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Prices are subjcttoV.AT, and craneCONTENTS Plans, Plans, Plans! 4 good 13 Down to the Sea in mode! ships 33 Clocks Time for a challenge! 57 place 6 start Tools of the Trade Making 35 Abrasives For sharpening and «60. your own polishing Model Locomotive Gauges 38 Plastics Man-made modelling 60 From "N” to 10% inch materials Model Locomotive 40 Electric Motors choosing andusing 61 Construction What's involved ae Metrication . .. and the model 62 Model Locomotive Design 43 _— engineer Tate your pil eis “O" Rings Their uses in modelling 64 Steam Road Vehicles Modelling 46 a bitof history Around the Workshops How the 65. a experts operate BG Loe uement hat 18 ovtraction Engines... and Naam 46 (ee ¥ : rollers Directory of Suppliers stockist 70 BE and fukds : and manufacturer listings Cutting Remarks Tools and fluids 23 Brive and Ride Passenger trollies 52 aaa Ata ea enle 24 Fairground Models Something 52 The Magic of Steam More 27 _ifferent popu tne ster Model Armaments Field guns 53 Basically Boilers Construction 29 andeannons ees Internal Combustion 54 | and diesel Hot Air Engines Howtheywork 31 Engines Po! INTRODUCTION Model engineering is an old-established hobby and has been practised in some form or another since pre- Roman days. At present, it is very much a growth hobby. It is mainly, and always has been, practised by older members of the community which is, | think, rather surprising these days as the cost of one of the smaller lathes is no greater than that of a home computer. Many young men and women can manage the purchase price of a home computer, so why not, | wonder, the lathe? ‘A lathe is always the main basis of model engineering. With this equipment almost any machining operations can be carried out, providing of course that it is not too large for the size of the lathe. It is under- standable that younger people do not want to make models of steam engines which they can hardly remember, but there are many more modern counterparts in transport engineering such as cranes, fork-lift trucks, excavators or the very large range of motor vehicles that are part of everyday life. ‘A major problem with any hobby is knowing what to start wi or indeed, having started, what to make for the next project. This volume should assist in resolving any such problems. If it encourages newcomers | will be specifically satisfied, but | am hoping that what follows will help many established modellers to understand more of their hobby and so resolve those little difficulties for which it is not always easy to find an answer. Author: Stan Bray; Editorial Director: R. G. 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The answer has got to be, with a plan or drawing of the subject to be modelled down in their area, the museums often take the drawings over and polite letter with a large stamped addressed envelope will usually obtain the required information. However, the museum is doing a favour in supplying what it can, so do not expect anything asa right The drawings of the old British Railway Companies have been taken over by the Oxford Publishing Company who can supply lists of the drawings available of which there are many hundreds. However, the drawings will not, of course, be to the scale you require. Some firms will be prepared to. supply drawings of their products, but, again, asking them for copies is asking a favour and your approach should always bear this in mind. As far as locomotives are concerned there are numerous drawings available that have been prepared for small scale railways. This plan for the tug “Joffre is typical of the sort of drawing one can expect ta receive from any of the commercial model plans suppliers; obviously shown here at ‘much reduced scale, this example is just ‘one from literally hundreds of model plans from the massive range of ASP Plans Service subjects which includes the Mode! Engineer series covering live steam ‘models of all types and workshop equipment. Plans catalogues listing everything on offer {including model boats ‘and aircraft designs) are available at nominal cost and most mail order plans are despatched within 24 hours of receipt of order. ‘World of Model Engineering: SCALE FACTOR TABLES — BY MODELE SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF 3,in.- 1 FOOT tin. - 1 FOOT ° coke 2a) AM ge cy ‘ a2 { GS SEE BE oes 4 aoe : Gag aie ocise oa 2 oc 3 eh Sas ae 3 ot : cam nm oat oy : ons : RS SR a3 ; ‘ tan Gases er ‘ $ GBPS ot $ : tale os tan tae : ; cae Re ER oie : 8 car Net owe cee 2 x SS Gs os i & Qe amd oor aoa R u Be memes tT aa 8 x cam test olane cas ry fen Lee 8 RSS $38 g SDB? ry hee tes ben new Fa ces ps is hoe Eee bet Lis is fe bes " tia tie tbe in Une Sat se 8 8 Ene Bore On ® ee la ta he 2 le ‘on Lee i Ree LB RLS St ORRE 2 iat ee te 2 om ts Lins 3 ERD RSS Let Fei S38 x iss ust isa iss nae on bee z Rennes he i 2 bat ceaESTH = hes Lee Les ie iss 28 3 Rat LS ES BORE eRt ERE x tm Lm Baa Mes alas 5 Lat kB BG eb % Liee ia ine sae x LS ne 2S RS ® zon zon RB her ioe x at Be BRS im x aus ain x as hes 8 Rus RR? 38 8 * aa aes hee see % Bh 3 3S M2 * dee Ser ue San 3 ERS Re 3 a8 ue ° aan ase © sa 3s zg Bt Re ga as 2 awe ae 2 dee hee 3 as Re 8338 ue edn ae awe aes mn $B RM 2B se sn Soke dee aaee ses hes SRR Re hi $38 km Sete Re ee = tee tee } 3 ke et Me 38S 8 sos mae dase gee ate » ue am tae SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF 2in.- 1 FOOT 2%,in. = 1 FOOT ° ese ono aos 0.08) tntee os i ae dah Ree Loman SP SR Sk RS at a ay 3 we 2 bys eat ems ome ony noe fee : ae ae 3 GSE GET GE Sas GR ket ee 2 82 ne <2 i 1 bet ose ome ons ame am om 2 ieee eee <2 SOM RSD RR SS Re Leen tee ee © Meo ter new hes hea flee Las bai Netes ies ue SOR RR ORS RS OS net bs $ RSP bat ES : ine Lee Lar Lee ee 2 er Le: nae 3 Lat i b Ls See es ee 8 ree ae une tm ores fie nia x St ce ERE pire St ses R ze fa he zs Ronse hE asm 8 a 8 ES aut BoE LS mt 8 me aa aes Mois an as 8 S88 es BOR Gn 3m ry are ap ams ast acai v ree alr ae BRR OS I » oho ans ome xe 8 3S 3B ae e 39 a dee alec z 35S x88 28 2 we ame aoe 2 ta 8 jak 8 ey BR x ony ens i nee 5 SS 3 BSR x ee use Sar 5 30 ay B28 = pie} ce = 3 Rig S38 3 oR x 383 sas % Sze x SB 33 2 22 = sine see Bee 3 335 St B88 x He sme % Se S he Fe BS * Pa eas = nae s a8 23} 3 338 = cane ces = an 3 SS ss 3 ° ce Se © a 2 ey S8 Qtek 8 dees aus 2 tne 8 8 xB 8k & hae des * sae 8 3S kel S332 « hs toe «oe $ Rae 33 SUR * Hen ates wee woast anise 3 as 3 inte BOS HES 2 ae Sina? ines ites eset ance? 14 ‘World of Model EngineeringGINEER CONSULTANT MARK PHILLIPS SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF 1),,in.= 1 FOOT 1%,in.- 1 FOOT ° ac a.0n 8.088 ee nas ee SG 88a ass oe oie 2 un ous 00 zl ia Hey 3 ake Slat testo ore a rare came oan oat ose 38S sites thane Be oa é asea cmt oa $ ecae oe a 2 ole ter Yee 3 oon ik i 1 aes tan 1p tine ie i Loe iat tie Boi i wa rat Bike iat te ilar zen % am ff aan % ey * 2532 x Et 2 ie 3 ike = 3.032 = a * at s sre ® aa 3 ae x ant x see % or 3 ot % aan x ht * sot $ cat a» om 3 amt “ son g Fatty o san 8 det “ sa & Bt & sa $ it « eon e 6.186 #4 cat SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF SCALE FACTORS FOR A SCALE OF 3in.=1 FOOT 4%,in.- 1 FOOT ‘ e063 0.0 uta ° oo San mas fae 02 : GSB aoe {ems $e oat oat i tiseg arash leas 2 elmo alm oie vont ; SSB Sethe 3 BS tn et hit ‘ ows hone Ncaas toiwe tse Lea Le 5 ES RSD a foe 1g zat ust ‘ tise ae Les © oupo ona za 5 HB OT (ka $ RB ORR ert ‘ 208 + ico aia 5 8 $38 30 ry Pere ome se i 2B ROU 2 3.083 1 tse i Het BOLE « 38 reared % 338 ise i 0g ie it 88 ¢ x piers % % a8 % * hee 2 a 5.313 2 2 350 a 3 ia § uw 6.063 u 3 6.13 a * 30 * rove 10.038 i ea % ioe 18s 2 aes ® ile, Tore io 18s 5 388 % ite ie IRS x % hie ine Lisw i x Hos HSh 13 % bog ee ae ile ian ne 3 ia: Gs HAR Se as % hing uae aa Laue Low 3 EUR IRE Ga BA a8 at Xe is nis Has Gen ae cae ines 35 Bis RS ESR ae 18S Re % lease icy aeaa loa ies iene BLES INBE Ta ie 13 4% wieea ane 4% ise so isa HS ik wap 8 SR Boe iste telat Wing @ isso dss leon 6 isk ia way 8 InER Geka i 1 nies et oe test ia Sine iat ite & teat iii riccmeriest Lies hw 1 pan ian $ ase Gs 258 ise o iio Die 33 vot ins wa 8 was tia wa inne Bah ue eet cn wl file GS a B38 i iat ales nn am ect Teme 18.908 ws.0n World of Model Enginee 16ELEVATION ef ie “Tich’ is one of Mode! Engineer magazine's: ‘most popular designs: the plans, of which this much reduced sample is only a srmall part, have sold in their thousands and there ‘must be hundreds of examples of the finished loco in existence. To the popular 3, inch gauge, “Tich’ represems a small contractors’ loco and was designed by the Tegendary LBSC in association with L. Clarke; itis a fine beginners’ model and Would make an ideal introduction to the hobby for the novice. ASP market the plans. ‘ ria * on tiee Sy a Nt Gli” ure ane creme 8 sap EDLAB ern enon! ERONT We ee a 3 te Te 2g Does. ye i These drawings, although only of the general arrangement kind, are usually very well drawn and highly detailed and can be extremely useful. Suppose we have a drawing that is. notto the required scale; what can we do? Fortunately there are several alternatives available. Firstly we can laboriously sit down with our calculator, and re-draw the thing to the required scale. We could also work direct from the drawing and just scale the parts as we make them. specialist firms have equipment available that will print the drawing for us to the scale required — Variscale, for example, specialise in doing this with model drawings. Itis also possible to scale the drawings without a lot of figure-work, ‘one way being to make a pair of proportional dividers, These are double-ended dividers with the pivot at a set distance from each end. One end hhas the point at the known drawing scale from the pivot and the other at the scale required, or a multiple of both Suppose we know our drawing is to 4 in. to the foot scale and we want to convert it to 1 in. to the foot. If we made our dividers with the points at one end two inches from the pivot and, at the other, eight inches from the pivot, we could now convert our known measurement (using the short points) to our new drawing using the long points which will be set automatically to the correct measurement. When the drawings have been obtained, whether to scale or not, always check thoroughly each measurement before committing yourself. Most drawings contain mistakes of one form or another, and this really cannot be helped. Anyone who has done a lot of drawing will realise how easy it is to get a couple of measurements wrong! When you realise that the drawings are probably drawn in the first instance by the designer and then go to be traced, it’s easy to understand the possibility of error. Likewise, someone building a model first and producing a drawing later can easily slip up and the error pass unnoticed. So be prepared for errors and check for accuracy regularly Such errors occur in full-size practice as well as in modelling and, in fact, when batches of locomotives were made, frequently specifications were changed on the shop floor after discussion with the designer and the drawings never up-dated, Plenty of full- size locomotive drawings are not correct for this reason. Itis also a good idea to obtain photographs of the Subject to be modelled as well and compare your drawings with these before finally committing yourself. ‘Mark Phillips, one of the Mode! Engineer magazine panel of consultants, has very kindly prepared a set of tables which give scale sizes in relation to full-size. They will help readers to build not only the main model, but also the desirable sundries such as lamps and shovels, etc., to the correct scale 16 World of Model EngineeringEngineer PLANS SERVICE IMPROVE YOUR FACILITIES — BUILD SOME EXTRA WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT sic raet ies aan OF ca ee ve, with ring oiled bush bearings. Two sheots awing general arrangement and YOU'LL WONDER HOW W.E.2 High Speed Sensitive Dr Machine. By Edgar T Westbury (Vols. 84- a8. YOU EVER DID SEs ens creme mens Panta eet YOUEVERDID W.E.2'"M.E.” 11; in, Universal Swivelling Bench Vice. 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