{"id":3093,"date":"2017-11-03T19:47:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2017-11-03T19:47:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:47:44","slug":"connoisseur-j79-upper-works-progressing-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3093","title":{"rendered":"Connoisseur J79, Upper works progressing nicely."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">Work has progressed a little this week with me adding the cab beading and fitting the cab\/bunker\/tank sides to the footplate. I took a bit of care to make sure that I got the sides to the outer edge of the etched slots in the footplate &#8211; this is an older kit and some of the slots are slightly over etched.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">I then looked to fit the bunker rear and found that there is a slight gap at one side so I am probably going to have to adjust the left hand side as you view it from the rear. that may mean that I need to fill a small gap in the footplate top time will tell.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3094\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3094\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6566.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6566-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6566-768x605.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6566-381x300.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Bunker rear<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3095\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3095\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3095\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6570.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6570-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6570-768x435.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6570-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Cab and tank sides<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3096\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3096\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6576.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6576-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6576-768x595.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6576-387x300.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Cab and tank sides<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\nIt was getting late by the time I discovered that so I moved onto\u00a0something\u00a0a little easier for my last 15 minutes or so. Namely the cab roof. I am quite impressed by Jim&#8217;s design for this because it&#8217;s usually a bit of a fiddle to get it to sit square and be\u00a0retained\u00a0in the cab. Jim&#8217;s answer is a nifty fold up etch.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3100\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3100\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3100\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6600-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6600-768x519.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6600-444x300.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Cab roof<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">A note to anyone building one of these, there are half etched curves in the roof for locating the rain strips (the idea is that you solder in a length of thin wire and it becomes a half round rain strip). when rolling, the roof has a tendency to fold rather than roll\u00a0smoothly.\u00a0Backing it with a bit of card as it goes through the rollers would probably help with this.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Having none to hand I didn&#8217;t bother,\u00a0 I just stopped passing it through the rollers right to the ends of the roof and\u00a0effectively\u00a0just rolled the middle section. I also replaced the wire with some small square section rod that I had in stock.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3099\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3099\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3099\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3099\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6594.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6594-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6594-768x651.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6594-354x300.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Cab roof<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Lastly in true Blue Peter fashion,\u00a0 here&#8217;s a bit that I did earlier. I had previously added the spacers and the boiler bands to the boiler but had popped it back in the kit box so missed taking any photos of it when I took the photos that I shared the other day.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3097\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3097\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3097\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6582.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6582-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6582-768x651.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6582-354x300.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Boiler<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3098\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3098\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3098\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6588.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6588-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6588-768x550.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6588-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connoisseur Models J79 &#8211; Boiler<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has progressed a little this week with me adding the cab beading and fitting the cab\/bunker\/tank sides to the footplate. 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