Model Engineer  |  4573
Roger Backhouse spends a day out at the Hull Streetlife Museum of Transport and reports on what he found there in the first of a three part series of articles.
Ray Griffin turns his attention to the cylinder of his Stuart steam hammer.
Having dealt with the cylinders John Whale continues to improve his kit-built GWR 1400 by reworking the keying of the wheels and correcting the valve timing by modifying the slide valves.
Roger Vane presents a neat and simple storage rack for restoring order to his collection of Dickson quick-change toolholders.
Terence Holland makes the expansion links and die blocks for his Barclay Well Tank and explains two quite different methods for manufacturing the links.
Robert Vine spends a day out at the Midlands Model Engineering 40th anniversary exhibition at The Fosse, Leamington Spa.
Ken Toone explains how the Birmingham Society of Model Engineers revived their forty year old club locomotive.
Rodney Oldfield describes the manufacture of the motion work for the Bob Middleton Inverted Vee stationary engine.
Our cover picture captures the hive of activity at the Illawarra Live Steamers' 'HOT 'POT' rally at their track in New South Wales and features David Humphrys with his GWR 1400.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Engineer 4573.