{"id":2973,"date":"2017-09-22T16:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2017-09-22T16:27:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:27:53","slug":"gladiator-b16-1-loco-body-detailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2973","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator B16-1 Loco Body Detailing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although I haven’t posted much on this having\u00a0 concentrated on the caoches I have been making steady progress on the B16.<\/div>\n
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The tender is now complete with it’s missing Vacuum pipe and axleboxes and just needs a good scrub before I take any photos.<\/div>\n
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From the previous photos I have fitted the cab roof and working back from the cab I have also fitted the cab side hand rails<\/div>\n
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I also started work on the washout plugs, and for the upper part of the firebox in the timeframe of this model, the oval base plate had been replaced with a round one.<\/div>\n
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In the kit these are represented by a circular half etched overlay but those in the kit were a little over etched therefore a bit on the flimsy side. So I made some replacements from some nickel rod threaded 14ba to these I added some Markits Crankpin washers (my last so I need to get some more) and a 14BA nut to finish.<\/div>\n
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Last thing, I gave it a good clean up scraping off lots of the excess solder that had built up in various areas.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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