{"id":2526,"date":"2017-01-26T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2017-01-26T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:16:35","slug":"connoisseur-ner-birdcage-brake-with-side-cotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur NER Birdcage Brake with Side Cotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the procrastination was over and I got on with removing the end from the other van.<\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of things that you worry yourself about it was really quiet an easy job in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Using a few aluminium hair grips and self locking tweezers as heat sinks for the steps and lamp irons I managed to get the end off, remove the offending bits of metal (with a combination of piercing saw\/ rotary sanding drum and a cylindrical burr grinder in the dremel finished off with files) and subsequently soldered back on without anything coming adrift, Yeay!!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2527\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2527\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2527\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2783.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2783-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2783-768x692.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2783-333x300.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur NER Birdcage Brake with Side Cotes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And for completeness these are the photos of progress on the other van that I forgot to post last night&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2528\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2528\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2763.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2763-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2763-768x534.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2763-432x300.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur NER Birdcage Brake Van &#8211; Hand rails fitted<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2530\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2530\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2775.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2775.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2775-300x279.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2775-768x714.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2775-323x300.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur NER Birdcage Brake Van &#8211; Hand rails fitted<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2529\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2529\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2529\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2769.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2769-300x294.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2769-768x752.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2769-307x300.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur NER Birdcage Brake Van &#8211; Hand rails fitted<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the procrastination was over and I got on with removing the end from the other van. 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