Model Engineers
Historically, some of the leading names in the hobby have been those who encourage others through their writings, notably Edgar T. Westbury, "LBSC" (Lillian "Curly" Lawrence), Martin Evans and Tubal Cain (T. D. Walshaw), all writing for the British Model Engineer magazine. Kozo Hiraoka has authored several series of logging locomotive articles in the U.S. magazine Live Steam.
Many of the projects published by these authors contain detailed instructions and drawings for building steam and petrol engines, as well as locomotives in scales ranging from 1:24 to 1:8, capable of carrying passengers on a backyard railroad track.
The quality of work of some modern proponents of the hobby is astonishing, foremost among living model engineers are Cherry Hill, Gerald Wingrove and Barry Jordan.
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