Model Engineer Magazine - 4678

In this issue

Adrian Garner makes the inner and outer dial plates for his astronomical bracket clock. John Arrowsmith takes a trip to Derbyshire to visit the Chesterfield model engineers. Ron Fitzgerald’s survey of the history of the stationary steam engine looks at the development of the reverberatory furnace for remelting iron. Robert Hobbs makes a new smokebox and door for his 3 ½ inch gauge LNER Prairie locomotive. Meanwhile, Peter Seymour-Howell does the same for his close-scale 5 inch gauge Flying Scotsman locomotive. Ashley Best emphasises the importance of establishing a proper order of working in the construction of his 1:16 scale Bolton tram. Doug Hewson constructs a pair of bogies for his 5 inch gauge ground level driving truck. Luker recalls the ‘spring meet’ of the Rand Society of Model Engineers in South Africa. Roger Backhouse explains how to go about the often sad business of the disposal of a workshop after its owner no longer has any use for it. Warwick Allison introduces the third protagonist of Australia’s ‘injector wars’, Andrew Allison, who explains his approach to the challenge. The Reading Society of Model Engineers hosted this year’s Federation of Model Engineering Societies rally and David Goyder was there to observe proceedings.