{"id":3208,"date":"2018-01-05T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2018-01-05T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:07:33","slug":"mind-the-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3208","title":{"rendered":"Mind the Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\"><b>Mind the Gap,\u00a0<\/b>the<b>\u00a0<\/b>age old saying on the railways.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Mine was a little more fundamental &#8211; the curve of the footplate under the cab was not anything like the curve of the cab sides<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3214\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7198.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7198-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7198-768x647.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7198-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab Subframe issue<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3213\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3213\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7197.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7197-300x245.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7197-768x627.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7197-367x300.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab Subframe issue<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3212\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3212\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3212\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7195.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7195-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7195-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7195-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab Subframe issue<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Because I didn&#8217;t have the benefit of the updated instructions that Mark kindly shared with me after and enquiry over on Western Thunder (I have emailed Dave Sharp to ask for a set of the updated instructions) I had previously added the cab front overlays and soldered all around the seams. This meant that tucking the front of the curved section up under the top layer of the cab front as advised in the updated instructions wasn&#8217;t to my mind &#8211; I worked on the theory that if I tried to remove the thin overlay I would irreparably damage it.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">That left the alternative which was cut\/file the front section down so that it sits just below the footplate rather than tucked in behind the front plate and to desolder and file down the sub frames until the curve better matched that of the sides of the cab.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3215\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3215\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3215\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7203-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7203-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7203-1-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7203-1-768x586.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7203-1-393x300.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab Subframe issue<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">As you are looking at it, it took two goes at desoldering, filing down, before resoldering to test the fit for the left hand subframe and six goes for the right hand subframe.\u00a0 At each desoldering I carefully cleaned up before filing a little more off. You may wonder why I resoldered at each test, it was because I couldn&#8217;t hold it in close enough proximity to accurately check the fit when trying to hold all the parts while they were<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">I have to say that had I continued with the build to this point when I started back in 2011 or so, I would never have had the confidence to desolder and resolder the same part so many times to get the fit that I wanted. I would never have been happy with it either.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3210\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3210\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7265.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7265-300x274.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7265-768x701.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7265-329x300.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab subframe &#8211; modified to fit better<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3209\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3209\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7257.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7257-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7257-768x726.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7257-317x300.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab subframe &#8211; modified to fit better<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3211\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3211\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3211\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7273.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7273-300x296.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7273-768x759.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_7273-304x300.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNER 06 (MOK 8F) &#8211; Cab subframe &#8211; modified to fit better<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<p>The slight gap on the right hand in this view will close up when I solder it all in but I am triple checking all is right before taking the final step.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mind the Gap,\u00a0the\u00a0age old saying on the railways. 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