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Treasures of the Golden Horn features the splendid collection of steam engines, steamships, cars, motorbikes and lots more fascinating machines and historic industrial relics that make up the Rami M. Koç Museum in Istanbul. Your editor was inspired to look up the European railway timetables and plan a trip! Maybe one day …

Beginners to this hobby have been inspired by the articles by Tony Wright and this time we have another as he makes a little Vee Twin steam engine, compete with very simple to make boiler, and installs it into a boat. A great little project for teaching youngsters or for those with very limited workshop facilities. The article is complete in this issue.
Have you got a round column mill/drill? Do you struggle with register? Peter Russell has remedied this problem and guides you through his solution. He also fits a DRO.

Terry Woodward describes the layout of the pipework in his attractive little passenger tank, based on Martin Evans’ Metro.
The Andover & District Model Engineering Society invite all owners of a Rob Roy to their dedicated rally to take place in June. Rex Hanman review last year’s event.

Regular features continue with Neil Wyatt’s Southam and the Barclay Tanks for the Great War gain some side rods.
Roger Backhouse review two new publications and we have three pages of Readers’ Letters!