeze out of a whistle. Very early steam whistles, f... more Shows how to take the wheeze out of a whistle. Very early steam whistles, full size vs. miniature whistle, GNR/LNER sounding bell whistle, whistle length selector, whistle relay valve, A4 chime whistles
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	685	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	686	Road Locomotive	69	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Fits the exhaust pipe and blast nozzle. Blower, blow downs, full size displ... more Fits the exhaust pipe and blast nozzle. Blower, blow downs, full size displacement lubricator, half size displacement lubricator, completed mud hole
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	689	General		Next Issue		Syosky; Wahya; Beam Engine; Garden Rail
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	690	Locomotive	3	The American Locomotive	David Rollinson	Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. Fireboxes, smok... more Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. Fireboxes, smokeboxes, spark arrester design, feed pumps, safety features, tenders. Paintwork, demise, reference
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	694	Stationary Engine	7	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. The main column, ... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. The main column, bearing support columns, engine platform, main bearings, bearings, holding down bolts
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	697	Railway		Ballasted Track Tamping Tool	Brian Baker	Describes a tool used by the Canvey Club to keep their track well ballasted
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	698	Workshop		A Small Bearing Puller	Graham Astbury	Of Bradford MES makes a bearing puller for a very restricted space. The spe... more Of Bradford MES makes a bearing puller for a very restricted space. The specification, bridge, claws
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	701	Locomotive	61	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The main f... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The main frame, the pony truck, the wheel sets, the bearings, reference
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	705	Postbag		Lockdown	Robert Hobbs
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	706	Steam	1	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. What is it and why have one? Expensive à, origins, Hall and Co., Waddon Pumping Station now at Kew, Boulton and Watt governor, Brixton Windmill, how did this device become associated with James Watt? Lap Engine of 1788, Watt's engine at the Albion Mill, a contemporary print by S.W.Flores showing Boulton and Watt's Albion Mill ablaze
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	710	Locomotive	18	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. S... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. Sanding gear
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	714	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		His 5"g. locomotive, Deborah, Pure Sonus, electric Ground Zeppelin, my Boli... more His 5"g. locomotive, Deborah, Pure Sonus, electric Ground Zeppelin, my Bolide, Amazon 'phone scam, Leyland fire engine at NESM Sheffield, cardboard fire engine, the Trabant
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	714	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)		Ron Collins' 'Crampton' (photo courtesy of Editor Jim Clark)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	714	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	715	Club News		York City DSME
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	715	Club News		Wagga Wagga SE (Aus)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	715	Club News		Bradford MES
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	715	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA		'Little & Large' at Bexley Heath model railway show (photo courtesy of Jack... more 'Little & Large' at Bexley Heath model railway show (photo courtesy of Jack Ruler), Dick Abbott's Canadian Pacific 5931 Selkirk at Stittsville Ontario (photo courtesy of Rod Clarke)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	716	Club News		Tonbridge MES
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	716	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	716	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2020	08-May	224	4,638	716	Club News		And finally		Addicted to brake fluid
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	607	On the cover ...		John Clarke with Polly VI		The originator of the Polly range of kit locomotives (photo Pete Thomas)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	612	Smoke Rings		Coronavirus
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	612	Smoke Rings		Lockdown		Prototype and parts for the editor's lubricator sight glasses
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	612	Smoke Rings		Doncaster
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	612	Smoke Rings		Brass, Steel and Fire
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	613	Trade		20 Years of Polly. The Inside Story	Pete Thomas	Looks back over 20 very productive years. Team photo: the Polly team! JGSC ... more Looks back over 20 very productive years. Team photo: the Polly team! JGSC tribute, an exhibition display at the Midlands Engineering Exhibition as a tribute to John Clark, designer of the original Polly locomotives, John Clark POLLY 6, Molly Ann (Matthew Johnson) 0-6-0 saddle tank, Matt Tornado, Matthew Andres, Tornado CNC lathe, Star a 7-axis sliding head lathe, GWR bits, LMS/BR safety valves, 7 1/4"g. Collett Goods by Pete Thomas, Polly Trojan by Matthew Thomas, Andy Clarke at a Polly Rally, Peter Thomas, Simon Thomas
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	617	Railway		Re-Imagining a 1903 'ME' Project	Mark Rudall	Inspired by an article in this magazine over 1116 years ago, he found a sui... more Inspired by an article in this magazine over 1116 years ago, he found a suitably economical way to celebrate the notoriously skinflint light railway entrepreneur Co. H.F.Stephens. West Heath Light Railway see 9 133 475
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