Editorial
Dome Making
A Flavour of Guildford
Geometry of Baker Valve Gear
Birmingham SME Golden Jubilee Rally
A Miniature Lathe
'Osprey' - a 35cc three cylinder radial aero engine
'Jethro' - a small twin cylinder steam engine
Burrell Gold Medal Tractor in 2" scale
92220 'Evening Star' adapted for 5" gauge
Foden STG5 Timber Tractor
James Watt's Lap Engine in Miniature
'Leeds' - a nineteenth century 2-4-0 express locomotive
Bits & Bobs
Building a Beyer Garratt Locomotive in 2'&' gauge
Club Newsround
Diary of Events
On the Shelf
Readers Letters

COVER PICTURE - A 1906 White steam car seen at Melbourne Steam Traction Rally. Fitted with a two cylinder compound steam engine with Stephensons link valve gear, superheated steam at 760^ is supplied by a monotube boiler at a pressure of between 200-1000 psi. The vehicle takes about ten to fifteen minutes to start from cold, consumes fuel (pure petrol) at about 10 mpg and water at about 8 mpg and has a range of about 100 miles. The car has a top speed of 50 mphwith hood down and a two speed gearbox is fitted, but is only used on the most severe grades. The body is wooden framed with aluminium panels and the total weight is 1 ton 6 cwt.