Model Engineer - 22 June 2018

John Arrowsmith recalls his visit to the National Model Engineering Exhibition at Doncaster.
Mick Knights begins a series of articles on the construction of a quarter scale BR2 rotary aero engine by explaining why he chose that particular prototype.
Martin Ranson’s 32mm locomotive FALCOR acquires a front bogie.
David Earnshaw completes his Coventry diehead attachment by making a handful of the smaller parts, followed by assembly and testing.
Before Graham Sadler can make his toolpost he needs to make the tools needed to do so: a wobbler and a fly cutter.
James wells looks back at the latter days of the Thames shipbuilding industry with the advent of World War II and its aftermath.
Martin Johnson considers the various parameters that determine the performance of model boilers.
Mitch Barnes explains how the purchase of a lathe got his model engineering career off the ground.
Geoff Theasby takes a break from the club scene and regales us with some useful household and workshop hints and tips.
Doug Hewson considers the most effective way to photograph model steam locomotives and rolling stock and shows that they can be made to look just like the real thing, as demonstrated by our cover photograph.