Model Engineer Magazine - 4644

In this issue

"Chris Gunn conducts the first steam tests on his 6 inch Garrett 4CD tractor and battles to get his feed pump and injector to work. Terence Holland takes a break from bending metal to look at the role the Barclay well tanks played during the First World War. Geoff Spedding completes his Murdock oscillating engine. Doug Hewson discusses the installation of a set of superheaters in his 5 inch gauge GWR pannier tank. Paul Tanner suggests a simple solution to the problem of preventing vehicles straying onto a miniature railway running line. Robert Hobbs embarks on the construction of a 2½ inch gauge model of a GWR 4-4-0 ‘County’ class locomotive. Tim Coles adds the cleading to a pair of 7¼ inch gauge LMS ‘Jinty’ locomotives. Malcolm High makes an electric boiler feed pump to speed up the process of filling a locomotive boiler before steaming up. John Arrowsmith gives us a conducted tour around his own club in Hereford. Roger Backhouse tells the story of one of engineering’s local heroes, ‘Postie Lawson’. Diane Carney and Helmut Heitzinger discuss the Musgrave non-dead centre compound mill engine at the Park Street museum and the construction of a miniature replica."