Engineering in Miniature

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Engineering in Miniature

Building a 6-inch Foden C Type wagon • Peter begins an occasional series describing the painting, assembly and setting up of a Steam Traction World kit - ideal for those without the skill or equipment to build from scratch.

Tender Bender • The demands of their latest loco build see EIM's resident innovators Peter and son Matthew come up with a ‘universal’ bending tool to create almost any radius, or virtually none…

The Woes of Yeo - Woe Again (and other stuff)… • Last month our Fairbourne Railway engineer described how he had fixed the Welsh coast line's oddly-steaming Lynton & Barnstaple loco - or so he thought…

GL5 at ESSMEE • Happy to be out and about again, our roving reporter John has been enjoying some 5-inch gauge mainline in miniature in Somerset…

A 3-inch scale slate wagon for 7¼-inch gauge • Harry and a friend design and build a ubiquitous piece of narrow gauge rolling stock and choose an interesting but challenging prototype to base their model on…

Making a cylinder passage drilling jig • Certain types of cylinder internal passages are not so simple to create in the workshop Alex describes another useful jig designed to smooth the process.

Restoring a Gauge 1 Midland Compound • Anthony continues his workshop restoration of an electrically-powered Gauge 1 locomotive with the tender bodywork on the bench this month.

A freelance traction engine in 3-inch scale • Jan-Eric continues his traction engine build this month by returning to the boiler, making and installing the propane burners and finishing it off.

Circular means to parallelism

The Swanley New Barn Railway at 35

Miniature Railways Review 2021

Plenty of places to ride miniatures • Judging by the event reports, and the details of forthcoming ones flooding into our mail box the club scene is back doing what it does best…

DIARY • As previously reported the diary has returned after a two-year absence but readers should be aware that we are only publishing dates that have been confirmed, and with the continuing uncertainty over the decline of the Covid pandemic we strongly recommend that readers check with the club or track concerned just before travelling to any events or meetings.