Stanier 8F 8425 – Replacement tender

Some time ago I made some Dual lamp irons for the loco.

Milled Lamp Irons

I should have made some for the tender at the same time but I hadn’t decided to swap the tender at that point so saw no need for them. Then when I did need them I had completely forgotten how I made them.

So some trial and error over the last couple of weeks has given me these which still need some hand filing to finish them off

Rear Lamp irons
Ready for hand finishing.

Then came the problem of the upper lamp iron for the rear of the tender. It has been a bit elusive but I did eventually find photos of one and then worked out a way to mill it.

After squaring the end of some stock up last night I milled out the main shape today.

Again it needs cutting of and hand filing to final shape.