{"id":2824,"date":"2017-06-28T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2017-06-28T19:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:08:27","slug":"gladiator-b161-fitting-the-brakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator B16\/1 – fitting the brakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an exciting weekend doing other things I got back to the B16 last night and cracked on with fitting the brakes.<\/p>\n

I wound a few layers of masking tape around the wheels to both space the brake shoes away from the wheels and to help reduce the risk of rusting from soldering with the wheels in place.<\/p>\n

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Gladiator B6-1 Brakes<\/p><\/div>\n

I was forewarned by a gent on RMweb who has recently built a 4mm version of this kit that the length of the yokes that fit to the brake spreaders is a bit long and so it was with the 7mm version. I used a diamond disk in the Dremel to cut a slot in the brake spreader to allow the fork in the yoke to slip back and effectively shorten the rod. – see photo above.<\/p>\n

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Gladiator B6-1 Brakes<\/p><\/div>\n

I also need to shorten the rod that connects to brake the the link below the ab too. The plan is to solder a piece of scrap to the end with the boss on and file a second boss which will allow me to create a forked joint once I shorten the rod.<\/p>\n

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Gladiator B6-1 Brakes<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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