CLUB NEWS effect, and users should be Raising Steam, the journal of 2 aware that although a 4-stroke the Steam Apprentice Club of engine, it runs on 2-stroke the NTET, in a bumper edition Half-timbered or half-cut? That’s me in the mirror… mixture. to start the year, announces W. www.flmr.org Tim Morris as the Apprentice operated machinery to help the virtually a suburb of Crewe, of the Year. Tim is building a war effort. ‘Then & Now’ covers made me think of Tina Turner’s Whistlestop, January, from half-scale Tasker chain-drive A&P 1898, R10 roller, still Nutbush City Limits… happily active in 2014. Hereford Society of Model road locomotive and also finds W. www.ntet.co.uk/sac Bradford Model Engineering Engineers begins with the time to assist Dad with the Society’s February Monthly Kymin Banquet Suite, a folly, family McLaren. Plus, getting Mentioning the rally scene, Bulletin, contains a piece to grips with 3D printing and Debs and I went to an event by Bob Beach on his Fenby being the first NT property CAD, pattern making, lost PLA in Nantwich, not this time at Corliss valve engine, which is a in Wales, and alongside is casting and completing a three the well-signposted ‘secret’ nice change from locomotives. a statue of Britannia on a year driver training course. nuclear bunker but in the civic David Jackson, in ‘RV News’, Naval Temple. In a 1950s There is frequent mention in hall. We stayed at The Crown, renovation, Welsh workmen the latest newsletters, of ‘rally a delightful, old, half-timbered discussed camouflage, as turned the statue round to face anticipation’ as we see Covid structure. The present building seen in his model photographs, into England. During another restrictions being lifted. David and dazzle painting. He also renovation about 10 years ago, Cooper shows how to make was rebuilt after a fire in 1583 had this picture of a distinctly she was rotated again to face a trailer for a Mamod traction destroyed most of the town. into Wales. Some excellent engine. A section illustrated by Observe the staircase… (photo un-camouflaged Austin 10, and dramatic pictures of the some very young enthusiasts, 2). Ever the editor, I spotted but could not find the reason Hallowe’en event were closed offers a delightful prospect of these two models in a corner for the colour scheme. Bomb by a last look at the station future apprentices, topped by of the dining room. One was Disposal? Military Police? after everyone had left. The Albert Chiverton driving his quite old, but the 1/10th scale Anyone know (photo 5)? LNWR heavy shunting engine own vintage car model whilst yellow stagecoach was built R. Finch discusses cutting series concerns itself with supervising some haulage only recently, by a local baker, buffer beams and couplings. activity. Andrew Semple took fluids, following up David Richard Donovan writes on his family and Ruston steam William A. Schofield in 2016 Watts’ problems outlined in a a Wallis & Steevens 1903 tractor (on a borrowed low (photos 3 and 4). Nantwich, previous issue. agricultural engine, equipped loader) to Holland for the W. www.bradfordmes.uk with the unusual Wallis valve Hellevoetsluis Steam Festival. gear. Editor Martin Burgess This also involved tall ships, writes on his introduction steam tugs and windmills (of course!). Dr. Elijah Bell writes a to jigs and fixtures, the hard fascinating item on how road way! He was a young trainee steam helped the clearing at the time and the job made up after bombing raids - a lasting impression. John L dramatically - sometimes Townsend discusses masks. the engines fell into cellars Not, for once, the medical or voids which developed as variety with which we have all buildings crumbled under become so familiar in the last demolition - and they also two years, but regarding spray painting. W. www.hsme.co.uk 34 Models in The Crown dining room. The Enterprise as above. >> www.model-engineer.co.uk 531
Leeds Lines, from 5 Leeds Society of Model & Not camouflaged. (Photo courtesy of David Jackson) Experimental Engineering, has an intriguingly-titled on making wheels for his GWR the jokes – Skoda was a says that the 15 minute run is item by Nigel Bennett: ‘If you ‘Saint’, Including the design of rival to Rolls-Royce between very noisy and uncomfortable, don’t make a howling mess and making wooden patterns. although in its design spec. it of things occasionally, you’ll A taste of the Big Railway is the wars, such was the fine carried no crew or passengers never learn anything!’ As a taken from the Locomotive engineering of which it was as the postage items don’t long-established producer of Magazine of 1904, on moving capable, and is becoming feel pain… Derek Osborne howling messes, I had to read so again. Finally, the cover reminiscences on his working it thoroughly… It was so good, a 35 ton rolling mill flywheel photograph taken in 1953 life ‘On the Railway’ as a signal I recommend that everyone between works of the South shows a rare Fowler AA3 being box boy in 1954, meeting some joins BMES just to read this Durham Steel & Iron Co. As it used to clear up the bomb ‘characters’ on his way through little gem. Nigel has another was 20 feet in diameter, the damage, ignored since 1945. his career. Editor Mick Funnell item dealing with the easy North Eastern Railway dealt was invited to watch steam with it as a special load resting For Sydney Live Steam tests being carried out at fitting of screw-on chucks, on two trucks, running side-by Locomotive Society’s February Brighton’s Engineerium. As the similar to bayonet fittings, side on the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ newsletter, Simon Collier’s museum has been closed for as in light bulbs, BNC coaxial main lines. The operation took immaculate B1 Gazelle graces several years, he jumped at the cable connectors, camera 6½ hours over a distance of the cover. Simon got into chance. Alan Gillan suggests lenses etc. (The pen is mightier nearly 12 miles, reaching a model engineering solely (amongst others) a video on than the sword, and easier to speed of 15 mph at times. because he lived near the Seaham Harbour operations, write with… - Geoff) W. www.wdmes.co.uk track and one fateful day went derailments and mishaps. A W. www.leedsmodel in. Despite not knowing the change from the ‘idiot drivers’ Reading Society of Model difference between a ‘Spam compilations… engineers.org.uk Engineers’ The Prospectus, Can’ and a steam manifold, W. www.hoveparkrailway.com Blast Pipe, February, from February, opens with John he was hooked! He found the Hutt Valley and Maidstone Spokes visiting Dresden subsequent 15 years very Motoring correspondent Model Engineers Societies, has last year and writes of the rewarding, instructive and Pete Oily-Saga spotted this very little to report, therefore is destruction of the town in satisfying. Congratulations, 1990s British Army Reynolds of only three pages. It covers WWII. The rebuilt Frauenkirche Simon! Boughton RB44 command restored diesel locomotives, a W. www.slsls.asn.au vehicle in Nantwich, based on 3D printed wagon, a completed was finished in 2005, a faithful a Dodge 4 litre FWD chassis. boat hull and the particular copy of the original. John’s Brighton & Hove Society Details at: classiccars. properties of a bush in the point was that we still have brightwells.com/viewdetails. digger (JCB) boom. the specialist skills to rebuild of Miniature Locomotive php?id=5070 W. www.hvmes.com such structures, and long may Engineers, ends my current On Track, February, from it remain so (I remember once stock of scandalshee And finally, from Brighton & Richmond Hill Live Steamers, visiting Bletchley Park and newsletters to review, so I Hove SMLE, a friend entered contains ‘for sale’ ads for hearing the man behind me hope Allah will smile upon the National Workwear several ‘LBSC’ locomotives, tell his little boy that he could Model Engineer in time for the Competition. He was the and a solitary Black 5. Grant make such pargetted ceilings next thrilling instalment of overall winner! Will recommends a number as were above us at the time. Club News. Their newsletter, of videos on boiler explosions Well done, Sir!) John also The Lobby, details the rolling CONTACT and a picture of Norm Shaw’s discovered, quite by accident, trolley built by three members the scrutineering (-iny?) of cars to transfer rolling stock direct [email protected] fine, Kozo-designed Climax entering the Sachsen Classic onto the rails without lifting. tail-ends another very short Motor Rally. Highlight of this An indoor traverser, if you publication. was a 1957 Skoda 1100cc, will. Colin Hancock, joined W. www.richmond-hill-live- OHC built for Le Mans. Forget an organised trip to the Post steamers.tripod.com Office Railway in London. He Welling & District Model Engineering Society’s Magazine February-March, features a novel headboard on Bob Underwood’s Lallah Rookh – ‘Hello Hall Place’ (the location of their track). Editor, Tony Riley, found notes for a talk he gave forty years ago. How different we are now! Not needing slides copied, no writing the notes weeks before, and now to a much higher standard, God wot! Recent photos show activity in bright sunlight but the long shadows say it is still mid-January… Bob also writes a lengthy article 532 Model Engineer 8 April 2022
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