4738 08/03/2024

Vol. 232 No. 4738  8 – 21 March 2024

368 SMOKE RINGS
News, views and comment on the world of model engineering.

369 BUILDING 3020 CORNWALL IN 5 INCH GAUGE
Jim Clark builds a model of Francis Trevithick’s LNWR 2-2-2 locomotive.

372 AN ENGINEER’S DAY OUT
Roger Backhouse takes a ride on the NER autocar at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.

377 PROPANE, AN IDEAL MODEL LOCOMOTIVE FUEL
Charles Reiter looks at the properties of propane that make it a good choice of fuel.

381 GAS TURBINE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE 18,100
Tim Coles reports on progress to complete a 5 inch gauge model of an experimental locomotive.

384 WE VISIT THE COVENTRY MES
John Arrowsmith drops in to Ryton Pools in Coventry’s country park.

388 1934 McDONALD TRACTOR
George Punter tackles another tractor construction project.

391 A CENTRE FINDER FOR FOUR JAW CHUCKS
Dave Woolven presents a simple but useful accessory.

392 BUTTERSIDE DOWN
Steve Goodbody returns with further tales of the trials and tribulations of a model engineer’s life.

394 THE PERPETUAL DEMISE OF THE MODEL ENGINEER
Luker argues that reports of the death of model engineering are greatly exaggerated.

398 LNER B1 LOCOMOTIVE
Doug Hewson presents a true to scale five inch gauge model of Thompson’s B1.

401 THE WILLIAMSON ENGINE REVISITED
Ray Griffin discovers a book by Tubal Cain from 1981 and builds the engine described in it.

404 POSTBAG
Readers’ letters.

405 THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE
David Rollinson takes a look at the classic and ubiquitous 4-4-0 locomotive.

408 HERCULES – A TWIN CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE
Chris Walter describes a condensing marine engine first featured in Model Engineer 100 years ago.

412 CLUB NEWS
Geoff Theasby compiles the latest from model engineering clubs around the world.

415 CLUB DIARY
Future Events.