{"id":1223,"date":"2014-07-25T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2014-07-25T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T15:53:08","slug":"braking-the-timber-and-ore-wagons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1223","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Braking&#8221; the Timber and Ore wagons&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned in my last post, the next job was to sort out the brakes which are one sided on these wagons &#8211; they usually ran in pairs giving access to a brake from either side.<\/p>\n<p>This is what was provided in the two kits &#8211; the casting with the base being the Majestic offering and the rest came with the Dragon kit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6689.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6689\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6689.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6689-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6689-418x300.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe idea being that you solder the brass strip to one of the brake shoes with a few spares in case of accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Me being me, I didn&#8217;t really fancy that so I went for a strip of scrap etch bent to shape and some modified etched shoes from the spares box (suitably filed to an approximation of the cast shoes).<\/p>\n<p>My apologies for the rather poor first photo the camera kept trying to focus on something else&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6693.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6693\" width=\"694\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6693.jpg 694w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6693-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6697.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6697.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6697\" width=\"757\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6697.jpg 757w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6697-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also managed to get the lever made up for one of them but the work bench &#8220;ate&#8221; the locking nut for the second so more scrap etch needed for a replacement&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6692.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6692\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6692.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6692-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6692-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned in my last post, the next job was to sort out the brakes which are one sided on these wagons &#8211; they usually ran in pairs giving access to a brake from either side. 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