Les P

Les P

Les P Case Studies I was introduced to model engineering at the age of 14 when I built an oscillating steam engine at school without the use of a lathe. This was followed by a 10cc glow plug i.c. engine which introduced me to the school’s Southbend lathe. My first...
Richard G

Richard G

Richard G Case Studies My name is Richard G, and I have been involved in engineering all of my life, culminating in Head of Engineering at the NRM in York. I am retired by definition but I don’t think any engineer truly retires, they just change what they do and who...
Martin B

Martin B

Martin B Case Studies My name is Martin B. I’m a retired Police Officer who works part-time ‘doing woodwork’. I describe it as such because I do all sorts from hanging doors (my least favourite job) to making bespoke furniture and my ‘hobby’ recently evolved into...
Peter G

Peter G

Peter G Case Studies My name is Peter G. and I had the pleasure of founding Frimley and Ascot Locomotive Club in 1989 with a group of members of the Ascot locomotive Club when , due to re-development, we had to vacate the miniature railway track that we had built at...
John C

John C

John Cross FALC Case Studies My name is John C. and I have been a member of Frimley and Ascot Locomotive Club since the 1990s. I retired about 10 years ago now. My earliest recollection of things engineering was when I was 5, pulling apart a clockwork engine to find...