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Alphabetical Listing by Title

Title	Author/Publisher
2-Stroke Glow Engines	Gierke, David C
Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II	White, Graham
American Model Engine Encyclopedia	Dannels, T
Anderson's Blue Book (4th Edition)	Anderson, F&V
Anderson's Blue Book (5th Edition)	Anderson, F&V
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon	Grey, M
Atom Minor Mk III (The)	Westbury, ET
Aviation Engines	Paigé, VW
Aviation's Great Recruiter	Schreiner, HL
Bill Winter's Plan Book	Winter, W
Building the 1/4 Scale 270 Offy: A Workshop Manual	Ronald J Colonna
Building the Bentley BR2 World War I Rotary Aero Engine	Blackmore, L
Building the Maltese Falcon	Shelley, J
Clerget Patent Aero Engines Instructions and Lists of Parts	Gwynnes Ltd
Collector's Guide to Model Aero Engines	Fisher, OFW
Cox Model Engine Handbook	Dannels, Tim; Sitter, Dan
Czech Model Engines	Linka, J; Kafka, J
Dan Calkin And His ELFs (He Never Called Them Elves!)	Brown, John J
Dennymites, Drones & More: A Biography of Walter H. Righter	Dunkin, James E
Design of Machine Elements	Spotts, MF
Diesel Engine Design	Walshaw, TD
Diesel Model Engines (reprint)	Bowden, CE
EDM How-To Book	Fleming, B
Elegance in Flight	Conner, Margaret
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 8	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 27	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 28	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 29	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 30	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 31	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 32	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 33	Dannels, Tim (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 35	Dannels, Tim (ed)
Engineering Plans Special	Encanta (pub)
FROG Model Aircraft 1932-1976	Lines & Hellström
Faster then the Sun	Twiss, Peter
Fedden	Gunston, W
Fifty Years of Aeromodeller	Smeed, Vic
First Flight	Heppenheimer, TA
Flying Models: Favourites of the Fifties	Smeed, Vic
Free Flight Quarterly	Montes, S (ed)
Gas Turbine Engines for Model Aircraft	Schreckling, K
Genesis Of The Jet	Golly, J
Gordon Burford's Model Engines	Dislers, Maris
Grinding, Lapping, and Honing	Westbury, ET
Harry's Handbook For Miniature Engines	Higley, Harry
Hodgson 9 Cylinder Radial Plans	Hodgson, L
Home Built Model Turbines	Schreckling, K
Ignition Coils and Magnetos in Miniature	Shores, Bob
Ignition Equipment	Westbury, ET
Images of England: Napier Powered	Vessey, A
Internal Fire	Cummins, C. Lyle
Kenwells Engineering Data Charts and Reference Tables	anon
Know Your Model Aero Engine	Warring, RH
LBSC His Life and Locomotives	Hollingsworth, Brian
LME-125 "Puck" Construction Plans	Snouffer, Todd
LME-370 Radial Construction Plans	Snouffer, Todd
Machine Shop Trade Secrets	Harvey, James A
Machinists Bedside Reader	Lautard, Guy
Making Pistons for Experimental and Restoration Engines	Chastain, S
Mechanique et Modeles en Reduction	Suzor, G
Miniature Aero Motors	Warring, R
Miniature Internal Combustion Engines	Stride, M
Model Engine Builder #5	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #6	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #7	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #8	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #9	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #12	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #14	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #15	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #16	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #21	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Designer and Manufacturer Profiles	Janson, DR
Model Engine Mechanics	Cornell, G
Model Engine World #74	Nahum, A (ed)
Model Engine World #75/6	Nehum, A (ed)
Model Engine World #77	Nahum, A (ed)
Model Engineer, Vol 198, issue #4293	Encanta (pub)
Model Engineer, Vol 78, issue #1913	Percival Marshall Ltd
Model Engineers Workshop Manual	Thomas, GH
Model Engineers' Workshop #88	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #90	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #92	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #93	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #104	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #109	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #117	Nexus (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #123	Encanta (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #125	Encanta (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #135	Magicalia Media (pub)
Model Engineers' Workshop #161	Nexus (pub)
Model Flying: The First Fifty Years	Smeed, Vic
Model Four-Stroke Engines	Chinn, PGF
Model Gas Engine Handbook	Winston, Bernard B
Model Petrol Engines	Caunter, CF
Motor Boys' Plan Book	AMA (pub)
Not Much of an Engineer	Hooker, S
OFW Fisher Collection of Model Aero Engines and Aeroplanes	Chrystals Auction Catalog
Petits Moteurs	Suzor, G
Petrol Engines: Designing - Buiding - Running	Mason, LC
Pictorial A-Z of Vintage and Classic Model Airplane Engines	Clanford, M
Pictorial A-Z revisited	Clanford, M
R-2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece	White, Graham
R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle	White, Graham
Rolls-Royce Cercy (The)	Nauhm A, Foster-Pegg R, & Birch D
Sectioned Drawings of Piston Aero Engines	Jones, L
Slide Rule	Norway, Nevil Shute
Small Internal Combustion Engines	Westbury, ET
Stealing Speed	Oxley, Mat
Swedish Model Engine Encyclopedia	Carlén, Ulf
Tabletop Machining	Martin, J
The Development of Piston Aero Engines	Gunston, W
The First Home-Built Aeroplanes	Ord-Hume, Arthur WJG
The Model Aero Encyclopaedia	Moulton, Ron
The Rolls-Royce Crecy	Nehum, Andrew, Foster-Pegg, Dick, Birch, David
The Wankel Rotary Engine: A History	Hege, John B
They Should Have Kept the Bear	Brebeck, Ted
Those Incredible Pepperells	Poletti, Maurice
Tornado: Wright's Last Water-cooled Piston Engine	McCutcheon, Kim
Torque Meter Vol 2, #1	Aircraft Engine Historical Society
Torque Meter Vol 2, #2	Aircraft Engine Historical Society
Torque Meter Vol 2, #3	Aircraft Engine Historical Society
Torque Meter Vol 6, #1	Aircraft Engine Historical Society
Trustee from the Toolroom	Shute, Nevil
Two-Stroke Cycle Engine (The)	Heywood & Sher
Two-Stroke Power Units: Their Design and Application	Irving, PE
Vees For Victory! The Story of the Alison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948	Whitney, DD
Wolseley Radial Aero Engines: Lord Nuffield's Thwarted Venture	Seymore, Peter
Workshop Practice Series 12: Drills, Taps and Dies	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practice Series 14: Making Small Workshop Tools	Brey, Stan
Workshop Practice Series 15: Workholding in the Lathe	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practice Series 19: Spring Design & Manufacture	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practice Series 43: The Mini-Lathe	Fenner, David
Workshop Practice Series 5: Milling Operations in the Lathe	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practice Series 9: Soldering and Brazing	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practive Series 24: Electric Motors (2nd Edition)	Cox, Jim

Alphabetical Listing by Author

Author/Publisher	Title
AMA (pub)	Motor Boys' Plan Book
Aircraft Engine Historical Society	Torque Meter Vol 2, #1
Aircraft Engine Historical Society	Torque Meter Vol 2, #2
Aircraft Engine Historical Society	Torque Meter Vol 2, #3
Aircraft Engine Historical Society	Torque Meter Vol 6, #1
Anderson, F&V	Anderson's Blue Book (4th Edition)
Anderson, F&V	Anderson's Blue Book (5th Edition)
Blackmore, L	Building the Bentley BR2 World War I Rotary Aero Engine
Bowden, CE	Diesel Model Engines (reprint)
Brebeck, Ted	They Should Have Kept the Bear
Brey, Stan	Workshop Practice Series 14: Making Small Workshop Tools
Brown, John J	Dan Calkin And His ELFs (He Never Called Them Elves!)
Cain, Tubal	Workshop Practice Series 12: Drills, Taps and Dies
Cain, Tubal	Workshop Practice Series 15: Workholding in the Lathe
Cain, Tubal	Workshop Practice Series 19: Spring Design & Manufacture
Cain, Tubal	Workshop Practice Series 5: Milling Operations in the Lathe
Cain, Tubal	Workshop Practice Series 9: Soldering and Brazing
Carlén, Ulf	Swedish Model Engine Encyclopedia
Caunter, CF	Model Petrol Engines
Chastain, S	Making Pistons for Experimental and Restoration Engines
Chinn, PGF	Model Four-Stroke Engines
Chrystals Auction Catalog	OFW Fisher Collection of Model Aero Engines and Aeroplanes
Clanford, M	Pictorial A-Z of Vintage and Classic Model Airplane Engines
Clanford, M	Pictorial A-Z revisited
Conner, Margaret	Elegance in Flight
Cornell, G	Model Engine Mechanics
Cox, Jim	Workshop Practive Series 24: Electric Motors (2nd Edition)
Cummins, C. Lyle	Internal Fire
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 8
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 27
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 28
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 29
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 30
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 31
Dannels, T (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 32
Dannels, Tim (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 33
Dannels, Tim (ed)	Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 35
Dannels, Tim; Sitter, Dan	Cox Model Engine Handbook
Dannels, T	American Model Engine Encyclopedia
Dislers, Maris	Gordon Burford's Model Engines
Dunkin, James E	Dennymites, Drones & More: A Biography of Walter H. Righter
Encanta (pub)	Engineering Plans Special
Encanta (pub)	Model Engineer, Vol 198, issue #4293
Encanta (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #123
Encanta (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #125
Fenner, David	Workshop Practice Series 43: The Mini-Lathe
Fisher, OFW	Collector's Guide to Model Aero Engines
Fleming, B	EDM How-To Book
Gierke, David C	2-Stroke Glow Engines
Golly, J	Genesis Of The Jet
Grey, M	Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon
Gunston, W	Fedden
Gunston, W	The Development of Piston Aero Engines
Gwynnes Ltd	Clerget Patent Aero Engines Instructions and Lists of Parts
Harvey, James A	Machine Shop Trade Secrets
Hege, John B	The Wankel Rotary Engine: A History
Heppenheimer, TA	First Flight
Heywood & Sher	Two-Stroke Cycle Engine (The)
Higley, Harry	Harry's Handbook For Miniature Engines
Hodgson, L	Hodgson 9 Cylinder Radial Plans
Hollingsworth, Brian	LBSC His Life and Locomotives
Hooker, S	Not Much of an Engineer
Irving, PE	Two-Stroke Power Units: Their Design and Application
Janson, DR	Model Engine Designer and Manufacturer Profiles
Jones, L	Sectioned Drawings of Piston Aero Engines
Lautard, Guy	Machinists Bedside Reader
Lines & Hellström	FROG Model Aircraft 1932-1976
Linka, J; Kafka, J	Czech Model Engines
Magicalia Media (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #135
Martin, J	Tabletop Machining
Mason, LC	Petrol Engines: Designing - Buiding - Running
McCutcheon, Kim	Tornado: Wright's Last Water-cooled Piston Engine
Montes, S (ed)	Free Flight Quarterly
Moulton, Ron	The Model Aero Encyclopaedia
Nahum, A (ed)	Model Engine World #74
Nahum, A (ed)	Model Engine World #77
Nauhm A, Foster-Pegg R, & Birch D	Rolls-Royce Cercy (The)
Nehum, A (ed)	Model Engine World #75/6
Nehum, Andrew, Foster-Pegg, Dick, Birch, David	The Rolls-Royce Crecy
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #88
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #90
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #92
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #93
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #104
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #109
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #117
Nexus (pub)	Model Engineers' Workshop #161
Norway, Nevil Shute	Slide Rule
Ord-Hume, Arthur WJG	The First Home-Built Aeroplanes
Oxley, Mat	Stealing Speed
Paigé, VW	Aviation Engines
Percival Marshall Ltd	Model Engineer, Vol 78, issue #1913
Poletti, Maurice	Those Incredible Pepperells
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #5
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #6
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #7
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #8
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #9
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #12
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #14
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #15
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #16
Rehmus, M (ed)	Model Engine Builder #21
Ronald J Colonna	Building the 1/4 Scale 270 Offy: A Workshop Manual
Schreckling, K	Gas Turbine Engines for Model Aircraft
Schreckling, K	Home Built Model Turbines
Schreiner, HL	Aviation's Great Recruiter
Seymore, Peter	Wolseley Radial Aero Engines: Lord Nuffield's Thwarted Venture
Shelley, J	Building the Maltese Falcon
Shores, Bob	Ignition Coils and Magnetos in Miniature
Shute, Nevil	Trustee from the Toolroom
Smeed, Vic	Fifty Years of Aeromodeller
Smeed, Vic	Flying Models: Favourites of the Fifties
Smeed, Vic	Model Flying: The First Fifty Years
Snouffer, Todd	LME-125 "Puck" Construction Plans
Snouffer, Todd	LME-370 Radial Construction Plans
Spotts, MF	Design of Machine Elements
Stride, M	Miniature Internal Combustion Engines
Suzor, G	Mechanique et Modeles en Reduction
Suzor, G	Petits Moteurs
Thomas, GH	Model Engineers Workshop Manual
Twiss, Peter	Faster then the Sun
Vessey, A	Images of England: Napier Powered
Walshaw, TD	Diesel Engine Design
Warring, RH	Know Your Model Aero Engine
Warring, R	Miniature Aero Motors
Westbury, ET	Atom Minor Mk III (The)
Westbury, ET	Grinding, Lapping, and Honing
Westbury, ET	Ignition Equipment
Westbury, ET	Small Internal Combustion Engines
White, Graham	Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II
White, Graham	R-2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece
White, Graham	R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle
Whitney, DD	Vees For Victory! The Story of the Alison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948
Winston, Bernard B	Model Gas Engine Handbook
Winter, W	Bill Winter's Plan Book
anon	Kenwells Engineering Data Charts and Reference Tables

Listing by Ranking (descending)

Title	Author/Publisher
2-Stroke Glow Engines	Gierke, David C
Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II	White, Graham
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon	Grey, M
Cox Model Engine Handbook	Dannels, Tim; Sitter, Dan
Dan Calkin And His ELFs (He Never Called Them Elves!)	Brown, John J
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 32	Dannels, T (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 33	Dannels, Tim (ed)
Engine Collectors' Journal Volume 35	Dannels, Tim (ed)
FROG Model Aircraft 1932-1976	Lines & Hellström
Fifty Years of Aeromodeller	Smeed, Vic
Gordon Burford's Model Engines	Dislers, Maris
Hodgson 9 Cylinder Radial Plans	Hodgson, L
Kenwells Engineering Data Charts and Reference Tables	anon
Machine Shop Trade Secrets	Harvey, James A
Model Engineers Workshop Manual	Thomas, GH
Motor Boys' Plan Book	AMA (pub)
R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle	White, Graham
Stealing Speed	Oxley, Mat
Swedish Model Engine Encyclopedia	Carlén, Ulf
The First Home-Built Aeroplanes	Ord-Hume, Arthur WJG
The Model Aero Encyclopaedia	Moulton, Ron
The Wankel Rotary Engine: A History	Hege, John B
Two-Stroke Power Units: Their Design and Application	Irving, PE
Wolseley Radial Aero Engines: Lord Nuffield's Thwarted Venture	Seymore, Peter
American Model Engine Encyclopedia	Dannels, T
Anderson's Blue Book (4th Edition)	Anderson, F&V
Anderson's Blue Book (5th Edition)	Anderson, F&V
Aviation's Great Recruiter	Schreiner, HL
Building the 1/4 Scale 270 Offy: A Workshop Manual	Ronald J Colonna
Building the Bentley BR2 World War I Rotary Aero Engine	Blackmore, L
Dennymites, Drones & More: A Biography of Walter H. Righter	Dunkin, James E
EDM How-To Book	Fleming, B
Faster then the Sun	Twiss, Peter
Fedden	Gunston, W
Flying Models: Favourites of the Fifties	Smeed, Vic
Genesis Of The Jet	Golly, J
Harry's Handbook For Miniature Engines	Higley, Harry
Ignition Coils and Magnetos in Miniature	Shores, Bob
LME-125 "Puck" Construction Plans	Snouffer, Todd
LME-370 Radial Construction Plans	Snouffer, Todd
Miniature Internal Combustion Engines	Stride, M
Model Engine Builder #12	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Four-Stroke Engines	Chinn, PGF
Slide Rule	Norway, Nevil Shute
The Development of Piston Aero Engines	Gunston, W
Trustee from the Toolroom	Shute, Nevil
Workshop Practice Series 15: Workholding in the Lathe	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practice Series 43: The Mini-Lathe	Fenner, David
Workshop Practice Series 9: Soldering and Brazing	Cain, Tubal
Clerget Patent Aero Engines Instructions and Lists of Parts	Gwynnes Ltd
Collector's Guide to Model Aero Engines	Fisher, OFW
Czech Model Engines	Linka, J; Kafka, J
Diesel Engine Design	Walshaw, TD
Elegance in Flight	Conner, Margaret
First Flight	Heppenheimer, TA
Home Built Model Turbines	Schreckling, K
Internal Fire	Cummins, C. Lyle
LBSC His Life and Locomotives	Hollingsworth, Brian
Miniature Aero Motors	Warring, R
Model Engine Builder #15	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Builder #21	Rehmus, M (ed)
Model Engine Mechanics	Cornell, G
Model Flying: The First Fifty Years	Smeed, Vic
Model Gas Engine Handbook	Winston, Bernard B
Not Much of an Engineer	Hooker, S
R-2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece	White, Graham
Rolls-Royce Cercy (The)	Nauhm A, Foster-Pegg R, & Birch D
Tabletop Machining	Martin, J
The Rolls-Royce Crecy	Nehum, Andrew, Foster-Pegg, Dick, Birch, David
They Should Have Kept the Bear	Brebeck, Ted
Those Incredible Pepperells	Poletti, Maurice
Workshop Practice Series 14: Making Small Workshop Tools	Brey, Stan
Workshop Practice Series 5: Milling Operations in the Lathe	Cain, Tubal
Workshop Practive Series 24: Electric Motors (2nd Edition)	Cox, Jim
Atom Minor Mk III (The)	Westbury, ET
Building the Maltese Falcon	Shelley, J
Design of Machine Elements	Spotts, MF
Gas Turbine Engines for Model Aircraft	Schreckling, K
Machinists Bedside Reader	Lautard, Guy
Making Pistons for Experimental and Restoration Engines	Chastain, S
Model Engine Designer and Manufacturer Profiles	Janson, DR
Model Engine World #74	Nahum, A (ed)
Petrol Engines: Designing - Buiding - Running	Mason, LC
Pictorial A-Z of Vintage and Classic Model Airplane Engines	Clanford, M
Pictorial A-Z revisited	Clanford, M
Sectioned Drawings of Piston Aero Engines	Jones, L
Tornado: Wright's Last Water-cooled Piston Engine	McCutcheon, Kim
Aviation Engines	Paigé, VW
Bill Winter's Plan Book	Winter, W
Diesel Model Engines (reprint)	Bowden, CE
Grinding, Lapping, and Honing	Westbury, ET
Ignition Equipment	Westbury, ET
Images of England: Napier Powered	Vessey, A
Model Engine World #77	Nahum, A (ed)
Two-Stroke Cycle Engine (The)	Heywood & Sher
Workshop Practice Series 19: Spring Design & Manufacture	Cain, Tubal
Small Internal Combustion Engines	Westbury, ET
Vees For Victory! The Story of the Alison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948	Whitney, DD
Workshop Practice Series 12: Drills, Taps and Dies	Cain, Tubal
Model Engine World #75/6	Nehum, A (ed)
Model Petrol Engines	Caunter, CF
Engineering Plans Special	Encanta (pub)
Know Your Model Aero Engine	Warring, RH

Total reviews: 137

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Just a word on the "stars" ranking: if they look biased to the high side, it's because most were purchased from my own pocket, not sent for review, and I carefully consider purchases first—though I've been known to buy the occasional turkey. You'll also notice that I (mostly) don't rank magazines and journals. This is because the spread of article subject matter and quality as related to my focus and interests makes any such ranking too subjective, and possibly misleading. That said, I will occasionally rank a journal if it contains a really good piece that cannot be found anywhere else, or if the editor/publisher has, in my own humble opinion, totally lost the plot!

 

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