WEEK ENDING 
11 JUNE 2026

INDEX: LINKS TO LATEST ON MEWS

UNICORN METRIC

CLAYTON UNDERTYPE

PARKER’S ELECTRIC LOCO

ELECTRONIC LEADSCREW

ROLLER CHAIN CLOCK

V-TWIN OSCILLATOR

KNIGHT’S DIGGING MACHINE

OSCILLATOR WITH BOILER

LNER S2 LOCO

BUILT-IN TRAMWAY WAGON

STUART NO 1

TWIN VERTICAL OSCILLATOR

COCKERILL VERTICAL BOILER LOCO

NEAT VERTICAL OSCILLATOR

BOAT BOILER

LAKE SHORE LOCO

ISLE OF MAN LOCO

JENNY WREN STEAM PLANT

ASHWORTH COMPOUND ENGINE

GEMINI STEAM TWIN

INVICTA 5” LOCO

HARMONOGRAPH

REVERSING OSCILLATOR

MAGNETIC OSCILLATOR

COMBER ROTARY

COAL LORRY

MIDLAND 2-4-0

NOVEL ROTARY VALVE ENGINE

ANZANI 3-CYLINDER RADIAL

COMPRESSED AIR TRAM

SIRIUS

SIMPSON & SHIPTON

HAYWARD COLLIERY PUMP

SIX CYL STEAM ENGINE

DETACHED GRAVITY CLOCK

FOUR CYL STEAM

TWO CYLINDER BEAM ENGINE

AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH ENGINE

HUNTINGTON 3D LOCO

SINGLE CYL OSCILLATOR

SEMI-ROTARY STEAM ENGINE

LNWR JUMBO

TWO CYLINDER OSCILLATOR

HYPOCYCLOIDAL ENGINE

BURRELL 6HP TRACTION ENGINE

BRISTOL AERO ENGINES

PEARCE BROS ROPE DRIVE

TRAPEZIUM CONNECTING ROD ENGINE

HORWICH CRAB

VERTICAL STEAM ENGINE

MV GOLDCREST

TWO CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE

STROUDLEY D CLASS LOCO

DH GIPSY AERO ENGINE

MIDLAND RAILWAY STEAM CAR

KOERTING GAS ENGINE

WALLIS & STEEVENS THRASHING M/C

BR CLASS 42

TICH

KIRTLEY LDCR TANK LOCO

METRE MAID LOCO

V-CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE

LARGE WHEEL SKELETON CLOCK

TAYLOR & CHALLEN ENGINE

AMERICAN LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES

3D PRINT MODEL LOCO

TWO CYLINDER REVERSING ENGINE

GORGON MARINE ENGINE

LEWIN NG LOCO

BR MOGUL 5” GAUGE DRAWINGS

COOMBES ENGINE WITH GOVERNOR

MIDLAND SINGLE LOCO

COMPOUND BEAM ENGINE

BEAM ENGINE AND PUMP

GRADIENT LOCO AID

HUBBY’S SHED

HORIZONTAL STIRLING ENGINE

GROSVENOR TENDER 1

GROSVENOR TENDER 2

DEAN SINGLE GWR

HORIZONTAL SINGLE

VERTICAL SINGLE

LBSCR GROSVENOR

1.9CC DIESEL ENGINE

MODELS OF  THE WEEK

BR CLASS 08

THE LIBRARY

SR KING ARTHUR LOCO

INVERTED V STEAM ENGINE

ROBEY  COMPOUND ELECTRIC

BOLTON/BERTINAT TRIPLE

KROKODIL LOCO

BEGINNER’S STEAM PLANT

APPLEBY LOCO CRANE

VERTICAL TWO CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE

THE GENERAL LOCO

STIRLING 4-4-0

HORIZONTAL TWO CYL STEAM ENGINE

BASSETT-LOWKE LOCO

STEEP GRADIENT LOCO

SQUARE GEARWHEEL RADIAL

ECCENTRIC GEARWHEEL RADIAL

WESSEL ENGINES DISPLAY

GNOME MONOSOUPAPE

ENV AERO ENGINE

LYNX RADIAL

DAKE SQUARE PISTON ENGINE

BATHO MILL ENGINE

FREELANCE GRASSHOPPER BEAM ENGINE

VERTO PORTABLE

CARILLON

BEGINNER’S OSCILLLATOR

BR CLASS 4 LOCO

GRASSHOPPER STEAM ENGINE

WINTERTHUR TANK LOCO

VERTICAL STIRLING ENGINE

WASP MILL CORLISS

AVELING & PORTER PLOUGHING ENGINE

DOUBLE ACTING OSCILLATOR

JAMES WATT’S WORKSHOP

HIRONDELLE SUPERBE BICYCLE

STIRLING HORIZONTAL ENGINE

GEORGINA OVERCRANK ENGINE

RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE LOCO

SINGLE CYLINDER OSCILLATING ENGINE

HOWARD’S FARMER’S ENGINE

BUILDER’S WAGON

COOMBES TABLE ENGINE

TRAVELLING STONE BREAKER

ALLCHIN ROYAL CHESTER

HIT N MISS INTO STEAM

EXPANSIVE BEAM ENGINE

GALLOWAY’S NON-DEAD-CENTRE ENGINE

SINGLE CYLINDER HIT AND MISS

8HP THRASHING MACHINE

5” GAUGE HUNSLET

MILL ENGINE 1895

GWR BULLDOG LOCO

POPULAR SCIENCE STIRLING ENGINE

NOVEL VALVELESS STEAM ENGINE

JOHNSON’S MIDLAND SINGLE

LNWR CORNWALL LOCO

DUNALASTAIR LOCO

PUSHROD STEAM ENGINE

BUTCH LOCO

STEAM ENGINE AND PUMP

WIRE ROPE STREET RAILROAD

CRAMPTON LOCO

1924 SINGLE

DRUMMOND ROUND BED LATHE

SHIELDED GATLING GUN

CIRRUS V8 STEAM ENGINE

SENTINEL GEARED LOCO

CORLISS ENGINE

TWO CYLINDER OSCILLATOR

BOULTON’S SEMI PORTABLE ENGINE

GIPSY 1 AERO ENGINE

OSCILLATING VALVE EXPANSION ENGINE

GWR 1500 PANNIER TANK

LJUNGSTROM’S CRANKLESS ENGINE

EVANS’ PUMPING ENGINE

GERMAN SINGLE STEAM ENGINE

PENNY FARTHING BICYCLE

ELECTRIC JIB CRANE

HORIZONTAL SINGLE PUG

FABRICATED BEAM ENGINE

IVATT GNR SINGLE LOCO

STEAM OPERATED INJECTOR PUMP

STEAM LAUNCH ANNA

HUDSWELL CLARKE NG LOCO

GERMAN MEDICAL VAN

WENTWORTH BEAM ENGINE

DUTCH LOCO MOTOR DRAWINGS

FIAT BEAST OF TURIN

20 TON GWR COAL WAGON

RECTILINEAR ENGINE

MILLER’S STEAM PUMP

SIEGE TRAIN

BEGINNER’S OSCILLATING ENGINE

DOUBLE SIDE LEVER ENGINE

HUNSLET 2-6-2

TWO-CYL DIRECT CONNECT ENGINE

HAE01 STIRLING ENGINE

NORTH OF IRELAND LOCO

KACIO REVERSING ENGINE

REVOLVING CYLINDER ENGINE

WINDING ENGINE

OSCILLATOR PLANT

DENNY ERICSSON ENGINE BUILD

BEGINNER’S STEAM

RADIAL TRAMCAR

BERRY COMPOUND TANDEM ENGINE

GNOME MONOSOUPAPE REVISITED

SIMPLE BEGINNERS’ ENGINES

EARLY NG LOCO

SINGLE CYLINDER HORIZONTAL ENGINE

USS MONITOR ENGINE

RADCLIFFE TELESCOPE

CHERRY HILL

ROBINSON B4 HOT AIR ENGINES

TWO CYLINDER VERTICAL

8HP HORIZONTAL ENGINE

SUFFOLK STEAM TRACTOR

VERTICAL SINGLE ENGINE

AMERICAN TANK LOCOS FOR WALES

STUART S50 MILL ENGINE

GRIFFIN OIL ENGINE

FOUR-VALVE MILL ENGINE

CAMBIER FIRE ENGINE

EAGLE GNR 4-4-0 LOCO DRAWINGS

SMALL OSCILLATING ENGINE

BALTIC TANK

ECONOMY HIT AND MISS

SCHENECTADYLOCO

ENLARGED MONARCH

VELOCETTE KTT

PEUGEOT 1896

SWISS TURBINE LOCO

BLACK NIGHT STEAM ENGINE

CLAYTON & SHUTTLEWORTH ROAD LOCO

RAINHILL

ATKINSON ENGINE

NER TANK LOCO

SIMPLE HORIZONTAL ENGUNE

FOWLER PLOUGHING ENGINE

LIGHT AIRCRAFT

V-CYLINDER OSCILLATOR

SPARTAN UNIFLOW ENGINE

FLAME GULPER ENGINE

GEARED STEAM TURBINE LOCO

RLE ENGINE BUILD

MERCER HIGH PRESSURE PUMP

NICHOLAS GOVERNED ENGINE

CLAYCROSS CONISH ENGINE

MULTI ENGINE STEAM PLANT

CRETORS POPCORN ENGINE

SIEMENS STEAM MOTOR

TROJAN VERTICAL STEAM ENGINE

ME BEAM ENGINE

THWAITES STEAM HAMMER

STIRLING ENGINE

PERSEUS STEAM ENGINE

CORLISS SINGLE

STEAM ‘HIT AND MISS’

HORIZONTAL TWIN

SEMI-PORTABLE WINDING ENGINE

LITTLE DANDY STEAM ENGINES

DELAMATER HOT AIR ENGINE

UNDERGROUND STEAM LOCO

PLANETARY GEARBOX

WOODWARD’S GEARLESS CLOCK

STEAM STREET RAILWAYS

THAMES YACHT SHEILA

FOWLER 8HP TRACTION ENGINE

TWIN DIRECT-ACTING ENGINE

ALBERT HALL GRASSHOPPER ENGINE

THE SKYLON

ROLLING MILL ENGINE

ELECTRIC FIRE WAGON

3D ROCKET

ROB ROY LOCO

FURNESS LOCO

LBSCR STROUDLEY TERRIER

STEAM PACKET ENGINES

ALEXANDER HORIZONTAL ENGINE

SENSITIVE DRILL

SIMPLE OSCILLATING ENGINE

DRUMMOND 4-4-0 (2)

SMALL SIMPLE GEARBOX

HIRED MAN GAS ENGINE

HORIZONTAL STEAM ENGINE

FREELANCE 20C I/C ENGINE

SIMPLE BOILER FEED PUMP

DRUMMOND’S 4-4-0 LOCO

BSA M21 ENGINE

JULIUS’ CONDENSING COMPOUND

HORIZONTAL SLIDE VALVE ENGINE

KING EDWARD VIII LOCO

WEBB’S LNWR 0-6-2 TANK LOCO

1831LOCO ENGINE

ANDREW’S GAS ENGINE

LMS CORONATION LOCO

WIGZELL TRIPLE

GWR SMALL PRAIRIE LOCO

US LOCO FOR MIDLAND RAILWAY

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ENGINE

FRENCH EXPRESS LOCO

GARRETT TRACTION ENGINE

3D TURBINE LOCO CAB

KOPPEL 5” GAUGE LOCO

COMPOUND ENGINE AND DYNAMO

BR 9F LOCO

COMPOUND DUPLEX ENGINE

COMPOUND DUPLEX ENGINE DRAWINGS

SINGLE PHASE ELECTRIC LOCO

CRANKLESS ENGINE BUILD

CRANKLESS ENGINE DRAWINGS

BOULTON & WATT BELLCRANK ENGINE

4-4-0 AUSTRIAN LOCO

JAMES COOMBES ENGINE REVISITED

STUART MAJOR BEAM ENGINE

BEGINNER’S STEAM ENGINE

DEAN ARMSTRONG 4-4-0

CHERRY’S MODEL ENGINES

SPECIAL FEATURES

GREAT MODELS

DVDS

MODEL ENGINEERING WEBSITE

News and editorial

By David Carpenter

UNICORN METRIC STEAM ENGINE

Another great new project from Julius.


CLAYTON UNDERTYPE WAGON

Model of the Week is Ian Carney’s super Clayton undertype from the MEWS archive


PARKER’S ELECTRIC LOCO

Article from the archives detailing an early electric locomotive.



BR CLASS 4 2-6-0

A set of fine drawings from Doug Hewson for a super  accurate 5” gauge version of the BR Mogul.


ELECTRONIC LEADSCREW CONVERSION

Final part of a short series on how a lathe leadscrew was converted to electronic control




WESSEL ENGINES DISP
LAY

Stephen Wessel has found a permanent home for his  outstanding aero engines.                                    


AVAILABLE NOW

After recently selling out around the world, the publishers, Crowood,  have re-printed some more copies of Cherry’s  Model Engines. More details here.





DUTCH LOCO MOTOR DRAWING

Julius’ drawings for  an attractive  Dutch loco motor in 7.25” gauge for a great project. Final part.




REVOLVING CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE

Another great model completed to Julius’ design by Rafel Ayensa. Drawings are available


DENNY ERICSSON  ENGINE

Jason concludes his description of building the Denny improved Ericsson engine.


LBSCR STROUDLEY TERRIER

Great project from Julius. Stroudley Terrier in 5” gauge for those who choose to work in metric.


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David Carpenter is your editor of Model Engineering Website, the weekly web magazine for model engineers now in its 18th year. David was originally  an engineer and later a journalist with Daily Telegraph, Metalworking Production, Industry Week, Statist, etc and editor of Model Engineer.

Regular contributors include designer Julius de Waal and Jason Ballamy.














David Carpenter

Editor, Model Engineering Website