MODELS+ TO BUILD

MEWS includes a number of projects to build in the home workshop including drawings where appropriate. Those currently available are listed below. Readers are most welcome to use these designs for their personal use. They are all subject to copyright and are not to be used commercially. Click on a title to see the article(s). They all come highly recommended!


SPARK EROSION MACHINE the world’s simplest to build

TOBY the ideal beginner’s locomotive by Steve Eaton

SIMPLE TWO-STROKE I/C engine great first engine by Jan Ridders

VAPOUR CARBURETTOR brilliant original design by Jan Ridders

SUN CLOCK Roger Bunce’s popular sundial which tells clock time

ATKINSON FOUR-STROKE ENGINE fascinating design  by Jan Ridders

BALANCED BEAM ENGINE by Julius de Waal using stock  material

OTTO FOUR STROKE ENGINE another highly original design

LINFORD I/C ENGINE Two piston single cylinder two-stroke engine

SIMPLE OSCILLATING STEAM ENGINE by Julius de Waal using stock materials

BOXER OSCILLATING STEAM ENGINE

by Julius de Waal using stock materials

VACUUM ENGINE by Jan Ridders

V-TWIN STEAM ENGINE

by Julius de Waal using stock materials

SINGAPORE BALL by T Barnes

BROACHING TOOL by Graham Howe

BROACHING CUTTERS by Graham Howe

BUILD YOUR OWN LATHE by Guenter Kallies

MILLING SPINDLE LOCK by Graham Meek

TWIN-CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE by Bob Middleton

THE RIDDERS 4-STROKE by Jan Ridders

TWIN STEAM ENGINE by Bob Middleton

VERNIER SCALE AND FEED SCREW LOCK by Graham Meek

LITTLE DEMON V-8 by Steve Huck

DECAUVILLE G1 by Julius de Waal

SeeSaw escapement by Roger Bunce

TREVITHICK LOCO by Julius de Waal

QUORN TOOL HOLDER by ‘Crankpin’

WIRE, ROD AND PIPE BENDER by Ken Irwin

MYFORD DRAWBARS by Adrian Garner

TREVITHICK LOCO by Julius de Waal

DE AREND LOCO by Julius de Waal

AND FROM DOUG HEWSON

BRITANNIA

GWR  5700

LNER Y4

BR CLASS 4