Model Engineer Magazine - 4535

In this issue

Welcome to Model Engineer Issue 4535
We start a brand new 5 inch gauge locomotive construction series in the form of an attractive 2-4-2 tank loco as ran on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway in the early 20th Century. Something to consider for your ‘next engine’, perhaps.
Full size industrial steam power is documented as we publish the late Peter Southall’s account of one particular Pollit & Wigzell Corliss ‘three rod’ engine with which he became very familiar when looking for an engine to model. Jim Haslam looks at the geometry of cutting tools, particularly at the effect of rake angle.
David Powell continues the catalogue of steam locomotive production in his father’s workshop in Crewe.
The construction of Mick Knight’s Mastiff Plus approaches completion and the beautifully detailed work of Frank Cruickshank in his semi-Diesel engine continues.
Geoff Moore describes further detail of the Mikado and Roger Backhouse suggests an Engineer’s Day Out to Helmshore Textile Museum in Lancashire. The tender for little Idris is finished and Postbag returns