Issue 4727, 6 - 19 October 2023 is in the shops soon! In this issue ...

We look back 125 years to the foundation of Model Engineer magazine with a survey of the earliest days of the magazine and the life story of Percival Marshall, founder and first editor.

Luker approaches the end of the build of his 5-inch gauge slate quarry locomotive Fire Queen with the manufacture of a variety of fittings.
Mike Denman reports from the Cardiff Model Engineering Society, with the latest news about the signalling system and the club locomotive.
Graham Astbury discusses the problem of galvanic corrosion when silver soldering stainless steel and the choice of the most effective flux for the job.
Doug Hewson expands on the subject of LNER B1 locomotive smoke boxes and discusses the blsat pipe and anti-vacuum valve.
Neil Raine continues his description of the twist drill bit by considering the cutting action.
Arthur Green attends the locomotive efficiency competition for small locomotives (‘LittleLEC’) at the Swansea Society of Model Engineers.
Robert Hobbs completes his transformation of a box of bits to a complete 3½ inch gauge Schools Class locomotive.
Jim Clark begins the construction of his ‘Model Engineer’ skeleton clock by making the spring barrel and discussing the selection of an appropriate mainspring.
Roger Backhouse reads Anthony Dawson’s account of the design and development by Robert Stephenson of the Planet and Samson locomotives.
Ron Fitzgerald tells the story of the life of our founder and first editor, Percival Marshall.

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