Model Engineer  |  4541
Neil Wyatt’s little 3½ inch gauge shunter makes it onto the cover this time, and a worthy subject it is. Battery locomotives certainly do not need to look like tin boxes, do they? Here’s a very handsome little locomotive and an easy project for a novice model engineer. Full drawings and a comprehensive build description are included.
A second visit to a threatened Lancashire textile mill features this time as Roger Backhouse reports from Queen Street Mill in Burnley.
Two workshop projects too; one for the traditional enthusiast with a mini-mill and one for those equipped with CNC - one making some simple tooling and one producing components.
Combustion is studied and there’s help at hand for the less mobile model engineer who still wishes to play with large locomotives!
Guidance on building Halstead continues, the Barcaly Well Tanks make progress and the description of a 5 inch gauge LNER Mikado draws to a close.
A thoroughly engrossing mix of articles for sunny days on the deckchair.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Engineer 4541.