{"id":2688,"date":"2017-04-16T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T14:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2017-04-16T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T14:12:27","slug":"gladiator-b161-tender-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2688","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator B16\/1 Tender Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I didn&#8217;t get back to it on Friday night further progress was made yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>To get a feel for things I decided to make a start on the tender. There are a few options for frame spacers supplied and I am using those recommended for O finescale and for anyone else who might be building one they don&#8217;t leave much in the way of side play should you desire it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2689\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2689\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3774.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3774-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3774-768x471.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3774-489x300.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Tender Chassis<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2690\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2690\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2690\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3788.jpg 628w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3788-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Tender Chassis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next up I did the water scoop &#8211; so far all the holes have been etched on the small side which is so much better than them being over etched.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2691\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2691\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2691\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3794.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3794-300x264.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3794-768x675.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3794-341x300.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Water Scoop<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also soldered up the brakes and found them to be a little odd in that the shoe overlays are slightly smaller than the main etch on the side nearest the wheel. It took a few moments of trial to work out which way round they fitted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2692\" style=\"width: 774px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2692\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2692\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg 764w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3802-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_3802-333x300.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Tender Brakes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chris and I popped along to York Show this morning, our first ever visit. It was an enjoyable show and I came away with a couple of books &#8211; The Tourette Rail Tank book and the Yeadons volume on among others the B16&#8217;s &#8211; Booklaw had them on at \u00a310 each so it was rude not to partake.<\/p>\n<p>The kit was designed by Steve Barnfield and Steve was one of the demonstrators at York upon seeing him, I planned to have a chat to him about the B16. But despite standing in front of him for a good 5 minutes, he never once looked up from what he was doing to engage me in conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I didn&#8217;t get back to it on Friday night further progress was made yesterday. To get a feel for things I decided to make a start on the tender. 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