Model Engineer & Workshop

Model Engineers' Workshop is the ideal workshop companion for all hobby engineers. Model Engineers' Workshop shines a spotlight on the tools and techniques used by model makers, light engineers, restorers and customisers and those who like making and modding their own tools. You'll find readers' tips, reviews of workshop equipment as well as articles on restoring old tools and making your own as well as the latest new technologies, techniques and materials. Model Engineers' Workshop magazine publishes 12 great issues a year.

Model Engineer & Workshop

SMOKE RINGS

An Introduction to Electroforming • Pete Twissel describes a process for making thin-walled metal parts suitable for models.

On the Wire • News From The World Of Engineering

Samson PART 3 • Chris Rayward machines the eccentric straps for his 5” gauge early L&NWR Samson Class 2-4-0.

THE BRADFORD CUP AND STEVENSON TROPHY 2026

Sheffield Steam Rally 2026 • Geoff Theasby reports from this major event

Fourunner Mk2 Oscillating Engine PART 3 • Peter Stuart shares his updated design based on David Fulton’s design, described by his son Stuart Fulton in ME&W issues 4776 and 4777.

Club Diary

Adventures with a Bench Top CNC Mill PART 1 • John Hinckley explains his decision to buy a Carvera Air CNC milling machine.

The BR Standard 2-6-0 Class 4 Tender Engine PART 32 • This month Doug Hewson continues with the cab, including the lift out section and some detailing inside.

A Tailstock Locking Device • Jaques Maurel describes an instant, but strong, lock for the tailstock

Remembering Stan Full BEM • Pete Full Rembers his father, Stanley William Full, March 1928 to October 2024, RAF Warrant Officer, Engineer, Model Engineer and Clockmaker, REMAP engineer, Fund Raiser extraordinaire.

An Equatorial Telescope Platform • Astronomy is a hobby that often calls for specialist accessories, many of which are in the scope of a model engineer’s capabilities.

Improvements to a Pannier Tank PART 2 • Gerald Martyn explains to improvements made to the cab of his 3½” gauge locomotive.

Accurate length machining

An Air Powered Hand Engraver PART 3 • It lives! Mitch Barnes switches on the power for his low-cost air engraver, and completes this project developed during the lockdown of 2020.

Readers' Tips • We have £30 in gift vouchers courtesy of engineering suppliers Chester Machine Tools for each month’s ‘Top Tip’. Email your workshop tips to neil.wyatt@kelsey.co.uk marking them ‘Readers Tips’, and you could be a winner. Try to keep your tip to no more than 400 words and a picture or drawing. Don’t forget to include your address! Every month we’ll choose a winner for the Tip of the Month will win £30 in gift vouchers from Chester Machine Tools. Visit www.chesterhobbystore.com to plan how to spend yours!

The 33rd Sweet Pea Rally • John Arrowsmith reports on this summer’s gathering of Sweet Peas and their related locos in Rugby.

POST BAG • The Editor welcomes letters for these columns, but they must be brief. Photographs are invited which illustrate points of interest raised by the writer

Bolton Steam Museum PART 3 • Roger Backhouse looks at a selection of small, simple and complex engines.

The Silver Crest BR Class 1500 PART 7 • Mark Thatcher finally gets his Silver Crest Model’s Class 1500 onto the rails and in steam

Early Developments In Hydrostatic Transmissions PART 4 • Mike Tilby of the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (SMEE) looks at some of the practical aspects of using hydraulic power transmission.

Club News • Geoff Theasby reports on the latest news from Model Engineering Clubs.