Model Engineer | 4681
In this issue, Terence Holland tries something a little different as he takes a trip into the world of ‘steampunk’.
Robert Hobbs completes his rebuild of an abandoned 3½ inch gauge model of an LNER Prairie locomotive.
Stephen Harrison reports from the Birmingham Society of Model Engineers, scene of this years LittleLEC.
John Arrowsmith sees a large lump of cast iron whittle down to a cylinder block for the new-build full-sized GWR 4700 locomotive Night Owl.
Adrian Garner tackles the engraving of the face and keys for his astronomical bracket clock.
Luker continues work on the cylinders of his 5 inch gauge Ballaarat locomotive by milling out the valve ports and machining the valve chests.
Martin Ranson falls under the spell of Hallowe’en bewitchment and creates a quirky new locomotive for his garden railway.
Martin Gearing reviews Alex Weiss’s book on small gas-fired boilers.
Ashley Best completes the construction of his 1/16 scale model of Bolton Corporation tram number 140.
Ian Couchman makes the raising gear for his Ransomes straw bale elevator.
Peter Seymour-Howell details the construction of the crank axle for his 5 inch gauge Flying Scotsman.
Pete Targett begins the description of his own four cylinder version of Nemett’s two cylinder internal combustion engine.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Engineer 4681.