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{{Infobox magazine
| image_file = Model Engineer cover.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Sample cover
| editor = Martin R Evans
| editor_title =
| previous_editor =
| staff_writer =
| frequency = Bi-weekly
| circulation =
| category = Hobby magazines
| company =
| publisher = Mortons Media Group
| founded = 1898
| country = United Kingdom
| based = [[Horncastle]], Lincolnshire
| language = English
| website = [http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/ model-engineer.co.uk]
| issn = 0026-7325
}}
'''''Model Engineer''''' magazine was first published (in the [[United Kingdom]]) to support the hobby of [[model engineering]] in 1898 by [[Percival Marshall]], who was to remain its editor for over 50 years. It has been owned by [[Mortons Media Group]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mortons.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=mortons.co.uk}}</ref> since 2022. The magazine addressed the emergence of a new hobby — the construction of models (often working) and experimental engineering, largely in metal. It transcended class barriers, appealing to professional engineers, jobbing machinists and anyone interested in making working mechanisms.

==Contributors==
The magazine has had many notable contributors, but foremost among these was [[Curly Lawrence|LBSC]] ([[pen name]] of Lillian 'Curly' Lawrence). From the inter-war period to the 1960s he produced many designs for simple but reliable small model steam locomotives. Most of these were published in ''Model Engineer'', and brought the construction of small passenger hauling locomotives within the reach of the typical home machinist. Other notable contributors include [[Henry Greenly]], [[Edgar T. Westbury]], J. N. Maskelyne<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.myhobbystore.co.uk/product/17307/newbury-lo22 |title=Newbury LO22 - Locomotive - Model Engineering Plans - Model Engineering - My Hobby Store |access-date=2010-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123203752/http://www.myhobbystore.co.uk/product/17307/newbury-lo22 |archive-date=2010-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and one of the most notable editors, [[Martin Evans (model engineer)|Martin Evans]]. Fifty years later, the editor again has the name Martin Evans but is not of course the same person.

==Model Engineer Exhibition==
''Model Engineer'' had a long-standing association with the [[Model Engineer Exhibition]], originally held at [[Olympia, London|Olympia]] in London. The exhibition was almost as venerable an institution as the magazine itself, and was notable for the display of some of the finest examples of the hobby.

==Magazine content==
The subject matter of the (now fortnightly, earlier weekly) magazine ranges from articles about techniques and tools to profiles of full-size prototypes of modelling subjects. The main content is, however, 'constructional articles' describing projects at various levels of detail. Such articles range from single pages to long-running series in successive or alternate issues, some of which can last for many months, if not years. These more detailed series generally appeal to a wider audience than those engaged in the project. It is often as much in the (often loosely) related anecdotes alongside as in the processes described.

==''Model Engineer'' today==
Over the years the magazine has waxed and waned, but is currently enjoying the increased popularity of the hobby engendered by the availability of comparatively cheap machine tools from China and Taiwan. In 1990 it spun off a companion title [[Model Engineers' Workshop]] which enjoys similar success but focuses more on workshop techniques and tooling.

==See also==
* [[Bassett-Lowke]]
* [[Live steam]]
* [[Ridable miniature railway]]
* [[Model engineering]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.model-engineer.co.uk Magazine site]
* [http://www.itech.net.au/modelengineer Model Engineer Magazine online index]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180606032712/http://www.modelengineershow.co.uk/ Model Engineer Exhibition]
* ''[https://archive.org/details/ModelEngineerVol073No1807wIndex Model Engineer]'' collection at the [[Internet Archive]]

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[[Category:Biweekly magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Hobby magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Engineering magazines]]
[[Category:Live steam]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1898]]
[[Category:Mass media in Kent]]

Model Engineer - Revision history

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