In this issue:

25 Years of the Wandong Live Steamers

Read about the history of the club and the anniversary celebrations.

Realistic Locomotive Cooling Fans

Ian Strawbridge finds a cool fan for large-scale model Diesel locomotives.

7-1/4"g Great Eastern Tram

John Edwards describes his larger version of this popular model.

Little Red - Small Scale Internal Combustion Engine

John Briginshaw takes us through the saga of building a 1947 4-cylinder engine with a block only 6" long.

Non-measured Marking Out

Don't mark it out - print it out! This is a novel idea from Doug Meller.

Fitting Indexing Plates to a 3" Shoba Rotary Table

This rotary table isn’t meant for indexing plates but Gwyn Kemp found a way to prove ‘em wrong. Check the Downloads page of this website for the Indexing Charts that accompany this project.

Sparks 'n' Arcs - Top Down, Blocks and Interfaces

Richard Schurmann looks at starting out on a new design.

23rd Miniature Traction Engine Rally at Horsham

A fantastic weekend with miniature steam on the road.

Steam Chest

Dave Harper announces the news in the steam world plus meet the Giant Grasshopper!

A Gauge One Queensland Railway BB18-1/4 Loco

A very nice looking live steamer on 45mm gauge by George Punter.

Under 25s Award Entry Form

All you under 25s out there - get an entry form filled out for the AALS Convention in South Australia 2012 and send it off to AME before the big event! Bring your project to the Convention and you could win great prizes from AME and Hare & Forbes.

50 Years of the Diamond Valley Railway

Meet the Big Boy in steam plus lots of visitors to a week of festivities.

Club Roundup

Model Engineering clubs from both sides of the Tasman and further afield share their news and items of interest.

Coming Events

A guide to upcoming events of interest to model engineers in Australia and New Zealand

Correction - Constructing the H.J.C. Quorn

This is a correction to the article that appeared in issue 159.

Otago Miniature Road and Rail Society Inc.

Introduction to a new club recently formed in Dunedin NZ.

SCRMS October Interclub Run at Nambour

A brief look at an enjoyable weekend in Queensland.

Review - The Diamond Tool Holder

David Proctor finally managed to have a play in his workshop trying out the new Diamond Tool Holder.

Building a Miniature Steam Turbine

Bob Weir takes us through an in-depth look at designing miniature steam turbines.

Review - Wireless brake control system

This new system will make life easy for a lot of folks who just want to stop what they are doing!

News Desk

News and views of the modelling scene.

Market Place

The place where people buy and sell their models and many other items.