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Andrew Charman

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  1. In 1969 W&L members had discovered 699.01 and were in the process to acquire what was thought to be, and later proved to be, a highly useful heavy hauler for the line. At the time the W&L was a railway with very little spare cash and certainly trying to raise the funds for more than one locomotive at a time would have been thought impossible. What is perhaps more interesting is, as related in a previous edition of Narrow Gauge World, that there is evidence that when the W&L closed in 1956 Bowaters looked seriously at acquiring its two Beyer Peacocks. If this sale had gone ahead then Monarch might never have been built while preservation of the W&L with no ready-available locos would have been a much ore daunting prospect.
  2. Many EIM readers have been following Martin Johnson's fascinating 7-inch Fowler design and build in recent editions. In the May 2019 issue (published on 18th April) he focuses on the design of the boiler. Martin has been studying methods of predicting boiler performance for the last few years and has developed a program for locomotive boiler analysis. This is attached to this post along with a summary of his findings. For more on the project, see the May issue! Andrew Charman – Editor, Engineering in Miniature LOCO BOILER 6B.xls DevelopmentofLocoBoiler.pdf
  3. No, Andrew Charman knew nothing about it until he viewed the finished DVD on his copy and was less than impressed... Flak coming my way for sure...
  4. Certainly is... Those layouts have recently featured in our sister magazine British Railway Modelling. Three of them, including Under Milk Wood, are now cared for by John Forman of the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. They were donated to I think the Welsh Development agency as a promotional tool and some years later the Agency decided they were no longer of use. The bloke disposing of them had an idea of dropping in to Llanfair to ask if the railway might have any use for these old layouts before he took them to a skip (!), and very luckily John just happened to be on duty that day!
  5. Hi folks, The new issue, my second, hits the news stands this week and we've tried to offer content to interest a wide variety of model engineers. Headline feature this month is the start of a constructional series particularly suitable for beginners who want to build a locomotive. Young Sussex member Andrew Strongitharm will document the build of his 5in gauge Barclay 0-4-0 'Dougal.' Newly appointed technical editor Harry Billmore has hit upon a novel plan to use the engine from a steam car in a 7.25in gauge geared Sentinel steam loco. Jan-Eric Nystrom completes his small boiler build; Mark Smithers checks out the engineering attractions of the Middleton Railway; John Smith makes some very attractive tiny hinges; Plus news, tips and information, including a novel use for a pair of Mole Grips! Check it out at your local newsagents now or direct from https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/engineering-in-miniature - the cover to look for is below!
  6. Readers of EIM will know that we are serialising construction techniques of the Automatons built by veteran modellers Dave row, and the links on this page will take you to video of the creations in action. So to kick off - the 'Mad Marvin' rhino tamer from February 2018 is at Guinea Pigs, from April 2018, is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McO5z716uCY&feature=youtu.be More to follow in due course Andrew Charman
  7. Hello! The March issue of Engineering in Miniature is heading for newsagents, the first with myself at its helm as the new editor. I'm Andrew Charman and some may know me as the editor of EIM's sister magazine Narrow Gauge World. But I'm also a model engineer, albeit a latent one in recent times as I explain in my first editorial. I also explain in that editorial that my plans for the magazine are fairly straightforward, based on emphasising as much as possible building things - tips and advice for newcomers, more in-depth features to interest the experienced model engineers and constructional series to encourage people to build their own! I'm delighted to say that I've already secured my first such series and this will be announced in the April issue. So what's in the March issue? Well obviously there's a full report of the London show at Alexandra Palace, which as ever produced a wide variety of models to enjoy whatever one's particular interest. Jan-Eric Nystrom has been hard at work again, building a small boiler and getting involved in the dark art of Tig-welding. We launch a tips for model engineers series from new contributor John Smith, who also has a passion for a very big stationary engine. Another new contributor, Harry Billmore, takes us inside the workshops of the Kirklees Light Railway - the 15-inch gauge line effectively large-scale model engineering. And we laos have a delightful 6in scale Foden steam wagon, built from scratch by Kevin Edwins and written up by Alan Barnes. It will take me a couple of issues to get my feet firmly under the bench at EIM so please give me just a little time! But meanwhile I want to hear from you - tell me what you want in the pages of the magazine. and if you have a feature to contribute, t hen I definitely want to hear from you! My email is andrew.charman@warnersgroup.co.uk EIM1803P01Cover.pdf
  8. It is indeed terrible news - we have a double-page report on it from Dave Richardson of the Sandstone Heritage Trust in our next issue out at the end of the month.
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