Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	582	Postbag		Steam Turbines	Tony Reeve
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	582	Postbag		Steam Turbines	Roger Clay
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	582	Postbag		Gas Tanks	Alex Weiss
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	583	Nautical	5	Building Dancer. Finishing Off	John Olsen	Constructs a 1:1 scale steam launch. The trailer, condenser, water tank, so... more Constructs a 1:1 scale steam launch. The trailer, condenser, water tank, solar cells, steering wheel, marine toilet, tender, references
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	588	Locomotive	60	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The drivin... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The driving tender, reference, Linda's tender on the Ffestiniog Railway
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	590	Materials		Metal Fatigue	Robert Walker	Explains what happens to a metal which is stressed repeatedly. Fatigue fail... more Explains what happens to a metal which is stressed repeatedly. Fatigue failure of the LNER P2 locomotive crank axle, Miner's cumulative damage rule, common causes of premature fatigue failure, extending component life, references
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	594	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Workshop floor, digital readouts, rolling road, Greg Burrow's locomotive Pr... more Workshop floor, digital readouts, rolling road, Greg Burrow's locomotive Prof Fate, MEE Auckland (photo courtesy of Murray Lane), 'Green Archer' radar & Series 1 Land Rover at South Yorkshire Transport Museum
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Steam Apprentice Club
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Frimley & Ascot LC
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Hereford SME
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Centurion SME (SA)		Avonside tank locomotive at Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland ... more Avonside tank locomotive at Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland NZ
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	595	Club News		Brighton & Hove SMLE
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	596	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Hand written letter from a reader, little locomotive at Sheffield SMEE, Men... more Hand written letter from a reader, little locomotive at Sheffield SMEE, Men's Shed, Barnsley's first ambulance at the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	596	Club News		Welling DMES
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	596	Club News		And finally		Corpses to change a light bulb
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	479	On the cover ...		The Ross Yoke Stirling engine		Built (as usual) from his scrap box by Alan Pickering (photo Alan Pickering... more Built (as usual) from his scrap box by Alan Pickering (photo Alan Pickering)
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	488	Smoke Rings		Model Engineer Competition		Doncaster Exhibition, Mike Sayer's Bentley engine
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	488	Smoke Rings		Doncaster Exhibition
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	488	Smoke Rings		Brass ,Steel and Fire
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	488	Smoke Rings		Easter Gift Card		Machine Mart
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	489	Hot Air		An Inverted 'Ross Yoke' Watercooled Stirling Engine	Alan Pickering	Has a quick rummage in the scrap box and makes yet another hot air engine. ... more Has a quick rummage in the scrap box and makes yet another hot air engine. The scene of my latest triumph
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	494	Locomotive	2	A Draught Proposal	Peter Kenington	A step up (or down), calculators at the ready à, all the right connections
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	498	Workshop	2	Union Nuts, and How to Make Them	Brian Baker	Makes some olives to go with his nuts.
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	500	Stationary Engine	17	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. The steam chest, steam chest cover, tapping the cylinder for the studs, creating the steam ports
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	502	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	503	An Engineer's Day Out	1	Models at the National Railway Museum, York, including the Brass, Steel and... more Models at the National Railway Museum, York, including the Brass, Steel and Fire Exhibition	Roger Backhouse	Visited the 'Brass, Steel and Fire' exhibition at York before it moves to t... more Visited the 'Brass, Steel and Fire' exhibition at York before it moves to the Science Museum in London. Exhibition signage, the original rocket, in the beginning, Salamanca showing the Middleton Railway's cogwheel system, moving on, Canterbury and Whitstable locomotive by Edward Fletcher, test carriage by William Hedley and Wylam colleagues, William Hedley's twin cylinder locomotive, Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, incline winding engine model by Thomas Greener, trying new ideas, Cosmo Bonsor by Jim Crebbin, 19th Century toy locomotive ('dribbler'), other models, toys for children - and grown-ups, garden railway locomotive by Edward Leatham, selling engines, Egyptian locomotive, Topsy, Charles Spooner, references, some photos courtesy Jason Hynes, National Railway Museum
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	507	Workshop		Workshop Tip. Boring Eccentrics	Ray Griffin	Makes the eccentrics for his 1 inch scale traction engine
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	508	General		Next Issue		American Locos; We Visit the Wirral; Metal Fatigue; Non-ferrous Casting
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	509	Historic	6	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 technical development of the Newcomen engine, the brewer's copper, Barney's engraving, the Dudley Castle engine 1712, amended from Becker and Titley, Beighton's engraving of 1717, the Griff engine, Sutton Nichols engraving 1725, Switzer's engraving 1729, references
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	513	Obituary		Rodney Oldfield	Jim Jennings	President, Bradford MES
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	513	Stationary Engine		Showcase. Paul's Engine	Patrick Williams	Vertical factory steam engine
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	514	Locomotive	5	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Completing the well... more Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Completing the well tank body, adding an adaptor for an external water supply
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	517	Railway	8	Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. The... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. The tender and finishing off, post script, No. 4497
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	522	Postbag		Weapons	Paul Norris
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	522	Postbag		Notes from a Novice (My First Project, Dan Watson)	Charlie Bailey
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	522	Postbag		Foundry	Noel Shelley
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	523	Postbag		Foundry	Luker
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	523	Postbag		Bassett-Lowke	Noel Shelley
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	523	Postbag		Steam Plant Efficiency	John Olsen
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	524	Pump	6	A Boiler Feed Pump	Ian Couchman	Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Clad... more Redesigns the boiler feed pump for his Ruston Proctor traction engine. Cladding, operating handle, all done, verdict
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	526	Locomotive	6	Vertical Boiler Locomotives	Martin Ranson	Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Dismantling, lubrica... more Presents a pair of 32mm vertical boilered locomotives. Dismantling, lubricator, gas filters, firing instructions
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	528	Nautical	4	Building Dancer. The Boiler	John Olsen	Constructs a 1:1 scale steam launch. Correction to previous references
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	532	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Joining the locomotive owning classes, final adjustments before first test,... more Joining the locomotive owning classes, final adjustments before first test, rolling chassis with gearbox (photos courtesy of Deborah Theasby), old friend
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	532	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	532	Club News		Centurion SME (SA)
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	533	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	533	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Trees at the end of the garden, feed me, Victor Croasdale, Central Pacific ... more Trees at the end of the garden, feed me, Victor Croasdale, Central Pacific and Union Pacific railways, Golden Spike National Historical Park
	2020	27-Mar	224	4,635	533	Club News		MEE Auckland		Greg Burrow's locomotive, Hamilton, NZ, the 'works' (photos courtesy of Edi... more Greg Burrow's locomotive, Hamilton, NZ, the 'works' (photos courtesy of Editor, Murray Lane)
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