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THE ORIGINAL MAGAZINE FOR MODEL ENGINEERS
Vol. 221 No.
4595
• 14 - 27 September 2018
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IMLEC
We Visit the
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SLOT CARS
COVER FEATURE
A Ride on the
Manx Electric Railway
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420 SMOKE RINGS
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442 TECHNOLOGY
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421 AN ENGINEER’S DAY OUT
Roger Backhouse goes for a ride
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425 50th IMLEC
444 BUILDING A GARDEN RAILWAY
Martin Evans builds some colour light
signals for his railway and explains how
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Martin Gearing makes the stays and
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431 MODEL ENGINEER VISITS
THE ISLE OF WIGHT MES
434 A 7¼ INCH GAUGE
RIDING TROLLEY
450 SOMERSET TRACTION ENGINE
CLUB ANNUAL RALLY 2018
Graham Gardner spends a pleasant day in
the glorious July sunshine in Somerset.
John Arrowsmith spends a day with the
Isle of Wight Model Engineering Society.
452 DESIGNING MODEL BOILERS
Martin Johnson concludes his discussion
by weighing the benefits of superheaters.
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Jon Edney makes a riding trolley
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456 SIEG SX2 PLUS MILLER
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436 LATHES AND MORE
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459 QUARTER SCALE BENTLEY
BR2 ROTARY AERO ENGINE
Mick Knights adds more carefully
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439 A HISTORY OF SLOT CARS
Henk-Jan de Ruiter looks back over the
history of slot car racing.
Vol. 221 No.
4595
• 14 - 27 September 2018
462 CLUB NEWS
465 DIARY
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IMLEC
We Visit the
Isle Of Wight
SLOT CARS
COVER FEATURE
ON THE
COVER...
Connor Casey, of the Manx Steam and Model Engineering
Club, drives his 5 inch gauge IOM Beyer Peacock Peveril at the
50th IMLEC event held at the Birmingham Society of Model
Engineers. (Photograph: Stephen Harrison)
A Ride on the
Manx Electric Railway
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