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Model Engineers ❖❖ THE ORIGINORIGINALAL MMAGAZINEAGAZINE FOR MODEL ENGINEERS ❖❖ Vol. 226 No. 4654 18 - 31 December 2020 Join our online community www.model-engineer.co.uk Index to volume 225 Christmas TTaleale PP22 Frames COVER FEAFEATURETURE ENGINEERING GROUP LBSC and TToyoy TTrainsrains £4.20 Published by MyTimeMedia Ltd. Suite 25S, Eden House, Enterprise Way, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6HF www.model-engineer.co.uk 41 24 SUBSCRIPTIONS UK - New, Renewals & Enquiries Tel: 0344 243 9023 Email: [email protected] USA & CANADA - New, Renewals & Enquiries Tel: (001)-866-647-9191 REST OF WORLD - New, Renewals & Enquiries Tel: +44 1604 828 748 Email: [email protected] Vol. 226 No. 4654 18 - 31 December 2020 CURRENT AND BACK ISSUES Tel: 01795 662976 Website: www.mags-uk.com EDITORIAL Editor: Martin R Evans Tel: +44 (0)7710 192953 8 SMOKE RINGS 26 MAKING A STAND THAT News, views and comment on Email: [email protected] WILL MAKE YOUR MODEL Assistant Editor: Diane Carney the world of model engineering. STEAM ENGINES PROUD Club News Editor: Geoff Theasby Luker lines his locos up on ledges. 9 HOT AIR TOY LOCOMOTIVES PRODUCTION Roger Backhouse takes LBSC 29 INDEX TO VOLUME 225 Designer: Yvette Green back to his childhood. Illustrator: Grahame Chambers Retouching Manager: Brian Vickers 33 150 YEARS OF THE QUARRY Ad Production: Andy Tompkins 12 GRASSHOPPER HUNSLET DYNASTY HAULAGE ENGINE Mark Smithers celebrates 150 years of one of ADVERTISING Stewart Hart makes a model of a haulage the best known small locomotive manufacturers. Advertising Sales Executive: Angela Price engine displayed in the Manchester Email: [email protected] Museum of Science and Industry. 37 GARRETT 4CD TRACTOR MARKETING & SUBSCRIPTIONS Chris Gunn takes his tractor to its first Subscription Manager: 16 BOOK REVIEW rally and irons out a few issues. Beth Ashby Martin Ranson reviews Ceramic Burners for Model Steam Boilers by Alex Weiss. 41 PETROL ENGINE AND MANAGEMENT ALTERNATOR SETS Group Advertising Manager: Rhona Bolger Email: [email protected] 17 WORM AND WHEEL Jon Freeman investigates the design of efficient Chief Executive: GEARING IN CLOCKWORK petrol-electric locomotive traction systems. 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