Stuart International Model Engineering Club (SIMEC)
SIMEC, the Stuart Turner Model Engineers Club, was founded in 1971, and became an important resource for owners of Stuart engines. Initially bi-monthly, its newsletter switched in 1974 to a quarterly magazine.
THERE are so many Model Steam engine enthusiasts around the world that we thought it would be a good idea to give them a focal point for discussion and interchange of news and views. To this end we launched the Stuart International Model Engineering Club towards the end of last year. Brief details will be found at the end of this catalogue.
— , Stuart Turner Ltd., , Stuart Models catalogue, , September 1972
S. I. M. E. C.
(STUART INTERNATIONAL MODEL ENGINEERS CLUB)
THE CLUB, sponsored by this firm, aims to foster interest in and to spread knowledge of, Model Steam Engines. This it will do in the first instance by the interchange of experience between members, by advice to beginners and through the medium of a bi-monthly News-Letter. It is envisaged that with the growth of membership, meetings, exhibitions and competitions will be held and perhaps visits or excursions arranged to places of interest.
Membership is international and open., to all individuals who take an active interest in Model Steam Engines and more specifically Stuart models It 4-hoped. that members will, as chance allows, welcome visitors from overseas to discuss their mutual interest in an absorbing and very worthwhile hobby and this will, of course, not be a one-way traffic.
The Club aims to be self-supporting but we, as sponsors, are making an annual grant for three years. The annual subscription fixed by the Club Committee for the first year is £2.00 sterling.
All paid-up members receive the News-Letter free-of-charge, except that where overseas members request its being sent by airmail they will be billed for the additional cost.
The affairs of the Club are run by a Committee of six consisting of (a) Chairman or President appointed annually, (b) Secretary, (paid) appointed by Stuart Turner Ltd., (c) two members appointed annually by vote of members, (d) one member appointed annually by Stuart Turner Ltd., (e) an Honorary Treasurer appointed by Stuart Turner Ltd.
We hope you like the idea and may feel you can both contribute to the Club's success and gain from being a member of it. If so, please apply to:- The Secretary, SIMEC, 54 Berkshire Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
— , Stuart Turner Ltd., , Stuart Models catalogue, , September 1972
After six years S.I.M.E.C. has members in 25 countries (in the U.S.A. there are members in more than 30 States!). Among many interesting subjects on which articles have appeared in the Magazine are the Stirling Cycle, machining multithrow shafts, history of steam toys, slide valve timing, small boilers, etc.
All paid-up members receive the Magazine free-of-charge, except that where overseas members request its being sent by airmail they will be billed for the additional cost. Schools and colleges teaching engineering can be considered for special Corporate Membership.
— , Stuart Turner Ltd., , Stuart Models catalogue, , February 1978
