Model Engineer Magazine - 4681

In this issue

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.