Who we are, and what brought us here.

Welcome to HMEM

Building a running engine is an accomplishment. Building it as a member of a team is an EVENT!

Ask any Question here from beginner to advanced.

A Place to Share Your Original Plans for Your Favorite Model.

For the modeler working from casting kits.

Boiler Builds, Questions and Answers

We have ALL done something to fit this category. Allow others to learn from our errors.

Pictures and Videos of our Project Of The Month Winners

Please add a post about your finished project.

Show them off here! Gallery quality or your first runner. We'd love to see it!

Have a new build in the works? Show the step by step here.

Have a question of how to? Post it here. What works for You? Share your tooling experience.

What did you do to make it better?

How did you do THAT?

Machining to your potential... and beyond...

Where do you build your models?

Every metal has it's own personality. What's it's best place in model building, and how do you cut it?

Asbestos Packing???? The old plans call for some now obsolete materials. What do you use in their place?

We all have things we're very good at, and things we need help with. If you're a Specialist please tell us!

We've all had the close calls. What went wrong? Let's all keep 10 fingers and 2 eyes.

Show your home foundry and casting projects.

Take 10 and relax! Whatever is on your mind.

If there is an upcoming event in your area tell us about it.

We are here to help, post your problems, we’ll find solutions.

Have something for sale? Looking for something? What's on eBay?

Material Sources, Tools, or other Related Sites.