Model Engineer - 4630

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"Martin Ranson describes a pair of 32mm vertical boiler locomotives, both sharing a common boiler design. Rodney Oldfield begins the build of the Middleton double beam engine by roughing out and mounting the two cylinder blocks onto the baseplate. Terence Holland discusses plumbing and the bending of pipes for his Barclay well tanks and the use of commercial fittings, saving time and effort. Jeremy Buck continues his tour of the motive way department at his Magdalen Road railway. Chris Gunn begins what he hopes will be the final assembly of his 6 inch Garrett 4CD tractor. Keith Rogers tells the story of the construction of his 3½ inch gauge Darjeeling class B locomotive. Roger Backhouse visits Saltaire to attend the Bradford model engineering society’s exhibition. Ian Couchman redesigns the steam driven water feed pump for his 4 inch Ruston Proctor traction engine. Ron Fitzgerald continues the history of the stationary steam engine by examining Thomas Newcomen’s engine. Doug Hewson completes the lubricator for his 5 inch gauge GWR pannier tank. Alan Barnes suggests that the Wallis and Steevens Advance road roller might make a good prototype for a model. Mike Tilby considers the design and manufacture of model turbine blades."