Model Engineer Magazine 4583 Back Issue

Earl Hansen explains how he built a working one sixteenth scale traction engine entirely from wood grown in Queensland, Australia.
Roger Backhouse ponders the workings (or otherwise) of the perpetual motion machine that forms part of the SMEE collection.
James Wells reminisces about the heyday of ‘men in sheds’ in the period immediately following the end of the Second World War.
Mitch Barnes, having introduced the Inquisitive Fiddler, adds the Mistaken Improver to the dramatis personae of his tale of the revitalisation of abandoned miniature steam engines.
Tony Bird shows how you can test a small boiler at minimal expense, with the help of your local garden centre.
Having recently completed his own miniature steam hammer, Ray Griffin visits one of the largest full size hammers in the world, at Le Creusot in France.
Martin Ranson constructs a boiler and burner for his 32mm locomotive, ‘FALCOR’.
Stephen Wessel shows how some rather unlikely items can be pressed into use in the manufacture of the induction pipework for his ENV aero engine.
David Tompkins describes how he built an electrically driven six inch version of the Oldsmobile Curved Dash steam carriage, which features on this month’s front cover.