In the December edition of Engineering in Miniature we welcome back the EIM-sponsored Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition with the first of our full reports on the particularly high-quality models displayed this year.

Rich Wightman begins a new series alerting novices to the perils and challenges of a first loco build while Bruce Boldner completes his 5-inch Stirling Single by tackling the complex panting.

Peter and Matthew Kenington continue their build of a ride-on tender by making the coupling and tech-ed Harry Billmore tastes success in a loco conversion on the Fairbourne Railway.

All this and much more in this month's edition of the magazine for model engineers