Engineering in Miniature heads into a new year with the start of a focus on a more sustainable future for model engineering, with Rugby ME's Edward Parrott describing trials with new greener coal substitutes.

We also round off our coverage of the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition with the club and display stands that were packed with quality models. Rich Wightman's new guide to loco building for novices reveals the hidden pitfalls of working drawings, while the Keningtons have made the wheels and brakes for their ride-on tender project.

Julian Harrison unmasks the mysteries of electronic programming for a two-tone loco horn and techncial editor Harry faces more challenges in his efforts to keep a 6-inch scale railway running.

All this and much more in Engineering in Miniature.