Model Engineer  |  4637
Steve Eaton remembers last year’s LBSC rally at the Southport club, where owners of LBSC designed locomotives compete for the ‘Curly Bowl’.
Ron Fitzgerald looks at the ultimate development of the Newcomen engine.
Rodney Oldfield makes the bushes and the connecting rods for the four beams of the Middleton double beam engine.
Peter Kenington uses his 3D printer to make a box for his steam raising blower power supply.
David Rollinson traces the evolution of the American 4-4-0 locomotive.
David Haythornthwaite tackles the problem of locating the cylinder precisely on his 1 inch scale Model Engineer beam engine.
Hotspur makes the water control valves for the well tanks on his Beattie 2-4-0 tank locomotive.
Roger Backhouse continues his visit to the National Railway Museum in York and explores the huge collection of models in the North Shed.
Gerald Martyn makes a furnace for his home foundry and assembles the rest of the kit he needs to make castings.
Mark Rudall recalls one of the more colourful figures in railway history and is inspired by a 116-year old article in Model Engineer to find a way to commemorate him.
Pete Thomas looks back at 20 years of Polly Model Engineering.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Engineer 4637.