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<p><i>Model Engineer</i> magazine was first published (in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>) to support the hobby of <a href="/facts/Model_engineering/twBtL7Sh">model engineering</a> in 1898 by Percival Marshall, who was to remain its editor for over 50 years. It has been owned by <a href="/facts/Mortons_Media_Group/xes3CIyE">Mortons Media Group</a> since 2022. The magazine addressed the emergence of a new hobby — the construction of models (often working) and experimental engineering, largely in metal. It transcended class barriers, appealing to professional engineers, jobbing machinists and anyone interested in making working mechanisms. </p>