{"id":2758,"date":"2017-05-02T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2017-05-02T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:28:43","slug":"gladiator-b16-1-brake-and-water-scoop-standards-an-exercise-in-drilling-and-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator B16-1  Brake and Water Scoop Standards &#8211; An Exercise in Drilling and Filing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday having cut short a long weekend up north by yours truly forgetting to take his medication along I looked more closely at the brake and water scoop standards. I had more dialogue on RMweb with MikeMeg on the subject last week and he had remade the 4mm versions. I thought initially that although slightly on the fine side that the castings looked usable. &#8211; By fine they are quite slender in appearance whereas the photo posted earlier show them to be quite chunky, especially where the mounting pieces.<\/p>\n<p>These are the castings provided.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2763\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2763\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4134.jpg 692w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4134-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Brake and Water Scoop Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The problem came when testing them against the tender front (stuck in place temporarily with bluetac).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2759\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2759\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4095.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4095-300x292.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4095-768x747.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4095-308x300.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Brake and Water Scoop Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite my cutting them off the sprue with as much length as possible, they are short in the column length<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t see any immediate way of extending the column* A better person than me might have been able cut it of and drill out the fixing brackets but they looked a bit on the fine side for me to be confident that I could achieve it so I decided to have a go at making some replacements.<\/p>\n<p>Now I have to be honest at this point and say that this really became a test exercise to see what I could achieve with my Proxxon mini pillar drill with the X-Y table attachment. I have been looking for something to try it out in anger, having only drilled out 4 buffer stocks since I got it at Christmas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2760\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2760\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2760\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2760\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4102.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4102-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4102-768x549.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4102-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Brake and Water Scoop Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2761\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2761\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4110.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4110-300x256.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4110-768x655.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4110-352x300.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Brake and Water Scoop Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2762\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2762\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4118.jpg 705w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4118-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator B16-1 Brake and Water Scoop Standards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They took me all day to make but I really enjoyed it and I have parts roughed out to make a couple more for a build for myself at some point. to give an idea of scale\/chunkiness the new columns are made from 1.6mm rod.<\/p>\n<p>*Thinking about it afterwards I could possibly have joined an extension piece onto the castings where they go through the wooden floor extension that&#8217;s shown on the photo of the tender front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday having cut short a long weekend up north by yours truly forgetting to take his medication along I looked more closely at the brake and water scoop standards. I had more dialogue on RMweb with MikeMeg on the subject &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2758\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladiator-b161"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}