Model Engineer - 26.10.2018

The Model Engineer magazine is an almost limitless source of construction articles and techniques in building railway models, clocks, jigs, gear cutting, workshop projects, cnc machining, metalworking, lathe and milling techniques and the making of tools.

***Martin Gearing flanges the smokebox cap for his vertical boiler and manufactures the parts for the chimney. Bob Lilley applies modern technology to horology by using digital methods to carry out the dividing of clock wheels. Terence Holland considers the design of the regulator for his Barclay well tank. Doug Hewson continues his quest to turn out the finest replicas of railway signals, turning his attention this time from the Great Western to the Great Eastern. DAG Brown considers ways of making the production of the humble gasket a little less tedious. Derek Barker celebrates the success of the Simplex locomotive design at a gathering of ‘Simplices’ at the Chelmsford Society of Model Engineers. Robert Hobbs embarks on the construction of a 2½ gauge model of the LMS Coronation Class locomotive, City of Stoke on Trent.
Chris Gunn makes a pair of sideguards for his six-inch scale Garrett tractor; these conceal the motion and are decorated with the Garrett eight-pointed star. Duncan Webster expands on his remarks a few months ago on wheel balancing by considering some more complex situations. Ashley Best begins the construction of his 1:16 scale example of the latest development of the Bolton Corporation tramcar.***